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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Ghosts of Philadelphia’s Past – Bellevue Health Baths
A couple years ago I was wandering around what’s known as Center City in Philadelphia when I took this picture. This sign is on the corner of Sansom and Juniper between 13th and Broad. I’ve been up and down this … Continue reading
Mrs. Crankipants Invites You to a Mustache Party
Just like the Macarena and chlamydia, a new trend is sweeping the nation!
Posted in Curious Clutter, Mrs. Crankipants
Tagged Burt Reynold, fake mustache, Made in China, Mrs. Crankipants, self-adhesive
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How To Draw Monsters by Larry Evans – Undersea Monsters
More from the late, great Larry Evans’ fabulous how-to book for kids from 1977.
Posted in Blast from the Past, Technique
Tagged 1977, How to Draw Monsters, Larry Evans
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What I Miss About Comics…Celebrity Endorsements
Before anybody knew who they were. Do you know this couple?
Posted in Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1971, ad, Arnold Schwarzenegger, babe, bikini, body builder, broad, comic, Marvel, muscle, Nick Fury, SGT. Fury
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Sunday Matinee – Telephone Tutorial
Hello dear readers, it’s Mrs Crankipants. Today’s topic is the rotary phone, an invention once considered the wave of the future in a simpler time, back before the touch tone models, texting, video chats, the capability of sending tragically ill-advised … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matinee, Mrs. Crankipants
Tagged humor, Movie Matinee, Mrs. Crankipants, rotary dial, technology, telephone, tutorial, video
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What I Miss About Comics…What’s a Demographic?
I’m not sure why this ad was in an issue of All New Fightin’ Marines, but it was. My guess is that the Charlton boys had advertising space to fill and they filled it!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged before and after, comic ad, finger nails, vintage
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Sunday Matinee – Lee Marvin as Health Food Nut/Serial Killer
Hello, one and all. It’s Mrs. Crankipants again with another Sunday Matinee. Once again, I’m featuring another teevee show rather than those Godawful, grade Z horror movies that the regular guy likes so much. Mrs Crankipants likes her television. She … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matinee, Mrs. Crankipants
Tagged 1950s, Dragnet, health food, Lee Marvin, Mrs. Crankipants, murder, serial killer, television
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