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Most Televised Girl in America

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Was the rightful bearer of this distinction Rita Morley?

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Or was it Sue Read?

Morley's claim is better documented. I can't really learn much about Read other than this:

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Anyhow, who could rightfully claim the title today?
Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Apr 13, 2012 | Comments (10)
Category: Celebrities, Television, 1940's, 1960's, 1950's

The Candy Kid and the Tiger Girl

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Here you see a touching encounter between the Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid, a couple from the 1920s.

Were they:

a) Socialites who eloped?

b) Tightrope walkers?

c) Bootleggers?

d) Dancers?

e) None of the above?

Answer after the jump.

More >>
Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Mar 30, 2012 | Comments (3)
Category: Celebrities, Couples, 1920's

Dixie Evans



Just as Vaughan Meader had to find a new gig when JFK got shot, so too did this performer have to change her schtick when another famous person died.

Clip mildly NSFW, mostly due to performer's energetic gyrations, rather than amount of skin displayed.

More info here.

But do not go to this link, unless you want your image of the beautiful Dixie Evans smashed by the ravages of time.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Feb 23, 2012 | Comments (4)
Category: Body, Breasts, Butt, Celebrities, Strippers, Stripping and Strip Clubs, 1960's, 1950's

Weird Universe Cruise

It's official. Weird Universe will be hosting its first cruise, departing on August 12 from Fort Lauderdale and returning on the 19th. We'll be sailing aboard the spectacular ship the Allure of the Seas, and accompanying us onboard will be celebrity mother Kate Gosselin and her fans, allowing WUvies to study weirdness at first hand, up close and personal! Reservations are now being taken. Book your cabin at kategosselincruise.com.

wu cruise
Posted By: Alex | Date: Fri Jan 13, 2012 | Comments (5)
Category: Celebrities, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Travel, Surrealism

Banned Advert



Explanation here.

Watch it quick, before it's yanked.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Dec 02, 2011 | Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Government, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Officials, Humor, Africa

Memory Aid?

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This headline is too weird to be simply a headline. It must be a memory aid, like "ROY G. BIV" or "Every Good Boy Deserves Fun."

But what could the hidden meaning be?

Please submit your best guess.

Mine is "Lion Genomes Occupy Protoplasm Interiors Totipotentially Cancerous."

Article here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Nov 21, 2011 | Comments (6)
Category: Celebrities, Music, Body Fluids, Brain

Providence Street Sign

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Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Jan 27, 2011 | Comments (6)
Category: Celebrities, Signage, Outsider Art

Happy Harry

I recently found out about an animator named Harry Partridge who does bizarre shorts that are perfect Weird Universe material. These two are my favorites, but be sure to go to the Happy Harry Toons YouTube page for more absurdity.



Posted By: Salamander Sam | Date: Fri Nov 05, 2010 | Comments (1)
Category: Celebrities, Dreams and Nightmares, Humor, Pop Culture, ShowBiz, Surrealism, Cartoons

Alec Baldwin Wants to Destroy NPR



A very funny and twisted way to raise funds, from WQXR.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Oct 23, 2010 | Comments (10)
Category: Charities and Philanthropy, Celebrities, Radio

Follies of the Mad Men #115

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[From Life magazine for December 13 1943.]

Okay, if you want to claim that your shaving cream will make the Average Joe resemble a movie star, wouldn't you pick Errol Flynn, say, or even Humphrey Bogart, rather than Frankenstein's monster?
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Jul 14, 2010 | Comments (4)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Movies, 1940's, Facial Hair, Fictional Monsters
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