1977 JCPenny Catalog Could Be Worth A Can Of Crabmeat

On October 12th of this year, Johnny Virgil blogged about his latest archaeological find, a 1977 JC Penny catalog. Here's a snippet:

In this next one, Your Search For VALUE Ends at Penneys.


As does your search for chest hair.

Very amusing stuff.

So amusing, in fact, that the post was emailed to friends in one of those forward-flash-fires which was the equivalent of stat counter Viagra. Virgil hopes the increased traffic will win him another award, saying, "And if you have a free second, vote for me over here. I won this once before, and the prize was $50. Now it's a coupon for $25 worth of seafood or something. I should make a sign that says 'I will work for crabmeat.'"

I hope he wins.

Not just because that post is just the stuff we dig here at Kitschy Kitschy Coo, but I've spotted a few others I love. Like this one about an ad for Soloflex. Or, rather, his comments on the model in it:

In fact, I'd be willing to bet you a hundred bucks that if you tried to take it away from her right now you would find yourself waking up in the hospital with no recollection of how you got there.

Hey, Virgil, Kitschy Kitschy Coo's keeping an eye on you.