a touch of tuesday weld

The Beaver: Proud American

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:35:00 +0000

I have the sudden urge to Like Ike.

From 1972: Aletha, Viola, Bill, and Shirley Have A Party

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:04:00 +0000

1972

Currently Occupying My Time

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:08:00 +0000

Retronaut

Seriously, folks...this is the coolest website I have ever seen. -Laura Beth

From 1988: La Turlington for Calvin Klein Eternity

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:55:00 +0000

None of that "Moment" or "Purple Orchid" or "Blush" or whatever.

Give me the ORIGINAL juice from back when the shoulder pads were still large and plentiful, and when each scent had a supermodel attached to it, instead of some pitiful-looking celebrity so lacking in charisma and beauty she couldn't sell a hot dog at a football game.

Notes for Calvin Klein Eternity (1988 original)
Top: Freesia, leafy green accord, citrus oils (mandarin), sage, narcissus, lily
Heart: Rose, violet, lily of the valley, carnation, marigold, apricot, peach
Base: Patchouli, sandalwood, heliotrope, musk

When Sadie, Katie, and Lulu did a Prell commercial...

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:47:00 +0000

I'll never say never to always.

From 1987: Heaven is a kiss and a smile

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:41:00 +0000

One of the most haunting records ever made.

On February 27, 1988, Father Figure topped the Billboard charts, staying there for two weeks. It was a track from George Michael's monster LP Faith, which was released in October 1987.

The model in the video is Tania Coleridge.

There isn't a bad track on Faith,
but this one has been my favorite for 25 years.

So was he her lover...or her stalker?

Is there a difference?

When Beelzebub Joins America's Fight Against Post-Nasal Drip

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:26:00 +0000

"Anahist"...sounds more like "Anti-Christ" to this blogger!
What Byron Caran doesn't tell you is that there were black robes, drippy candles, and pentagrams involved in their miraculous recovery. Things really got wacky when Mom sacrificed The Beaver to their Dark Lord! (And what a mess!)

Well, you can't get more straightforward than this. And as the disembodied head tells us, Lucifer can apparently tackle maladies both North...and South. What "war" is this advertisement referring to, one wonders? The battle against sinus pain and pressure, or the battle for human souls?

Gelatin and Green Olives...Together At Last, United In Deliciousness!

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:51:00 +0000

Wonderful memories of my Grandma Mary,
who most certainly would have made this Jell-O salad and served it proudly with dollops of mayonnaise...all the while with a Pall Mall burning between her fingertips manicured with Revlon's Fire and Ice and a highball awaiting her when she finished the chore.

The Name's Barrett, Barrett

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:22:00 +0000

Love Story
1970

"Screw Paris! Screw Paris and music and all that stuff you thought you stole from me. I don't care, don't you believe that?"

Since I'm Wide Awake With This Lousy Cold In The Middle Of The Night Anyway, I Might As Well Do My Part To Fight Communism

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:18:00 +0000

2012!

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:04:00 +0000

Do a little dance
Make a little love
Get down tonight
Get down tonight

You said it, K.C. Happy 2012, everybody!

My resolution for this blog: 37% more Funky Soul Brothers this year! You can hold me to that!

From 1966: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:33:00 +0000

Happy New Year!
Thank you for reading my blog!

Here's to a wonderful 2012,
where we still fondly remember our wonderful years past.

I Want To Be That Blonde Perched On The Couch, Blowing Kisses

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:41:00 +0000

This video clip incarnates everything that "A Touch of Tuesday Weld" means to me.

Remembering times like these; that's what this blog is all about.

I wonder what songs they were dancing to!

Be sure to watch to the very end, where That Blonde sexily smooches toward the camera and lights up the entire room with her smile.

New Year's 1965, Manhattan Beach

Film by Richard Jones

Hope You Had A Cool Yule

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:30:00 +0000

Me, I'm plum tuckered out from making the Yuletide gay!

We had a really splendid holiday, lots of lovely presents (I got a Kitchen Aid stand mixer! A cashmere pashmina! A bottle of Samsara perfume!), gallons of libations, and a Christmas dinner of all-you-can-eat crab legs at our favorite local Chinese buffet.

I hope you all had a beautiful Christmas, if that's what you celebrate. May it have been as much fun as this:

1977

I love this picture. It's from this blog, and I find it so wonderful.

