Fads
The Letkiss
One of the weirder life-of-a-mayfly dance trends of the 1960s.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 19, 2024 -
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Category: Fads, 1960s, Dance, Europe
Dis-Gorilla
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 26, 2024 -
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Category: Animals, Fads, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Music, 1970s
Roll Rock ‘n Roll That Hula Hoop
The creators.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 03, 2024 -
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Category: Fads, Music, Toys, Twins, Lookalikes & Doppelgangers, 1960s
People-Passing
More accurately, coed-passing. By the mid-1970s it was considered "sort of traditional" at many college football games.What it involved: "a group of fellows sitting behind a coed suddenly picks her up and begins bouncing her — like a sack of potatoes — over their heads to the next row. And up she goes, maybe 75 rows."
So it was like crowd surfing, but entirely involuntary on the part of the coed being flung overhead. And more dangerous, I would think.
According to Wikipedia, "Iggy Pop may have invented crowd surfing at 1970's Cincinnati Summer Pop Festival." I wonder if the idea of crowd surfing spread from music festivals to football games, or if it was the other way around.
Centre Daily Times (Pennsylvania) - Sep 30, 1976
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 16, 2024 -
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Category: Fads, Sports, 1970s, Women
The Roller Skate Craze
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 21, 2023 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Fads, Humor, 1900s
Footsee Song and Toy
Has there ever been a 21st-century campaign to promote a new toy with a pop song?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 26, 2023 -
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Category: Fads, Music, Promotions, Loss-leaders, Tie-ins and Giveaways
The 3-D Film Archive
The whole brief fad of 3-D movies was a very weird moment in cinematic history. Luckily for us, there's a man and a site that works to preserve and sell such films. Make a visit to THE 3-D FILM ARCHIVE. Lots of fascinating history there.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 01, 2023 -
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Category: Fads, Movies, Technology, 1950s
Fried Marbles
The singer's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 18, 2023 -
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Category: Fads, Games, Jewelry, Music, 1960s
Newana Gayfish, Native American Flapper
Get the full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 27, 2022 -
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Category: Domestic, Fads, Wives, Hair Styling, 1920s, Native Americans
Parisian Tree Climbers
After World War II, some Parisians embraced existentialism. Others took to climbing trees in their underwear.Images and text from Life (July 18, 1949).
"Treetop acrobatics are privilege of veteran climbers who go as high as 100 feet above ground"
"Prettiest tree climber is 25-year-old Catherine Arley, an actress specializing in comedy roles"
"Preclimb ritual finds scantily-clad members saluting huge plane tree, which Cofounder Jacques Gall recently described as a 'symbol of heaven.'"
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 11, 2022 -
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Category: Fads, Nature, 1940s
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