A Class of Beatle Bangs

Mrs. Scruggs' magic potion

My second grade class had many "Beatle" haircuts. Some called it a "pixie".  The boys were slow to the trend in rural Virginia.    

Times have changed outwardly and inwardly. I can remember when these school pictures were taken. They lined us up according to our height and passed out plastic combs. We primped and combed till we had not a hair out of place. I had not seen this page from the yearbook since the sixties, until a classmate posted it on Facebook. It struck me as I looked at it that they published the pictures just as we had lined up. I was at the end, the biggest girl in the class. I can't really remember if this was embarrassing or something to be proud of. Now I look at it as a 5' 2" grownup and think how horrible it was to print the pictures in this order. Poor little overgrown me. 

Also in those days children were grouped according to their, shall we say, "academic success". And somehow I knew I was in the smart class. I know my mother would not have said anything to that affect.  The teacher probably told us and used it to make us feel guilty when we were not living up to expectations. Psychologists could have a field day.

The clearest thing I remember about this teacher is that she sat at her desk and rubbed Avon Perfumed Deodorant on her feet. Second grade gross out!        

In Everyones Living Room

The Ed Sullivan Show was not to be missed. I actually remember the night the Beatles first came on. It made such on impression on everyone. It had to have shook things up for a 5-year-old to remember it.

The haircut became all the rage. Boys, girls even little kids wore it. I can remember my mom asking me if I wanted a Beatles haircut. 

I must have liked it, I still had it two years later.

Topo Gigio sings "Funiculi-Funicula" on The Ed Sullivan Show

Big Eyes

Margaret today-still painting

Walter and Margaret- he looks like a piece-of-work.

"Miss No Name" doll from 1966 based on the Keane paintings

How could I think about the 60's without remembering those sad big-eyed children pictures that were everywhere. They were marketed in many ways. They were seen in cheap prints in plastic frames, dolls, figurines, you name it. Back in the 60's they were thought to be the paintings of Walter Keane. It was found later that Mrs. Keane, Margaret had done the paintings. Their divorce proceedings ended up in federal court where the judge ordered them to have a "paint-off" there in the courtroom. Margaret started creating while Walter complained of a hurt shoulder and would not paint. All rights were awarded to Margaret. No one knows why she let Walter claim the paintings all those years. A movie is being made about her life, staring Kate Hudson with Thomas Haden Church playing Walter. Tim Burton, a longtime fan is producing. The movie is due out sometime in 2011. I can't wait!

More Unders

Armored crotch- can stop a bullet.

Groovy Girdle

Tangerine Dream

Love the fishnets. I wore those at age seven in 1967.

Underwear is Humorous

Madonna did not invent pointy.

Does anybody wear a slip anymore? I know I haven't since 1979. I think we should bring it back. They were so pretty.

Remember the days-of-the-week underwear? An interesting way to organize your "draws".

Lacy and racy for the 60's

There has been quite a revolution in underwear since the 60's. Of course, there is less material involved in today's undies. The colors and prints are different. Changing from powder blue and rosebuds to navy blue and leopard print. Bras have changed from pointy to rounded. Girdles are now Spankx and slips are a thing of the past. Basic men's underwear hasn't changed much. Snaps on boxer shorts are gone. In my town there was a story of a local man who was saved by the snaps on his boxer shorts. One Saturday night the man got into a drunken brawl that ended in a gunshot wound to the lower abdomen. He was rushed to the hospital bleeding and "close to death".  The victim's employer was called and told that the man probably would not make it. The next morning the boss got a call from the wounded man to come to the hospital and pick him up. When the boss got there the man informed him that it was only a scratch. The bullet was stopped by the snap on this boxers. Maybe we should bring back the snaps.

I loved Dr. Dolittle. I truly believed he could talk to the animals. 

I even had this album.

Charlie the Lonesome Cougar

Charlie lived at Moonridge Animal Park where he was called "Tiger"

Two Disney Legends

Matthew Garber

Karen Dotrice

Matthew Garber  died of pancreatitis after contracting hepatitis in India in 1977 at age 21. He was posthumously awarded the Disney Legends award in 2004. Karen Dotrice went on to act in many different British TV shows and is now a wife and mother, retired from acting. She was awarded the Disney Legend title in 2004.

More 1967 Disney

Hope the little stars of Monkeys Go Home lived happily-ever-after in a refuge for retired show biz chimps.

 

The Gnome Mobile, one of the more forgettable Disney movies, starred the same kids that played Jane and Michael Banks in Mary Poppins.