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DON'T! OR ELSE! OK????
Mr. T used tough love to dish out good advice to kids. Who needed the D.A.R.E. program with Mr. T around?
#MrT #TheATeam #IPityTheFool #JustSayNo #80sPSA
Mr. T used tough love to dish out good advice to kids. Who needed the D.A.R.E. program with Mr. T around?
#MrT #TheATeam #IPityTheFool #JustSayNo #80sPSA
November 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
DON'T! OR ELSE! OK????
Mr. T used tough love to dish out good advice to kids. Who needed the D.A.R.E. program with Mr. T around?
#MrT #TheATeam #IPityTheFool #JustSayNo #80sPSA
Mr. T used tough love to dish out good advice to kids. Who needed the D.A.R.E. program with Mr. T around?
#MrT #TheATeam #IPityTheFool #JustSayNo #80sPSA
Think of Mary Anderson next time you use your windshield wipers!
Anderson was awarded a patent for her Window Cleaning Device on November 10, 1903💡
#MaryAnderson #PatentHistory #Invention #CarHistory #WomenInventors
Anderson was awarded a patent for her Window Cleaning Device on November 10, 1903💡
#MaryAnderson #PatentHistory #Invention #CarHistory #WomenInventors
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Think of Mary Anderson next time you use your windshield wipers!
Anderson was awarded a patent for her Window Cleaning Device on November 10, 1903💡
#MaryAnderson #PatentHistory #Invention #CarHistory #WomenInventors
Anderson was awarded a patent for her Window Cleaning Device on November 10, 1903💡
#MaryAnderson #PatentHistory #Invention #CarHistory #WomenInventors
If even Rock Hudson can be outsmarted by a bear on a motorbike, what chance do the rest of us have? 🐻
#NationalHugABearDay #RockHudson #MansFavoriteSport #SmartBear
🎥 Universal Pictures
#NationalHugABearDay #RockHudson #MansFavoriteSport #SmartBear
🎥 Universal Pictures
November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
If even Rock Hudson can be outsmarted by a bear on a motorbike, what chance do the rest of us have? 🐻
#NationalHugABearDay #RockHudson #MansFavoriteSport #SmartBear
🎥 Universal Pictures
#NationalHugABearDay #RockHudson #MansFavoriteSport #SmartBear
🎥 Universal Pictures
Sally Field is often remembered for her 1985 Best Actress acceptance speech for "Places in the Heart": "You like me! You really like me!"
She didn't really say that, though. Her actual line was "I can’t deny the fact that you like me. Right now, you like me!"
#SallyField #HappyBirthdaySallyField
She didn't really say that, though. Her actual line was "I can’t deny the fact that you like me. Right now, you like me!"
#SallyField #HappyBirthdaySallyField
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Sally Field is often remembered for her 1985 Best Actress acceptance speech for "Places in the Heart": "You like me! You really like me!"
She didn't really say that, though. Her actual line was "I can’t deny the fact that you like me. Right now, you like me!"
#SallyField #HappyBirthdaySallyField
She didn't really say that, though. Her actual line was "I can’t deny the fact that you like me. Right now, you like me!"
#SallyField #HappyBirthdaySallyField
Remembering Marcia Wallace on her birthday 🕊️
Before "The Bob Newhart Show" and "The Simpsons," she played a sales clerk in a 1971 episode of "The Brady Bunch," helping Jan cope with an identity crisis.
#MarciaWallace #TheBradyBunch #MrsKrabappel #ClassicTV
🎥 ABC/20th Century Fox Television
Before "The Bob Newhart Show" and "The Simpsons," she played a sales clerk in a 1971 episode of "The Brady Bunch," helping Jan cope with an identity crisis.
#MarciaWallace #TheBradyBunch #MrsKrabappel #ClassicTV
🎥 ABC/20th Century Fox Television
November 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Remembering Marcia Wallace on her birthday 🕊️
Before "The Bob Newhart Show" and "The Simpsons," she played a sales clerk in a 1971 episode of "The Brady Bunch," helping Jan cope with an identity crisis.
