The Retro Blog

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Have a look at this photo:

Looks like a pretty standard 50s photo, right? Something you might find in Grandma’s shoebox of photos. Now take a look at the scene from another angle:

No Photoshop involved! Artist Michael Paul Smith creates these fantastically well made and detailed scenes and photographs them in natural settings and then shares them on his  Flickr. Be sure to look at the rest of his amazing collection.

Unreality Mag posted this under the heading “greatest movie poster and tagline ever?” and I can’t help but say YES. Shockingly, the movie is directed by Mike Nichols, who somehow went from The Graduate to this in only 3 films. Let’s enjoy an emotional moment: George C. Scott doing a little underwater dancing with his dolphin pal.

I can’t help but love this clip. It’s about a 90 year old lady and her obsession with her 1964 Comet. She is the original owner and knows the car inside and out. My favorite thing about the clip, though, is when she reveals she’s packing heat.

msnbc.com: 90-year-old woman and her ‘Chariot’.

Forget Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus. I’m all about The Giant Claw now.

Mmmmm, who wants a mayo and bologna super salad loaf for six?

I know you’re simply dying to make this recipe:

Scoop out center of a 1 1/2 pound piece of bologna, leaving a shell. Soak 1 tbsp. plain gelatin in 2 tbsp. cold water and dissolve over hot water. Mix 1 1/4 cups cooked mashed peas with 1  tbsp. Real Mayonnaise, 2 tbsp. minced onion, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. pepper. Add dissolved gelatin and pack into bologna shell. Chill thoroughly. Place on platter  on salad greens. Heap with Real Mayonnaise. Garnish with radish roses, parsley and onion rings, as illustrated.

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I’ve always been certain that when I go I’d rather be cremated than get eaten by creepy crawlies, but I never gave much thought to urns until I saw artist Darin Montgomery’s “Urn-a-matic” fashioned from a retro vacuum cleaner. It’s definitaely the most awesome urn I’ve ever seen, although admittedly I haven’t really been looking at urns a whole lot.
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Are you logophobic? Apparently many people are terrified by certain production company logos that bookend TV shows and movies. One filmmaker has made a horror film/documentary called “The S from Hell” about the Screen Gems logo and it’s going to be shown at this year’s Sundance Film festival. The website has compiled other “terrifying” logos in the “LOGOPHOBICS” section.

Dads Dish Retro Blog has posted a few slides from a 1972 trip to the San Diego Zoo. Although today the zoo is world renowned for its excellent animal enclosures, it seems things were a little more lax back then. Featured fun activities include giant tortoise riding, taunting monkeys that you can actually touch, and watching a trainer stick his head in the mouth of a tiger while only foot tall chicken wire fence separates you from the action.

Forget about Apple, this is the most beautiful computer design I’ve ever seen. It combines the look of a 1954 Philco TV with an antique typewriter styled keyboard. They haven’t been able to get a manufacturer yet, so I’ll just have to dream about having one on my desk for now.

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