Tag Archives: 1970’s

Old-School Fashion: Never In Fashion

21 Jan

January 21, 2014

I usually hate to admit that there are other websites out there. There’s Mr. Blog’s Tepid Ride, The Christian Science Monitor, and lots and lots of naughty naughty sites. But I have to be honest, sometimes, just this once, and say that yes, I do go to other sites. For example, I followed a Facebook link to Awkward Family Photos. The best I can say about them is that they used to be a lot funnier. But I was bored and around the fourth of fifth page I found this old article. (No, not an old-time article “ye,” but a newspaper article.)

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Wow, remember when little televisions were cool and state of the art? And an AM/FM radio too? Awesome! But the sasquatch on the left? Never in style. He is clearly wearing a dog on his head. And the rest of the outfit? Obviously from the Herb Tarlek Collection at Mr. Polyester.

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Laugh if you will, but that style is not limited to real or imagined newsmen.

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Late Night Movie House: The 1970’s Crying Indian PSA

1 Oct

October 1, 2013

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If you are of a certain age, this is part of your youth. It is part of the shared, collective consciousness of anyone who grew up in the 70’s and has in fact become part of pop culture. It has been parodied by everyone from Johnny Carson to The Simpsons but sadly, later generations have never seen the original. So for all you children of the 1970’s, here is a blast from the past, and for the rest of you, this is your first look at the iconic, incredibly memorable, part-of-pop-culture that is the 1970’s Crying Indian PSA.

Enjoy!

The announcer on this video is William Conrad (Gunsmoke, Cannon, Jake and the Fatman). The Indian is  Iron Eyes Cody, who was not a Native American at all. He was actually Espera Oscar de Corti, an Italian who made a living playing Indians in over 200 films.

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