Category: Nostalgia

Ugly 80s Sweaters That Make Me Hungry

Here, boys. When you think of me, think of fattening comfort food. I just hope that she and Jungle Safari Jill next to her were able to score a 2 for 1 deal on perms that month.

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I’m feeling a bit peckish. Venison, anyone?

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The following Pegasus dress is pretty fly for a white girl, but how could it possibly compare to a graphic 3/4 sleeve sweater that also teaches us dumb Americans to speak French?

88UglySweatersMaybe these sweaters were worn by French students? The models look très peeved.

Picture Courtesy of The Trad
Picture Courtesy of The Trad

Speaking of apples, check out that big screen monitor!

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How about a guy in a sweater, using his Apple to get important work done?

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I believe that big slit was where the floppy disk went…

Now that’s the right way to rock an apple!

http://blog.tuppencehapenny.co.uk/
http://blog.tuppencehapenny.co.uk/

Politically Incorrect Yearbook Comics 1949

This is all in good fun, but folks would cry “domestic abuse” in this day and age.

49Comet007When I think of Mary Wana, I think of hippies, not high school students in 1949. My bad.
49Comet005Fun with intentional homicide!49Comet006Uh-oh, bestiality!49Comet004 Mental illness was a laughing matter.

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Hints of polygamy…

49Comet008And the grand finale of I-Don’t-Get-Itness…a bowlegged sheriff fondling a cactus made of student’s heads, as a vulture flies overhead. Because that’s normal.

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Dick With A Box

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Yep, it’s another yearbook picture sans caption, so we are left wondering why Dick Van Dyke (or his twin) is carrying a box of problems up the aisle.

http://jenny-and-the-jets.blogspot.com/
http://jenny-and-the-jets.blogspot.com/

And why are there no chairs? And what a pretty cherry dress!

Here is the other half of the picture, showing a man in a cape behind Dick, fanning him with a palm leaf. What the what??

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My Precious

Mary Catherine Beck

Never come between a varsity cheerleader and her megaphone, or she may go all Miss Piggy karate-chop on

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http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Miss_Piggy's_karate_chops
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Miss_Piggy’s_karate_chops

 

Coots Gettin’ Rowdy Up In Here, Up In Here

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This pic might cause Ned to release the squirrel, because only Heaven knows what’s got Granny so riled up. Whatever it is, the woman behind her is not keen on it continuing. Did she find the Willy Wonka golden ticket? Is that her bus pass? Perhaps it’s a not-so-silent auction or a Tupperware bidding war? Shouldn’t they all be playing bingo? And what on earth is Rose Marie doing there?

http://projects.latimes.com/
http://projects.latimes.com/

By the way, you guys–did you know Rose Marie is still alive and kicking at 90? She’s older than Dick Van Dyke! Why does he get all the press? That is not very chim chim cheree.