Europe
Ski Cycling
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 15, 2014 -
Comments (7)
Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, 1950s, Europe, Motorcycles
Theodor de Bry
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I love the almost-human arms and legs on this enormous alligator, which is being attacked, ostensibly, by Native Americans, as depicted by 16th-century artist Theodor de Bry.
"The verisimilitude of many of de Bry's illustrations is questionable; not least because he never crossed the Atlantic. "
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 14, 2014 -
Comments (10)
Category: Animals, Art, Europe, North America, Sixteenth Century
Nazi Musicals
The Ginger Rogers of Nazi Germany.
More on Marika Rokk here and here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 10, 2014 -
Comments (6)
Category: Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Movies, War, 1930s, 1940s, Dance, Europe
Miss Fat and Beautiful
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 25, 2014 -
Comments (7)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, 1960s, Europe, Obesity
EDEKA Supermarket Commercial
It worked. I want to shop there now.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 23, 2014 -
Comments (7)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Surrealism, Europe
Stag Imitation Competition
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 13, 2014 -
Comments (7)
Category: Animals, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Europe
Lampo the Traveling Dog
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 12, 2014 -
Comments (6)
Category: Dogs, 1950s, Europe, Trains
Italian Spiderman
A deliberate parody from 2007, which removes a little of the weirdness factor, but still pretty weird.
Full movie--under forty minutes--below.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 08, 2014 -
Comments (1)
Category: Superheroes, Parody, Europe
The Mermen of Johann Zahn
Wikipedia page of Johann Zahn.
Images from the NOAA archives.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 24, 2014 -
Comments (3)
Category: Cryptozoology, Europe, Sixteenth Century
Walter Potter
The Wikipedia page.
Alas, the museum was dissolved in 2003.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 23, 2014 -
Comments (3)
Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Eccentrics, Hobbies and DIY, Museums, Outsider Art, Europe, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
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