“The Home of Properly Prepared Drinks — The Miracle Restaurant in the Miracle Mile”The Wilshire Bowl was a great Art Deco nightclub that later became… Read More »Wilshire Bowl Menu (signed by Jack Benny & his wife)
Nellie Melba got toast and peaches, while Luisa Tetrazzini got a pasta casserole named after her. Per Wikipedia, “Tetrazzini had a bitter feud with Nellie… Read More »Luisa Tetrazzini Figaro Red Seal De Luxe Record
MARA was originally a group of ham radio operators organized by the Latter Day Saints in case of emergencies. They seem to have a public… Read More »Mercury Amateur Radio Association Emergency Network
“Surf City” and “Dead Man’s Curve” are classics, but I was unaware that Jan & Dean made a Batman-themed comedy/music album. The album is a… Read More »Jan & Dean Meet Batman
I had no idea these existed. Photo by CW Estate Liquidators.
I remember something of a fad for the krugerrand coins in the 1980s. In retrospect, it wasn’t (and isn’t) much more than a marketing gimmick… Read More »Krugerrand jewelry
Dark Shadows is a little too early for me to be nostalgic about it, but this late 60s supernatural-tinged soap opera was ABCs top daytime… Read More »The Curse of Collinwood – Dark Shadows novelization #5
This is a phrase I associate with Tweety Bird in “A Gruesome Twosome” from 1945. Not self-applied, of course, but in reference to those “poor… Read More »I Faw Down an’ Go Boom!
The cologne bottle is shaped like a Packard. Öland was an Avon scent for men launched in 1970, apparently smelling of tobacco and leather rather… Read More »Mmmmm… Cologne with that Old Car Smell
Why stop at potatoes? Apparently Hasbro didn’t, although Cooky and Katie were news to me. Maybe they didn’t want to give the impression that Mr… Read More »Cooky the Cucumber and Katie the Carrot