Comments on: Scan of 1960s novelty catalog http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 06:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Woody Smith http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1655098 Woody Smith Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1655098 What don't you get? The gag is SHOWN in the illo. You open the box, expecting to find fake tits....and you find false teeth instead. Har har. What don’t you get? The gag is SHOWN in the illo. You open the box, expecting to find fake tits….and you find false teeth instead. Har har.

]]> By: peter at eagle press. ridge http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1654204 peter at eagle press. ridge Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1654204 Another fun trick is to take a banana and a pin. Take the pin, push it into banana and move it in a sideways motion and take out. Repeat this several times and you have sliced the banana into little slices without peeling it. Then give to an unsuspecting friend. As they peel the banana it will fall apart into little slices. And they will say hey.. just look at this... Another fun trick is to take a banana and a pin. Take the pin, push it into banana and move it in a sideways motion and take out. Repeat this several times and you have sliced the banana into little slices without peeling it. Then give to an unsuspecting friend. As they peel the banana it will fall apart into little slices. And they will say hey.. just look at this…

]]> By: peter at eagle press. ridge http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1654202 peter at eagle press. ridge Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1654202 I love the nose razzer.  You can just get use one of those little reeds from the dollar store party  blowers, put it in your handkerchief and blow. I used one at a camping weekend years ago and had people convinced I could make that sound with my nose..  This is also in one of Sam Bartlett's (a ver y talented musician) Stuntology trick books, along with saving up those pistachios that don't open and then putting them out in a bowl at a party, or putting marbles in your medicine cabinet and when a nosy guest peeks to see what you have in your cabinet they come spilling out.  My favourite is during a long drive if you are the driver and the passenger is nodding off.. slowly lean over and ask if they would like to let you drive for a while. I love the nose razzer.  You can just get use one of those little reeds from the dollar store party  blowers, put it in your handkerchief and blow. I used one at a camping weekend years ago and had people convinced I could make that sound with my nose..  This is also in one of Sam Bartlett’s (a ver y talented musician) Stuntology trick books, along with saving up those pistachios that don’t open and then putting them out in a bowl at a party, or putting marbles in your medicine cabinet and when a nosy guest peeks to see what you have in your cabinet they come spilling out.  My favourite is during a long drive if you are the driver and the passenger is nodding off.. slowly lean over and ask if they would like to let you drive for a while.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1654069 pjcamp Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1654069 World Wide Diamond? I didn't think there were any rungs on the ladder lower than Johnson Smith Company. World Wide Diamond? I didn’t think there were any rungs on the ladder lower than Johnson Smith Company.

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1653959 blueelm Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1653959 What I love about these are the old southern style magic formulas that are preserved and re-labeled here.  What I love about these are the old southern style magic formulas that are preserved and re-labeled here. 

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1653873 Dlo Burns Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1653873 I'm sure those things were cheap and thrown away making the very valuable now. I’m sure those things were cheap and thrown away making the very valuable now.

]]> By: Cameron Postelwait http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1653853 Cameron Postelwait Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1653853 i think you're right, in which case giving the original falsies would be a mean enough joke as it is. i think you’re right, in which case giving the original falsies would be a mean enough joke as it is.

]]> By: Ambiguity http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1653662 Ambiguity Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1653662 When I was a kid I had the severed finger, but I'm pretty sure it came from Johnson Smith. I wonder if World Wide Diamond had the same, high-quality foam-rubber digits.  When I was a kid I had the severed finger, but I’m pretty sure it came from Johnson Smith. I wonder if World Wide Diamond had the same, high-quality foam-rubber digits. 

]]> By: elix http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1653629 elix Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1653629 Why do the "babies" keep coming in threes? Strange idea of the nuclear family. Or maybe it's different for animals. Why do the “babies” keep coming in threes? Strange idea of the nuclear family. Or maybe it’s different for animals.

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1653478 Joseph Francis Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1653478 If you street-view the address it appears to be a highway overpass now, but the neighboring buildings give a sense of the area. If you street-view the address it appears to be a highway overpass now, but the neighboring buildings give a sense of the area.

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1653439 Nash Rambler Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1653439 Junk, junk, junk. . .wait, pepper chewing gum?  That gag's a classic! Junk, junk, junk. . .wait, pepper chewing gum?  That gag’s a classic!

]]> By: nowimnothing http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1653437 nowimnothing Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1653437 I was thinking of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsies but I may be wrong. I was thinking of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsies but I may be wrong.

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1653431 Joseph Francis Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1653431 The Venus Lighter is a great way to light someone's exploding cigarette. The Venus Lighter is a great way to light someone’s exploding cigarette.

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1653415 Christopher Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1653415 Forget the donkey tie clip. How many people bought the "rear view mirror"? On second thoughts I'm not sure I want to know.  Forget the donkey tie clip. How many people bought the “rear view mirror”?

On second thoughts I’m not sure I want to know. 

]]> By: Drew_Gehringer http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1653402 Drew_Gehringer Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1653402  Jewelry?  Jewelry?

]]> By: Cameron Postelwait http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1653376 Cameron Postelwait Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1653376 someone please explain what one expects to find when opening the 'falsies' box? someone please explain what one expects to find when opening the ‘falsies’ box?

]]> By: 10xor01 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/12/scan-of-1960s-novelty-catalog.html#comment-1653371 10xor01 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212479#comment-1653371 Hello, is this World Wide Diamond Co.?  I'll take one of everything please! Hello, is this World Wide Diamond Co.?  I’ll take one of everything please!

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