I've blogged before about how I love vintage Coca-Cola advertising...
Jeremiah and I decided we wanted diner type food on Thursday so we went to a new place (sorry, can't remember what it's called). We went in and it was full of tons of amazing vintage Coca-Cola decor! I filmed part of it because it was so awesome and I wanted to show it to my dad :)
Here's the clip...
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
History Detectives
About a month ago I was flipping through the channels on a Monday evening and landed on OETA. The show was History Detectives. Each show has 2-4 segments and each one is about a historical object. Can be an antique musket, a painting, book, or even a Ronald McDonald costume.
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It happened to be the Ronald McDonald story that caught my attention. I had recently read the book The Man Behind the Nose. The [auto]biography of Larry Harmon, the man who made Bozo and every modern clown what they are today. I knew little to nothing about Bozo or Larry when I started the book...but now I love him! The book was one of the most interesting and well written books I've read in a long time.
Larry started the Bozo television show then franchised Bozo so each television station would have a local Bozo actor. One of the actors, Willard Scott (who went on to be a Today Show weatherman), used Bozo as the inspiration for the character of Ronald McDonald.
Ok, back to History Detectives...a lady had a Ronald McDonald costume and thought it might be the original. The episode followed show researchers as they tracked down clues and information about the costume. It ended up not being the original, but it was the first Ronald McDonald costume created for national production and for someone other then Willard.
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If you've never seen History Detectives you need to check your local PBS listings!
(photo source)
It happened to be the Ronald McDonald story that caught my attention. I had recently read the book The Man Behind the Nose. The [auto]biography of Larry Harmon, the man who made Bozo and every modern clown what they are today. I knew little to nothing about Bozo or Larry when I started the book...but now I love him! The book was one of the most interesting and well written books I've read in a long time.Larry started the Bozo television show then franchised Bozo so each television station would have a local Bozo actor. One of the actors, Willard Scott (who went on to be a Today Show weatherman), used Bozo as the inspiration for the character of Ronald McDonald.
Ok, back to History Detectives...a lady had a Ronald McDonald costume and thought it might be the original. The episode followed show researchers as they tracked down clues and information about the costume. It ended up not being the original, but it was the first Ronald McDonald costume created for national production and for someone other then Willard.
(photo source)
If you've never seen History Detectives you need to check your local PBS listings!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
CBS
Exactly 60 years ago, on October 20th, 1951, CBS debuted their then new eye logo. If you don't already know...I happen to be a huge fan of CBS!
*I love many CBS programs including NCIS, CSI, and Big Bang Theory.
*It was Craig Day, a news anchor on our local CBS affiliate, who inspired me to pursue a mass communication degree. Without said degree I would never have considered starting Whitney Sews.
*To top it off I got to job shadow and intern at that same CBS affiliate station!
I guess you could say CBS and I are pretty tight...so when I found out today was a somewhat historical day for CBS I just had to share the news!
Here is original all seeing CBS eye
Quick video about the eye's history
Here's to many, many more years for CBS!
*I love many CBS programs including NCIS, CSI, and Big Bang Theory.
*It was Craig Day, a news anchor on our local CBS affiliate, who inspired me to pursue a mass communication degree. Without said degree I would never have considered starting Whitney Sews.
*To top it off I got to job shadow and intern at that same CBS affiliate station!
I guess you could say CBS and I are pretty tight...so when I found out today was a somewhat historical day for CBS I just had to share the news!
Here is original all seeing CBS eye
Quick video about the eye's history
Here's to many, many more years for CBS!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Vintage Find
Just wanted to quickly share a video I filmed last week at a thrift store showing off some amazing vintage radios! I didn't buy one at the time and they were all gone when I went back the next day :/
Monday, September 12, 2011
Mark Twain
We've all heard of the guy, right? You probably know he's that guy who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. You might even know that Mark Twain is a pen name for Samuel Clemens.
