ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh! I think this is the guy they used as a model to create the
Ken Barbie doll! And we all know what that doll lacked!
From: Ann awoelfleba...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 11:14 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] FFL CLassified Ads [was Re: Post Count Fri 16-Aug-13
00:15:06 UTC]
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote:
I'm not growing older, I'm growing better!, he said, admiring his
reflection in the mirror - pink polo with collar turned up, white belt, and
shoes, khakis, no sideburns, and Ray-Bans. bitchin', let's disco, he
thought confidently, the crooning of Barry White issuing from the living
room. Remote controlled drapes, penthouse, white shag carpet throughout,
scotch and soda, stripper pole, the works.
.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote:
Very Cool! Solves the X-ray specs question! I remember two novelty
items I had, though neither was purchased from the back of a comic book.
One was what looked like a machine for rolling cigarettes, where a
blank piece of paper the size of a dollar bill was concealed inside. I'd
ask someone for a dollar, saying I'd smooth it out for them - out would
come plain paper instead! The other one was an Uncle Fester lightbulb,
from the Addams Family show. I'd put it in my mouth, with a penny on my
tongue (no worries about choking hazards back then), and the lightbulb
would light up!
What a kid you are, I love it.
I too, was an avid comic book reader as a kid. We were living in Germany
at the time (1966-1969) and I could only get US comics from the PX down
near Frankfurt so they were a bit hard to come by as we lived north of
that. I don't even remember why my mom was allowed to shop there as we
weren't military but I had my special stacks of comics in my wardrobe
(no closets in the German houses back then) and I, too, thought
longingly of those sea monkeys, the X ray specs and a few other goodies
but knew that ordering them from the States would have been a bigger
deal than if I lived in the US, plus, some little part of me figured
these things were not all they were cracked up to be and I would be
disappointed.
I also loved those Addams Family cartoons, so morbid and dark and the
illustrations were fabulous. I always had a fascination for the macabre
and still do, so they appealed to me very much as a kid.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Seraphita s3raphita@ wrote:
Mail-Order Mysteries: Real Stuff from Old Comic Book Ads!
Doc, you might want to check out this book. Click the link, then
click
on the Look Inside option and scroll down. This is a real Aladdin's
cave
of the sort of tacky products that fired the imaginations of
impressionable kids back in the day. It also shows the reality of
what
gullible buyers actually ended up with. I'm going to have to order a
copy!
http://www.amazon.com/Mail-Order-Mysteries-Real-Stuff-Comic/dp/160887026\
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote:
I always wanted the Sea Monkeys, or the X-Ray glasses.
