Tag: 1970s

What I’ve Been Watching: October 2024

Before starting this jam post I quick double-checked the math and, yup, it’s been about fourteen months since my one and only “What I’ve Been Watching” post. Boy howdy, where’d the time go? I had planned to do these semi-regularly (like, every few months maybe?), but the first one took so long to write and … Continue reading What I’ve Been Watching: October 2024 →

The Art of the Ad: Moving in Stereo

Dig these groovy 1970s and rad 1980s music equipment advertisements, all of which seem to be selling more than just hi-fi audio, if you know what I mean—and I think you do. Go ahead, fiddle with her knobs! Stereos made people very horny in the ‘70s. Thank you to Dan Hill for devising this! CDs … Continue reading The Art of the Ad: Moving in Stereo →

Hot Shots of the Week: Proto-Cougar Alert

As the venerable Pulp International once noted, “Cougars of the world, meet the proto-cougar.” That would be Dame Joan Fucking Collins, seen here in promo photos for the 1972 television movie The Man Who Came to Dinner. As you no doubt remember, Joan is a Starfire Lounge VIP, and still rocking today. This cheeky shot … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Proto-Cougar Alert →

Michelle Monday

Baby Pfeiffer’s alert! Michelle’s promotional shots as Samantha “Sunshine” Jensen in B.A.D. Cats (1980) never fail to lift the spirits—and other things too, if you know what I mean, and I think you do. Positively smoldering. Mesmerizing eyes, hypnotic lips: Baby Pfeiffer is an assassin. We’ve shared these leggy shots of La Pfeiffer before and … Continue reading Michelle Monday →

Lost and Found: The Swinging Barmaids

In which sexy cocktail waitresses fight for their lives against a women-hating lunatic with a murderous fixation on buxom babes. With a title like The Swinging Barmaids (1975), this sexploitation stunner sounds like it should be a lighthearted seventies sex-romp. In actually, it’s a taut and nasty little slasher/crime thriller. Written by Charles B. Griffith—of … Continue reading Lost and Found: The Swinging Barmaids →

The Art of the Ad: This Bud’s for You

In 2023, sales for the US beer market topped $117 billion. Americans sure are crazy about our brewskies. In another grand American tradition, these vintage advertisements show that using sexy people to sell beer is always a winning combination. As Billy Dee Williams would say, it works every time! The height of cool right there, … Continue reading The Art of the Ad: This Bud’s for You →