Disk-O-Tek Holiday

IMDB entry.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 15, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Movies, Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s

Follies of the Madmen #412

Source.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 13, 2019 - Comments (4)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Advertising, 1960s, Australia, Skin and Skin Conditions

The Mike Curb Congregation

His Wikipedia page.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 04, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Music, 1960s

How Not to Get Your Nose Blown Off When It Is Mistaken for a Deer’s Tail

I do not see that Kleenex makes these in 2019.



Source.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 03, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Animals, Body, Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, 1960s

Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Film

Alas, some four years after this teaser, the film seems no nearer to completion.

Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 26, 2019 - Comments (3)
Category: Addictions, Cops, Drugs, Psychedelic, Movies, Stop-motion Animation, Stupid Criminals, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Cats, 1960s

Follies of the Madmen #408

"He risked his life and did us a great service--but he's got a bad haircut."

Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 24, 2019 - Comments (3)
Category: Business, Advertising, Hair Styling, 1960s

The Tight Pants Strike of 1966

The media called it the Tight Pants Strike. Also, the Battle of the Bulge.

In 1966, 35-year-old Pat Morris was working at International Paper’s plywood plant in Oregon when management suspended her on account of her tight-fitting pants, complaining that they were too distracting for male workers. Morris protested that other female workers were also wearing tight jeans. Nevertheless, according to her, “They said something about being too stacked and sent me home.” (Almost every paper in the country felt obliged to report that her measurements were 39-27-39.)

Even though she wasn’t in the union, the 315 union members at the plant promptly went on strike in protest, claiming that the suspension was illegal. The strike lasted a week, until Morris was allowed back to her job, wearing looser jeans.

(left) Cincinnati Enquirer - Aug 26, 1966; (right) Esquire - Jan 1967

New York Daily News - Sep 4, 1966

Redlands Daily Facts - Aug 31, 1966

Binghamton Press and Sun Bulletin - Sep 1, 1966

Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 21, 2019 - Comments (2)
Category: Riots, Protests and Civil Disobedience, Tradesmen, Manual Laborers, and Skilled Workers, 1960s

Follies of the Madmen #407

"Murray Westgate portrays an Esso service station dealer who asks a woman driver if she wants Esso Extra gasoline, but she only wants her windows cleaned."

Not sure if Murray peeved attitude conveys the right message. Also, perhaps a bit too much thrilling window-scrubbing action?

Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 21, 2019 - Comments (4)
Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Motor Vehicles, 1960s

Let’s Do the Fink

Details.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 20, 2019 - Comments (2)
Category: Humor, Magazines, Music, 1960s

Shanty Tramp

Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 19, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Antisocial Activities, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Sexuality, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, Moral Panics and Public Hysteria