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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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Sneak Peek of the Week of June 16th, 1943

16 Jun

June 16, 2013

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Hi Fellas! This is your Sneak Peek of The Week of June 16th, 1943, for The Mr. Blog’s Tepid Ride, found at AM 570 MHz.

On Monday, Lieutenant Allan Keyes will kick Mussolini while he’s down.

Be here on Tuesday when Kellogg’s Pep sponsors the Mr. Blog Review of the new East Side Kids film, Ghosts on the Loose, guest starring Mr. Bela Lugosi!

Wednesday’s blog will be preempted  by a special edition of Edward R. Murrow reporting live from a mess hall in Liverpool England.

Mr. Blog returns on Thursday with a new Picture Play featuring movie star Lana Turner. I hope jealous bandleader Artie Shaw doesn’t tune in!

Friday features the regular news commentary I Don’t Believe It. This week, installment 122 takes us to an automated bread bakery in Illinois. Can one machine do the work of as many as ten men?

Lastly, return on Saturday when the Saturday Comic Strip looks back at the time Little Orphan Annie blew up a Nazi submarine.

Thank you everyone, this is The Mr. Blog’s Tepid Ride signing off from am 570 MHz, broadcasting daily from 6am to 1pm from the Empire State Building in New York City.

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