1970s
Follies of the Madmen #569
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 27, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, Cereal, Cartoons, 1970s
Perspective ‘78
Why does no one produce these oral retrospectives anymore? Parts 1 and 2 below.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 22, 2023 -
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Category: History, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #568
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 15, 2023 -
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Category: Stupid Criminals, Advertising, Candy, 1970s
Michael Jackson’s Favorite Cereal?
Since Sugar Bear was supposed to sound like Dean Martin or Bing Crosby, this commercial could be seen symbolically as the passing of the musical baton from the Greatest Generation to the Boomers.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 12, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Advertising, Cereal, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #567
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 06, 2023 -
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Category: Hygiene, Stupid Criminals, Advertising, 1970s
Michael Lobel’s Trip-Tych
Ultra-spacey! But I can't learn anything about the artist, whose only solo album this is. If he's the same fellow, "Michael Lobel" was part of The Split Level.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 03, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Space-age Bachelor Pad & Exotic, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1970s
Killer Candy
Read the thrilling urban legend here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 27, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Fables, Myths, Urban Legends, Rumors, Water-Cooler Lore, Advertising, Candy, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #565
Ninety-second commercial appears to think it's an epic movie.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 23, 2023 -
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Category: Games, Languages, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Stereotypes and Cliches, Advertising, 1970s
Kicked To Death By A Camel
According to the article "Camel-Related Deaths" in The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology:Some searching for examples of camel-related deaths led me to discover a book with the oddball title, Kicked To Death By A Camel, published in 1973.
The author, Clarence J.L. Jackson, was a pseudonym for Richard W. Bulliet, a history professor at Harvard (and later Columbia University). On his Amazon page he writes:
Sounds like it could be a fun read. If you're interested, you can either buy a used copy or check it out via archive.org.
Shreveport Times - Sep 23, 1973
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 22, 2023 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Books, 1970s
People Hunting
A version of 'the most dangerous game' that ends with licks and cuddles rather than death.
Montreal Star - Feb 2, 1976
Some searching turned up Walter Gilbey's old webpage on the Internet Archive, where he discussed what he called the "Isle of Man Bloodhounds Drag Hunt." A drag hunt (so I learned) is the term for a hunt in which bloodhounds chase after a person who is carrying something aromatic, such as aniseed. However, their noses are so good that they can (and often do) simply follow the scent of the person.
As of 2015, this Isle of Man Bloodhounds Drag Hunt was still taking place. See the March 2015 issue of the Isle of Man magazine (pgs 108-109).
Posted By: Alex - Tue May 16, 2023 -
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Category: Sports, 1970s
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