It seems like I've been shoo-ing the menfolk away lately with warnings of girlie talk about sewing and salad and feeling unfresh... (Are you guys cringing yet, remembering that awkward moment when you were watching TV with your mom and a Summers Eve commercial came on? Hell, I'm a girl and I wanted to die when that happened.) Well today, I'm gonna do you guys a solid and make this Wednesday about something you'll probably really dig. And yes, there are hooters involved and for once, they're not owls.
So today's theme is a prime example of era-accurate, borderline-sexist kitsch: the risque novelty. It's a man's world today at the Girl Can't Help It! Enjoy it while it lasts, men, because tomorrow we're talking about fabric swatches and bloating.
It's possibly a little NSFW, just a warning...
Oh, so this Vintage 50's "How to Draw" Book from 1958 teaches you how to correctly and accurately draw "the human figure" and "proportion" and "the skeleton"? Riiiight. If by all of those things they mean "giant knockers", then yes, you too can learn how to draw.
Hot butts and sparkly boobs. Need I say more about this Vintage 50's Pinup Ashtray.
For the pervy golfer who likes a little T&A on the green (and who doesn't?): this Vintage 70's Novelty Nude Golf Tees, sure would help him "keep his eye on the ball..." Nice slogan.
As you can imagine, I've never been one to join in those painfully cheesy games you have to endure at wedding showers- you ladies will know what I mean: decorate the bride in toilet paper, everyone wears garters on top of their clothes, have a "who can eat novelty Wedding Night edible underwear the fastest...THOSE hokey games. And the hokey novelty gifts are equally dreadful. But I'd make an exception for these Vintage 50's Drink Coaster Set. Garters and jock straps for your glasses. Pure cheese with a side of corn.
You know how you're always thinking to yourself: "I would love it if my girlfriend dressed like a 1962 waitress at the Playboy Bunny Club, but how?" Well now, thanks to this revolutionary Vintage 60's Novelty Cuffs, Collar & Tie Set, she can! Make sure to slap her on her ass and threaten to leave her a small tip- they love that. Thanks Hugh!
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As always a great post, that ashtray is just too funny.
ReplyDeleteThanks, hon! I'm wondering: do you guys "across the pond" do the same cheesy wedding games as we do here?
ReplyDelete"How to Draw...AND have fun with a pencil and pen" This makes me laugh. A lot.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I dread more than wedding showers is baby showers. And why is it so many shower games involve toilet paper?
Hey, Kim: thanks for the post. Great stuff. I am trying to imagine the home that would have the ash tray with the tinkling nipples (other than my swingin' bachelor pad, of course). -- Mykal
ReplyDeleteHey Kim. Great post. I loved it. This is right up my alley. I really enjoyed this one.
ReplyDeleteHey, Keith! I was hoping you'd dig it, since you always have such kickass pics on Sugar & Spice that sort of fit today's theme!
ReplyDeleteHey Mykal! That would be one seriously cool bachelor pad! (Like the one Doris Day designed in "Pillow Talk" for Rock Hudson. Made of awesome. Leopard and tassles and a rotating bed is all I'm sayin'.)
ReplyDeleteKim: How did you get your hands on that video?
ReplyDeleteMykal~ do you mean to buy it? (I snagged a cheap dvd of it on Amazon eons ago, but I know there's still a ton to buy there.)
ReplyDeleteKim: No, not Pillow Talk. I meant the illicit and completely unauthroized video that has, shall we say, glimpses of my swingin' pad (you described it so well in your post about the rotating bed and all, I thought perhaps you had stumbled upon a copy). I thought my wealthy uncle had purchased all those bootleg copies years ago in an effort to save the family name!
ReplyDelete(Just Kidding) -- Mykal
Oh! Ahahaha, I'm such a dork. I was thinking, "how does one not know in this day and age where to score a cheesy/awesome Doris Day movie? The horror. The HORROR!" Man, I am ON it this morning. More coffee, thanks.
ReplyDeleteI came across some coffee mugs the other day, classic 50's "pa's supper mug" What the hell is a supper mug I thought and what makes it soo different from a normal mug? There is a painted vargas girl on the side and as "Pa's" coffee level drops it revels a naked vargas girl on the inside! - Hubby wouldn't let me buy it for him/me!
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