Cute little animated forest creatures are here to sell us booze in this bizarre promotional film for PM whisky salesmen. Pour me a stiff one, Mr. Bear!

[Link: PM Picnic][via Kitschy Kitschy Koo]

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eFanzine is exhibiting a vastly entertaining collection of photographs from the 1957 London WorldCon science-fiction convention. Not only are there are a whole host of mid-century SF luminaries on hand, like Arthur C. Clarke, Brian Aldiss, Michael Moorcock, and Robert Silverberg, there's also a plethora of folks parading around in extremely silly spaceman costumes made out of aluminum foil, football helmets, and rabbit-ear TV antennas, along with what appears to be an early filk-singing session. Nice to see that, except for the quality of the costumes, things haven't changed much in the last 50 years.

[Link: London WorldCon 1957][via The Cartoonist]

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I'm Learning to Share! posted these fantastic scans of the King Novelty Curio Catalog. It's filled with come-ons for bizarre folklore magic products like Lucky Mojo Room Spray and John the Conqueror Floor Wash. The vintage illustrations are terrific.

[Link: King Novelty Curio Catalog]

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Perfect for that "Saturday Night Fever, Sunday Morning Diarrhea" theme I've been planning for our master bathroom remodel.

[Link][via Coudal]

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