http://theretroblog.com Retro, kitsch and vintage a-go-go Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:51:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sometimes writing a classic that's required reading in thousands of schools just isn't enough to pay the bills. Here's science fiction author Ray Bradbury acting as Big Brother to a bunch of folks in the future. At least the ad is funny. [via neatorama] http://theretroblog.com/2008/08/26/fahrenheit-451-author-wants-you-to-eat-prunes/ A few weeks ago I had a discussion with my friends in which I set forth plans that when we're ancient we're going to get a big one story house with rattan furniture and live exactly like The Golden Girls. We soon began determining our Golden Girl counterparts (I'm the ... http://theretroblog.com/2008/08/25/the-golden-girls-before-they-were-golden/   If I remember correctly, the recipe for Kool-Aid is one packet Kool-Aid, one quart water, and 27 cups of sugar. That's why it makes me happy to know that in the 50's it was considered "pure and good" for kids by Parents Magazine. As a child of the 80's, though, ... http://theretroblog.com/2008/08/24/1950s-kool-aid-gives-your-youngsters-a-lot-of-pleasure/ You know how old Warner Brothers cartoons always have really pretty, well designed title cards? Well this site has carefully catalogued a great number of them for us to admire. They're categorized by year: 1929 to 1964. http://theretroblog.com/2008/08/23/retro-warner-brothers-cartoon-title-card-gallery/ I'm always keeping my eyes open for inexpensive ways to go retro, so this atomic style clock made from easily found items jumped out at me. Very cute! [via craft] http://theretroblog.com/2008/08/22/diy-retro-atomic-bottle-cap-clock/ Flying today is pretty miserable. Rude passengers treat the cabin like their living room. You have to wait for two hours to get patted down by an unfriendly security guard. On a flight home from Japan I was randomly selected to get a thorough going over at the security gate. The guard ... http://theretroblog.com/2008/08/21/air-travel-in-the-1960s/ The Hep Stars were a Swedish pop group formed in 1963. Like a lot of bands they figured out that you have to sing in English to get international attention. Here they are performing "Sunny Girl". The song sounds perfectly pleasant and pop chart friendly, but if you pay attention to the ... http://theretroblog.com/2008/08/20/sunny-girl-by-the-hep-stars/ Recently the Muppets have been making entertaining videos for youtube. (Warning: clicking on the first link will result in several hours of the phrase 'bork bork bork bork' circulating through your head). They're so much fun, you might want a Muppet of your own. That's what Ideal Toys figured way ... http://theretroblog.com/2008/08/19/60s-muppets-threaten-you-with-violence/ "Mars and Beyond" is a 1957 episode of "Disneyland" the tv series in which the folks at Disneyland contemplate life on other planets and man's quest for understanding of the world around him. I like to think of it as Mickey Mouse's 2001: A Space Odyssey. The episode is introduced by ... http://theretroblog.com/2008/08/18/disneys-mars-and-beyond/ A strangely addictive and entertaining blog called Cake Wrecks has been gaining a lot of notice on the internet. It celebrates cake designers that should perhaps be seeking employment in other fields as well as skillful cakes made to look like things that should have never been set in icing. ... http://theretroblog.com/2008/08/17/a-truly-disastrous-cake-the-atomic-bomb-dessert/