Newspapers
Hidden Message in “I Am the Walrus”
Everyone knows that the Beatles song "I Am the Walrus" is all about the secret death of Paul McCartney.But back in 1968, reporter Jed Drews heard something else there.
Source: Fort Lauderdale News (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) 24 Feb 1968, Sat Page 15
I can find literally not one other online endorsement of this interpretation of the lyrics--except when Mr. Drews's article was inserted into the Congressional Record upon his testimony in DC.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 25, 2021 -
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Category: Drugs, Government, Music, Newspapers, 1960s
A Family Circus Christmas
I was going to save this for Christmas 2021, but then realized I should not deprive anyone of immediate viewing of this masterpiece.The IMDB page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 07, 2021 -
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Category: Family, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Holidays, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Newspapers, Cartoons, 1970s
Homage to Shepherd
Someone at the NEW YORK TIMES exhibits his good taste and sense of propriety, by capitalizing "News of the Weird" to render homage to Chuck. And this proves that NOTW remains a potent historical signifier and force!
Article.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 07, 2018 -
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Category: Newspapers, Weird Universe, Chuck
Miss Printer’s Devil 1953
Miss Printer's Devil. Joanne Sullivan, Harbor Jr. College's 'Miss Printer's Devil' will reign over College's First Annual Printer's banquet and ball tonight (Friday). She is shown puzzling out words in galley in school's print shop. Joanne Sullivan (see above) is being shown how to press keys of Linotype by Ronnie Wilson, 18, printer major, who is studying to be a print shop teacher. Linotype requires exact touch to prevent pie (?) of type fonts."
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 04, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Newspapers, Technology, 1950s
Montreal Madness of 1892
People acted weird in familiar NOTW fashion even over a century ago, as this Montreal newspaper reveals.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 01, 2015 -
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Category: Emotions, Newspapers, Husbands, Wives, Nineteenth Century, Mental Health and Insanity
International Times
IT was a London-based underground newspaper founded in 1966. (Wikipedia entry here.)
Their online archive provides lots of groovy browsing.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 10, 2013 -
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Category: Newspapers, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Best Headline Juxtaposition Ever
Original page here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 03, 2013 -
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Category: Newspapers, Religion, Synchronicity, 1900s
O. J. Wangen, Evil Paint Seller
It makes no difference whether you want your house painted or not; whether you want to use Sherwin-Williams or another brand; whether you plan to do it yourself or employ a different company. None of this counts in the face of O. J. Wangen's plan for world domination. "Let us have our way... We will have it, all or part of it in the end."
Original ad here. (Scroll down at link.)
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 18, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Evil, Newspapers, Interior Decorating, 1900s
Strange As It Seems
News of the Weird has several ancestors. One is Strange As It Seems.
Strange as it Seems featured bizarre stories based on cartoons created by John Hix who was a staff artist at the Washington Herald. The comic strip Strange as it Seems was syndicated in American newspapers between 1928 and 1944. Strange as it Seems was comparable to Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Sponsored by Exlax in the 1930s and Palmolive Shave Cream when the show reappeared in 1947-1948.
The brand has recently been revivied, and features a YouTube Channel. Check it out!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 17, 2011 -
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Category: Newspapers, Radio, Weird Studies and Guides, Comics, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
Which NEW YORK TIMES Do You Read?
Maybe you read Jane Brody's column for May 11, 2010.People of normal height or taller might be inclined to assume, as that silly Randy Newman song put it, that “Short people got no reason to live.... Short people got nobody to love.”
As someone who never broke the 5-foot mark, I can attest that most assumptions about short people are just that: assumptions. Here are a few facts.
¶ Children who are naturally short are no less socially competent or intelligent than taller ones.
¶ Being short was no deterrent to the likes of Yuri Gagarin, who, at 5-foot-1, was the first man in space; the actor Danny DeVito or the pop singer Prince, both 5-2; former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, a mere 4-10; or George Stephanopoulos, TV correspondent and talk show host, just over 5 feet.
¶ Short people can run countries (though not necessarily well): Napoleon, Caesar, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Franco.
¶ Being short is no impediment to financial success: Ross Perot and Michael Bloomberg.
¶ Even professional basketball is not out of reach: Spud Webb, 5-6, and Muggsy Bogues, just 5-3.
Or maybe you read "FOR CRIME, IS ANATOMY DESTINY?" printed just a few pages afterwards.
Poverty, greed, anger, jealousy, pride, revenge. These are the usual suspects when it comes to discussing the causes of crime. In recent years, however, economists have started to investigate a different explanation for criminal activity: physical attributes.
A small band of economists has been studying how height, weight and beauty affect the likelihood of committing — or being convicted of — a crime. Looking at records from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, they have found evidence that shorter men are 20 to 30 percent more likely to end up in prison than their taller counterparts, and that obesity and physical attractiveness are linked to crime.
There is already a sizable stack of research that examines the connections between physical characteristics and the labor market. Economists have found, for example, that every inch of additional height is associated with a nearly 2 percent increase in earnings...
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 11, 2010 -
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Category: Body, Newspapers, Screwups
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