Other nostalgia interests besides tiki and exotica - Beyond Tiki

SS Sideshow Stamps Member Littlerock, California Joined: Jul 30, 2005 Posts: 42	SS Sideshow Stamps Posted posted on Thu, Oct 13, 2005 6:39 AM Wowie Wow Wow! This is the BEST post! Almost all of my favorite things have been mentioned - ~Space Age and Sci-Fi * Especially Sci Fi Novel covers from the 50's and 60's! The art is really beautiful and inspiring! AND old cheesy Sci-Fi Movies Nothing beats a giant spider or monster (man in a suit) attacking the world. ~B-Movies These were made with passion. You can just tell by watching them that these guys had an obsession, say about Florida Swamps, and they had to make their movie about that, no matter how little the cost, or how bad the production. Check out "Wild Women of Wongo" for a good Florida movie. ~Googie Architecture and Drive Ins Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture - is a great book and roadsidepeek.com - is a really great site for this sort of fettish. ~Definitely Old Time Radio Shows - Groucho Marx, Mel Blanc and Jack Benny! ~Carnivals, Sideshows and non Disney Amusement/Mom and Pop Roadside Parks are a huge nostalgic interest! Check out Untamed Highway for a whole comic about that. And roadsideamerica.com for an awesome site visiting those places. ~Vintage Diners My friend just sent us this cool link about the Valentine Diners from the 50's. It's really interesting! ~Sodas made from Sugar! We are lucky enough here in Littlerock, Ca. to have "Charlie Brown's" restaurant and gift shop. They sell tons of those types of sodas and old fashioned candy too. Does anyone remember Sky Bars or Mallow Cups? I don't, because I was born in the 70's, but I get to enjoy them now. If you live in this area, check it out, it's on Hwy. 138 on the way to Vegas. ~Great old Black and White T.V. Shows, Sitcoms, Dramas, etc. From a time when you could watch almost every show with your kids, being that they were moral and sentimental, yet still interesting and funny. ~Vintage Cookbooks and Household Lifestyle Since I got married I have become more and more obsessed with the way women were back in the 50's. Such loving mothers/wives, who cooked their families great meals, and helped their kids with their homework, while still being hip and sexy wives too. Just because you cared about your family didn't mean you were a dork. Laura Petrie is a good sexy/hip example... ~Shriner/Secret Society Stuff *This whole realm just boggles my mind. I read once about a "goat", a round circle thing, that they'd strap you to and roll you down their secret halls to initiate you. The crazy thing is that there was a manufacturer who made these initiation devices for Lodges, along with Marching Band Uniforms! The name of the co. has slipped my mind. ~P.S. we just got those two movies also - "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" and "The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow". They're another great example of superb movie making! Check out "Village of the Giants" too! Sci-Fi, Sexy, Go-Go Fun! Thanks for the great Post! http://www.sideshowstamps.com Retro & Tiki Art and Rubber Stamps... [ Edited by: Sideshow Stamps 2005-10-13 06:43 ]

Wowie Wow Wow! This is the BEST post!
Almost all of my favorite things have been mentioned -

~Space Age and Sci-Fi * Especially Sci Fi Novel covers from the 50's and 60's! The art is really beautiful and inspiring!
AND old cheesy Sci-Fi Movies *Nothing beats a giant spider or monster (man in a suit) attacking the world.

~B-Movies *These were made with passion. You can just tell by watching them that these guys had an obsession, say about Florida Swamps, and they had to make their movie about that, no matter how little the cost, or how bad the production. Check out "Wild Women of Wongo" for a good Florida movie.

~Googie Architecture and Drive Ins *Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture - is a great book and roadsidepeek.com - is a really great site for this sort of fettish.

~Definitely Old Time Radio Shows - Groucho Marx, Mel Blanc and Jack Benny!

~Carnivals, Sideshows and non Disney Amusement/Mom and Pop Roadside Parks are a huge nostalgic interest! *Check out Untamed Highway for a whole comic about that. And roadsideamerica.com for an awesome site visiting those places.

~Vintage Diners *My friend just sent us this cool link about the Valentine Diners from the 50's. It's really interesting!

~Sodas made from Sugar! *We are lucky enough here in Littlerock, Ca. to have "Charlie Brown's" restaurant and gift shop. They sell tons of those types of sodas and old fashioned candy too. Does anyone remember Sky Bars or Mallow Cups? I don't, because I was born in the 70's, but I get to enjoy them now. If you live in this area, check it out, it's on Hwy. 138 on the way to Vegas.

~Great old Black and White T.V. Shows, Sitcoms, Dramas, etc. *From a time when you could watch almost every show with your kids, being that they were moral and sentimental, yet still interesting and funny.

~Vintage Cookbooks and Household Lifestyle *Since I got married I have become more and more obsessed with the way women were back in the 50's. Such loving mothers/wives, who cooked their families great meals, and helped their kids with their homework, while still being hip and sexy wives too. Just because you cared about your family didn't mean you were a dork. Laura Petrie is a good sexy/hip example...

~Shriner/Secret Society Stuff *This whole realm just boggles my mind. I read once about a "goat", a round circle thing, that they'd strap you to and roll you down their secret halls to initiate you. The crazy thing is that there was a manufacturer who made these initiation devices for Lodges, along with Marching Band Uniforms! The name of the co. has slipped my mind.

~P.S. we just got those two movies also - "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" and "The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow". They're another great example of superb movie making! Check out "Village of the Giants" too! Sci-Fi, Sexy, Go-Go Fun!

Thanks for the great Post!

http://www.sideshowstamps.com
Retro & Tiki Art and Rubber Stamps...

[ Edited by: Sideshow Stamps 2005-10-13 06:43 ]

Post #192249 by Sideshow Stamps on Thu, Oct 13, 2005 6:39 AM