Malibu U.- World's Grooviest U.

Ever dream about a school that majored in fun? Where the faculty was so relaxed the Dean called them drop-outs?Where you win a degree in Surfing, Sunmanship, Beauty, Luvmanship, Tennis, Baywatching, Wayvesmanship, Cladsmanship, Travel and Funmanship?


On the following pages 'TEEN (May 1967) takes you on a short pictorial tour of this academic freak-out, this galvanized happening. (See all the pages after the jump).

Image of the Day: Family, Times Square, 1948

Family, Times Square, by Louis Faurer, 1948, originally uploaded by John McNab.

Louis Faurer (August 28, 1916 – March 2, 2001) was an American fashion photographer and a master of candid or street photography. A quiet artist who never achieved the broad public recognition of his best-known contemporaries, the significance and caliber of his work were lauded by insiders, among them Robert Frank, William Eggleston, and Edward Steichen, who included his work in the Museum of Modern Art exhibitions In and Out of Focus (1948) and The Family of Man (1955).

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Faurer

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/arts/design/23faurer.html

Image of the Day: The Kennedy Kids at Halloween, 1963

From the U.S. National Archives:

Halloween Visitors to the Oval Office. Caroline Kennedy, President Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr. White House, Oval Office, 10/31/1963

U.S. National Archives' Local Identifier: NLK-WHP-ST-STC372663

Created by: President (1961-1963 : Kennedy). Office of the Naval Aide to the President. (1961 - 1963)

From: Series: Cecil Stoughton White House Photographs, compiled 01/29/1961 - 12/31/1963

Production Date: 10/31/1963

Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=194260

Repository: John F. Kennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston, MA

Buy copies of selected National Archives photographs and documents at the National Archives Print Shop online: gallery.pictopia.com/natf/photo/

Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
Use Restrictions: Unrestricted

Thunderbirds Are Go! (again)

I figured since I started the week with a post about motels named Thunderbird, i would end the week with a series of old ads for the Ford Thunderbird. Step into the private world of the Thunderbird (after the jump).

Thunderbird for '65 - Unique in all the world

Image of the Day: Halloween Party 1960

Halloween Party 1960, originally uploaded by fluffy chetworth.

A Halloween shot from the fantastic Fluffy Chetworth collection.

YouTube Dozen: Thriller by Michael Jackson

Due to the fact that I have a hectic Halloween weekend ahead of me, I am posting this earlier in the week than usual. In honor of Halloween, I present to you the idiocy that accompanies one of the greatest videos of all time. This video has 80,000,000 views and over 3,000 comments and it was amazingly hard to narrow it to one dozen of the stupidest things ever written about Michael Jackson. My brain really, really hurts now. Sorry for the commercials. I just wanted to the video that corresponded with the comments.



12. Who ever believes with this please add me as a friend . Michael jackson is always 100% innocent . Michael never harmed anyone , The media are big liars , Do never belieive what the media tell you about Michael . Rip Michael jackson .

11.i'm only hear to say that there still is justice in the world- MJ is dead... goes to show u can't keep swallowing 12 year old wieners... in child malesters get their asses kicked in jaill... is he getting constanly sodomized in hell???? wait... that'd be heaven for him. he's was a fucked up cho-mo that FINALLY did what the judicial system shoulda done all his cases- Kill himself HA HA finally a celebrity overdose gone right - at least in this video he didn't turn into himself n touch boys

10. During The Beginning Of This Video, During This TIME. Michael Was Still A Jehovah's Witness. As Time Went On He Left That Region & Followed The Illuminati. He Should Have Stayed A Witness. He Would Still Be Alive Today!

9. I had a MJ birthday cake last year for my B day!! my B day is on Halloween 2!!!!!
My neice wudn't stop crying uuntil u put in "Remember the Time"!!! I ♥ her and him!!!!

8. shut up u dummmy ur freak dumm and micheal jackson is the best that ever lived so smhhh ur dumm and a hater and i doesnt even look fake u ass whole dumm ass ughh i hate people like u cant see real music i wish music was this good now so ur dumm and if u hve nouthin good to say then keep ur comments to ur self love u mj reat in peace !!!!! love mj

7. Moron why are you such a hateful piece of sh*t Michael molested NOONE. The courts found him INNOCENT bc the jury did not believe the accusations. This probably means that if any of us was on the jury we also would not believe the story and would have acquitted Michael--jury members words!!!!. Moreover, the worst selling album that Michael had sold 40, 000, 000 units--i.e. more than 99 of what most artist sells. I dont understand what you mean. Michael's career was hot andd never got cold!

6. i hate micheal jackson and im glade he is dead but without this song most of my favorite bands wouldnt exist so hats off and hands off of the dead children

5. he wanted to be white

4. MICHAEL JACKSON RAPED INNOCENT LITTLE BOYS AND ANIMALS AT HIS NEVERLSND RANCH.......HE WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A DRUG ADDICTED PEDOPHILE WHO CAUGHT THEM THERE AIDS OVER YONDER IN THAT AFRICA!

