r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Neuralclone2 • 13h ago
"Bumperniks" (1962)
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/CoffeeCigarettes4Me • 15h ago
Now this is old school lol I still have my 1978 Panasonic top loader VHS VCR, along with my 1981 RCA SelectaVision Videodisk Player and my 1985 Sony Trinitron television and all have been well maintained and working nicely…
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Narwahl_Whisperer • 17h ago
Star trek merchandise, you say? How about a patch...
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It boldly goes on your pants, jacket, backpack, etc
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/PeasantLich • 21h ago
To boldly merchandise what Star Trek had not (probably) merchandised before. (1994)
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Ebonystealth • 23h ago
This ad, advertised in Marvel Comics in the 70s, was too much for Stan Lee.
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/waffen123 • 2d ago
In 1980, Montgomery Ward accidentally mailed nearly 8 million catalogs containing the word “Fuck" hidden in a bedroom photo. The company believed it had been deliberately slipped into the artwork by a disgruntled employee and somehow made it past everyone before printing. Can you find it?
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Heron554 • 2d ago
Panel from Jack T. Chick's Christian evangelistic comic booklet, "A Demon's Nightmare" (original version from the early 1960s/1970s)
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Affectionate4704 • 3d ago
The Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand in Cairo 1896 pretending to be a mummy
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/TheShyBuck • 4d ago
a Scotsman struggling to keep his kilt down in the wind and rain. Postcard, early 20th century.
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Giantsgiants • 4d ago
Canadian PSA from nonprofit organization Concerned Children's Advertisers about proper nutrition during their "Long Live Kids" campaign - February 10, 2006
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Rough6935 • 4d ago
Windows 95 launch event
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/MaggieLinzer • 4d ago
Behold! The grotesque freak of nature known as the Stegosaur!!
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(This was published in The Washington Post on June 23rd, 1912, for anybody curious!)
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Ebonystealth • 5d ago
A 1951 Civil Defense film showing children how to "duck and cover."
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Neuralclone2 • 5d ago
"Women and Carrots have one enemy in common" (1941)
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Rabbits?
r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/jeremykunayak • 5d ago
Bobbi Gibb applied to run the Boston Marathon in 1966. Her application was rejected as “women were not physiologically capable" of running marathon distances. She ran it regardless, hiding until the race started. The other (male) racers are said to have been supportive of her running the race.
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/ApeSht-Zine • 6d ago
In 1979, a Boston organization began promoting “helper monkeys” for severely disabled people. Fueled by phony media stories, it continued thru 2020!
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Adventurous8131 • 6d ago
Competition to "sleep" with Donald Trump - Playgirl 1990
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Neuralclone2 • 6d ago
"Dr Paul Bouchard's Flesh Reducing Soap" (1929)
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/marveljew • 6d ago
Photo Album Ka•Bala: The 1967 Fortune Telling Roulette Wheel
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Affectionate304 • 6d ago
The King of Rock and Roll really looked at 8,000 calories and said, "Is that all?"
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r/OldSchoolRidiculous • u/Hopeful-Egg-978 • 6d ago
Joke/Satire ‘The Beard and Mustache Movement’ - 1853 British satirical cartoon lampooning the trend of men growing massive facial hair to imitate Crimean War soldiers
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Illustrated by John Leech for *Punch* magazine.