1960s
Bob Harter’s “The Atom”
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 17, 2019 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Politics, Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, PSA’s, War, Weapons, 1960s
Remco Monkey Gun
Nerf missiles? For wimps!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 15, 2019 -
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Category: Destruction, Toys, 1960s, Weapons
Nun in a miniskirt
November 1969: The fact that Sister Joann Malone of the Order of Loreto was protesting wasn't particularly big news, but the fact that she was wearing a miniskirt as she did so was front-page news.
Sydney Morning Herald - Nov 21, 1969
Decatur Herald - Nov 20, 1969
Her superior, Sister Rose Maureen Sanders, head of the St. Louis province of the Sisters of Loreto, wasn’t too happy about the fashion decision. From a follow-up article:
“I regretted the photo when I saw it in newspapers here and thought her wearing a miniskirt was ridiculous,” said the provincial superior.
“It’s an aberration on her part. Many, many sisters are wearing modern clothes but would not choose a miniskirt. Why do the newspapers print things like that?”
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 12, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Religion, Nuns, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #443
A toilet seat is never, ever going to resonate with "jewels."
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 10, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Domestic, Interior Decorating, Body Fluids, Excrement, Flatulence, 1960s
HERCULES IN NEW YORK
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 09, 2019 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Celebrities, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Foreign Customs, 1960s
King Vitaman Cereal
Because the Middle Ages were known for healthy eating.The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 05, 2019 -
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Category: Food, Royalty, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s
Skippy and Hellmann’s
Odd partners in advertising: when Skippy and Hellmann's teamed up in 1963, claiming Together Tremendous!
The recipes for those peanut butter/mayo sandwiches, enlarged:
Update: Astute readers noted that if this was a nationwide ad campaign, then the version of the ad that ran west of the Rockies should have referred to Best Foods mayonnaise, rather than Hellmann's. I checked, and it turns out this was exactly the case. It was an identical ad, but with Best Foods substituted for Hellmann's.
San Francisco Examiner - Oct 13, 1963
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 02, 2019 -
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Category: Food, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #442
Those who drink our booze are eccentric tree-climbing idiots.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 31, 2019 -
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Category: Bad Habits, Neuroses and Psychoses, Business, Advertising, 1960s, Alcohol
Jon & Robin
Their Wikipedia page.
Many more songs here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 19, 2019 -
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Category: Cult Figures and Artifacts, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Regionalism, 1960s
Midcentury Modern Clocks by Portescap
The current company seems to have gotten out of the clock business, alas.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 10, 2019 -
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Category: Design and Designers, Technology, 1960s
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