Family
Follies of the Madmen #354
"That should give you time to mow the lawn!"
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 04, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Family, Food, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #352
Put the noisy little brats in the unsafe cargo area, why not?
Source of ad.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 19, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Family, Children, Parents, 1980s, Cars
Follies of the Madmen #336
Original ad here.
Wow. This sets the bar pretty high, or pretty far out in the hi-falutin' and pretentious end of the spectrum, in order for a person to purchase or own a ring from Zale's.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 24, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Eccentrics, Family, 1960s
A Date With Your Family
No one, even at the time, thought of incest allusions?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 07, 2017 -
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Category: Etiquette and Formal Behavior, Family, PSA’s, 1950s
Yanks in the UK
This makes Brexit all the more mandatory!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 27, 2017 -
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Category: Antisocial Activities, Culture and Civilization, Family, Sexuality, Foreign Customs, 1950s, Europe, North America
The Stoneman Family
The combination of Donna Stoneman pogo-ing while playing the mandolin, and Ronnie Stoneman's generally dour expression while plucking the banjo, makes for a bizarro mix.
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 24, 2017 -
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Category: Family, Music, 1960s, Dance
A Word to the Wives
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 06, 2017 -
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Category: Domestic, Family, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #301
The birth of the selfie generation.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 18, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Family, Hobbies and DIY, Movies, 1950s
Survival Experiment
November 1961: As an experiment in survival, Portland radio announcer Bill Davis spent a week confined in a windowless fallout shelter with his family... and his mother-in-law.They survived, although Davis's wife admitted, "There were problems."
One of the problems was that four days into the test an earthquake struck Portland, and the Davis family, cut off from communication, thought it was a nuclear attack.
Medford Mail Tribune - Nov 1, 1961
Medford Mail Tribune - Nov 10, 1961
Medford Mail Tribune - Nov 9, 1961
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 27, 2016 -
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Category: Family, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, Experiments, 1960s
The Pepsi Cola Shopping Spree of 1964 and 1965
Why don't we have these contests anymore?
Original ad here.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 30, 2016 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Family, Food, Advertising, Freebies, Come-ons and Loss Leaders, 1960s
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