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It's Reddy Kilowatt flying a kite!!! Sometimes one comes across a couple random sights that synch up perfectly for a blog post. It...

Howdy Doody marionette in an antique store I'm back from my "vacation" and ready for fun and games. ;-) So, boys and g...

"Whatever it is I think I see becomes a Tootsie Roll to me!" Inventions in foodstuffs are notoriously hard to properly date,...

Sir Can-A-Lot, cartoon promoter of Glorious SPAM !!! We'll there are a whole lot of silly cartoon characters used to shill various ...

(S)hell gasoline station around 1am Yeah, it's late tonight. Perhaps it's a function of being sleep deprived, but this photo ma...

Image from a Stone Brewing truck delivering Arrogant Bastard Ale Down here in the South Bay, it's common to see delivery trucks tr...

Detail of Cousin Reginald Catches the Thanksgiving Turkey (1917) by Norman Rockwell According to folk tradition, on June 14 in 1789, R...

"Why Not?" billboard by the AIDS Health Foundation on La Cienega  You folks know that I love spotting odd billboards that p...

St. Patrick's Day : A celebration of Irish culture or Irish booze? I'm not one to celebrate any standard holiday, especially on...

" Scooters: Size Doesn't Always Matter " is on exhibit at the Petersen until May 28, 2012 It's been a while since I ...

Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network (1976) delivering the "Mad as Hell" speech  Today is "I'm Not Going to Tak...

Christy Turlington (1993); photo by Jonathan Exley I miss the days when " super models " dominated fashion magazine covers, ...

Vintage Dr Pepper ad We can't let the 126th anniversary of Dr Pepper go by without celebration. ;-) My tastes in soft drinks te...

Image of Bigfoot from the Patterson-Gimlin film Cryptozoology is a field of many strange creatures, but one of the most pervasive in ...

A Bear Called Paddington (published October 13, 1958) was illustrated by Peggy Fortnum An Anglophile even as a child, my sister badge...

Vintage ad for Heinz Ketchup  The cooling fries mocked me, lying bare upon the plate, as I shook the Heinz ketchup bottle to no effec...

Jagermeister promotional candle bowl  So I strolled over to a local bar to have a drink. Seeing promotional materials in use at a Sou...

Verizon's ad " Arena " features a cool action sequence with KILLER ROBOT!!!!!  Normally, I hate ads that pass themselve...

Colonel Harland Sanders on the album cover of Tijuana Picnic (1968)  Today marks the birth date of Colonel Harland Sanders , founder...

Mr. Pickle holds a sign advertising the location of his sandwich shop.  Of all the types of advertising, having some poor fellow stan...