History's Dumpster = GLORIOUS trash! Kitsch, music, fashion, food, history, ephemera, and other memorable and forgotten, famous and infamous pop culture junk and oddities of yesterday and today. Saved from the landfill of time...
Monday, April 14, 2014
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Digger The Dog
I will never forget the reactions of other (real) dogs when they saw some kid playing with this (ranging from snarling to outright bewilderment....)
Wednesday, April 09, 2014
"Took The Last Train" David Gates (1978)
It happened sometimes on a lonely stretch of highway in Eastern Washington State.....Well, hell, Anywhere in the sticks of America back in the early 1980s. You'd grumble through how the then sparse FM radio dial tuning knob was back then and suddenly, somewhere, THIS song comes over some random soft rock FM frequency.....
And all you remember is you heard this song somewhere before. But you just can't remember WHO that what's-his-butt was who sang it was....
Yes, it's David Gates. The "If A Face Can Sink A Thousand Ships (Or as whatever we used to joke around it as)" David Gates. The same guy who we will always associate with the eternally sleepy sounding '70s pop group Bread. It was his first solo hit.
If you remember radio from back in the day, just play the whole song and see if the familiarity bug doesn't bite...
Tuesday, April 08, 2014
Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971 TV Special)
"Seymour S. Sassafrass, an eccentric, yet friendly peddler, and inventor,
tells the tale of Peter Cottontail, a young Easter Bunny who lives in
April Valley, where the Chief Easter Bunny supervises such Easter items
as colored eggs and chocolate candy.
Colonel Wellington B. Bunny, the retiring Chief Easter Bunny, names young Peter his successor despite Peter's propensity for boasting and telling fibs, which is exemplified when his left ear droops. Peter, who has dreamed of being the Chief Easter Bunny almost his entire life, gladly accepts. But not everyone in April Valley is happy with the Colonel's decision. January Q. Irontail, an evil, reclusive rabbit villain who lives in a craggy old tree, alone except for his assistant, a bat named Montresor, wants to be the Chief Easter Bunny..." - YouTube description by BearclawsVillage.
Voiced by:
Danny Kaye
Casey Kasem
Vincent Price
Joan Gardner
Paul Frees
Colonel Wellington B. Bunny, the retiring Chief Easter Bunny, names young Peter his successor despite Peter's propensity for boasting and telling fibs, which is exemplified when his left ear droops. Peter, who has dreamed of being the Chief Easter Bunny almost his entire life, gladly accepts. But not everyone in April Valley is happy with the Colonel's decision. January Q. Irontail, an evil, reclusive rabbit villain who lives in a craggy old tree, alone except for his assistant, a bat named Montresor, wants to be the Chief Easter Bunny..." - YouTube description by BearclawsVillage.
Voiced by:
Danny Kaye
Casey Kasem
Vincent Price
Joan Gardner
Paul Frees
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