1960s
Clock Glasses
Brought to you by the 1960s. Groovy!
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jul 14, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #208
Where to begin with this long ad? The surrealism of a Corvette on the Bonanza set? The notion that a sexy spy like Napolean Solo would drive a Corvair? The mashup of Bewitched with Bonanza characters, including the ultra-campy Agnes Moorehead? It's a commercial that just keeps on giving in the weirdness department.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 13, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Television, Surrealism, Crossovers and Mashups, Fantasy, 1960s, Time-travel, Cars
Superman Invents 3-D Printing!
From 1964! Click the right-hand image to enlarge.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 03, 2013 -
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Category: Technology, Comics, Superheroes, 1960s
Entombed in ice
February 1968 — In Eatontown, New Jersey, the chance to see bikini-clad model Pam Craig be "entombed" inside a 5000-pound block of ice for 48 hours drew a massive crowd, mostly of high school boys. The event was a stunt to promote Washington's Birthday sales at a mall. During her entombment, Craig lay inside a plexiglass coffin, supposedly having been prepared for the ordeal by a "post-hypnotic suggestion" that prevented her from feeling cold, hunger, or thirst. Spectators viewed her through a small "window" chiseled in the ice.The crowd was far larger than anticipated, and when the start of the event was temporarily delayed, young men surged forward toward the stage, shouting "Fraud" and "We want to see the broad." They had to be dispersed by the police.
However, the entombment eventually commenced, and 48 hours later Craig re-emerged, seemingly none the worse for her icy ordeal.
Asbury Park Press - Feb 18, 1968
Asbury Park Press - Feb 23, 1968
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 01, 2013 -
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Category: 1960s
Salvador Dali Swimwear
A further installment in the Boese-Di Filippo Weird Swimsuit Wars.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 26, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Fashion, 1960s
Mouth Guard Cleaners, Past & Present
The demure product of today versus the bold product of the past (1962). Which would you choose for your pressing oral hygiene & "mouthpiece filth" needs?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 22, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, 1960s
Budgie in a Hat
British actress Jane Bough appeared in TV series such as Upstairs, Downstairs (1972) and Anne of Green Gables (1952), but she may be best remembered as the pioneer of the "budgie in a hat," variations of which she to various horse races during the summer of 1968.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 08, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, Headgear, 1960s
Life in America: 1961
A semi-random slice across the weirdness of history. The first of an occasional series.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 03, 2013 -
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Category: Customs, Food, Sports, Advertising, 1960s
Wacky Races and You
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 29, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Destruction, Motor Vehicles, Cartoons, 1960s
Office Machine Symphony
Full explanation here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 27, 2013 -
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Category: Music, Technology, 1960s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
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