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1977 NBC New Year’s Day TV Promos
Not sure what to watch this holiday weekend? Perhaps you’d like to kick back and check out these TV promos from the mid-70s. This was the TV line-up for New Year’s Day programing on NBC.
New Year’s Eve Prohibition Speakeasy Flyer Poster
As 2011 comes to a close and we ring in 2012, here’s an interesting piece of New Year’s Eve/Prohibition memorabilia. This is a poster promoting a New Year’s celebration at a speakeasy. The soiree was held to ring in 1928. The location, however, is unknown as the consumption of alcohol was banned at this time [...]
The Dick Van Dyke Show Christmas Clip
As you enjoy this holiday weekend, be entertained with this classic TV clip from The Dick Van Dyke Show. Merry Christmas!
Vintage Mickey Mouse NOMA Christmas Lights Ad
Here’s a great 1937 ad for NOMA Disney Christmas lights. I believe it’s from the December edition of Mickey Mouse Magazine. In addition to these Mickey Mouse lights, NOMA also manufactured sets featuring characters from the Silly Symphony shorts, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio. To learn more about this ad and NOMA [...]
Harlem Globetrotters Cartoon TV Theme
Christmas is coming; the NBA lockout is over. The season finally gets underway next week! To celebrate I thought it would be fun to feature a team that takes basketball to an entirely different level. Here’s the theme to the 1970s cartoon starring The Harlem Globetrotters.
Illustrations from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
There are so many wonderful illustrated editions of the 1908 children’s classic The Wind in the Willows. Here’s just a brief sample taken from a new annotated edition by Seth Lerer.
The Monkees Go Shopping for a Christmas Tree
I hope you can take a moment from your busy holiday shopping and dig this clip! Watch Mike, Mickey, Davy and Peter shop for a Christmas tree. The Monkees feature in this week’s My Vintage Video.
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1989 Centel Cell Phone TV Commercial
I just upgraded to a new cell phone (an iPhone 4S) after using a flip phone for the past 7 years. My new purchase had me wondering about the first cell phone. This week’s My Vintage Video is look back at one of the first TV commercials for the then-new device. I’m glad to see [...]
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Ready Steady Girls! Website
Ready Steady Girls! is a very groovy website! It’s devoted to fab female singers of the 1960s. RSG is base in the UK, so much of the focus is on European femmes; there’s Dusty from Britain, Francoise from France and Mina from Italy. You’ll find bios, rare video clips and links. I first became aware [...]
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