Europe
Midget Wrestling
I don't follow contemporary wrestling, but some cursory googling seems to reveal that there are still "little people" active in the sport.
But nothing like these glory days, I imagine...
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 07, 2014 -
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Category: Little People, Wrestling, 1950s, Europe
Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg: “Comic Strip”
Guardians of the Galaxy was great. But I'd pay twice as much to see a feature-length version of this.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 20, 2014 -
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Category: Comics, Sex Symbols, Superheroes, 1960s, Europe
Musical Celebration of Innocent Verdict
After being deemed innocent on charges of attempted terrorism while trying to smuggle 20,000 euros out of the UK in her underwear, Nawal Msaad gave her unique public reaction to the verdict in the form of the video above.
Many more odd and fascinating details (Chanel-enhanced ankle monitor) at the link.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 14, 2014 -
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Category: Terrorism and Terrorists, Sex Symbols, Europe, Middle East, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Morph, the UK Gumby
I never knew before about Morph, the forerunner of Wallace & Gromit. On first glance, he seems less weird and manic than either Gumby or W&G.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 07, 2014 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Stop-motion Animation, 1970s, Europe
Otto Witte, the King of Albania
Wikipedia article here. Click text below in first article to enlarge.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 28, 2014 -
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Category: Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Eccentrics, 1910s, Europe
The Nicotine Fairies
Unless he was smoking something else.....
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 29, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Delusions, Fantasies and Other Tricks of the Imagination, Tobacco and Smoking, Cartoons, 1930s, Europe
The Woman With Don Martin Feet
Original foto here.
It's number 46 in a slide show, and you'll have to click thru to reach it. But I think WUvies will enjoy the other shots of UK depravity as well.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 26, 2014 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Comics, Europe, Natural Wonders, Feet
Tightrope Wedding
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 08, 2014 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Husbands, Wives, 1950s, Europe
The Strangeloves
Here's the story of a fake band that had to become real.Their big hit:
Curiously enough, when the Strangeloves were marketed in France, they somehow became connected to another contrivance: a new manufactured dance "craze" called "the Monkiss." I can't see that they ever recorded the song heard in the following video, which was really by Rocky Roberts and the Airdales (last video).
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 31, 2014 -
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Category: Imitations, Forgeries, Rip-offs and Faux, Music, 1960s, Europe
Consul the Chimp
A once-famous resident of the Bellevue Zoological Gardens in England, known for his pipe-smoking habit.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 26, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Smoking and Tobacco, Europe, Nineteenth Century
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