#MarciaWallace #TheBradyBunch #MrsKrabappel #ClassicTV
🎥 ABC/20th Century Fox Television
Before "The Bob Newhart Show" and "The Simpsons," she played a sales clerk in a 1971 episode of "The Brady Bunch," helping Jan cope with an identity crisis.
#MarciaWallace #TheBradyBunch #MrsKrabappel #ClassicTV
🎥 ABC/20th Century Fox Television
Trick-or-treating used to be magical! This 1960s neighborhood had just the right balance of creepy and charming 👻
#HalloweenHistory #VintageHalloween #1960sHalloween #TrickOrTreat #HomeMovies
🎥: Odd Tales/Archive
#HalloweenHistory #VintageHalloween #1960sHalloween #TrickOrTreat #HomeMovies
🎥: Odd Tales/Archive
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Trick-or-treating used to be magical! This 1960s neighborhood had just the right balance of creepy and charming 👻
#HalloweenHistory #VintageHalloween #1960sHalloween #TrickOrTreat #HomeMovies
🎥: Odd Tales/Archive
#HalloweenHistory #VintageHalloween #1960sHalloween #TrickOrTreat #HomeMovies
🎥: Odd Tales/Archive
In 1987, Vincent Price appeared on "The Tonight Show" with guest host Joan Rivers, and she convinced him to perform his iconic spoken-word sequence from "Thriller."
Happy Halloween to those who celebrate 🎃 Be safe out there!
🎥: NBC
#VincentPrice #Thriller #JoanRivers #80sTV #MichaelJackson
Happy Halloween to those who celebrate 🎃 Be safe out there!
🎥: NBC
#VincentPrice #Thriller #JoanRivers #80sTV #MichaelJackson
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
In 1987, Vincent Price appeared on "The Tonight Show" with guest host Joan Rivers, and she convinced him to perform his iconic spoken-word sequence from "Thriller."
Happy Halloween to those who celebrate 🎃 Be safe out there!
🎥: NBC
#VincentPrice #Thriller #JoanRivers #80sTV #MichaelJackson
Happy Halloween to those who celebrate 🎃 Be safe out there!
🎥: NBC
#VincentPrice #Thriller #JoanRivers #80sTV #MichaelJackson
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Vintage Obscura Halloween Mix. Side D [2024] by Kaptain Carbon
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Vintage Obscura Halloween Mix. Side D [2024] by Kaptain Carbon
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October 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Vintage Obscura Halloween Mix. Side D [2024] by Kaptain Carbon
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https://youtu.be/y1Ab94_tQ3w
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On May 6, 1950, 18-year-old Elizabeth Taylor married hotel heir Conrad “Nicky” Hilton Jr. The actress was famously married 8 times during her life. Her wedding to Hilton was the only time she wore a white gown, choosing different colors for the others.
#ElizabethTaylor #OldHollywood
#ElizabethTaylor #OldHollywood
October 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
On May 6, 1950, 18-year-old Elizabeth Taylor married hotel heir Conrad “Nicky” Hilton Jr. The actress was famously married 8 times during her life. Her wedding to Hilton was the only time she wore a white gown, choosing different colors for the others.
#ElizabethTaylor #OldHollywood
#ElizabethTaylor #OldHollywood
Would you go inside?
🧟 1960s footage of a neighborhood haunted house, a creepy but fun homemade Halloween tradition that’s mostly disappeared over the years.
#HauntedHouse #SafetyFirst #VintageHalloween #1960s #SpookySeason #CreepyFun #HalloweenHistory
🎵: The Fadge
🎥: Odd Tales/Archive
🧟 1960s footage of a neighborhood haunted house, a creepy but fun homemade Halloween tradition that’s mostly disappeared over the years.
#HauntedHouse #SafetyFirst #VintageHalloween #1960s #SpookySeason #CreepyFun #HalloweenHistory
🎵: The Fadge
🎥: Odd Tales/Archive
October 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Would you go inside?
