"Stepping stones to success"
Here they are, according to this extended Listerine ad produced in 1956. Is it just me or does Mr. Cleanliness look a bit like the young Abe Lincoln? www.kilmerhouse.com Some interesting stuff at this site.
The Slice archive for Jan. 13, 2014
MONDAY, JAN. 13, 2014
What music is stuck in your head today?
Me? It's an instrumental passage from a current car commercial. I cannot recall the make or model. Seems like it is some version of an SUV. It features an attractive young couple (the woman looks like she is about 19) and two school-age kids who…
Note where Duane went to school
www.garveyceyrusselllopes.blogspot.com
Stealing from co-worker's snacks stash 1
Choose your rationalization, in Tuesday's Slice column.
Name game, 1962 vs. 2014
In the 1962 movie "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation," there's a scene at a yacht club party where the dad played by Jimmy Stewart wants to encourage a boy to dance with his shy teenage daughter. (She is self-conscious about wearing braces.) So he spots…
At least 12 times a year 1
I rode my bike to work this morning. Nothing remarkable about that, considering the temperature and street conditions. But it does allow me to place a check mark next to January in my quest to bike commute at least one day in every month. For…
Ticket prices back then always amaze
www.ticketstubcollection.com Even when adjusted for inflation.
Get ready to complain 2
Last time, the Winter Olympics were in our time zone. That meant some things, such as the two entertaining U.S./Canada hockey games, could be watched live at a prime viewing hour. This year, the people in charge of TV coverage from Russia will have some…
DVR alert
www.chud.com Tomorrow night, the consistently watchable PBS series takes a look at the pivotal year of 1964.
Old enough to remember this show? 2
www.the60sat50.blogspot.com Say what you will about Mitch, he did not have a plastic, prepackaged look. No, he was not the same person as Skitch Henderson.
If you were born on this date in 1969
This was the No. 1 song on the radio when you arrived. www.musiconvinyl.com
Seemed like a good idea at the time 1
Quite a few years ago, I offered to print the names of Slice readers with January birthdays. The idea was to salute those whose birthdays sometimes get lost in the shuffle after the holidays. Before it was all over, I had something like 600 names…
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