Humor
The Humor of Regis Cordic
Wikipedia entry for Regis Cordic.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 27, 2022 -
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Category: Aliens, Humor, Parody, Satire, Inventions, Radio, Advertising, 1950s, 1960s, Alcohol
Town Founded by a Jackass
It was Noah Kellogg's donkey that alerted the prospector to a mountain outcropping of galena, a lead ore often containing silver. This miraculous moment would attract a rough-and-tumble-type crowd to dig up and refine the resources below. What this visually stunning Silver Valley town is today — through mining ups and downs, population decline and industry changes — is just as the town motto cheekily states: "Founded by a jackass and inhabited by his descendants."
Article on the current state of the place.
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 15, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Government, Humor, Regionalism, Mining
The Duke of Paducah
If I might rephrase a famous statement for our WU purposes: The past is a weird country--there's a lot of weirdos there.His Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 12, 2022 -
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Category: Hillbillies, Country Bumpkins, Ruralism and Flyover Country, Humor, Twentieth Century
The Golden Age of Patents
Alex is a master at finding oddball inventions that received a patent. Surely one of his spiritual ancestors must have been Wallace Peck, who did a humorous book that imagined such inventions.You can read the whole text here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 30, 2022 -
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Category: Humor, Inventions, Patents, Books, Nineteenth Century
USB Wine
Since this is French, it probably won't work in the U.S.More info: usbwine.com
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 07, 2022 -
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Category: Humor, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Internet
Sinkles
I posted a few days ago about the International Association of People Who Dine Over the Kitchen Sink, aka 'Sinkies'.And then yesterday, by chance, I came across this Portlandia sketch about Sinkles, the restaurant for people who dine over the kitchen sink.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 04, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, Restaurants
Reta Ray, “The Sniffing Song”
Read about the artist here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 18, 2021 -
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Category: Drugs, Humor, Music, Twentieth Century
Terry Head and Gisela
It's not every day that one sees a mime-skating-comedy act.Another clip of the act, not embeddable, here on a Facebook page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 15, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, Puppets and Automatons, Skating, Sledding, Skiing and Other Wintertime Pursuits, 1970s
Wally Cox: Early Standup Act
A weird lateral beginning to what his career would become.
Wally Cox (b.1924 d.1973) He started in nightclubs in 1948 doing this act; Monologs done in a heavy NYC accent followed by a song done in a high breaking voice. He was on early TV as Mr. Peepers school principle 1952-1955. A main stay of TV & movies throughout the 60s. He was the voice of Underdog cartoon and one of the Hollywood Squares game show. And a life long friend of Marlon Brando.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 04, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, 1940s
The Odd Couple Opera
Article source: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) 20 Aug 1972, Sun Page 363
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 01, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, Television, Theater and Stage, Opera
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