Children
Renske Quax, 2-year-old billiards prodigy
It's impressive that this kid could hold a cue stick well enough to hit the ball at the age of two, let alone sinking shots. That's more coordinated than the 2-year-olds I've known.I couldn't find any media references to him after 1953. So I'm assuming that he didn't grow up to be a billiards pro.
Miami Herald - Nov 13, 1952
Info from Life magazine (May 18, 1953):
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 03, 2023 -
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Category: Sports, Children, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #566
Our syndicated TV show is comparable to the deadliest weapon known to mankind.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 30, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Destruction, Humor, Television, Advertising, Children, 1950s, Weapons
A Comic That Scared the Senate
The infamous Senate Hearings on horror comics in the 1950s are well known. And in fact, you can read the whole 316-page transcript here.I thought it might be fun to see one of the actual stories that triggered the politicians. It follows after the next two images.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 19, 2023 -
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Category: Horror, Politics, Scandals and Controversies, Comics, Children, 1950s
Jan and Kjeld
Boy band, 1959-style.Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 14, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Children, 1950s, 1960s, Europe
Songs of the Russian Street Urchins
A few cheerful gulag ditties.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 28, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Children, 1960s, Russia
Win a Pony!
Maybe this 1950s contest was the inspiration for the famous episode of THE SIMPSONS where Bart won an elephant.A survey of newspaper records indicate the contest ran multiple times from 1952 to 1955. I wonder how many ponies were actually accepted and delivered?
But Roy and Dale could never cause any trouble, could they?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 18, 2023 -
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Category: Animals, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Television, Children, Cereal, Wild West and US Frontier
Follies of the Madmen #553
In 1970, everything was psychedelic, including kids' vitamins. The subtext of handing out groovy pills could not be denied.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 22, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, Children, Nutrition, Psychedelic, 1970s
Ballads for the Age of Science
The whole playlist is here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 21, 2023 -
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Category: Education, Science, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, Children, 1960s
Captain Entropy
The creator's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 24, 2022 -
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Category: Drugs, Education, Music, Science, Children, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #544
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 20, 2022 -
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Category: Domestic, Family, Children, Advertising, 1960s, Differently Abled, Handicapped, Challenged, and Otherwise Atypical
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