Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters
The Goofus Club
There seem to have been innumerable organizations with this name. One, from the 1920s, focused on sports. One from the 1960s featured amateur magicians. So I am not sure how the first song represents "The Goofus Clubs of America." But you can enjoy the various versions anyhow.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 17, 2024 -
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Category: Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Music, Twentieth Century
Maco Toys Firefly Safety Helmet
What do you think? Would this have earned envy or disdain from fellow kids? Cool or uncool?The maker's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 27, 2023 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Toys, Self-protection, Defenses, and Safeguards, Twentieth Century
Hasbro’s Screwball
An early instance of "revenge of the nerds."
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 23, 2022 -
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Category: Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Sports, Toys, Advertising, 1970s, Puzzles
Dewey Decimal and the Librarians
Their entry at Discogs. Alas, no audio files available.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 04, 2022 -
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Category: Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Music, Libraries, 1960s
Run, Buddy, Run
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 15, 2020 -
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Category: Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Television, Stupid Criminals, 1960s
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 28, 2019 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Antiques, Anachronisms and Throwbacks, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Celebrities, Confusion, Misunderstanding, and Incomprehension, Eccentrics, Entertainment, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Humor, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Superstition, Television, Avant Garde, Surrealism, 1970s, LGBT, Halloween, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust, Nostalgia
Johnny Horizon
"Mom, Dad--I want to grow up to be an EPA field-worker like Johnny Horizon!"
Such were the words probably never actually spoken in the early 1970s, when the icon of Johnny Horizon was launched by the BLM. But if any lad or lassie did utter such a wish, then they could have been placated with the Johnny Horizon Environmental Test Kit. Parker Brothers showed a little poindexter hard at work in their ads for the kit.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 15, 2016 -
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Category: Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Government, Nature, Toys, 1970s
Johnny Jupiter
There's a bit of Jim Carrey to our hero Ernie.
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 11, 2014 -
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Category: Aliens, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Puppets and Automatons, Television, 1950s
New Age Symphony Devoted to Scrooge McDuck
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 28, 2014 -
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Category: Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Music, New Age, Comics
Dimensions
Dimensions by Bernard Longpré, National Film Board of Canada
Ostensibly a primer in spatial awareness for kids, this drug-addled escapade is really an elaborate allegory for sexual tension. The geeky male's inability to physically connect with, mate with, or ultimately please the attractive female. Watch, and see if you don't agree.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 27, 2012 -
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Category: Confusion, Misunderstanding, and Incomprehension, Drugs, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Sexuality, Stupidity, Surrealism, 1960s
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