3. i Love Dhee Vid i Miss Hym Very Much i Could of Had Given Ma Life For Hym He Will Always Be Missed KING OF MUSIC MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON 1958-2009 We All Miss Yew,! Lovee Dhee Vid Fuck Hatersz,!!!!!!!

2. tis was a very talanted man who gave hi life for what he belived in. and look ant what people did to him man the world is so evil. no Michael was'nt perfect he had his flaws like any other HUMAN!!!! ut for people to attac this man or no good reason was just wrong and eve after his dath peoole are still callin him a child molester does the words not guilty man anything. michae was mis managed if anyting try walking in the mans soes bfore u judge u iggornat racistists republician bitchies !!!

Number one is a series of comments made by the same person on the same day. It's one giant confusing mess of ridiculousness. I cut and pasted it in the order I think it goes. I omitted nothing. Enjoy:

1. The replacement micheal jackson is in hell for the lies he made OF BEING ME. The jackson famiies continue to lie to the world when i know i was the first MICHEAL JACKSON OF BEING THRILLER. THE JACKSON FAMILIE WILL CONTINUE TO LIE TO THE WORLD ABOUT ME AND THEIR REPLACEMENT MICHEAL,THEY ALSO WILL GO TO HELL UNLESS THEY CONFUSS I DID ALL THE THRILLER MUSICS, HE IS THE REPLACEMENT OF BEING ME. I WAS KARATE KID AT THE AGE OF 12,AND BECAME THE SO CALLED BLACK MICHEAL JACKSON IN THRILLER.
There is a movie called THRILLER, WHEN I WAS KARATE KID I BECAME THE SO CALLED BLACK MICHEAL JACKSON. i made the movie THRILLER BEFORE THE MUSIC VIDEO! The movie thriller is over 90 minutes long,the movie thriller was realesed to the theatre,only 1 theatre,that would be the scene in the music thriller vid,the audience in the music thriller are the only ones to watch the movie. when i made over 135 movies as an HOSATGE at the age of 12,i was sick and tired of the lies and made usa replacements so when the day of realesed of the movie thriller,i made the music video when the movie was in the theatre,when the music video finished,knowing JOHN LANDIS WOULD COVER UP THE EVIDENCE CAUSE I WAS NOT FROM USA WITH THE HELP OF THE EX-PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN THE CHILD MOLESTERS would take away the name i was and wanted an usa to be worshipped. so when the music vid finished,i gave it to john to and he's men would go fix up the music vid to realease it to the WORLD, I told john he could set up the music vid,while i go pick up the movie THRILLER in the 1 theatre that it was realeased to. I was sick of the child molesting that they did to me,so i took the movie thriller and hide it to the world with the help of MARY FROM HEAVEN,THE MOVIE IS STILL AROUND,The fake and replacement MICHEAL does not know were it is and the replacement micheal's family. Mary from heaven knows i did all the music videos thriller. the movie is still around hiding somewhere,and and i know where is the movie,like i said,i was sick of those assholes holding me,so i hide the movie after the music video finished. The movie is still around hiding and i am the only 1 that knows where is the movie!!!!! JOHN LANDIS IS A CHILD MOLESTERS.

Image of the Day: Frito Kid in Disneyland, 1955

Frito Kid in Disneyland, 1955, originally uploaded by Miehana.

Here's how it works. Put a nickel in the cash box on the fence there, and the Frito Kid comes to life. While rolling his eyes and licking his lips, his recorded voice hollers back to his unseen partner Klondike inside the mountain to send down some more of those "golden chips of corn," and before you know it, a wax-paper bag of dee-licious Fritos comes right down the chute.
Wha-hoo!

I Saw Things I Didn’t Thing Exseased

Today's installment of Wish You Were Hear was mailed from Colorado Springs, Colorado to Mr. & Mrs. David Perry of Middleboro, Massachusetts on July 7, 1978:

Dillon's Park Motel - Manitou Springs, Colorado

Hi, We are staying here for two nights because there is to much to see here in one day. Going up Pike’s Peak, second highest mont in America. More then twice as high as Mt. Washington. I saw things today I didn’t thing exseased. It was worth the ride here. We’ll keep in touch. Love, George & Roberto

General Motors Train of Tomorrow

This a brochure from Frigidaire via General Motors selling you both a new kitchen and the train of tomorrow. Best I can figure out is that the train had yet to be built, this brochure is more a promise that it would be built. That puts the date on this mini-brochure probably 1945 or 1946. See all 4 pages after the jump.

This, and everything else you need to know about the Train of Tomorrow, is from Silver Rails:
After the war, General Motors ordered the four-car demonstrator set from Pullman. The all-dome train was delivered in May 1947 and toured the country as the GM "Train of Tomorrow". The consist went on exhibition tours totalling 65,000 miles. After the tour ended in 1950, Union Pacfic purchased the equipment for it's contribution to pool service in the Seattle-Portland run.

