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Flashback: '70s Ice Cream Ad

GiggleSugar — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:00:00 -0700

If I didn't know better, I would've assumed this was the prequel to the 2 Girls, 1 Nasty nightmare that recently swept the net. But this is actually how they sold ice cream in the '70s. Lick happy much? Either I have a dirty mind or advertisers were downright shameless back in the day. Or both.

Flashback: MushMouth

GiggleSugar — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:02:43 -0700

Germophobes, look away! This will make the skin on your overly sanitized hands crawl. It's a little known '70s board game called MushMouth. Someone shoves their grimy fingers in a player's mouth while everyone else tries to guess what the eff the player is saying. It's like talking with your mouth full at the dinner table, but this ain't dinner. It's "fun" time. And everyone is laughing but you, cuz if you did, you just might choke and then - game over!

Flashback: '70s TV Show Predicts Future Fashion Trends

GiggleSugar — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:27:29 -0800

Tomorrow Today was a UK television program of the '70s that claimed to predict trends and lifestyle habits of the future. And where did the experts foresee fashion going? They had a space-age getup in mind, complete with metallic miniskirts and "specially adapted cosmetics belts" to free us ladies of our bulky purses. How novel! Thirty years later, we can thank our lucky stars that these predictions were all wrong. Really now, what girl would give up her freedom to tote a Birkin?

Flashback: The M&M's Man

GiggleSugar — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:00:00 -0800

Is it just me, or is it a wee-bit disturbing to watch Mr. Happy pull up in his sketch van and use candy to lure a gang of kids outta their neighborhood? He cheerfully sings the entire time, but pay attention to his lyrics. They're candy coated on the outside and choc full of creepy on the inside. The double entendres abound! Just sayin'. . .

The Golden Age of Moose Knuckle: A '70s Fashion Roundup

GiggleSugar — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:00:00 -0700

If there were ever a decade for ultimate douchebag fashion, it would have to be the '70s in all its coiffed, mustachioed, crotch-hugging polyester glory. Presenting the best of the worst in shagadelic trends . . . and the man-beasts who loved them.

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Hey, Hey We're The Monkees...

GiggleSugar — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:45:00 -0700

Only in the 70's would we have been baked enough to orchestrate this kind of madness and then expose our children to it on a regular basis. The following is one of the musical interludes between segments of the children's program, "Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp." I know zilch about the show, but I do know that I dig these groovy monkeys man. They're way far out and, like Ed Sullivan, make me go whoo! whoo! whoo! whoo!

Flashback: '70s Men's Jumpsuit

GiggleSugar — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0700

This guy's looks says, "Okay, I don't have all day. Take off your clothes now. Oh, and nice to meet you." Dude's got so much attitude it threatens to spill out from the zippered enclosure he's poured himself into. This "fashion climax" is made of 50% polyester, 50% cotton - but it's 100% fierce. (I would kill to see the short-sleeved version in camel.) Had Dimitri lived in the '70s, this is what he would have worn.

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Flashback: '70s Leisure Suits

GiggleSugar — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:02:00 -0700

Ahhh, the '70s. When real men ate quiche, did yoga, and wore flexible, polyester leisure suits. (Sometimes all at once!)

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WTF?!

GiggleSugar — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:00:00 -0700

Ahh, 1970. It was a very ~~Goodyear~~ bad year for women and being taken seriously. This Goodyear ad for polyglas tires, which is set up like a horror film complete with a menacing soundtrack, claims that "when a woman's at the wheel, polyglas means more than mileage." Alert the press! Woman on the road! Hide your children! The earth may spin off its axis! (No wonder the '70s was a huge decade for the women's movement.)

Thanks, Feministing!

Flashback: Men's Underwear Ads from the '70s

GiggleSugar — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:00:00 -0700

I think this vintage men's underwear ad has cured me of my '70s obsession. The adult Underoos look is plain wrong. And that dude on the right? Totally looks like Spencer Pratt. FitSugar asked me what the hell they were all looking at. My guess: Every last shred of dignity walking away. . .

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