Foreign Customs
Persian Lion Business Trip
The more I watch this, the more I believe the lions are really saying what's in the subtitles.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 04, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Foreign Customs
The Chattanooga Twist
I'll bet you never knew what song Chattanooga Hookers like to dance to, did you?What else but 1962's "The Chatanooga Twist," by Danyel Gerard!
Here's DG's other big hit.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 25, 2008 -
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Category: Music, Regionalism, Foreign Customs, 1960s, 1970s, Dance
Butlin’s Crazy House
Consider the Crazy House once to be found in Felixstowe, UK.
These old postcard images come from the Flickr set of a fellow who uses the handle Photoaf.
The house was part of a Butlin's Amusement Park. For the history of the founder, Billy Butlin, eventually knighted for his recreational achievements, visit here.
Wouldn't you have loved to experience this park during its heyday, some seventy years ago?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 25, 2008 -
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Category: Architecture, Buildings and Other Structures, Entertainment, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, History, Photography and Photographers, Surrealism, Foreign Customs, 1930s
The Bad Sleep Well
We've been alerted to the serial killer in Japan who's taking revenge for corporate fraud, as described in this article in today's NY TIMES. But what no one seems to have noticed is that we've already seen this scenario in a film. THE BAD SLEEP WELL is one of Akira Kurosawa's masterpieces, and details how a man whose father was killed by corrupt businessmen exacts his revenge. Here's the excellent trailer.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 22, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Crime, Death, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Movies, Foreign Customs, 1960s, Asia
Follies of the Mad Men #45
What kind of kids would a shellfish and a bottle have, and how would they go about reproducing?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 19, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Foreign Customs, 1940s
The Elves of Iceland
Maybe the Icelandic banking meltdown can be remedied with pots of elvish gold.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 10, 2008 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Fictional Monsters, Eccentrics, New Age, Paranormal, Regionalism, Religion, Foreign Customs, Europe
Yma Sumac, RIP
Goodbye, Yma Sumac, one of history's greatest and weirdest singers.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 04, 2008 -
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Category: Celebrities, Eccentrics, Entertainment, Music, Foreign Customs, Obituaries
Wrong-way Trucks
I have no idea where this scene was filmed, nor what it means.But it is certainly weird.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 03, 2008 -
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Category: Death, Destruction, Foreign Customs, Cars
The Mothra Song
I think we all need a little more Mothra in our lives. I myself intend to sing this song in times of personal crisis.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 01, 2008 -
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Category: Gods, Movies, Music, Foreign Customs, 1960s, Fictional Monsters
Bernie und Ert
As long as we've been talking about German humor....First the original, with superior voice-acting, then an English dub, for comprehension.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 28, 2008 -
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Category: Drugs, Entertainment, Puppets and Automatons, Television, Foreign Customs
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