Television
One Step Beyond: The Sacred Mushroom
Here is the Wikipedia page for the show, which has a section on this episode.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 04, 2022 -
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Category: Drugs, Psychedelic, Science, Television, 1960s, Natural Wonders
The National College Queen
This contest for top female college student ("fifty percent beauty, fifty percent brains") appears to have begun in 1953:
Source: ETSU Collegian (Johnson City, Tennessee) 01 Apr 1955, Fri Page 5
The first photo below is from 1969, and I can't envision the contest surviving much beyond that revolutionary date.
Source: The Aggielite (Tishomingo, Oklahoma) 15 Mar 1955, Tue Page 1
It was once so popular, it was televised nationwide.
Source: The Kingston Daily Freeman (Kingston, New York) 10 Jun 1967, Sat Page 16
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 23, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Intelligence, Television, 1950s, 1960s
The Muppets “Sclrap Flyapp” on The Ed Sullivan Show
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 16, 2022 -
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Category: Aliens, Death, Puppets and Automatons, Television, 1960s
Here Come the Double-Deckers!
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 03, 2022 -
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Category: Television, Unlikely, Improbable and Counterfactual Phenomena, Children, 1970s
The Pickle Brothers
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 27, 2022 -
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Category: Television, Pickles, 1960s, Comedians
Pal Yat Chee
Our hillbilly lass.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 16, 2022 -
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Category: Hillbillies, Country Bumpkins, Ruralism and Flyover Country, Television, 1950s, Opera, Parody
The Tonight Shirt
NOTE: Positively not endorsed by Johnny Carson!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 20, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Television, Advertising, Twentieth Century
Why does Daddy look at television?
According to Redbook magazine (June 1951) it was because Daddy was a dirty old man.
The article provoked an angry letter to the editor published in a subsequent issue.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 16, 2022 -
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Category: Television, 1950s, Men
The Bay City Rollers Show
What happens when some one-hit wonders team up with the creators of H. R. Pufnstuf and The Banana Splits.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 27, 2022 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Music, Television, 1970s
Heart Attack Fells Winner
Mar 1972: Overwhelmed by the excitement of winning on a game show, housewife Maud Walker had a heart attack and died in front of the cameras. The studio didn't air that episode but offered to show it to her relatives so they could "see how happy she was."
Wilmington News Journal - Mar 8, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 23, 2022 -
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Category: Death, Television, 1970s
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