Showing posts with label Vault of Coolness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vault of Coolness. Show all posts
Thursday, August 4, 2016

The great Marvin Kaplan as I've never seen him before

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How bizarre to watch the Warner Archive release of obscure single-season sitcom "Hank" and see Marvin Kaplan as a hired detective ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Vault of Coolness: The good old days: When an unknown adult male and a young boy could bond over guns

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Ah, the innocent 1950s--a simpler time when if a fella wanted to escape a roomful of pesky girls at a birthday party, he could wander throug...
Friday, April 1, 2016

Vault of Coolness: Hey, look who it is on CHiPs!

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Every now and then, CHiPs does something wacky, and it often involves some kind of sport or outdoor activity. For example, what the hey, why...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Vault of Coolness: CHIPS tackled the issues of the day

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Gas lines were terrible, but look at the price! You think we'll get that low by the end of the year...without the shortages? If we get u...
Monday, November 9, 2015

Vault of Coolness: Not just ESPN, but SPORTS, period, was different back then

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From the Wednesday, January 5, 1983 L.A. edition of "TV Guide": 6:00 pm  (9)  NBA BASKETBALL The Los Angeles Lakers at the Phi...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Vault of Coolness: ESPN was a lot different in 1984

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I'm looking through a January 1983 edition of the esteemed "Guide," and one good thing about the L.A. edition is it includes s...
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Monday, July 20, 2015

Vault of Coolness: Journey Into Old TV Guides

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Due to a recent ARCHIVE FIND, I have a decent stack of vintage "TV Guide" issues I'll be using for Vault of Coolness material....
Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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EDIT: I apologize for not noticing that comics.org wouldn't let me link to its image. Bah, humbug!
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Vault of Coolness: As promised...

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Sit back and enjoy Woody Allen boxing a kangaroo. These screencaps are taken from Timeless Media's "Europe Big Top Circus Stars Liv...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Vault of Coolness: Sport Magazine from 1974 (part 1)

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Vault of Coolness is back with a look at the cover of this fascinating circa 1974 issue of Sport. I offer it to you as something to tide you...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Vault of Coolness: Marvel Fun and Games Part 3

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Another look at Marvel Fun and Games #1: I just wish one of those TVs showed, say, Joe Franklin.
Friday, July 26, 2013

Vault of Coolness: Marvel Fun and Games Part 2

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Here's another fun page from Fun and Games #1: What a wonderfully random assortment of characters! One thing I love about th...
Monday, July 1, 2013

Vault of Coolness: Marvel Fun and Games

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It's a cliche to ask, "Remember when comics were fun?" But...well...sure, there are tons of fun comics books being made these ...
Monday, June 24, 2013

Vault of Coolness: The Wondrous Wizard of Id

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You gotta love those old pocket-size paperbacks. Remember when comic strip reprints came not in deluxe hardback archival editions, but littl...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Vault of Coolness: Vintage Steve Martin, Author

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I picked this up at a library used book sale for either 50 cents or a buck. Remember when you used to be able to get cheap pocket-si...
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Monday, March 25, 2013

Vault of Coolness: John Amos

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I have had this picture, a simple publicity shot I cut out of the newspaper, since 1994. I can tell by looking a the movie listings o...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Vault of Coolness: The Plot to Smear Sophia Loren

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Time to head back into the Vault of Coolness, my rather immodest name for my regular excursions into the Cultureshark archives for something...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

Vault of Coolness: You call that a "Wrestling Album"?

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I'm STILL disappointed to see this ad and realize it's promoting a book of photographs and not a record album: Of course we kno...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Vault of Coolness: Cowboy Freddy Mac

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How's this for a cool picture of our boy Freddie Mac? I like how he has some tough guy Western duds and is pointing a gun at someone o...
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Friday, July 22, 2011

Vault of Coolness: I'll trade you two Poison cards for one of these

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I don't remember much about this old Pro Set series of music cards, but I know I need to find more of my old ones after digging up this ...