1970s
Getting Off on the Right Foot
This anonymous fellow, despite resembling Archie Bunker, is my new hero for sensible competence. His tolerance for falling is awesome. This is definitely not one of those exercises in boredom.
Should I ever become a hobo and take to riding the rails, I will owe any success to him.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 27, 2015 -
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Category: PSA’s, Trains and Other Vehicles on Rails, 1970s
The Nude Vampire
As you might expect from the title, this trailer contains a small amount of mild chestal exposure, more-or-less consistent with the tamest of HBO programs.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 21, 2015 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Paranormal, 1970s
Film critic who got it wrong
In the Nov 7, 1977 issue of New York magazine, Bill Flanagan reviewed Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He hated it, and he was certain that everyone else was going to hate it too, predicting it would be "a colossal flop" and almost gleefully forecasting financial disaster for Columbia Pictures as a result, since they had bet heavily on the movie's success. He dismissed the fact that everyone else in the pre-screening he attended seemed to like it, noting, "When you give people free tickets to a movie, most of them are nice enough not to bitch."
Flanagan, of course, couldn't have been more wrong. As wikipedia notes:
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 10, 2015 -
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Category: Movies, 1970s
Wonder Woman Roller Skates
These are triple-distilled nightmare fuel. How could a kid enjoy skating with a baleful Wonder Woman glaring up at the wearer like Mad Max as hood ornament?
I can only hope that these toys are re-released in conjunction with BATMAN V SUPERMAN next year.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 03, 2015 -
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Category: Horror, Toys, Superheroes, 1970s
Love’s Baby Soft, 1975 Commercial
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 31, 2015 -
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Category: Video, Advertising, 1970s
Robert Baudin, Aerial Counterfeiter
Although he seems generally forgotten today, counterfeiter and pilot Robert Baudin was quite notorious while alive, and seems to have had quite a remarkable career, as detailed in the review of his autobiography Fake (see sidebar) quoted below.
Kirkus review.
More details of his life here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 16, 2015 -
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Category: Crime, Money, 1960s, 1970s, Australia
Hippies Dig Coloring Books
I wish cartoonist Gill Fox were still alive, so I could ask him what constituted an "Establishment coloring book."
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 10, 2015 -
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Category: Art, Children, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s
Star Wars and Taylor Wines
This 1978 marketing video starts off as a homage to Star Wars and then bizarrely segues into wine sales. Around 5 minutes in, the C-3PO character starts disco dancing.
Posted By: Alex - Fri May 08, 2015 -
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Category: Video, 1970s
Sexy Stock Certificate
When Playboy sold its first stock in 1971, they felt their certificate should reflect their main enterprise. Hence the appearance of Playmate Willy Rey, who alas met a sad end just a couple of years later.
You can own one for a mere $400.00.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 06, 2015 -
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Category: Art, Business, Sex Symbols, 1970s
Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 05, 2015 -
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Category: Holidays, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Outsider Art, 1970s, Fictional Monsters
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