1970s
Follies of the Mad Men #61
Oh, yeah, a belt your Dad would wear back in 1971 could trigger all that groovy hippie stuff. Note the sign that uses Frank Zappa's name for cachet. Did he sue, I wonder?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 31, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s
Follies of the Mad Men #59
What exactly was the name of that toy again?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 20, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Toys, 1970s
THE MASTER TOUCH Car Chase
Enjoy this battle between Detroit and European steel from Kirk Douglas's THE MASTER TOUCH.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 11, 2009 -
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Category: Destruction, Movies, 1970s, Cars
Lotti Golden
In Look magazine for September 9 1969, there's an article about an aspiring young singer named Lotti Golden, who wanted to be just like Dylan. Never having heard of her before, I got curious and did some research.She did go on to release a couple of albums. This blogger discusses her career and offers a compressed audio file of one whole album. This fellow does the same.
But overall, poor Lotti is so obscure she doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry, and her records never made it to CD.
In 1982, she tried again with a group called Warp 9, purveyors of "new wave funk." You can hear two samples of their stuff here.
If you listen to the clip below, you might see why she never made it big. This song is like five different disparate songs jammed into one.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 03, 2009 -
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Category: Music, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Pat Paulsen in Blackface
As you might expect, this segment never made it to the airwaves.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 10, 2009 -
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Category: Political Correctness, Stereotypes and Cliches, Television, 1970s
1979 Disco Riot
With these hard times, who's to say that anti-disco riots will not spontaneously break out again?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 05, 2009 -
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Category: Fads, History, Music, Riots, Protests and Civil Disobedience, 1970s
How to Be a Friend
Watch How To Be A Friend (1977) in Entertainment Videos | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 03, 2009 -
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Category: Education, Documentaries, 1970s
Gilligan’s No Exit
Today we feature a guest post from that miraculous writer of the fantastical, the great Don Webb.Take it away, Don!
Many of my generation have discovered (sometimes with the help of a certain herb) that the opening sequence of Wizard of Oz matches up with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. Co-incidence or happenstance? Who can say? Was Pink Floyd under the "influence" of Frank Baum?
Another strange co-incidence has come to light. The lyrics of Gilligan's Island perfectly match up with Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."
Happenstance? Then riddle me this -- why does Gilligan's Island have exactly the same theme as Jean Paul Sarte's NO EXIT?
Consider:
Each one of the characters represents one of the 7 deadly sins:
- Ginger represents LUST - she wears skimpy outfits, is obsessed with her looks, and is a borderline nymphomaniac.
- Mary Ann represents ENVY - she is jealous of Ginger's beauty.
- The Professor represents PRIDE - he is an annoying know-it-all.
- Mr. Howell represents GREED - no explanation needed.
- Mrs. Howell represents SLOTH - she has never lifted a finger to help with their escape plans.
- The Skipper represents two sins: GLUTTONY - again, no explanation needed and ANGER - he violently hits Gilligan on each show.
- This leaves Gilligan. Gilligan is the person who put them there. He prevents them from leaving by foiling all of their escape plots. Also, it is HIS island. Therefore, Gilligan is SATAN.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 03, 2009 -
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Category: Drugs, Literature, Music, Synchronicity and Coincidence, Television, Reader Recommendation, 1960s, 1970s, Europe
The Tattoo Connection
Feast your eyes upon what one commenter at YouTube has deemed "the worst martial arts movie ever made."The first clip is the trailer for The Tattoo Connection--NSFW, by the way, with a naked woman visible in spots--while the second is part one of ten for the whole film.
Don't be confused by the abrupt opener on part one: that's how the DVD begins, with credits several minutes into the film.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 15, 2009 -
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Category: Stupid Criminals, Martial Arts, Foreign Customs, 1970s, Asia
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