Foreign Customs
Bob McGilpin, “Sexy Thing”
Despite having some Number One hits, poor Bob has not seemed to merit a Wikipedia page. But you can go here to the agency that currently reps him.
Maybe you hit PAUSE when host Stefania Rotolo showed up onscreen in that costume. If so, here's a clip of her below.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 23, 2018 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Sex Symbols, Foreign Customs, 1970s
Santa Esmeralda, “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”
How can you resist the thickly accented singer when he bites his lower lip?
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 13, 2018 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Sex Symbols, Foreign Customs, 1970s
BEATLE COUNTRY, by The Charles River Valley Boys
Their Wikipedia page.Listen to the whole album here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 25, 2018 -
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Category: Music, Foreign Customs, Crossovers and Mashups, 1960s, Parody
Civilization
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 25, 2017 -
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Category: Culture and Civilization, Music, Foreign Customs, 1940s
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
Miniature Cusine
Lots more here.
Article here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 26, 2017 -
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Category: Enlargements, Miniatures, and Other Matters of Scale, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Food, Foreign Customs
Land of Islam
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 10, 2017 -
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Category: Foreign Customs, 1930s, Africa, Middle East
The Whittlesea Straw Bear
Official site here.
Wikipedia page here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 11, 2017 -
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Category: Foreign Customs, Europe, Fictional Monsters
Throwing the Hood
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 29, 2016 -
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Category: Foreign Customs, Headgear, Europe
Thai Commercial for Sylvania
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 16, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Giant People in Ads, Products, Horror, Foreign Customs, Fictional Monsters
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