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The Ork Look

Seriously, in 1978 JC Penney was encouraging young woman to dress like Mork, it’s right in the ad copy! Attempts to revive this concept in 1990 with the “Get all Urkeled up!” campaign failed miserably thankfully…….

Super Selection of Sleeping Bags

I used to collect Sleeping bags, talk about a space killer. This spread has me wondering though, what kid wanted the McDonalds characters over say Spider-Man and Hulk or the cool robots from the Black Hole? I can’t imagine unrolling a McDonaldland sleeping bag at Richard Huer’s sleep over back in the day. I think […]

To Boldy Sit

I dig bean bag chairs, I dig Star Trek: The Motion Picture, so imagine my surprise to find two styles of Star Trek: TMP Bean Bag Chairs. It’ll be a tough call but rest assured ,the crew of the enterprise will soon be cradling my butt cheeks.

Poorly Named Jeans

When I look at the outfit on the left, the word “rough house” doesn’t really pop to mind. Words like “Pixie” or “Musical Production” do though.

Go Disco!

Sadly, there’s just not enough time in our modern world to “Go Disco” as the fine print in this ad tells us to do. Maybe the world would be a happier place. If I saw people doing the hustle at my office, I’d be happier.