🧟 1960s footage of a neighborhood haunted house, a creepy but fun homemade Halloween tradition that’s mostly disappeared over the years.
#HauntedHouse #SafetyFirst #VintageHalloween #1960s #SpookySeason #CreepyFun #HalloweenHistory
🎵: The Fadge
🎥: Odd Tales/Archive
🧟 1960s footage of a neighborhood haunted house, a creepy but fun homemade Halloween tradition that’s mostly disappeared over the years.
#HauntedHouse #SafetyFirst #VintageHalloween #1960s #SpookySeason #CreepyFun #HalloweenHistory
🎵: The Fadge
🎥: Odd Tales/Archive
Who's a better Halloween guest VJ than the Mistress of the Dark? 🦇 In 1984, MTV let Elvira take over for a special spooky broadcast.
🎥: MTV
#Elvira #MTV #VintageHalloween #80sTV #MistressOfTheDark
🎥: MTV
#Elvira #MTV #VintageHalloween #80sTV #MistressOfTheDark
October 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Who's a better Halloween guest VJ than the Mistress of the Dark? 🦇 In 1984, MTV let Elvira take over for a special spooky broadcast.
🎥: MTV
#Elvira #MTV #VintageHalloween #80sTV #MistressOfTheDark
🎥: MTV
#Elvira #MTV #VintageHalloween #80sTV #MistressOfTheDark
This 1977 Halloween PSA basically says: “Have fun, but not very much.”
The poor little girl just wanted to dress as a witch, but she had to go as a joke-slinging princess instead 🎃
#VintageHalloween #RetroPSA #HalloweenThrowback #OldSchoolHalloween #HalloweenDanger
🎥: Centron Educational Films
The poor little girl just wanted to dress as a witch, but she had to go as a joke-slinging princess instead 🎃
#VintageHalloween #RetroPSA #HalloweenThrowback #OldSchoolHalloween #HalloweenDanger
🎥: Centron Educational Films
October 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This 1977 Halloween PSA basically says: “Have fun, but not very much.”
The poor little girl just wanted to dress as a witch, but she had to go as a joke-slinging princess instead 🎃
#VintageHalloween #RetroPSA #HalloweenThrowback #OldSchoolHalloween #HalloweenDanger
🎥: Centron Educational Films
The poor little girl just wanted to dress as a witch, but she had to go as a joke-slinging princess instead 🎃
#VintageHalloween #RetroPSA #HalloweenThrowback #OldSchoolHalloween #HalloweenDanger
🎥: Centron Educational Films
October 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One case of "Monsters Plus Iron," please!
I don't remember these spooky vitamins, but would buy just about anything endorsed by Vincent Price during the Halloween season.
#VincentPrice #RetroCommercials #MonstersVitamins #1970sAds #VintageTV #HalloweenNostalgia
I don't remember these spooky vitamins, but would buy just about anything endorsed by Vincent Price during the Halloween season.
#VincentPrice #RetroCommercials #MonstersVitamins #1970sAds #VintageTV #HalloweenNostalgia
October 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
One case of "Monsters Plus Iron," please!
I don't remember these spooky vitamins, but would buy just about anything endorsed by Vincent Price during the Halloween season.
#VincentPrice #RetroCommercials #MonstersVitamins #1970sAds #VintageTV #HalloweenNostalgia
I don't remember these spooky vitamins, but would buy just about anything endorsed by Vincent Price during the Halloween season.
#VincentPrice #RetroCommercials #MonstersVitamins #1970sAds #VintageTV #HalloweenNostalgia
Born on October 17, 1938, Evel Knievel still holds the Guinness World Record for the most broken bones. By the end of 1975, he'd had 433 bone fractures.
The death-defying daredevil said he was “nothing but scar tissue and surgical steel” when he retired in 1980.
#EvelKnievel
The death-defying daredevil said he was “nothing but scar tissue and surgical steel” when he retired in 1980.
