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Sad Schlitz Beer Clown is Sad (vintage ad)
Image Link. From the excellent Flickr collection of MewDeep (lots of '60s-'70s ad scans), via BB Flickr Pool.
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Multiple dancing Bowies in bonkers 1978 Italian TV clip (video)
Richard Metzger says: This 1978 clip features the eternally popular Raffaella Carrà (now pushing 70) singing Cole Porter’s “Night and Day” as bald, mustachioed eye-patch wearing sci-fi weirdos, um,...
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Hot tip from 1979: the living room of the future will be filled with computers
Click for larger size. From the book "Future Cities: Homes and Living into the 21st Century," 1979, by Kenneth William Gatland and David Jeffries. Source: v.valenti's Flickr stream, via the Boing...
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BB reader: "Spot where Pink Floyd's 'Wish you Were Here' album cover was...
In the comment thread for my post about "The Making of Wish You Were Here" documentary, something worth a post all on its own. Boing Boing reader Donald Peterson writes... (more…)
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A Long, Drawn Out Trip: The "lost" animated short that introduced Pink Floyd...
[Video Link: "A Long, Drawn Out Trip"] Last night I watched (and greatly enjoyed) the Pink Floyd "The Story of Wish You Were Here" documentary Richard Metzger turned me on to last week (buy it here,...
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In the 1970s, someone thought this was a good idea. [Video Link] (Thanks, Tara McGinley)
View ArticleClose Encounters of the Fifth Kind: Shusei Nagaoka (NSFW '70s sci-fi...
View larger size here. Lovingly scanned and shared in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by reader v. valenti. Art by Japanese illustrator Shusei Nagaoka, whose sci-fi illustrations were popular during the...
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How to build a trippy meditation chamber, from PopSci 1970 archives
"The Meditator," a personal isolation tank fashioned from 12 pentagons decorated with photo collages. "You may find the sensation akin to that mystical communion with nature that you experience when...
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Nude Psychotherapy (vintage seventies magazine ad)
"Be the first on your block to know about nude psychotherapy." A 1970s-era magazine ad, scanned and shared in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by Boing Boing reader v.valenti.
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The Story of The Source Family Birth Rope, as told to Boing Boing by Isis...
[Boing Boing Video Link.] "The Source Family" a documentary by Boing Boing pal Jodi Wille and Maria Demopoulos, tells the story of Father Yod and his Source Family, a radical, utopian social...
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Funky Friday: “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” Elvin Bishop, 1976
In 1976, Elvin Bishop released this track as a single. It would go gold and become the greatest hit of his life: "Fooled Around and Fell in Love." It's a toe-tappin' seventies country cock-rocker...
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'No More Trouble', Bob Marley and the Wailers live on the BBC, 1973
Bob Marley and the Wailers, 1973. The full live set is below, recorded in-studio for the BBC. (more…)
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Early footage of Elton John hammering out the harmony for 'Tiny Dancer' (1970)
Here's some behind-the-scenes footage of Elton John in 1970 working out the harmony for what he describes as "the song about Bernie's girlfriend." "Bernie" is Bernie Taupin, the song's lyricist and...
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This is what Yankee Stadium food vendors used to wear
Not sure what Yankee Stadium food vendors wear now but, apparently, sometime in the late sixties or early seventies they donned this far out, font-heavy number. Baseball photo historian Baseball by...
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Patti Smith stops to calm down crowd: "Just be cool, get cool" (1979)
When Patti Smith, the queen of cool, tells you to "just be cool," you'd better stop and check yourself. Watch her do just that in this Live at Rockpalast German TV footage from 1979. At around the...
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When Fonzie and the Happy Days gang time traveled
If you're a child of the seventies, you'll probably remember that while the sitcom Happy Days aired from 1974 to 1984, it was set in Milwaukee in the late fifties. Ok, so in 1980, an animated spin-off...
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Someone tracked all the songs played on "WKRP in Cincinnati"
Someone watched reruns of WKRP in Cincinnati, tracked all the songs played on the show, and then put them in this spreadsheet. Dr. Johnny Fever played the first song played on the show, Ted Nugent's...
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Remember taking the "Nestea Plunge" when it was hot?
"101 degrees in the shade..." It's been hot in the Bay Area and I was joking with a friend that we should take the "Nestea Plunge." They had no idea what I was talking about which surprised me, given...
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HGTV not saying how much it paid for the Brady house
The Hollywood studio that crushed Lance Bass' dream of buying the Brady Bunch house has been revealed. It's HGTV. But the amount they paid has not yet been disclosed. 'N Sync singer Lance Bass ... was...
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Thrift score: Vintage string art made by the guy who kicked off the fad
The picture doesn't do it justice but this string art mandala that I recently scored is really gorgeous. Plus, it has some cool history. When I saw it at the thrift store, it was just sitting on the...
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Disney's "Wear it Proud" collection evokes the 1970s
No doubt the unofficial "Gay Days" at Disneyland and Walt Disney World inspired the resorts' new retro "Wear it Proud" line of clothing, accessories, and platform Crocs. I spotted the following pieces...
View ArticleA cat who eats like a hungry hungry hippo
what in the world kind of pig cat eats like this pic.twitter.com/q1LojIN6bY — Luke in Philadelphia (@tramL116) June 13, 2020 Does this cat eating kibble remind you of a certain seventies' kiddie game?...
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'Anticipation,' Carly Simon (1971)
"Anticipation." From Carly Simon's YouTube. Good Vibrations from Central Park aired on ABC on Thursday, Aug 19, 1971. Concert was part of the Shaefer Music Festival. The Ike and Tina Turner Revue, The...
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The Pointer Sisters sang Sesame Street's funky pinball counting song
How am I just finding out that it was *The Pointer Sisters* that sang the vocals for the pinball counting song on Sesame Street?! I'm shook! [Someone please revoke my Gen-X card, thank you.] I also...
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Bell-bottoms are back
Well, imagine my surprise, as I was innocently heading to the cat litter aisle at Target, to find bell-bottoms on display. Sorry, "extreme flare jeans." And that's not all, I saw all kinds of...
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Mid-70s Giorgio Moroder synth video: awesomest thing of all time
Holy crap, this video truly is the most awesome thing ever!!11one!11. I know nothing about this, other than what's on the YouTube description: "Promo for Giorgio Moroder taken from a Casablanca...
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Patronizing mid-1970s training film explains why it's time to sell Chryslers...
Women couldn't open their own credit card accounts without a man cosigning until 1974. So, I guess this incredibly patronizing training film from the seventies shouldn't be too shocking. Yet, here's a...
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Soccer legend Pelé shows Johnny Carson the ropes in 1973 'Tonight Show'...
With the recent death of Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, the Johnny Carson YouTube channel has released this clip of his appearance on The Tonight Show in May 1973. Carson introduces Pelé, who had...
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That time Michael Jackson did the robot with Cher (1975)
Back in 1975, Cher had an eponymous TV music-variety show. It only lasted one season but in its short time it had some big stars as guests, including the Jackson 5. In this clip, watch Michael start...
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