A kinder, gentler version of the old blog. This will take a fun look at pop culture, because nothing upsets Ozarkers more than fun and pop culture. Mwu-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Time for more Art/Craft vacuum form molds for plastic signs. This time it is humorous wall plaques. This was 1973 when Jesus freaks, hippies and the sexual revolution was the order of the day. You will notice that unlike the stuff you see on Facebook, these are very genteel, innocuous and childlike (especially the religious stuff). No strident agendas. Just laughs and smiles. Click on the image to enlarge.
What is supposed to be funny about "spicy" and "clout"? A little feminist religious humor at the top.
A black Klansman saying "Just passing thru?" Just the word "Disco?"
The gender sign gags are pretty funny.
Sadly, the Pollack joke was still alive at this time.
No look at 70's posters or plaques would be complete without "Keep on Truckin."
Before Facebook, it was okay to say you hate work.
Smiley faces, peace signs and the "one way" finger.
I believe "Go To Hell" and "sit On It" are the meanest statements on any of these. The one with the drunk cat is clever.
Last month, I presented the first in a series of scans from a catalog of rubber molds for a vacuum form machine that produced plastic signs for store windows and magnetic signs for cars. That post contained clip art about food and logos of famous fast food and beverages - past & present. This time I'm posting logos related to automotive supplies, cars and gas stations. I almost entitled this post "getting gas" but realized there were more than gas stations contained in these. I'll be honest some of these companies I have never heard of. The are either regional or, like some of the ones I recognize, out of business or taken over by another company.
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Is there still a Derby anywhere in the world?
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Skelly, DX,Vickers, Clark seemed to have faded away. BP we know is still around. What the heck is Gibble Gas?
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More of the Art/Craft cavemen. Is it just me or did the Grateful Dead swipe the Bear logo for their t-shirts?
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Art/Craft was also fond of little men with large heads wearing undersized derby hats. Some of the antique cars were probably to decorate men's dens and offices (It was a 60s & 70s thing). The Road Runner is here because of the popular Plymouth Road Runner sports cars.
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More cars.
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OK Used Cars. Does anyone still use that anymore? I assume that one logo is for the Canadian heavy metal band of the 70s and not the country band of the 90s.
I have noticed many people on various lamenting the disappearance of theme songs and opening sequences on TV series. The truth is I don't get to see very many current TV shows due to work and I don't count some of the comments on these websites vallied. There are so many Freepers, rednecks and paid right-wing hacks commenting of the web these days that it is disgusting.
For some reason, maybe related to my recent viewing of The Untouchables, I thought about another Robert Stack series The Name of the Game. This was followed The Virginian as one of Universal Studios attempts at a 90 minute long program and like Four-In-One and NBC Mystery Movie, it was a "wheel" concept. However, unlike Four-In-One and NBC Mystery Movie, The Name of the Game centered on two journalist (Stack and Tony Franciosa) working for the same publisher (Gene Barry). Each week concentraited on one of the characters. Journalist as heroes? That was the good old days.
Like The Virginian, McCloud, and Colombo, The Name of the Game is rarely seen in syndication because of its 90 minute length. If it does turn up, it is on Saturday or Sunday afternoons or late nights. I remember seeing this show as a kid locally on KOLR-TV, Channel 10 in Springfield, MO. It usually aired on Saturday after cartoons.
I don't remember any of the stories, but the thing that always stuck with me was the opening credits and the jazzy theme song. Looking at the credits on You Tube, I find they are an amazing and very complex design. The use of color and the names of the actors forming their faces is very elaborate and must have been very complicated to create in 1969.
Sadly, The Name of the Game isn't on commercially produced DVDs yet. One episode I want to see is an episode where Gene Barry's character is in a car accident on the way to a symposium on environmental concerns. He wakes up in a dytopian future where the hippies are all old and facist psychiatrist control the government. It was directed by a young guy at Universal Studios named Steven Spielberg.
Also you cannot find a good commercial full length version of The Name of the Game theme song by Dave Grusin. He apparently released one version of it as the B-side of a 45 version of the theme from It Takes a Thief back in the early 70s. The only version I can track down for download is by (I'm not kiding) Dickie Goodman, the guy behind the cut-in novelty records "Mr. Jaws" and "Flying Saucer." Luckily, I have a copy of the original that was on Televisions Greatest Hits 3.
BTW: If you like full length versions of TV themes of the 70s, check out this Retrospace post of Charlie's Angels themes.
What is supposed to be funny about "spicy" and "clout"? A little feminist religious humor at the top. 
The gender sign gags are pretty funny.
Sadly, the Pollack joke was still alive at this time. 
No look at 70's posters or plaques would be complete without "Keep on Truckin." 
Before Facebook, it was okay to say you hate work. 
Smiley faces, peace signs and the "one way" finger.
I believe "Go To Hell" and "sit On It" are the meanest statements on any of these. The one with the drunk cat is clever.
Nice and gentle religious messages. 
Followed by dirty sex.
