Tickle Deodourant

Courtesy of Found In Mom's Basement

Something about the thick phallic shaped bottle, it's big wide ball and the fact that women on the TV ads for Tickle giggled everytime the voice over mentioned this deodourant's attributes made a lot of men hot and bothered in the late 1970s (C'mon ladies, we knew why you were taking so long in the bathroom).....

"Don't Be So Holy Poly Over My Souly" Kit Ream (1978)

Oh dear, where do I simply begin?

The story of Kit Ream begins in the 1960s. Kit was a very wealthy heir to the Nabisco cookie fortune. And living such a charmed life up to that point, he had instant access to anything he wanted. Women, cars, the very best in anything and everything. And drugs.

And then someone gave him acid.

From here, the story goes off into multiple tangents. Some say his behaviour became increasingly erratic over time, others say he was at a party one night and bought and ate his dealer's entire stock of acid in one night on a whim. Who knows? All that is known is things were never the same again for Kit Ream.

He spent the rest of the '60s and most of the '70s in a psychiatric hospital as the acid wore off (which is probably an indicator of how much acid he actually ate), staring at his own reflection in a mirror. Before the decade ended, he was deemed recovered enough to be released. After which, it's been said he tried to start a religious cult (which has been discredited by sources close to Ream.)

He also recorded and released a vanity album titled All That I Am, from which we hear this incredible selection.

Listen to the entire tune. The drugs have already been done for you. Just turn it up loud. If you dare...

Red Raven Magic Mirror Records

The Red Raven Magic Mirror Records were a children's toy of the 1950s. They used a series of specially made vinyl 78 RPM records with a very large label which reflected off an angled spinning mirror which resembled a carousel which was placed over the spindle of the player, giving the illusion of motion.

 

 

 There were only around 20 known titles to the "movie record" series.

"Papa Wants The Best For You" Danny Aiello (1986)

 

Actor Danny Aiello played the title character in the music video to Madonna's 1986 classic "Papa Don't Preach". However, Aiello never liked the theme of the Madonna song (too presumptive that "Papa" would reject his daughter or lash out at her.) So he recorded an answer video - from Papa's point of view.

Needless to say, almost nobody remembers this.....

Glass Grapes

Next to rain lamps, glass grapes were ubiquitous in '70s living rooms....