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Glows in the Dark!

It seems that everything old is new again.

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To Each His Own

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Horribly Realistic!

There was a long period in comics where you could always count on ads featuring either fake vomit or artificial dog droppings. I always wondered where this sort of stuff was made. Was it a factory that specialized in novelty … Continue reading

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Analog Computer?

Isn’t that a contradiction in terms?

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TRS-80 SAVES Metropolis!!!

Ricky Rotten sent me an article celebrating the 35th anniversary of Radio Shack’s personal home computer the TRS-80 also less-than-affectionately known as the TRaSh-80.

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Past Tense?

Sorry, Parker Stevenson! The joke was too obvious to pass up!

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That’s MISTER Adams!

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Ivins, Dietz & Magee

Here’s an advertisement for Ivins, Dietz & Magee from the program/souvenir booklet for the play L’Aiglon starring Maude Adams which played in Philadelphia at The Broad Street Theater back in 1901.

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…But I am also a client!

$2.50 for a life-like head of either blond or brunette hair?! There’s no way Sy Sperling could beat this!!!

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I’ll Never Ask For Anything Ever Again As Long As I Live!

There were tons of ads in comics aimed squarely at boys, but none sent them into paroxysms of mad delirium as much as an ad for a MINI-BIKE! Owning and riding a mini-bike was the subject of many a school … Continue reading

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Grotesque Children Stereotypify Foreign Countries and WIN PRIZES!!!

Here’s the grotesque children! They look like those creepy, dried apple sculptures and all seem to be breaking out in freckles or some horrid skin disease across the bridge of their noses.…and here is their challenge!

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Amazing Powers of Penetration

IMAGINE – a genuine spy pen enabling you to see through walls with its amazing powers of penetration. According to the advertising copy, it was developed by the German secret service during World War II although it didn’t gain them … Continue reading

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Use to break up solemn occasions

Ever been stuck at a funeral or a memorial service where an endless parade of weepy mourners drone on and on about the dear departed and wish there was something that would break through the dreary fog of misery? Moments … Continue reading

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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

He’s so tiny and ADORABLE! Look! He fits in the palm of your hand! He probably doesn’t eat much. How much trouble could a squirrel monkey be?

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