retro trailer: ‘Without a Clue’
Another reminder of just how often Sherlock Holmes has been fiddled with, updated, rewound, and reinvented by filmmakers…
retro
watch it: 1980s Lite-Brite commercial
(via Social Times)
retro trailer: ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother’
Enjoy Gene Wilder as a consulting detective who is even smarter than Sherlock Holmes, but somewhat more emotional…
watch it: 1980s My Buddy commercial
(via Social Times)
retro trailer: ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’
Take a look back at an old trailer… I can’t wait to see Steven Moffat’s new Sherlock Holmes adaptation — the first episode is called “A Study in Pink” *snort* — which debuted tonight on BBC One. While I wait, here’s look at a 1959 Hammer film — a more faithful adaptation, it seems — … more…
watch it: 1970s Mean Joe Green Coca-Cola ad
Perhaps the most classic of classic ads:
watch it: 1960s Ozon hair spray commercial
Be sure to rub Baby’s face in the carcinogens on your head for maximum effect:
retro trailer: ‘Jason and the Argonauts’
Take a look back at an old trailer… There’s a new blu-ray edition of this just out in Region 1 [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon Canada]. Not that I have a blu-ray player, but seeing it in the new-release listings made remember this movie fondly. I haven’t seen it since I was a kid, when I would … more…
watch it: 1980s Kellogg’s cereals commercial
Get your Recommended Daily Allowance of manufactured foods and refined carbs at your first meal of the day!
watch it: “Make Mine Freedom (1948)”
Yeah, it’s a bit dated. I doubt anyone today would want to hear that things were actually pretty awesome during the Great Depression. And it’s both laughable and sad that it’s promoted as a good thing that Americans drive more cars than anyone else on the planet. We rock! Until the oil runs out! But … more…
