Foreign Customs
Cinerama’s SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
The IMAX of my youth. Is anyone today awed or thrilled by any of the world's "seven wonders?" Or has an interconnected, over-exposed media environment rendered this type of film a dead genre?The film's scant Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 09, 2019 -
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Category: Culture and Civilization, Foreign Customs, Documentaries, 1950s, Natural Wonders
The Pepperell Family on Cotton Cay
A deservedly shortlived advertising campaign that seemed to equate wearing cotton clothing with the life of a shipwrecked family.
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Posted By: Paul - Wed May 22, 2019 -
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Category: Antisocial Activities, Advertising, Foreign Customs, Hermits, 1960s
Strange Canadian Custom
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 30, 2019 -
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Category: Government, Hygiene, Foreign Customs, 1960s, North America
The Ohwadas and their Tattoos
An instance of the Formerly Weird becoming No Longer Weird.
Original article here.
More pics here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 09, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Eccentrics, Museums, Foreign Customs, 1980s, Asia
Happy St. Patrick’s Day 2019
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 17, 2019 -
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Category: Government, Foreign Customs, 1960s, Europe, Fictional Monsters
Pagan Island
The IMDB entry.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 23, 2019 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Sexuality, Stereotypes and Cliches, Foreign Customs, 1960s, Love & Romance
Prince Leonard Casley, RIP
Full article here.
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 14, 2019 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Curmudgeons and Contrarianism, Government, Unauthorized Dwellings, Outsider Art, Performance Art, Foreign Customs, Obituaries, 1970s
The Mountain of the Cannibal God
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 21, 2018 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Stereotypes and Cliches, Foreign Customs, 1970s
Fake Flavored Condom Candy
1 Box New Imported Candy Geli White Candies Fun Snack Condoms Durex Chocolate Candy FunFool's Day Tricky Evil Harry Potter Candy
I got nothin'.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 02, 2018 -
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Category: Sexuality, Foreign Customs, Candy, Asia
In the Round Four-Cornered Forest
Pure nightmare fuel for any unsuspecting child.
"The habitants of the Round Four Cornered Forest are a happy bunch of nice, accepting, loving companions: Micker-Macker, Pretty Kitty, Seraphin Horse, Lajos Monster, Aromo, Great Zoard, Sigfrid Bruckner, Elek Mouse, and Dömdödöm."
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 02, 2018 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Surrealism, Foreign Customs, Cartoons, Europe, Twenty-first Century, Fictional Monsters
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