Television
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 59
Remember my rule for this series? The artwork in question had to be made during Khrushchev's lifetime. Well, I thought 1968 was too late. But no! Nikita lived till 1971.The artist's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 12, 2024 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Television, Self-referentiality, Circularity, and Endless Loops, 1960s, Russia
George Carl—“French Pantomimist”—on The Ed Sullivan Show
Prime time humor was really different, way back when.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 23, 2024 -
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Category: Human Marvels, Humor, Television, 1960s, Europe
The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.
Wikipedia entry here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 31, 2024 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Television, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, 1970s, Comedians
The Shrink
Poetry of the insane?Are you nuts? Are you nuts? Have you lost your guts?
Why do you think you are nuts?
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 16, 2024 -
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Category: Music, Television, Psychology, 1980s, Mental Health and Insanity
The Odd Couple Sings
The rest of the playlist is on YouTube.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 18, 2024 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Television, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1970s
No TV for a year
Back in the early 1970s, a German research group called "The Society for Rational Psychology" challenged 184 people (all regular TV watchers) to go without TV for a year.. with financial incentives to encourage them to stick to the plan.Briefly all went well, but then things quickly began to go downhill. Frustration grew. The people started to become moody and aggressive. After five months they were all back to watching TV.
The lesson the researchers concluded: "people who watch television regularly are likely to become so addicted they can no longer be happy without it."
What would they conclude about the Internet?
Of course, the study probably needs to be taken with a grain of salt because I can't find any info about this Society for Rational Psychology. Was it some kind of market research group? Nor can I find the write-up from the study itself. Just lots of references to the study in the media.
Buffalo Evening News - May 8, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Fri May 17, 2024 -
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Category: Addictions, Television, Psychology, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #592
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 15, 2024 -
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Category: Television, Advertising, Smoking and Tobacco, 1950s
Mr. Squiggle
All is explained at the Wikipedia page.Weird as the newer version is, the 1950s show was even weirder. Go to this link, for a non-embeddable sample.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 10, 2024 -
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Category: Art, Puppets and Automatons, Television, Space Travel, Australia, Twentieth Century
“The Film-Flam Man” Episode of MULLIGAN STEW
Explanation here.IMDB entry for the episode here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 01, 2024 -
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Category: Food, Junk Food, Sleaze and Sleazeballs, Television, 1970s
Stan Freberg’s Chun King Commercials
Well-known for his comedy and innovative commercials, Stan Freberg outdid himself for the Chun King campaign.If you go to YouTube, you can see a classic hour of comedy that Freberg did with Chun King as the sponsor.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 24, 2024 -
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Category: Food, Humor, Television, Advertising, 1960s
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