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    4-Way Cold Tablets

    November 1949: Phil Harris has an opportunity to move from radio to TV, but he wonders if Betty Grable would make a better co-star than his wife, Alice Faye. Why? PHIL: She's very photogenic. ALICE: Well I'M very photogenic! PHIL: And she's got a lot of personality. ALICE: I'VE got just as...
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    Lapel pins and buttons

    I had a Willkie button like that-- it was a repro given out at Home Savings of America, among other historic Presidential Campaign buttons. Late 1970s, I think.
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    Never on Sunday

    And I can't even remember an instance where I got any good out of a "three-day weekend" although the concept is sound-- assuming you work a Monday-Friday job (and make enough money to ever go out of town.)
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    Never on Sunday

    I liked it, in grade school, when a holiday such as Veterans Day fell on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. It split the school week into two manageable sections-- and the teachers tended not to be too "serious" during either portion. And I'm surprised when I see school out for Columbus Day. In...
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    Press cards in hats?

    Reminds me of reporter scenes in cheesy tv-movies and soap operas, where a politician or other newsmaker spouts off in front of a tv camera and a radio guy holding a mic, and then a fedora guy with a pad and pencil says, "Can we quote you on that?" Because somebody is always supposed to say that...
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    Clean Jokes

    When I was in Jr. High and High School, the southern California "vatos" adressed every guy as "eh." Or was it A? "Hey A, let me cut in the lunch line." Except for when it was "ese" instead. (Or S.A.) Their sons call each other "fool."
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    The nicest comment I ever heard

    Once I went to an instructor's office with a phony "flu symptoms" tale to explain my absence from the 3rd and 4th class meetings of the semester. I got everything smoothed-over, as far as making up the missed work (although, if I couldn't face it in the first place, I don't know how I expected...
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    The nicest comment I ever heard

    "Jury Dodger Hauled In After Judge Reads Online Post"
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    Wartime road signs in Tennessee?

    There's a southern-style barbecue joint in Bellflower CA with SEE ROCK CITY on an exterior wall. I don't recall the mileage...
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    Iced Graham Crackers

    Never thought of it... but I've always liked iced oatmeal cookies.
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    The Dumbing Down of America - Here's Why

    Any time I had encountered the word "avuncular," I had said to myself "Ahh... well, that would mean something like, er, well, it must be an adjective, meaning... hmmm... I'd better look that one up, in a few minutes..." But I never did, until it kept coming up in "Ukulele Heroes." Cliff...
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    The Dumbing Down of America - Here's Why

    All I remember from my brief foray into dictionary-reading is "erubescent." W.C. Fields' nose was erubescent. (And large.)
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    The Dumbing Down of America - Here's Why

    So now you're saying they're dirty?
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    The Dumbing Down of America - Here's Why

    I only learned "concatenation" when looking for the way to combine two or more digital files.
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    What are you listening to?

    On still-existing radio shows, Vallee offered two candidates for the title song for the movie "Sweet Music"... by different writers... for listeners to vote on.
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    Help!: Zeppelins, Dirigibles, Airships, etc.

    Why yes, a Goodyear blimp does play a part in the movie "Help!"
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    4-Way Cold Tablets

    "My Friend Irma" radio series, 1949 or 1950: Irma's split with her boyfriend Al, and he's despondent. He sends her a note, threatening to throw himself under the wheels of a subway train... from the top of the Empire State Building. On the way down, he'll stab himself several times...
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    Clean Jokes

    I have trouble making myself sad enough to get ketchup from one of those little packets with the note on the corner, "TEAR HERE"
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    January 15 is National Hat Day?!?!

    Gotta take cats for a quick vet check-up in the A.M.-- I think a hat would spook them. Gotta take my mom for a quick doctor checkup in the P.M.-- I could wear one then (sure to go unnoticed by the front office gal, who has her eyes on the computer screen 99% of the time.) Or 95% of the time...
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Lizzie, would anyone have ducked and covered in an attack? Or would they have just thought, "Hmmm I didn't realize it was so late!"

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