I myself have read the condensed versions of both previously mentioned books, seen the Wishbone episodes, and watched the movie Tom and Huck featuring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad Renfro. I however was not aware that there were four books written about Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn along with at least three more unfinished books. I happened to buy one of the three yesterday!
The unfinished manuscript for Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians was published in Life Magazine in 1968. Then college student Lee Nelson read the story. Then in 2002, while watching a PBS documentary on Mark Twain, he remembered the long forgotten story. Nelson decided to finish Twain's book...and that is what I bought.
Nelson chose to leave Twain's work as is, even though it was an unedited rough draft and wrote the book's middle and ending in a style to match Twain's writings. I'm excited to read the book! I think it will be interesting to see how the Twain's and Nelson's writing fits together to tell one story.
I myself have read the condensed versions of both previously mentioned books, seen the Wishbone episodes, and watched the movie Tom and Huck featuring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad Renfro. I however was not aware that there were four books written about Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn along with at least three more unfinished books. I happened to buy one of the three yesterday!
The unfinished manuscript for Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians was published in Life Magazine in 1968. Then college student Lee Nelson read the story. Then in 2002, while watching a PBS documentary on Mark Twain, he remembered the long forgotten story. Nelson decided to finish Twain's book...and that is what I bought.
Nelson chose to leave Twain's work as is, even though it was an unedited rough draft and wrote the book's middle and ending in a style to match Twain's writings. I'm excited to read the book! I think it will be interesting to see how the Twain's and Nelson's writing fits together to tell one story.
Wow...It's Been Forever
I mentioned in one of my previous posts that I have a youTube show. I've been super busy with that and some new opportunities that came my way...hopefully now that things are starting to settle down I can focus more on this blog.
The way I get inspired for blogging about history is by coming across a random fact (whether in a book, movie, or conversation) then I look up said fact to learn more about it. If it's something I find interesting I share it.
Since I've been so busy the majority of the reading I've been doing is audio books...juvenile audio books at that. I think reading (or listening) to a book is fantastic, no matter what type of book it is...but these books have had nothing to spark my curious mind.
Yesterday, Jeremiah and I went to Borders for their going out of business discounts and I found an interesting looking book and it has inspired a new blog post! (I'll write it in just a moment.)
The way I get inspired for blogging about history is by coming across a random fact (whether in a book, movie, or conversation) then I look up said fact to learn more about it. If it's something I find interesting I share it.
Since I've been so busy the majority of the reading I've been doing is audio books...juvenile audio books at that. I think reading (or listening) to a book is fantastic, no matter what type of book it is...but these books have had nothing to spark my curious mind.
Yesterday, Jeremiah and I went to Borders for their going out of business discounts and I found an interesting looking book and it has inspired a new blog post! (I'll write it in just a moment.)
Friday, July 29, 2011
History of Silver Dollar City
I mentioned my love for Silver Dollar City in my blog introduction. I was fortunate enough to get to go several times a year from 1996 to 2009 (except 1 year). I think it's safe to say Silver Dollar City was the first love of my life!
If it wasn't for SDC I would have zero interest in music. I would not be as interested in photography. Nor would I have as much love for history. In other words Silver Dollar City has made me who I am.
Today I was looking up some info about Disneyland which lead into some research pertaining to SDC and I came across THIS page. It's a great timeline detailing the history of not only SDC but of the land it sits on...all the way back to the Osage tribe. It's really neat to see how much the park has changed, even in just the 15 years I've known it.
Silver Dollar City calls it's employees citizens. I'd like to think that I'm an honorary citizen of the City.
If it wasn't for SDC I would have zero interest in music. I would not be as interested in photography. Nor would I have as much love for history. In other words Silver Dollar City has made me who I am.
Today I was looking up some info about Disneyland which lead into some research pertaining to SDC and I came across THIS page. It's a great timeline detailing the history of not only SDC but of the land it sits on...all the way back to the Osage tribe. It's really neat to see how much the park has changed, even in just the 15 years I've known it.
Silver Dollar City calls it's employees citizens. I'd like to think that I'm an honorary citizen of the City.
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