June 2018
June 20, 2018
Resurrecting Peter Lorre
In 1964, police managed to thwart the dastardly scheme of the "Covenant of the 73rd Demon" (a group of teenage boys) to resurrect Peter Lorre. The actor had died on March 23, 1964, and the boys' plan was found out three months later.Wilson said an "order" signed by one of the boys and passed on to other cult members indicated the cult planned to exhume Lorre's body and restore life to it. Lorre was one of the cult's idols, the officer said.
The "order" did not explain how the boys planned to restore life, and the youths would not tell officers about it.
The Lawton Constitution - June 25, 1964
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 20, 2018 -
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Category: Celebrities, Death, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #370
Continuing our intermittent series: I ALWAYS TAKE SHOPPING ADVICE FROM PUPPETS
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 20, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Motor Vehicles, Puppets and Automatons, 1940s
June 19, 2018
iPhone-holding shower curtain
For those who can't bear to be without their phone for even a few minutes.It has 17 pockets. So you could have a wall of phones in your shower, if you wanted.
Available from Amazon for $24.95.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 19, 2018 -
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Category: Technology, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods
A Thief in the Night
Before there was the LEFT BEHIND series, there was this.Wikipedia entry here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 19, 2018 -
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Category: Armageddon and Apocalypses, Cult Figures and Artifacts, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Religion, 1970s
June 18, 2018
Mesh Jeans
There seems to be no limit to the weird things that designers can dream up to do with jeans.These "mesh jeans" from the designer Bless consist of vintage 501 Levi's that "feature an asymmetrical fold along the fly and a tan mesh panel down the full length of one side."
They retail for $590, but right now are on sale for a mere $236.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 18, 2018 -
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Category: Fashion, Denim
Mystery Illustration 72
What was this vehicle for?
Answer is here (page 25).
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 18, 2018 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, 1940s
June 17, 2018
Most Exclusive Website
Mostexclusivewebsite.com boasts that it only allows one visitor on the site at a time, which is what makes it so exclusive. However, it has a waiting area, which is where you first arrive. So really, only part of the website is exclusive. Each visitor is allowed 60 seconds in the exclusive area.However, the exclusive area is almost exactly the same as the waiting room. The only difference is that you can post a message once you arrive at the exclusive area. Hardly worth the wait.
The maker of the site should have added fireworks, a cool background photo, or something special to the exclusive area. Still, an interesting concept.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 17, 2018 -
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Category: Strange Websites
Howie
Will Hutchins prefigures Jim Carrey in DUMB AND DUMBER.
Three subsequent parts of the episode separately on YouTube.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 17, 2018 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Television, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
June 16, 2018
Underneath the Bitumen
Down in Tasmania, 73-year-old Australian artist Mike Parr is spending three days in a steel box that's been buried beneath a busy road. As traffic passes overhead, he'll spend his time "meditating, drawing, fasting and reading Robert Hughes’s The Fatal Shore." Apparently he hopes that his time underground will draw attention to "20th-century totalitarian violence in all its forms.”But only three days? That's a walk in the park compared to the exploits of "Country" Bill White who spent 140 days underground.
More info: The Guardian
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 16, 2018 -
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Category: Art
Follies of the Madmen #369
Not the kind of iconography that would be favored in today's ads.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 16, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Stereotypes and Cliches, Tobacco and Smoking, 1970s
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