1980s
Toto Coelo
total coelo - i eat cannibals from alexei glowakz on Vimeo.
If you didn't live through the 1980s, you would not believe they happened.
Toto Coelo info here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 01, 2011 -
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Category: Cannibalism, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, 1980s
Follies of the Mad Men #151
The French Foreign Legion. Enlistment of criminals. Hot, spartan living conditions. Death by savage natives. Cruel officers. Boredom, disease, fistfights.
Nice home furnishings? Not so much.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 07, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Interior Decorating, 1980s, Armed Forces
Follies of the Mad Men #147
View top two panels left to right, then bottom two panels left to right.
Somehow, I doubt any human being on earth would ever utter this dialogue unless under threat of torture, and maybe not even then.
And I resent the implied slur at my native state, Rhode Island! Foggy Pawgansett, indeed!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 26, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Regionalism, 1980s, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Worst Cartoon Ever?
IMDB entry here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 28, 2011 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Toys, Cartoons, 1980s
Follies of the Mad Men #142
1) Brenda Vaccaro is scary and threatening.
2) Not a mother, but will have her say anyhow.
3) Plastic better than cardboard?
4) Giant swimming pool = all the embarrassing flood dangers women risk if wrong tampon is chosen.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 25, 2011 -
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Category: Body, Blood, Business, Advertising, Products, Hollywood, Hygiene, Body Fluids, 1980s
The Adventures of Mark Twain
We had some weird Zappa claymation not too long ago. Now we get some based on the work of Mark Twain.
Disregard the label on the clip above. It's really an excerpt from this full-length film.
Part 1 of the whole film follows:
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 16, 2011 -
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Category: Literature, Fantasy, Writers, Religion, 1980s
Found Footage Festival
Ah, the glorious old days of VHS tapes, when the world was first opened to amateur video! Please visit the website of the Found Footage Festival to see more wonders like the one above.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 23, 2011 -
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Category: Museums, Video, Outsider Art, 1980s
Santa Hates PETA
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 22, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Holidays, 1980s
The Draining of Lake Peigneur
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 03, 2010 -
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Category: Destruction, Disasters, Stupidity, 1980s
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