Wait a second...Santa Claus, NO!

From 1968: "God bless all of you, all of you on this good Earth."

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:40:00 +0000

Merry Christmas.

Grocery Store Favorites, Holiday Edition: Do They Know It's Christmas?

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:46:00 +0000

There is such a level of joy in this song, even 27 years later, that I just can't be snarky about it. Watching the video is like seeing old friends again.

Feed the world...let them know it's Christmastime again.

Sounds Good To Me

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:55:00 +0000

Please tell me that that is not a white-gloved Black Man serving cocktails to Mr. and Mrs. Whitey as their little brat languishes on Santa's lap. And was Santa auditioning for a Thomas Dolby video? "Science!"

Pardon Me, Please...That's Just The Sound Of My Heart Breaking

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:23:00 +0000

It's been almost three years since Ken and I were in our beloved Japan. We usually go at Christmas, so we can ring in the New Year, Japanese-style.

We are really going to try to get there next year.

When I hear the happy little Metro tune near the end, it sounds like the taste of Japanese lemon cough drops to me. As in, I am usually popping one in my mouth as I board the train with Ken, because I always have sinus problems in Japan due to the eleven-hour flight to get there.

The fact that buying Vicks drops requires me to spend long hours (!!!) in Lawson Station, with their shelves of Hello Kitty merchandise and onigiri snacks, their rows of exotic hot and cold beverages and Shiseido goodies, does not bother me a bit.

The Akasaka-Mitsuke station is a stone's throw from the glorious Hotel New Otani, the first hotel we stayed in when we visited Tokyo. On our last trip, we stayed at the equally magnificent Tokyo Hilton, which was close to the Nishi-Shinjuku station.

Tokyo is my favorite city on Planet Earth.

From 1982: What Might Be The Greatest Single Of The Eighties

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:28:00 +0000

This clip is mislabeled as being from 1983; that's not possible, as Fridays stopped airing on October 22, 1982.

Still, it's a magnificent capture of a great live version of this song. Here's Tommy Tutone, with "867-5309 (Jenny)."

I owned this on a vinyl 45; I bought it with some of my babysitting earnings at the Zayre right by my church in the summer of 1982. If I remember correctly, I also bought some Faberge Organics shampoo on that shopping trip, too.

It did not make me look anything like Heather Locklear.

Oh, and my Dad banned Jenny and her phone number after I played the record 12 times in a row. "I don't want to hear those numbers in this house again, Laura Beth," he said. "At least not in that sequence."

From 1976: Beautiful Bebe Buell

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:10:00 +0000

Some pictures just scream "The Seventies" without any captioning necessary.

Cameron Crowe used Bebe Buell as a source of inspiration for his genius film Almost Famous. When you look at the second photograph, is there really any doubt as to why?

From 1981: From The Greatest Movie Ever Made

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:43:00 +0000

Thank goodness no such tomfoolery goes on today!

Kate "Useless" Gosselin, in full drag-queen hair and makeup, forces her children to pose for another "happy family" photograph. I wonder if those poor kids were permitted to keep the doll and the bracelet.

From 1979: Gorgeous, Gorgeous Gia

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:42:00 +0000

There will never be enough words said about her beauty. She really was one of the best models who ever lived, and she managed to attain that status in less than five years of working in the industry and despite having a, shall we say, dangerous way of living.

This photo appeared in the April, 1979, issue of Vogue UK.

If you double-click the photo, prepare to be stunned.

From Gia Carangi Editorials (a wonderful site)

From 1952: Lustre-Creme Shampoo Ad Featuring St. Joan of Crawford's Mugshot

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:11:00 +0000

Double click for larger text and more detail.

More about St. Joan of Crawford

From 1988: Two Halloween Costumes Are Born

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 06:08:00 +0000

This year, Ken and I are celebrating Halloween as our Pee Wee's Playhouse counterparts, Cool Cat and Chickie Baby.

That is, unless I can get my hands on two complete Leatherface costumes.

Just Because It's Been One Helluva Week

noreply@blogger.com (laura linger) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:37:00 +0000

The state university that gave the chimp the scholarship was Purdue. I know this because I cheated off his calculus tests after bribing him with Chiquita bananas.