Borrowed from my vinyl blog...
Wish I had one!
See the TV ad here. :)
I know there are lots of retro blogs out there...and here's another one! ;) Just stuff from my own collection. (unless otherwise noted) I'm gonna try to post stuff that's at least 20 years old, but a bit newer is okay too, innit?
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Me as Bowzer
No, not Mario and Luigi's enemy. ;) That's Bowser.
I'm talking about Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, of 50's revival group Sha Na Na! This picture is from around 1980.
Uncanny? :p Bowzer has had quite a career, including doing great work for the Truth in Music Act.
I'm talking about Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, of 50's revival group Sha Na Na! This picture is from around 1980.
Uncanny? :p Bowzer has had quite a career, including doing great work for the Truth in Music Act.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Old school farming
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Drug lord cars
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
My brother the tissue thief
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Don't mess with me!
Or I'll poke you with my poking stick!
Got this neat-o scythe from a friend at the corner of my street. When they moved in, he found a bunch of old implements in the shed that the old fella before them had left. He said there's a second scythe in there. I keep forgetting to go look. I think he said I can have it too. :) Anyway, the handle on this one is around 5 feet and the blade is around 40 inches.
This reminds me that I saw a sickle at Goodwill not long ago. Who donates something like that?!
Got this neat-o scythe from a friend at the corner of my street. When they moved in, he found a bunch of old implements in the shed that the old fella before them had left. He said there's a second scythe in there. I keep forgetting to go look. I think he said I can have it too. :) Anyway, the handle on this one is around 5 feet and the blade is around 40 inches.
This reminds me that I saw a sickle at Goodwill not long ago. Who donates something like that?!
Monday, April 23, 2012
Moe Knows...
Saturday, April 21, 2012
More chippy goodness!
Remember these guys? :)
"If I give one to you, I have to give one to everybody else."
I've always loved that commercial. Simple, funny and incredibly effective, the way an ad should be. A friend at high school loved it too, and would sometimes say that famous catchphrase.
Watch the ad here if you'd like to refresh your memory or just see whatever it is I'm talking about! ;)
"If I give one to you, I have to give one to everybody else."
I've always loved that commercial. Simple, funny and incredibly effective, the way an ad should be. A friend at high school loved it too, and would sometimes say that famous catchphrase.
Watch the ad here if you'd like to refresh your memory or just see whatever it is I'm talking about! ;)
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Newfangled Pringle's!
Another treasure from my grandparents' basement, and this one is absolutely minty fresh, despite the latest trademark date being 1974! :o
Yes, Pringle's rather than Pringles. Interesting change... Here's the current logo for comparison:
Is it just me, or does what was once hair now look more like bushy eyebrows?
I like that simple little drawing of the can with the chips spilling out. :)
Even the inside is fancy! There's no lining in current cans. BOOOOOOOOO!
Yes, Pringle's rather than Pringles. Interesting change... Here's the current logo for comparison:
Is it just me, or does what was once hair now look more like bushy eyebrows?
I like that simple little drawing of the can with the chips spilling out. :)
Even the inside is fancy! There's no lining in current cans. BOOOOOOOOO!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Retro future glue
Monday, April 16, 2012
Beer!
This mini keg (which is built like a tank!) belonged to my grandfather, most likely obtained on a visit to us in New Brunswick in the mid 80s, and I have to think there are VERY few out there nowadays. I always knew of the company, as I lived not too far from the factory, which was in Dieppe. I saw it many times whilst we drove down the highway beside the industrial park it was situated in. They were right at the side of the road and I remember the big Hanshaus letters.
It's kind of a sad story, actually... Read a short history of Hanshaus here.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Christian Hosoi
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Star Wars Super 8 ad
Found in an old sci-fi magazine of mine called Fantastic Films from 1978:
They actually call them 'home movies!' :p
Yikes, I'd have to sell a kidney to buy those 8 minutes worth of the movie! (sorry, I should say ALMOST 8 minutes...)
I've consulted an Inflation Calculator, and the 2012 prices are as follows:
B&W silent version: $30.64
Color silent: $61.46
Color & sound: $102.54
I bet there are people on eBay selling them for more than that now, actually!
They actually call them 'home movies!' :p
Yikes, I'd have to sell a kidney to buy those 8 minutes worth of the movie! (sorry, I should say ALMOST 8 minutes...)
I've consulted an Inflation Calculator, and the 2012 prices are as follows:
B&W silent version: $30.64
Color silent: $61.46
Color & sound: $102.54
I bet there are people on eBay selling them for more than that now, actually!
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Bat Boy!
