Television
Miss Coaxial Cable
Cable TV was coming to Phoenix in 1952, and to celebrate a local TV store organized a "Miss Coaxial Cable" contest.
Arizona Republic - July 1, 1952
Arizona Republic - June 29, 1952
I can't find who was eventually crowned "Miss Coaxial Cable," but around the same time Mary Perkins was awarded the title of "Miss TV Cable," also in Phoenix. I'm guessing these must have been two rival beauty contests.
Arizona Republic - July 7, 1952
Posted By: Alex - Sun Dec 11, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Television, 1950s, Arizona
TV INTROS TO 18 SHORT-LIVED SITCOMS OF THE 70s
Wow, what a bunch of bizarre stinkers from an odd decade.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 20, 2022 -
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Category: Success & Failure, Television, 1970s
Betty Furness for Westinghouse
The weirdest thing about this commercial is the incredibly tiny waist of almost 40-year-old Betty Furness. I can't take my eyes off it.
NOTE: the first video runs slow, at least for me. Best to let it download entirely before hitting play.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 06, 2022 -
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Category: Body, Domestic, Television, Advertising, 1950s, Women, Natural Wonders
Dick Hyman’s “The Man From O.R.G.A.N.”
Sometimes Alex and I appear to be coordinating our posts, but it's only coincidence. This time, however, I made it intentional!Let's see WABOT-2 play better than Dick Hyman!
His Wikipedia page.
Embedded player below track listing.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 08, 2022 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Space-age Bachelor Pad & Exotic, Television, Ridiculousness, Foolishness, Public Ridicule, Silliness, Goofiness and Dumb-looking, 1960s
One Step Beyond: The Sacred Mushroom
Here is the Wikipedia page for the show, which has a section on this episode.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 04, 2022 -
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Category: Drugs, Psychedelic, Science, Television, 1960s, Natural Wonders
The National College Queen
This contest for top female college student ("fifty percent beauty, fifty percent brains") appears to have begun in 1953:
Source: ETSU Collegian (Johnson City, Tennessee) 01 Apr 1955, Fri Page 5
The first photo below is from 1969, and I can't envision the contest surviving much beyond that revolutionary date.
Source: The Aggielite (Tishomingo, Oklahoma) 15 Mar 1955, Tue Page 1
It was once so popular, it was televised nationwide.
Source: The Kingston Daily Freeman (Kingston, New York) 10 Jun 1967, Sat Page 16
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 23, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Intelligence, Television, 1950s, 1960s
The Muppets “Sclrap Flyapp” on The Ed Sullivan Show
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 16, 2022 -
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Category: Aliens, Death, Puppets and Automatons, Television, 1960s
Here Come the Double-Deckers!
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 03, 2022 -
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Category: Television, Unlikely, Improbable and Counterfactual Phenomena, Children, 1970s
The Pickle Brothers
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 27, 2022 -
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Category: Television, Pickles, 1960s, Comedians
Pal Yat Chee
Our hillbilly lass.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 16, 2022 -
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Category: Hillbillies, Country Bumpkins, Ruralism and Flyover Country, Television, 1950s, Opera, Parody
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