#EvelKnievel
October 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Born on October 17, 1938, Evel Knievel still holds the Guinness World Record for the most broken bones. By the end of 1975, he'd had 433 bone fractures.
The death-defying daredevil said he was “nothing but scar tissue and surgical steel” when he retired in 1980.
#EvelKnievel
The death-defying daredevil said he was “nothing but scar tissue and surgical steel” when he retired in 1980.
#EvelKnievel
Suzanne Somers was born on October 16, 1946 🎂
She was interviewed by Pee-wee Herman when he guest-hosted for Joan Rivers on her 'Late Show' in 1987.
Pee-wee asked Suzanne a few silly opening questions, and she told him about her friendship with an elephant 🐘❤️
#SuzanneSomers #PeeWeeHerman
She was interviewed by Pee-wee Herman when he guest-hosted for Joan Rivers on her 'Late Show' in 1987.
Pee-wee asked Suzanne a few silly opening questions, and she told him about her friendship with an elephant 🐘❤️
#SuzanneSomers #PeeWeeHerman
October 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Suzanne Somers was born on October 16, 1946 🎂
She was interviewed by Pee-wee Herman when he guest-hosted for Joan Rivers on her 'Late Show' in 1987.
Pee-wee asked Suzanne a few silly opening questions, and she told him about her friendship with an elephant 🐘❤️
#SuzanneSomers #PeeWeeHerman
She was interviewed by Pee-wee Herman when he guest-hosted for Joan Rivers on her 'Late Show' in 1987.
Pee-wee asked Suzanne a few silly opening questions, and she told him about her friendship with an elephant 🐘❤️
#SuzanneSomers #PeeWeeHerman
Mata Hari, the famed courtesan and exotic performer, was executed on October 15, 1917.
Her severed head was embalmed and stored in a museum. In 2000, a researcher discovered that her head was missing. The location of the head is still unknown...
#MataHari #MacabreHistory #WeirdHistory #OTD
Her severed head was embalmed and stored in a museum. In 2000, a researcher discovered that her head was missing. The location of the head is still unknown...
#MataHari #MacabreHistory #WeirdHistory #OTD
October 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Mata Hari, the famed courtesan and exotic performer, was executed on October 15, 1917.
Her severed head was embalmed and stored in a museum. In 2000, a researcher discovered that her head was missing. The location of the head is still unknown...
#MataHari #MacabreHistory #WeirdHistory #OTD
Her severed head was embalmed and stored in a museum. In 2000, a researcher discovered that her head was missing. The location of the head is still unknown...
#MataHari #MacabreHistory #WeirdHistory #OTD
Poor Mary Ann Lynch. She has to guzzle Cokes to stay alert for her high-pressure airline job, and then the company decides to doxx her.
#VintageCommercial #CocaCola #CokeCommercial #TWAAirlines
#VintageCommercial #CocaCola #CokeCommercial #TWAAirlines
October 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Poor Mary Ann Lynch. She has to guzzle Cokes to stay alert for her high-pressure airline job, and then the company decides to doxx her.
#VintageCommercial #CocaCola #CokeCommercial #TWAAirlines
#VintageCommercial #CocaCola #CokeCommercial #TWAAirlines
What's missing in this autumn scene from a 1950s home movie?
The sound of leaf blowers! We almost forgot how peaceful and cozy fall can feel without a bunch of ear-deafening equipment running in the background.
#VintageAutumn #FallAesthetic #CozySeason #SeasonsChange
🎥: Prelinger Archives
The sound of leaf blowers! We almost forgot how peaceful and cozy fall can feel without a bunch of ear-deafening equipment running in the background.
#VintageAutumn #FallAesthetic #CozySeason #SeasonsChange
🎥: Prelinger Archives
October 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
What's missing in this autumn scene from a 1950s home movie?
The sound of leaf blowers! We almost forgot how peaceful and cozy fall can feel without a bunch of ear-deafening equipment running in the background.
