1960s
Underwater Barber Shop, 1966
From Weeki Wachee, Florida, which describes itself as "the only city of live mermaids."
Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 18, 2013 -
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Category: 1960s, Hair and Hairstyling
Special Delivery
Perhaps reviewer GE_Pretzel said it best:
Subject: A sedative masquerading as a bus safety film
There are few films that can surpass or even equal the mediocrity of Special Delivery, a horrendously cumbersome safety film for schoolbus operators that fails to captivate. Instead of simply attempting to discuss the fundamentals of schoolbus safety and procedure in a concise, forthright manner, the film's creators place the necessary educational elements within a dry, unengaging story involving Mickey Miller, a recalcitrant little boy who has developed a strong distrust of the local schoolbus and its driver, Bill Marshall. It appears that Mickey has been reading far too many James Fenimore Cooper novels, as he wears a feathered headdress and continually shoots toy arrows at the schoolbus, a vehicle that he refers to as the "white man's stagecoach." Mickey is miffed when he isn't allowed to board the bus because of his age, but shortly after he reaches "age more than five," he and his older sister Millie are taken on a special bus ride by Bill in an effort to gain the young boy's respect. After a mishmash of schoolbus operation information is conveyed during the trip, Mickey alters his attitude and begins to take well to Bill. At the end of the film, however, Bill humiliates a diminutive boy who isn't allowed to ride the bus by calling him "Shorty" right in front of all of the other children. If Bill is striving to establish a rapport with his future passengers, he certainly isn't doing a good job. This lengthy production is quite a chore to watch.
It should be a crime to wear garish horn-rimmed glasses like the ones Millie sports throughout the film.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 10, 2013 -
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Category: PSA’s, Children, 1960s, Mental Health and Insanity, Bus
Weird-Ohs
How could Weird Universe not do a feature on a line of model kits dubbed "Weird-ohs"...?
This blog features a good writeup on them.
Here's a period ad from BOYS LIFE.
And the horrifying reality of the finished product. Buy yours now through the link below!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 01, 2013 -
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Category: Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Hobbies and DIY, Toys, Air Travel and Airlines, 1960s, Fictional Monsters
Follies of the Madmen #211
Yes, aliens probably have never had a cup of cocoa until they visit Earth; and if individuals of their kind live for hundreds of years, that would indeed be a very long time to go without cocoa.
But you know what? Aliens, cocoa...? Forget it! I still don't get the connection, no matter how hard I try.
Original ad here. (Scroll down.)
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 25, 2013 -
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Category: Aliens, Business, Advertising, Products, Chocolate, 1960s
The Backwards Multilingual Singing Career of Jeanette
Because the USA market for music is so huge, singers from other countries are always trying to break in, abandoning their native languages for English.Maurice Chevalier. Charles Aznavour. Julio Iglesias. Shakira. The list goes on and on.
What's stranger is someone who abandons a career singing in native English to become a star abroad.
Such was the case of Jeanette.
Born in the UK and raised in America, she tried to be a folkie.
But failing that, she moved to Europe and became a great success, singing mostly in Spanish.
Of course, looking like a beautiful flower child didn't hurt!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 22, 2013 -
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Category: Languages, Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, 1970s, Europe, North America
Aluminum Bathing Suit
Continuing the WU investigation of unusual bathing suits, here's an aluminum bathing suit from 1966, modeled by Donyale Luna. It was featured in the French film Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (Qui êtes vous, Polly Maggoo?) which wikipedia describes as "a satirical art house movie spoofing the fashion world and its excesses."
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 02, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, 1960s
21-87
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 13, 2013 -
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Category: Movies, Surrealism, 1960s
The Brainiac
If you enjoy the trailer for this 1962 Mexican horror film involving brain-eating, watch the full version below.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 10, 2013 -
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Category: Horror, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, 1960s
The Tailbone Patrol
Unfortunately, the mutability of the English language has not been kind to James W. English's stories of Scouting known as The Tailbone Patrol. In 2013, the title sounds like one of those how-to-pick-up-women books, or a "Girls Gone Wild" episode.
If you want a copy to peruse, they start at $200.00.
Or you can read one of the stories about the "Tailboners" here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 09, 2013 -
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Category: Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Books, 1950s, 1960s
Nintendo Love Tester
Wikipedia explanation.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 31, 2013 -
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Category: Technology, 1960s, Asia, Love & Romance
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