Hollywood
Psych-Out
Once you have experienced the 1968 film PSYCH-OUT, you will be unable to return to your square, plastic, uptight lifestyle. Just the sight of Jack Nicholson's fake ponytail alone will trip you out!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 16, 2009 -
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Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Costumes and Masks, Drugs, Fads, Fashion, Hair Styling, History, Hollywood, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Movies, Music, Regionalism, Sexuality, Stereotypes and Cliches, Surrealism, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, Posters, Dance, Body Painting, Facial Hair
George Putnam, RIP
TV newscaster George Putnam has died. Read his LOS ANGELES TIMES obituary here.Putnam was frequently cited as the inspiration for the Ted Baxter character on THE MARY TYLER MOORE show.
Make your own judgment based on the videos below.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 16, 2008 -
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Category: Centuries, Death, Obituaries, Entertainment, Actors, Hollywood, ShowBiz, Stupidity, Television
Follies of the Mad Men #15
Our booze appeals mainly to Eighteenth-century highwaymen.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 27, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Celebrities, Crime, History, Hollywood, Inebriation and Intoxicants, 1960s
Wild Women of Wongo
You'll have to decide for yourself. First, take a look at the unfortunately bleached-out trailer. Then view the whole film--in glorious "Pathecolor"--on YouTube, in several parts, with the first one featured after the trailer.
Also on YouTube is the MST3K version.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 26, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Domestic, Marriage, Family, Hollywood, Movies, Gender, Men, Women, Foreign Customs, 1950s, Dance
The South Will Collect Its Pensions Again!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 25, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Obituaries, History, Historical Figure, Hollywood, Literature, Books, Regionalism, War, Cartoons, Marriage
Bowanga Bowanga
BOWANGA BOWANGA, or "The White Sirens of Africa," is a lot less fun over sixty minutes of viewing than this select snippet pretends. So be content with what you see here, and save yourself a rental.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 24, 2008 -
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Category: Fashion, Hollywood, Movies, Nature, Sex Symbols, Foreign Customs, Marriage, 1950s, Dance
Follies of the Mad Men #13
There is nothing spectacularly "weird" about this particular entry in our series, except that the artist is William Steig, the famed illustrator and author responsible, most notably in Hollywood terms, for Shrek. It's curious to see him turning his talents to advertising during his early career, as so many artists who later grew rich and famous once did.
Perhaps the true vestige of weirdness here, though, is the image of the proud boy wearing his Jughead cap. You can learn about the history of the Jughead beanie and how to make such a cap yourself at Juggie's Wikipedia page. Or perhaps you'd want to buy one readymade, either here or here.
But maybe you want to go for the entire Jughead look!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 17, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Hollywood, Literature, Books, Fantasy, Movies, Comics, 1940s
Head Out on the Highway
Can it possibly be that the 1993 movie titled THE PROGRAM is still exerting its malign influence, causing dumb-ass teens to lie down on the center stripe of highways, as described in this fifteen-year-old article from The New York Times?
What makes me think so? An identical fresh incident from my own home state, as recounted in this article.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 12, 2008 -
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Category: Death, Fads, Hollywood, Movies, Travel, 1990s, Cars
Cursed Movies
Do we have a new movie curse in the works?
Read about famous past incidents of doomed films here and here and here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 11, 2008 -
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Category: Celebrities, Death, Entertainment, Hollywood, Movies
Julian Eltinge
--and when a drag queen like Julian Eltinge was a top attraction in high society and popular culture alike.
Face it: life was never any different.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 06, 2008 -
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Category: Celebrities, Eccentrics, Entertainment, Government, History, Historical Figure, Hollywood, Sexuality, Gender, Gender-bending, Men, Theater and Stage, Vaudeville, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
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