Celebrities
Co-Star Records
There were fifteen of these uniquely bizarre records.
The whole story is here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 30, 2016 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Celebrities, Hobbies and DIY, 1960s
Elvis and the Hollywood Vice Squad
I wonder what the Hollywood Vice Squad of 1957 would make of many a modern pop music show?
Original text here.
Original text here.
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Posted By: Paul - Wed May 18, 2016 -
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Category: Celebrities, Censorship, Bluenoses, Taboos, Prohibitions and Other Cultural No-No’s, 1950s, Dance
Mao’s Crystal Coffin
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 28, 2015 -
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Category: Body, Celebrities, Death, Politics, 1970s, Asia
Jayne Mansfield’s Hand
1958: Journalist tries to record in words the exact sensation of touching Jayne Mansfield's hand.I had never seen the phrase "gone sensation" and thought maybe it was a typo, but Merriam-Webster defines it as "a feeling of faintness or weakness."
Spokane Daily Chronicle - Apr 17, 1958
KINGSVILLE, Texas, April 17. — Jake Trussell of the Kingsville Record held hands with Jayne Mansfield while posing for a photograph during a news conference.
"I must report exactly how it felt to hold her hand," Trussell told his readers. "The sensation I got was of a long personalized sort of slightly over-heated peach fuzz expanse, or perhaps the snuggly softness of a glamorized baby duck's down. Anyway, it was a real gone sensation."
A picture of Miss Mansfield and Trussell showed that she was wearing gloves.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 26, 2015 -
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Category: Celebrities, Sex Symbols, 1950s
Dear 53310761
You might wonder what the hell this song is about, until you hear a certain name mentioned past the halfway mark. Even then, you have to know your pop music history to figure it out.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 17, 2015 -
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Category: Celebrities, Music, 1950s, Armed Forces
Miss Pickle of 2014
Here is a new post that joins two previous ones: my post with the video about the PICKLE INDUSTRY, and Alex's post about MISS KANGAROO.It appears that at least since 1964, the union known as the Pickle Packers International has been choosing a woman to be "Miss Pickle."
The first foto below comes from THE DAILY EGYPTIAN for October 30, 1964. The second foto comes from the BUFFALO COURIER-EXPRESS for June 24, 1967, while the article comes from the TUSCALOOSA NEWS for May 7, 1967.
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Finally, we come to Miss Pickle of 2014, who seems more like a cartoon company mascot than a beauty-queen.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 27, 2015 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Celebrities, Food, Pickles, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1960s
Honk-O-Bag
Please nominate a celebrity from 2014 that you would like to see modeled in punching-bag format.
Original ad here. (Page 13)
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 05, 2014 -
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Category: Celebrities, Toys, Violence, 1950s
Drs Casey & Kildare in Pillowcase Form
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An early example of Dakimakura. I understand Richard Chamberlain still has a warehouse of these which he will sell upon request.
Original ad here (page 31).
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 24, 2014 -
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Category: Celebrities, Comics, Sex Toys, Interior Decorating, 1960s
Trophy Wife
Statue of Stephanie Seymour commissioned by her husband from artist Maurizio Cattelan. Not brand new news, but missed by me certainly when it happened. And art is eternal.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 01, 2014 -
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Category: Body, Celebrities, Couples, Pop Art
The Art of Marilyn Monroe
There have been many, many paintings done of Marilyn Monroe. But I wasn't aware that Monroe was, herself, an artist. She contributed the above sketch, described as being in the surrealist style, to an art exhibit in 1956. The organizer of the exhibit praised Monroe as "a midget picasso." Source: Newsweek - Nov 19, 1956.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 19, 2014 -
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Category: Art, Celebrities, 1950s
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