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Follies of the Mad Men #91

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[From Life magazine for September 15, 1941. Two scans, click either to enlarge.]

Choking your wife equals nicer shirts in the future.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Mar 04, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (10)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Violence, Husbands, Wives, 1940's

Mikky and Me

Mikky and Me from Adam Neale on Vimeo.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Mar 03, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (2)
Category: Violence, Elderly, Husbands, Wives, Cartoons

Follies of the Mad Men #74

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[From Good Housekeeping for December 1949.]

"Subliminal" is not the precise word I want here. Not when the coded message is in big red letters.

"Subtextual?" "Off-topic?" "Suggestive?"

In any case, promoting the maxim "husbands beat wives" in a women's magazine was one way of keeping the girls in line, I guess.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Oct 25, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (8)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Marriage, Food, Violence, Husbands, Wives, 1940's

Mother Takes a Holiday

Marriage Is A Partnership

Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Jan 14, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (10)
Category: Domestic, Marriage, Sexuality, Husbands, Wives, 1950's

Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)

Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Dec 17, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (8)
Category: Holidays, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Music, Regionalism, Children, Husbands, 1970's

2008 Wife-Carrying Contest

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Although the most famous wife-carrying contest--the original event in Finland--came and went in July, as you can learn in the clip below, other such events are going on regularly, such as this recent New Hampshire contest.

I'm thinking we need to enter a WEIRD UNIVERSE team in one of these competitions. Any volunteers?



Follies of the Mad Men #35

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[From Life magazine for June 2 1952.]

Yes, in the 1950's every husband and father had to be emasculated in every possible way. Imagine trying to conduct some kind of Tennessee Williams-inspired affair with your local Liz Taylor of the suburbs while wearing these. The laughter would be heard from one end of the motel to the other!
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Oct 11, 2008 | Permalink
Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Humor, Jokes, Gonads, Public Indecency, Husbands, 1950's

Follies of the Mad Men #27

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[Frpm Life magazine for June 9 1952. Two separate scans, upper and lower.]

James Brown's got nothing on this guy!

Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Sep 17, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (32)
Category: Business, Advertising, Domestic, Marriage, Family, Children, Husbands, Parents, Wives, Pets, Dogs, Technology, Gender, 1950's

Follies of the Mad Men #25

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Didn't you enjoy the vivacious and perkily sexy Tad Tadlock in yesterday's DESIGN FOR DREAMING? How could anyone resist a sequel?

Let's watch A TOUCH OF MAGIC.



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