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Tag Archives: television
Dragnet into Darkness
Recognize the fellow on the right? Is that everybody’s favorite science officer from Vulcan? Or is it his evil, alternate universe doppelgänger from Mirror, Mirror? What’s he doing on Earth circa 1954? Is the guy on the left one of … Continue reading
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Posted in Movie Matinee
Tagged 1954, crime, Dragnet, Jack Webb, Leonard Nimoy, Leonard Nimoy in Dragnet, robber, Spock, Star Trek, television, video, vintage
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BJ – Like BJ Thomas, Right?
As I wrote last week, we had cable television in Southern New Jersey in the late 1970s so we did not have to suffer the garbage that the broadcast networks were airing in lieu of genuine entertainment. We were probably … Continue reading
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Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1980, ad, BJ, BJ and the Bear, crime, gangster, humor, Illustration, March 22 1980, NBC, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Saturday, television, vintage
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Glows in the Dark!
It seems that everything old is new again.
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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged ABC, ad, comic, comic book, comics, Dark Shadows, DC Comics, Hemlock Grove, Illustration, model kit, monster, soap opera, television, vampire, vintage, werewolf
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Bend Buxom Babes to YOUR Will!
Imagine making it to Third Base with the hottest girl in school using an ordinary TV set and a set of instructions that only cost THREE BUCKS!!!
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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1975, AIM, buxom, chick, girl, hypnotism, Iron Man, Jack Kirby, mail-order, Marvel Comics, MODOK, monster, movie, robot, sex, super-hero, technology, television
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That’s MISTER Adams!
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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1978, ad, comic, comic book, Dan Haggerty, fan, Godzilla, poster, teeny bopper, television, vintage
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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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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1960s, 1967, ad, comic book, espionage, Man from UNCLE, peeping Tom, spy pen, television, vintage, xiray
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Racket Squad!
Here’s a relic from the early 1950s that I had never heard of until the lovely and talented Tina Garceau had bought me one of those inexpensive DVD gift sets of old television shows that had lapsed into the public … Continue reading
