He certainly seems to enjoy it.
When quiet time is a silent prayer for it all to end.
Vintage LP spotted at a local thrift shop. See also: How To Pray & Stay Awake.
He certainly seems to enjoy it.
When quiet time is a silent prayer for it all to end.
Vintage LP spotted at a local thrift shop. See also: How To Pray & Stay Awake.
This graphic covers the plates from cars in films from 1964 to 2008. I’m not really a gear head, but I would have preferred photos to the illustrations myself. Via.
Starting today, and running until October 9th, 2015 (or supplies run out) Second Spin has sales on CDs and DVDs, $5 and $4, respectively.
Or, if you prefer the collectible and out of print stuff, use code FALL15 get 10% off until November 30, 2015.
A dame, her dog, and her Mazda. Also her dude. Via.
In case you were wondering why there was such a liberal use of the #LawrenceWelk on Tweety Machine tonight, hubby & I were Live Tweeting tonight’s PBS showing of the 1979 Easter episode of The Lawrence Welk Show. (Live Tweeting is like a Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) riff, only with even cheaper production value.) No, we didn’t blowup Twitter; but we did have an awful lot of fun. And so I thought, why not outline it all here for you, dear Kitschy Kitschy Coo readers. Typos and all; interspersed with some factoid linkage — you know, in case you wonder what the hell we nerds of kitsch are talking about.
— Oh, and before we get to that, we plan on Live Tweeting next week’s PBS episode of The Lawrence Welk Show. So if you’re at all interested, or just bored, join us on the Tweety at 7 PM Central.
Live tweeting a very special Easter episode of Lawrence welk show
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/DerekDahlsad/status/584869966874333184
All suits are so blue the band looks like they had wonka's blueberry gum, then shrank
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Oh the in yer Easter bonnet song – with everyone wearing Victorian garb. We loved Victorian stuff in the 70s
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Is this steampunk?
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
(And then some Twitter bot account favorited the tweet because BOT.)
Show us on the doll where he touched you
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
The guy singing on #LawrenceWelk has a Super bowl ring! pic.twitter.com/dE24NHngBv
— Derek Dahlsad (@DerekDahlsad) April 6, 2015
OMG is that Erik Estrada on #LawrenceWelk? pic.twitter.com/9xw9Baapqi
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
And Donny Osmond on rhythm guitar #LawrenceWelk! pic.twitter.com/3pVIXHZwAa
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Accordion Solo! #LawrenceWelk pic.twitter.com/ras2fLZTdy
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
When does Mary Poppins land on this set of colorful Victorian buildings?
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
This Grecian statue come to life skit is a total rip off of that Vanna White movie
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
(That movie is here — yes, on DVD!)
@DerekDahlsad pic.twitter.com/XqalTlvwsM
— Derek Dahlsad (@DerekDahlsad) April 6, 2015
@DerekDahlsad much harder to dance in chunky heeled 70s shoes
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Man, #LawrenceWelk does Easter Parade as the opening song and the rest of the show has to take place in Mary Poppins pic.twitter.com/NIHlexaCI6
— Derek Dahlsad (@DerekDahlsad) April 6, 2015
I saw this song in the preview & I didn't like it then. Bored.
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
THIS is how to spend Easter
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Oooh his new gold clarinet
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Sure hope this is showing up on Facebook, wouldn't want folks to miss this
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
@DPopTart most definitely :)
— Derek Dahlsad (@DerekDahlsad) April 6, 2015
@DPopTart who do you think you are, PL Tracers?
— Derek Dahlsad (@DerekDahlsad) April 6, 2015
@DPopTart Travers
— Derek Dahlsad (@DerekDahlsad) April 6, 2015
(Hubby is trying to reference the author of Mary Poppins, P. L. Travers.
@DerekDahlsad clearly I are Disney
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Oiy it's a very Jewish Easter
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
(A bot trying to sell flowers favorited that because BOT.)
On #LawrenceWelk #Easter right now, a jazzy version of Fiddler on the Roof overture.
— Derek Dahlsad (@DerekDahlsad) April 6, 2015
@DPopTart they still can't understand her, but they can hear her
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Is this a Christmas song?!
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Really can't get enough of the All Blueberry Wonka Band
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Someone replaced Bjorn's saxophone with a toy #LawrenceWelk pic.twitter.com/wvnwA2Bm2k
— Derek Dahlsad (@DerekDahlsad) April 6, 2015
@DerekDahlsad He was Bjorn to play the tiny sax!
