Celebrities
Mystery Illustration 97
What super-famous Hollywood icon is this, beneath her disguise?The answer is after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 15, 2020 -
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Category: Celebrities, Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Movies, 1930s
Cassandra and Tom
Decide for yourself!
Source of text.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 04, 2020 -
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Category: Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Deliberate Obscurity, Celebrities, Music, Photography and Photographers, 1970s, Dance
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 28, 2019 -
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Farrah Fawcett Lookalike Contest Winners
In the late 1970s, Farrah Fawcett was, without a doubt, the most famous sex symbol in the world, thanks to her best-selling poster and role on Charlie's Angels. For a while, a Farrah craze swept the nation, inspiring a slew of lookalike contests. Below are some of the winners.
Gallagher posing in front of the Farrah poster.
Detroit Free Press - Feb 2, 1977
In her day job, Gallagher was a clerk for the UPS, but after winning the contest she signed up with a modeling agency and landed various paid appearances as a Farrah lookalike, such as a gig (below) at Rosella's furniture store in Greenville, Mississippi. (Dobbs was her married name.)
Delta Democrat-Times - Jun 24, 1977
Calgary Herald - Oct 7, 1978
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Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 14, 2019 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Celebrities, 1970s
Twiggy Board Game
Details here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 02, 2019 -
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Category: Celebrities, Fashion, Games, 1960s
HERCULES IN NEW YORK
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 09, 2019 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Celebrities, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Foreign Customs, 1960s
Masquerade Party
Here's what's really weird about this show: a poet, Ogden Nash, and an author, Ilka Chase, were not considered too highbrow for a game show, and were recognized by the mass audience. Try that today!
Of course, having Dagmar on the show did not hurt.
The other parts of this episode also on YouTube.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 04, 2019 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Celebrities, Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Games, Literature, Television, 1950s
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
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
Ear Makeup
Apparently Candice Bergen got her start modeling "Dear Ear" — the first ever (and last ever?) line of ear makeup. She would have been 18 when she did these ads.For those who have little experience in painting ears, and that includes most of us, Maradel also includes a styling booklet which offers four ear-styling techniques.
-Miami News - Aug 16, 1964
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - Aug 4, 1964
Miami News - Aug 16, 1964
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 20, 2018 -
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Category: Celebrities, Fashion, 1960s
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