*can't remember where I found this, but I don't have a copy to scan myself...*
Used to love looking at these at the checkout throughout the 80's and into the early 90's. I still remember one from the "dark ages" of Star Wars when they used a picture of Chewbacca on the cover and said it was an alien invasion in Africa. :D
The Bat Boy thing became an ongoing saga. He stole a Mini and led police on a 3 state chase (did they let him stop to refuel?), the FBI caught him and locked him up, and he even voluntarily became a Marine! And all the while having the exact same expression on his face! :p
Used to love looking at these at the checkout throughout the 80's and into the early 90's. I still remember one from the "dark ages" of Star Wars when they used a picture of Chewbacca on the cover and said it was an alien invasion in Africa. :D
The Bat Boy thing became an ongoing saga. He stole a Mini and led police on a 3 state chase (did they let him stop to refuel?), the FBI caught him and locked him up, and he even voluntarily became a Marine! And all the while having the exact same expression on his face! :p
Monday, April 2, 2012
Classic car
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Nintendo PlayStation
Remember this potentially great machine?
I forget what magazine this was in, unfortunately (Electronic Gaming Monthly, maybe?), but I kept the article all this time. Over 20 years ago already!
At the time, that line about Star Fox got me wondering how awesome this machine would be. I mean, the main memory is the size of the entire game of Star Fox?! :o Could've been great, but their relationship broke down and Sony made their own awesome machines...so not a huge loss, really. ;)
[LOTS] More info here: Nintendo PlayStation
I forget what magazine this was in, unfortunately (Electronic Gaming Monthly, maybe?), but I kept the article all this time. Over 20 years ago already!
At the time, that line about Star Fox got me wondering how awesome this machine would be. I mean, the main memory is the size of the entire game of Star Fox?! :o Could've been great, but their relationship broke down and Sony made their own awesome machines...so not a huge loss, really. ;)
[LOTS] More info here: Nintendo PlayStation
Saturday, March 31, 2012
More fake ghosts
Another from my grandmother's albums. That's her at the bottom left in the red dress and her husband to her left of her. Well, part of his head, anyway. ;)
I love this kind of picture. These are the ones where you'd get them processed and they'd probably ask if you want it and possibly give it to you for free. Well...I guess this one isn't too bad, but you know what I mean.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Mmm, lard...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Dream job?
Monday, March 26, 2012
Action 52
Ah, Action 52. A plethora of mediocre NES games. :p I pretty much forgot I had this until the subject of valuable games came up at a forum I post at. Apparently, people are selling this for upwards of $300. I think I paid $5 for it. Ha! They used to sell stuff like this on QVC and The Home Shopping Network too.
Here we see such amazing characters as um...flying eyeball robot, generic dragon, generic spaceship, generic ninja, generic chef, uh...is that Saddam Hussein on the left?, some crocodile gangster?, some fancy assassin?, and last but not least, The Cheetahmen! (yes, THE Cheetahmen!)
Here's the original box cover (thanks to wikipedia):
$199.00! :o
More info here, including list of games: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_52
Sunday, March 25, 2012
What could've been...
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Yvon "The Beast" Cormier
Picture of Yvon "The Beast" Cormier my mother took at a fair in Memramcook, New Brunswick in 1974. She could only remember his nickname at first, so I had to look up the rest. :p The beard reminds me of the Vachons, whom I'm sure he worked with many, many times. The name Leo Burke and Emile Dupre came up a lot in research too.
Here's an article on him from 1999: http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBios/beast_cormier.html
And one from 2006 about he and his family: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/05/13/1578648.html
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Squalor
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Retro...ghost?
1967 Kennedy Space Center tour book
Found this neat-o tour book among my grandparents' things in late summer 2010. I don't know if this was from a trip specifically to Florida (from Ontario, Canada), or part of a larger, multi-state adventure.
Here's the intro to the NASA Visitor Information Center and Kennedy Space Center portion of the tour:
What follows is a multi-page review of what you'll see, designated as 'tour points,' with small pictures accompanying some of them. The highlight is this nice picture at the end of that section:
And here are the maps of the area:
Finally, an introduction to the Air Force Eastern Test Range, the Department of Defense part of the tour (with highlights in the pages afterwards, called 'check points' this time):
Rust in peace, Polaris...
Here's the intro to the NASA Visitor Information Center and Kennedy Space Center portion of the tour:
What follows is a multi-page review of what you'll see, designated as 'tour points,' with small pictures accompanying some of them. The highlight is this nice picture at the end of that section:
And here are the maps of the area:
Finally, an introduction to the Air Force Eastern Test Range, the Department of Defense part of the tour (with highlights in the pages afterwards, called 'check points' this time):
Rust in peace, Polaris...
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