— Flip the Table (@tableflipsyou) April 6, 2015
(My fav chime-in of the night!)
I do believe that's a mortician singing…
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Arthur Duncan tearing up the floor is totally the high point of this episode #LawrenceWelk pic.twitter.com/bdSnao0Cw0
— Derek Dahlsad (@DerekDahlsad) April 6, 2015
Aurthur Duncan can tap! (Even harder in those bell bottoms, yo.) Mad props – seriously, best part of the show.
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Must be winding up the show, because we're back to the Victorian parade in Mary Poppins' town singing 'bout Easter Bonnets. #lawrencewelk
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Evidence of what I've been sayin' – thanks @DerekDahlsad ;)
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
This must be a real hymn classically interpreted; I interpret that from the choir robes, stain glass & general alter set up
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
@DPopTart pic.twitter.com/B0du5AeDi7
— Derek Dahlsad (@DerekDahlsad) April 6, 2015
If anyone was paying attention, we'll try to #livetweet #LawrenceWelk next week too
— Derek Dahlsad (@DerekDahlsad) April 6, 2015
Good night, sleep tight — and see ya next week, #LawrenceWelk!
— Deanna Dahlsad (@DPopTart) April 6, 2015
Contrary to contemporary thought, these kitschy puppy prints were not sold as nursery items. Adverting for this very set reads, “To bring new decorating dash to the walls of your home, or to spice up a children’s room or den, place these lovable puppies with their all-loo-human expressions where everyone can see and admire them. …Portraiture of animals is the latest rage.”
Yup, you read that right; this was actually grown-up decor. (And don’t worry about pink being to feminine for dad’s den; tough cowboys wore pink too.)
Sold by Colonial Studios as “4 Lovable Wide-eyed Puppies in Full Color for Your Home”, this is one set of Mid-Century Modern dog prints! While not as sad as the big-eye art of Margaret Keane, these pups certainly are of the same exaggerated-cute style.
These vintage dog prints were the work of an artist simply known as Coby. According to the scant literature, Coby was a man referred to in the sales literature as “one of America’s most perceptive painters of animals” who “seems to known exactly the right touch to make these irresistible paintings spring to lite. Painted with love, each of the characters will capture a special place in your heart.”
While all the emphasis is on the pieces being painted, you’ll quickly note the mod 3-D effect of added touches of ribbon, felt, and other fabrics was likely added from photos. Combined with the pastel critters it creates the instantly recognizable look of a kitschy style which ran rampant throughout the the late 1960s and early 1970s.
PS The large pink rubber poodle squeaky toy (from Sun Rubber, 1963) can be found here.
Back in 2008, we showed you the fabulous TV Tuffets of the 1950s. But now we can do even better.
This here is a large Mid-Century modern stuffed white bunny rabbit with a turquoise vinyl seat — because it’s a stool for kids to watch TV on!
Just imagine the joy of watching TV on an old television set with rabbit-ear antennas while holding the ears on this bunny!
This plush white rabbit is at least 15 inches long, roughly 13 inches wide, and the seat is approximately 8 inches off the ground. This stuffed tuffet of a kids chair was made by the Atlanta Novelty Manufacturing Corporation sometime between the late 1950s to mid 1960s.
And, yes, you can buy it from me. I’m downsizing my collections. (More details here.) And with all our pets this raving beauty is one of those gems that remains hidden to remain safe. But I do love it so… Better buy it quick — like a bunny — before I change my mind.
A good cowboy would sleep with one eye open, so I’m guessing the eye we can’t see is open.
It’s kinda weird how few vintage greeting cards boys are out there… I guess boys were quicker to toss them out. Via.
I’m a fan of FX’s The Americans. So I was thrilled when I spotted the mod round brown Sculptura phone aka “the doughnut telephone” in the Jennings’ master bedroom.
I like to spot the vintage in TV shows; it’s just something I do. And spotting this retro phone made me hold onto it a bit longer… But now the Sculptura, made by Western Electric’s Design Line for Bell Telephone circa 1975, is up for sale.
The photos of Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Elizabeth and Philip Jennings in the characters’ bedroom set on The Americans came from set decorator Kelley Burney. More info on the difficulties of finding items for the show’s set in this article at Slate.
His beer goggles appear to match his hat. Via.