1960s
Follies of the Madmen #211
Yes, aliens probably have never had a cup of cocoa until they visit Earth; and if individuals of their kind live for hundreds of years, that would indeed be a very long time to go without cocoa.
But you know what? Aliens, cocoa...? Forget it! I still don't get the connection, no matter how hard I try.
Original ad here. (Scroll down.)
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 25, 2013 -
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Category: Aliens, Business, Advertising, Products, Chocolate, 1960s
The Backwards Multilingual Singing Career of Jeanette
Because the USA market for music is so huge, singers from other countries are always trying to break in, abandoning their native languages for English.Maurice Chevalier. Charles Aznavour. Julio Iglesias. Shakira. The list goes on and on.
What's stranger is someone who abandons a career singing in native English to become a star abroad.
Such was the case of Jeanette.
Born in the UK and raised in America, she tried to be a folkie.
But failing that, she moved to Europe and became a great success, singing mostly in Spanish.
Of course, looking like a beautiful flower child didn't hurt!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 22, 2013 -
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Category: Languages, Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, 1970s, Europe, North America
Aluminum Bathing Suit
Continuing the WU investigation of unusual bathing suits, here's an aluminum bathing suit from 1966, modeled by Donyale Luna. It was featured in the French film Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (Qui êtes vous, Polly Maggoo?) which wikipedia describes as "a satirical art house movie spoofing the fashion world and its excesses."
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 02, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, 1960s
21-87
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 13, 2013 -
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Category: Movies, Surrealism, 1960s
The Brainiac
If you enjoy the trailer for this 1962 Mexican horror film involving brain-eating, watch the full version below.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 10, 2013 -
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Category: Horror, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, 1960s
The Tailbone Patrol
Unfortunately, the mutability of the English language has not been kind to James W. English's stories of Scouting known as The Tailbone Patrol. In 2013, the title sounds like one of those how-to-pick-up-women books, or a "Girls Gone Wild" episode.
If you want a copy to peruse, they start at $200.00.
Or you can read one of the stories about the "Tailboners" here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 09, 2013 -
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Category: Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Books, 1950s, 1960s
Nintendo Love Tester
Wikipedia explanation.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 31, 2013 -
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Category: Technology, 1960s, Asia, Love & Romance
POUND, by Downey Sr & Jr
The first clip shows Robert Downey Jr's first role in the year 1970, in a film by his father, Robert Downey Sr. As an example of late-60's weirdness-- Well, let's hear from Leanne Benson at IMDB:
I saw this film last night at the Barbican in London, apparently it hadn't been shown for thirty years, longer than I've been alive! We were warned at the beginning that it wasn't the easiest film to watch and with that in mind, I actually found it not too difficult to watch. All the characters were very different and I really like the idea of having people play the animals. It was pretty sad but also heartwarming in a way. I loved Robert Downey jr as the puppy, so cute!!!
I would say that the film was pretty bizarre and I'm not sure if I could watch it again for a while but for someone like me who is interested in they ways of past decades, I think it was a brilliant peek into the late sixties. There was one particular character, the old lady who played the dog with the mange problem who I thought was brilliant, amazing styling and directing. A film that should be available to be shown.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 18, 2013 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Celebrities, Movies, Avant Garde, Surrealism, 1960s
Fatman the Human Flying Saucer
Read the totality of this title's three issues here.
The Wikipedia scoop here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 17, 2013 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Body Modifications, Comics, 1960s
The Mirror Tanner
Invented in 1965 by William Wilson of Wyandotte, Michigan who claimed that his mirrors filtered out "sunburn radiation" leaving only "tanning radiation" and therefore gave a "blisterless, heatless, burnless, lotionless suntan." He's keeping a close eye here on the subject of one of his tanning experiments.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 15, 2013 -
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Category: Inventions, 1960s
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