Anti-litter ad in the middle of Times Square. (via Copy Ranter)
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Tagged ambient advertising, custom media, littering PSA, old photos of NY, retro advertising, Times Square, Times Square ads
Miss Shapely Silhouette Beauty Competition photo from 1950. No faces allowed.
Miss Shapely Silhouette Beauty Competition photo from 1950. No faces allowed. (via Black and WTF)
Axl Rose first saw Stephanie Seymour on the March 1991 cover of Playboy and insisted he had to meet her and cast her in his videos. Stephanie was dating Warren Beatty at the time. The couple eventually became engaged. After living together for two tempestuous years they broke up in 1993. Seymour claimed that Axl beat the crap out of her. If it’s true, I’ll never understand it.
On this day back in 1997, Mike Tyson bit a chunk off of Evander Holyfield’s ear during a boxing match. I remember watching this match on pay-per-view at a friends house. We were stoked for this match-up. Everyone was. The incident led to Tyson being disqualified. He was a punk for doing what he did, but I’d never say that to his face. The entire fight is on YouTube now if you want to watch it. Watching these two stare at each other before the match (about 4:30) is terrifying.
Mike Tyson, left, bites into the ear of Evander Holyfield on June 28, 1997. Jack Smith / AP
I didn’t know this until today, but the two boxers had a face-to-face meeting in 2009 on a live episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” They hugged it out.
Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey poses with former world champion boxers Mike Tyson, right, and Evander Holyfield in 2009. George Burns / AP
So, how much would would someone have to pay you to step into the ring and fight Mike Tyson in his prime? This was a popular question raised among friends back in the day and my answer stands. I would do it for $2 million dollars and go down on a jab.
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Tagged bit off ear, bite fight, Boxing, Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, Oprah Winfrey, Sports, Sports History
Seems that pigeons have been a nuisance since the beginning of time. Here is a photo from the Los Angeles Times dated Jan. 17, 1956. It shows how feeding pigeons decided to put their stamp of approval on a freshly poured sidewalk. Bummer. (via Black and WTF)
Pigeons put their personal stamp on sidewalk. PHOTO BY: John Malmin / Los Angeles Times
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Here is a small collection of celebrities in commercials from before they were famous. It’s weird, but you really can see the acting potential in a couple of these.
Listerine commercial with Morgan Freeman
Tina Fey – Mutual Savings Bank (@2:33)
Leonardo DiCaprio – Fred Meyer Clothing
Sarah Michelle Gellar – Burger King
Salma Hayek – Burger Boy
Brad Pitt – Pringles
(via Unreality)
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Tagged Brad Pitt, Burger King, celebrity ads, celebs, Leonardo DiCaprio, Morgan Freeman, old television commercials, Pringles, retro ads, Salma Hayek, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Tina Fey old ad
Not a fan of the music, but have always found their album art quite amazing. This 1969 album (self-titled) rom Deep Purple is so twisted, it could only come from a Hieronymous Bosch night terror. Digital music has ruined the album sleeve/j-card piece of music that was always so special to us. I hope this can change somehow. Buy Deep Purple music here.
Hieronymous Bosch art can be found here.
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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne Circa 1987 from LIFE magazine. Thanks for sharing Bag of Nothing.
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Best Week Ever has highlighted a YouTube channel called Cringevenom that is a resource for scary things that somehow made it onto television that were suppose to educate our kids. Take this video of a clown ventriloquist doll for example. Good luck sleeping tonight.
An ad from Canadian Club that celebrates Dad. Came out a few years ago, but it’s still good.
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Tagged Canadian Club ad, Father's Day, whiskey ad
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