retroCRUSH—The Worst Super-Hero Costumes of All Time!
What this site lacks in exhaustiveness, it more than makes up in hilarity. Definitely worth a quick glance!Malls of America
No, this blog isn't a directory listing for the various popular meet-up places for prepubescent teens in the US. Site creator Keith Milford is fascinated with the advent and cancerous flourishing of the mall phenomena. He's dedicated to finding all manner of vintage media relating to malls springing up throughout the country. So if you want to see some retro-architecture and pictures of folks shopping for Radiation-King brand television sets, wooden golf clubs, Howdy-Doody paraphernalia, and Fedoras of all kinds, give this site a click. (A similar—albeit less thorough—site about grocery store history exists at grocerteria.com.)
Subterranean Cinema — The Day the Clown Cried
The bizarre story of the film Jerry Lewis directed and starred in that never saw the light of a public film projector. The Day the Clown Died is essentially a fictional account of an non-Jewish clown imprisoned in Nazi Germany during WWII, whose clowning antics are utilized to lure children into Auschwitz death chambers a la the Pied Piper of Hamlin. This site is replete with media surrounding the failed film including original and revised screenplays, photos, clips from the set, and a host of interesting links. (The most interesting of said links is Jerry Goes to Death Camp, a brilliant piece of historical documentation done by Spy magazine whereby the elite eight living individuals (aside from Jerry Lewis) who had the privilege of screening the film give brief recollections of those experiences—the least of whom is no other than one Harry Shearer.)Not Fooling Anybody
Ever seen an abandoned Taco Bell converted into a dentist office? A Burger King into a Army Recruitment Center? A Pizza Hut into a porn store? Well, these guys are calling out whatever wacky store transformations entrepreneurial America can throw at us. Here, you'll find a deliciously clever idea and humorous accompanying commentary for each "conversion."Modern Ruins Photographic Essays
This photographer explores a facet of the character of mankind by observing the large-scale refuse left in the wake of a society chasing technology, industry, and progress. The Snack Mascot Gallery
The use of creepy cartoon characters to personify heavily salted snack treats is as old as the marketing game itself. Now they're all in one gallery for you to see! From the more famous mascots—Mr. Peanut, Keebler Elves, Tony the Tiger, and notorious anti-mascot The Noid—to the lesser known mascots—Tillywinks, the Hair-Removal Fairy or Captain Bushwhack, the jolly pirate who forces toe fungus to walk the plank! It's all here!***
1 comment:
Firstly, I simply can't believe Shocker, foe of Spiderman, didn't make that list. How do you take an already gay quasi-wrestling outfit, add the element of fishnets, and not find yourself on a worst costumes list? I wasn't able to find the best pictorial evidence online (I don't recommend doing a Google image search for "shocker"), but
this and especially this should be incriminating enough.
Also, if the good folks at Quality Properties Inc. consider a former Burger King to be prime real estate, I'm not taking my business there.
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