#VintageAutumn #FallAesthetic #CozySeason #SeasonsChange
🎥: Prelinger Archives
The sound of leaf blowers! We almost forgot how peaceful and cozy fall can feel without a bunch of ear-deafening equipment running in the background.
#VintageAutumn #FallAesthetic #CozySeason #SeasonsChange
🎥: Prelinger Archives
Orson Welles passed away 40 years ago, on October 10, 1985 🕊️ The filmmaker and actor was also a skilled magician who incorporated illusions into his stage shows and talk show appearances.
In this 1955 clip, Welles confesses that his magic tricks usually failed to impress women💔
#OrsonWelles
In this 1955 clip, Welles confesses that his magic tricks usually failed to impress women💔
#OrsonWelles
October 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Orson Welles passed away 40 years ago, on October 10, 1985 🕊️ The filmmaker and actor was also a skilled magician who incorporated illusions into his stage shows and talk show appearances.
In this 1955 clip, Welles confesses that his magic tricks usually failed to impress women💔
#OrsonWelles
In this 1955 clip, Welles confesses that his magic tricks usually failed to impress women💔
#OrsonWelles
In a 2010 appearance on Letterman, Dolly Parton talked about having a crush on Johnny Cash when she was 17!
Sending so much love to Dolly. The world needs you and your stories and your music and your big, kind, hilarious heart 💕
#DollyParton #JohnnyCash #DavidLetterman #DollyForever
🎥: CBS
Sending so much love to Dolly. The world needs you and your stories and your music and your big, kind, hilarious heart 💕
#DollyParton #JohnnyCash #DavidLetterman #DollyForever
🎥: CBS
October 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
In a 2010 appearance on Letterman, Dolly Parton talked about having a crush on Johnny Cash when she was 17!
Sending so much love to Dolly. The world needs you and your stories and your music and your big, kind, hilarious heart 💕
#DollyParton #JohnnyCash #DavidLetterman #DollyForever
🎥: CBS
Sending so much love to Dolly. The world needs you and your stories and your music and your big, kind, hilarious heart 💕
#DollyParton #JohnnyCash #DavidLetterman #DollyForever
🎥: CBS
Everyone's letting dad off the hook pretty easy for scarfing down the family's McRib dinner on the way home in this 1989 ad.
Guess that sassy sauce really was just too good to resist!
#WeaponizedIncompetence #McRib #McDonalds #MickeyDs #VintageMcDonalds #80sCommercial
Guess that sassy sauce really was just too good to resist!
#WeaponizedIncompetence #McRib #McDonalds #MickeyDs #VintageMcDonalds #80sCommercial
October 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Everyone's letting dad off the hook pretty easy for scarfing down the family's McRib dinner on the way home in this 1989 ad.
Guess that sassy sauce really was just too good to resist!
#WeaponizedIncompetence #McRib #McDonalds #MickeyDs #VintageMcDonalds #80sCommercial
Guess that sassy sauce really was just too good to resist!
#WeaponizedIncompetence #McRib #McDonalds #MickeyDs #VintageMcDonalds #80sCommercial
Airing on October 6, 1963, Barbra Streisand's appearance on The Judy Garland Show became one of TV’s most legendary moments. Streisand was just 21 at the time.
They sang some memorable duets together, but their stage banter was nearly as entertaining.
#BarbraStreisand #JudyGarland #ClassicTV
They sang some memorable duets together, but their stage banter was nearly as entertaining.
#BarbraStreisand #JudyGarland #ClassicTV
October 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Airing on October 6, 1963, Barbra Streisand's appearance on The Judy Garland Show became one of TV’s most legendary moments. Streisand was just 21 at the time.
They sang some memorable duets together, but their stage banter was nearly as entertaining.
#BarbraStreisand #JudyGarland #ClassicTV
They sang some memorable duets together, but their stage banter was nearly as entertaining.
#BarbraStreisand #JudyGarland #ClassicTV
