Category: 1960s

Pretty Sure That’s The Skipper From “Gilligan’s Island”

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No, of course it’s not. It’s just a nobody in a Kodak ad.

Interesting tidbit: The Skipper’s real character name was Jonas Grumby. I never heard his Little Buddy call him Jonas.

http://gilligan.wikia.com/

http://gilligan.wikia.com/

I understand, Skipper. Tiki can be frightening.

Why Boys Weren’t Fat In 1967

They did fancy diving board push-ups.

Schreiner Institute
Schreiner Institute

They headbutted one another in football. Sans helmet, of course.

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They inverted their roommates, especially if he looked like James Dean.

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And after a long day of strenuous activity, it was time to play cards.

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How To Scorn A Woodwinder

UPI/Bettman Newsphotos, Illustrated History of US
UPI/Bettman Newsphotos

The bare-chested, bead-donning Pied Piper here was captioned as a member of the Yippies. I confess I know nothing of Yippies (only the later Yuppies), but wikipedia says:

The Youth International Party, whose members were commonly called Yippies, was a radically youth-oriented and countercultural revolutionary offshoot of the free speech and anti-war movements of the 1960s, founded on December 31, 1967. They employed theatrical gestures, such as advancing a pig (“Pigasus the Immortal”) as a candidate for President in 1968, to mock the social status quo.

Pigasus the Immortal? I don’t get it.

Quilting And Cat Eye Glasses

LynchburgBench-013The caption for this image, from the Lynchburg book, says “A lot of today’s kids ain’t got nothing to do, and they insist on working full-time at it.”