Cricket Records

Someone once asked me about Cricket Records (as they always seem to turn up in any random box of musty old 45s and this label design is iconic, if the actual music garbage with modern kids)

Yes, they were a children's record label for 45 and 78 RPM records and they were an early product of Pickwick Records, a $1.98 budget record label of the '50s and '60s. In fact, Cricket was certainly the very last record label in America to regularly press 78 RPM records, well into the '60s (and by some reports, until 1968!)

Milk Brands

Foremost was once ubiquitous on the West Coast. Today Foremost is pretty much concentrated in the Midwest and on Guam.

Vitamilk was a Seattle based dairy.

"Homo" milk probably wasn't the best selling moniker for Oak Farm's main dairy product (or at least I'm sure the name never caught on.)

Before They Were Stars: "You're A Grand Old Flag" Sally Field (1965)

Today's Flag Day.....

Unbelievable McDonald's Ad From The '70s

"You don't have to get dressed up, there's no tipping...." REALLY?

.....and what's "Dinnertimin'"?

'70s Tupperware

In the 1970's, Tupperware came in four basic colours: Orange, Yellow Avocado Green and Brown.

No others.

The reason was because these actually were the basic colours of '70s kitchens.

Indeed it wasn't until 1980 when Tupperware added different colours to their kitchen lines. And initially, only one - Beige. Others were added a few years later.