1960s
Follies of the Madmen #397
I detect the influence of A Charlie Brown Christmas on this unlikely morality play.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 24, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, Excrement, Dogs, 1960s
Circumcision training school
The Brith Milah School, established at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital in 1968, was the world’s first-ever (and only?) school for circumcision training. It was a two-year program followed by a one-year internship. (Seems like a lot of training for a relatively simple operation. Though I guess it's important not to mess it up.)The first class graduated in 1970, but by the 1980s the school evidently no longer existed. According to a 1989 story on JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) it “ran into problems when it could not get malpractice insurance for trainees who were not physicians.”
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle - Mar 22, 1968
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle - Dec 25, 1970
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 21, 2018 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Surgery, 1960s
Plain Raisin Sandwich
Yum or yuck?
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 21, 2018 -
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Category: Food, 1960s, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
The television set that shattered things
Back in 1960, Brian Eppley of Gaffney, South Carolina became convinced that "frequency waves emitting from his television receiver" were causing objects around his house to shatter.The broken objects included: a vase, serving tray, ash tray, sea shell, and a glass of milk held by his wife.
Eppley also complained that watching the TV would cause him to get a headache because of the "pressure, beyond the area of hearing, from these waves."
Could the Eppley's TV set be an example of resistentialism? (See Paul give a talk about resistentialism in this post from 2013).
The Greenville News - May 15, 1960
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 13, 2018 -
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Category: Technology, 1960s
Sick Manny’s Gym
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 13, 2018 -
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Category: Humor, Music, 1960s, Bodybuilding
Follies of the Madmen #394
Sexy female pigs discuss sending one of their own kind to the slaughterhouse.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 11, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Death, Food, 1960s
The Wonderful World of Chemistry
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 04, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Industry, Factories and Manufacturing, Products, Technology, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #393
Our soft drink is equivalent to a life-endangering catastrophic event.
Source of B&W ad here (scroll right).
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 03, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Disasters, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s, Weather
The Spilhaus Space Clock
This clock gives info on 19 different variables.For complete info, visit here.
The inventor's Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 24, 2018 -
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Category: Nature, Science, Technology, 1960s, 1970s
Starlit Stairway
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 19, 2018 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Regionalism, Television, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
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