retro
watch it: 1960s Newport cigarette commercial
Ah, no! The happy beach smokers are jumping out of the TV!
retro trailer: ‘Wall Street’
Remember when wrecking companies and trading on inside information was merely cool, instead of something that gets a CEO bailed out by the federal government using taxpayer money? Good times, good times.
watch it: retro 1960s Mattel V-rroom! commercial
Did Mattel make a big-boy vroom for when the training wheels came off?
watch it: “The House in the Middle”
Remember: Atomic bombs don’t kill people. Clutter kills people.
retro trailer: ‘Children of the Damned’
Those darn damned kids: they’ve learned to blend in and look like any ol’ ordinary Earth kids, all the better to zap our brains and stuff.
retro trailer: ‘The Village of the Damned’
Ah, it was the beginning of the subgenre of horror movies about demonic children that would enjoy a solid run in the 1960s and 70…
watch it: 1960’s Hai Karate commercial
Ah. I always knew Hai Karate was kind of a joke, but now I understand why: It was the Axe body spray of my father’s generation.
retro trailer: ‘The Day of the Triffids’
I saw this several times as a kid — it was a staple of the local TV stations’ Saturday afternoon movies — and I was always creeped out by it.
watch it: 1970s Oscar Mayer bologna commercial
Oscar Mayer, 1970s, advertising, retro