Image of the Day: Julians Restaurant at East Chicago and Rush - Chicago, Illinois

Taken in 1962

I cannot find much about Julians but that is Maurice Seymour's old studio is pictured on the left. Seymour worked in Chicago from the 1930s until the 1970s photographing performers who worked in the nightclubs and theatres, from Vic Damone to Kraftwerk.

Postures on Parade

Today we have a pamphlet produced in 1957 by the National Dairy Council entitled "Postures on Parade". You will learn all about the dos and dont's of posture. (See all 10 pages after the jump).

Stop, Look, Listen, and tremble too,
Do these walkers resemble you?

Motel Monday: Thunderbirds Are Go!

Every Monday I will be sharing with you motel postcards from my fairly sizable collection (more than 1600 of which are posted on my other blog.). There will always be a unifying theme. This week's theme is Thunderbird.

The Thunderbird is a mythological creature from some American Indian cultures. It is considered to be a bird of power and great strength. You can see that people had varying ideas of how to depict the Thunderbird and some of these places sure didn't look like they had much power or strength. See them all after the jump.

Thunderbird Motel - Chicago, Illinois

YouTube Dozen: 1979 Mean Joe Green Coke Commerical

Today is the debut of a yet another weekly feature. This Sunday, and every Sunday thereafter, I will find a classic video (commercial, video, news story, etc..) from YouTube and share a dozen of the brilliant, witty, and just plain wonderful comments. You can see a cool video and witness the downfall of society all in one go. I will spare the names of the geniuses and just show their contributions.



12. Can you imagine drinking a whole coke in one gulp? that has got to burn!!!!

...but it was mean joe... so..

11. This is what Steeler Nation is ALL about. Go Go Stillers! Here we go!!

10. So drinking Coke makes you gay? Is that the point of the ad?

9. Coke is the real thing. real cocaine extract, that is. so awesome

8. Woulda been funnier if he threw the bottle at him.

7. That kid was clearly been hired by an assassin! THERES POISON IN THAT COKE!

6. L00K

5. Righteeo!

4. DAMN HE CAN JUGG A COKE!

3. Asome

2. That shows sucks

1. Mr. Greene his talking on the field! He also capture all the trophies when it came to the act!

Image of the Day: Cypress Gardens Aquamaids, 1952

Aquamaids in Florida 1952, originally uploaded by ElectroSpark.

Cypress Gardens: "Water Ski Capital of the World"!

Here's a couple of links back to some books on  the imagery and history of Cypress Gardens:

Cypress Gardens, FL (Images of America)
Cypress Gardens, America's Tropical Wonderland: How Dick Pope Invented Florida

Planters Peanut 12 Months Coloring Book

Today, we have a coloring put out by Planters Peanuts in 1972, entitled (cleverly) 12 Month Coloring Book. The coloring book brags of "Year 'round FUN for everyone." Somehow I doubt it will take anyone a year to color all 15 pages. Maybe it you have a peanut allergy and decide to indulge in some honey roasted nut shenanigans, suffer a stroke, and spend the next 12 months in the hospital trying to learn how to use your hands again. That might be year 'round FUN!

Chevrolet for 1961

Today's catalog/brochure showcase spotlights 1961 Chevrolet. This is an entire brochure printed in 1960 highlighting all of the wonderful models for the 1961 Chevy lines. The Corvair (10 types, Corvette, Lakewood Station Wagon, Greenbrier Sports Wagon, Biscayne Series (5 types)
Full Size Station Wagon Models, Bel-Air and Impala. See all 12 pages and a couple of commercials after the jump.

Wish You Were Hear: The Nice Army

This is the start of a new feature called WISH YOU WERE HEAR. WYWH is a collection of postcard messages from the past. I have thousands of postcards and hundreds of them have been mailed and most them are your standard greetings. Wish You Were Hear is the most interesting or misspelled or quirky messages.

Selandia - Seattle, Washington

Mailed from Army-Air Force Postal Service to the Butterscoth Club of South Bend, Indiana on April 10, 1956:

Having a real great time. Never knew the Army could be so nice.

Ed

Let's Explore Ohio

This is a coloring/activity book published as a service of The Standard Oil Company of Ohio. I don't know the date it was published but I am guessing it's late 40s/early 50s.

 LET'S EXPLORE OHIO...

What Makes The Pie Shops Tick?

I get asked a lot about the origins of my flickr/website name - Well, pull up a chair, sit under my learning tree and hear tell of the epic adventure of how I tried to figure out what makes the pie shops tick.

It was a long, long time ago in a land far, far away, there lived a handsome prince.....

Ok, there is no epic adventure. In fact, the real story is really boring. When I first started my flickr account, I had a hell of a time coming up with a name. I had four or five different names in the first week of existence. I ended up settling on Fun House due to the fact that I really liked this postcard:



I was never very happy with the name, it seemed a little to easy to forget. I was trying to come up with a new moniker that stood out and that no one would else would have and I stumbled upon an article in one of the many, many magazines I own. The magazine was the August 1970 issue of Baking Industry. Buried in the middle of the magazine was an article about the ins and outs of pie shops. it's not the most interesting article in the world, but the title stuck with me and here we are. You can see the entire article after the jump.