Mitch's Other Blog

November 16, 2024

A cheesy ad featuring William Shatner (foreground) and DeForest Kelly (background) standing looking heroic, wearing polo shirts, casual pants, with white belts. They seem to be standing at Vasquez Rocks, where the Gorn episode. of the original Star Trek was filmed. The text of the ad reads, partly, ''He commanded a great enterprise. And hunted the ultimate shirt. They found 100% cotton comfort inside 100% polyester washability outside. It's Cotton Where It Counts. Fashion's final frontier.'

1968 Robert Bruce, “Fashion’s Final Frontier” cotton shirt ad featuring William Shatner & DeForest Kelley

November 16, 2024

November 16, 2024

First image in a sequence: Black-and-white movie still of a man in a suit is kneeling beside a woman seated on a bed, engaging in conversation in a vintage setting. She's wearing a bustier. The man is wearing realistic makeup that makes him vaguely resemble a wolf-man.

Second image in a sequence: The man with the wolf-mask, still sitting, is now clutching the woman, who is standing. He's got his face pressed into her sideboob and one hairy, apish hand is nearly clutching her other breast. Must be a pre-code movie!

Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

November 16, 2024

Queen Victoria, smiling

November 16, 2024

Computer pioneer Grace Hopper running programs on a Univac I computer in 1952.

November 16, 2024

November 16, 2024

November 16, 2024

Campy black-and-white movie still of Price standing, wearing a long white robe, kind of a 1966 Beatles haircut and 70s mustache, solemnly examining a large spiral glass apparatus taller than he is, in a dramatic, theatrical setting.

Vincent Price - The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

November 16, 2024

Back of the head of a nearly bald person with a tattoo depicting an expressive face with blue eyes on the back of their head. Their hair is trimmed into a long, luxuriant mustache beneath the tattoo of a nose.

November 16, 2024

A vintage advertisement promotes Trimz DDT children's room wallpaper, claiming to protect against insects like flies, mosquitoes, and ants.