1970s
Va-rice-ity
Heavy sexual innuendo to sell rice.
Life - Oct 3, 1969
Life - (L) Mar 13, 1970; (R) June 19, 1970
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 19, 2024 -
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Category: Food, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Advertising, 1960s, 1970s
Rowland Emett’s “Lunar Cycle”
Watch the video below the screenshot.His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 14, 2024 -
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Category: Humor, Inventions, Rube Goldberg Devices, Cartoons, Space Travel, 1970s
First Alaskan Pipeline Oil
I wonder if anyone still has one of these sitting on their desk. I didn't find any for sale on eBay.
Los Angeles Times - June 1, 1978
About a year later it was selling for less than half its original price. Mustn't have been a lot of demand for it.
Salem Capital Journal - Oct 16, 1979
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 13, 2024 -
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Category: Kitsch and Collectibles, 1970s
How to hold a press conference
Chico Enterprise-Record - June 7, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 09, 2024 -
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Category: Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Officials, 1970s
Subversive Coca-Cola Bottles
In 1965, thousands of sealed Coca-Cola bottles containing "subversive bulletins" were found floating off the coast of the Northern Celebes.
Miami Herald - July 30, 1965
I can't find any information about who was responsible for this strange act of subversion. But it recalls a later subversive use of Coca-Cola bottles by the Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles.
It was during the 1970s when used glass bottles would be returned and refilled. Meireles would modify the bottles before returning them by adding white text on the side showing messages such as "Yankees Go Home" or instructions for turning the bottle into a Molotov cocktail.
More info: Beach Branding and Packaging Design
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 07, 2024 -
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Category: Art, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s, 1970s
The Second Home
Surprise, honey, we're going to be living in a camper shell!
TV Guide - Jan 10, 1970
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 06, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, 1970s, Trucks
A search for love on the No. 94 bus
While visiting Los Angeles from Elk River, Idaho in May 1978, 33-year-old Zan Lawrence met a young woman on the No. 94 bus. They talked for about 20 minutes before she disembarked.Lawrence was smitten, but he didn't know how to contact her. Or even what her name was. So he spent the following weeks riding the same bus back and forth, hoping to meet her again. He also put up signs and placed newspaper ads.
Eventually his search came to the attention of the media, and he was featured in articles. However, the publicity didn't help him locate the young woman. He never did find her again.
Of course, maybe she didn't want to be found.
Los Angeles Times - June 10, 1978
Los Angeles Times - Aug 14, 1978
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 02, 2024 -
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Category: 1970s, Bus, Love & Romance
Dancing Fools
BULLETIN! Fresh outbreak of the Medieval Dancing Mania!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 01, 2024 -
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Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Advertising, 1970s, Dance
The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.
Wikipedia entry here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 31, 2024 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Television, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, 1970s, Comedians
The egg on the head scam
San Francisco Examiner - Dec 22, 1974
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 29, 2024 -
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Category: Frauds, Cons and Scams, 1970s
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