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Single Cel Organism #2: Journey Back to Oz

Chris Holmes
posted on September 10, 2020
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Among the many things Filmation Studios is known for, I don’t think the 1972 theatrical release Journey Back to Oz is among them. It’s certainly not because of the cast, which featured

Posted in Photography

Scenes from a Southern California Drug Store, 1970

A wonderful gallery of found store display photos from a Southern California drug store, circa

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Postcards from the Past #2: Labor Day at Dorney Park

Chris Holmes
posted on August 20, 2020
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This postcard is a wonderful piece of mid-century Labor Day ephemera from Dorney Park in

Posted in Books

Book Report: Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man

Chris Holmes
posted on August 6, 2020August 6, 2020
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As you might have guessed, I read Mary L. Trump's Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man. Here's what I have to say about

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Wire Service #2: 1969 Chevrolet Astro III

Chris Holmes
posted on July 17, 2020July 17, 2020
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Vintage press wire photo of the 1969 Chevrolet Astro III concept

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That’s Entertainment! #5: Bee Gees, c. late 1960s

Chris Holmes
posted on June 26, 2020June 26, 2020
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A look at the Bee Gees group lineup, circa

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Toon Time #2: Quick Draw McGraw for Kellogg’s

Chris Holmes
posted on May 16, 2019May 16, 2019
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From the age when corporations directly sponsored TV shows comes this color animation cel from 1959. It features Baba Looey of The Quick Draw McGraw Show on top of a wagon spiriting a Kellogg’s

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Retrotisements — 1979 Station Wagons

Chris Holmes
posted on April 25, 2019April 24, 2019
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Let's flash back 40 years to look at advertisements for the brand new station wagons for the 1979 model

Posted in TV & Radio

TV Listings Flashback: November 29, 1973

Chris Holmes
posted on November 29, 2018
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A look back at the early evening and prime time TV lineup for ABC, CBS, and NBC from November 29,