Teenagers
Top Ten Teen Idols of 1967
I would have liked to see the sample cohort of teens that voted in this poll.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 10, 2018 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Celebrities, Music, Politics, Teenagers, 1960s
Queen Angelita
Modern dictators just don't have the style and panache of olden tyrants. At an international exposition in his country in 1956, Rafael Trujillo crowned his 16-year-old daughter as "Queen Angelita," and gave her a court of 150 ladies-in-waiting.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 20, 2017 -
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Category: Ceremonies, Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Teenagers, 1950s, Caribbean
A Rose and a Baby Ruth
Apology on the cheap.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 30, 2017 -
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Category: Music, Nature, Teenagers, Candy, 1950s, Love & Romance
Village of the Giants
"From a novel by H. G. Wells!" Yeah, right....
The Wikipedia page.
The full movie, via MST3K.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 22, 2017 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Juvenile Delinquency, Teenagers, Science Fiction, 1960s
Hippieland
This particular kind of alarmist article seems to have no current analogue.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 13, 2017 -
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Category: Teenagers, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
Paul Whiteman’s TV Teen Club
Imagine someone like Paul Whiteman being a teen idol or mentor these days.
More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 24, 2017 -
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Category: Music, Television, Teenagers, 1950s
Chicago’s War on Syphilis
Imagine the uproar if this were attempted today.
Full article here.
Chicago's War on Syphilis: 1937-1940
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 10, 2017 -
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Category: Education, Civic Duties, Teenagers, 1930s, Diseases
New American Dictionary of Collegese: 1963
Here is another one of those attempts by journalist "squares" to understand the lingo of youths.
Many more entries at the link.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 31, 2017 -
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Category: Languages, Slang, Teenagers, 1960s
Hey, Let’s Twist!
The movie so great it inspired its own line of Ivey, Jivey suits for Cats!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 24, 2017 -
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Category: Fads, Fashion, Movies, Music, Teenagers, 1960s, Dance
Bowling is for Bored Teens!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 06, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Sports, Teenagers, 1960s
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