Buddy Lee Texaco doll
$is_award=$is_gold_award=$is_hair=0;
$is_byallee=0;
$is_askallee=0;
$c=get_the_category();
foreach ($c as $cat)
{
if ($cat->slug=='certifikitsch-winners')
{
$is_award=1;
}
if ($cat->slug=='classique-d-camembert-winners')
{
$is_gold_award=1;
}
if ($cat->slug=='love-is-in-the-hair-award-winners')
{
$is_hair=1;
}
}
// true added because this table will now always exist - jealous button
if ($is_award || $is_gold_award || $is_hair || true)
{
$admin_email_pop_coa=$admin_email_pop_cdc=$admin_email_pop_liith="";
if ( current_user_can('level_10') )
{
$now=gmdate("Y-m-d H:i:s");
$key=sha1("A".$now."B");
$the_title=single_post_title("", false);
?>
$admin_email_pop_coa="
Send Certifikitsch Confirmation Email to: ".get_the_author_meta('display_name').""; $admin_email_pop_cdc="
Send Classique d' Camembert Confirmation Email to: ".get_the_author_meta('display_name').""; $admin_email_pop_liith="
Send Love Is In The Hair Confirmation Email to: ".get_the_author_meta('display_name').""; } echo "
Send Certifikitsch Confirmation Email to: ".get_the_author_meta('display_name').""; $admin_email_pop_cdc="
Send Classique d' Camembert Confirmation Email to: ".get_the_author_meta('display_name').""; $admin_email_pop_liith="
Send Love Is In The Hair Confirmation Email to: ".get_the_author_meta('display_name').""; } echo "
";
if ($is_award)
{
echo '';
echo '
'.$admin_email_pop_coa;
}
if ($is_gold_award)
{
echo '';
echo '
'.$admin_email_pop_cdc;
}
if ($is_hair)
{
echo '';
echo '
'.$admin_email_pop_liith;
}
/*
if (empty($uid))
{
$str="Click if you\\'re Jealous!
(You must be logged in to be Jealous.)"; } elseif ($user_is_jealous) { $str="You are Jealous of this Kitsch!"; } else { $str="Click if you\\'re Jealous!"; } if (empty($uid)) { echo '
';
}
elseif ($user_is_jealous)
{
echo '
';
}
else
{
echo '
';
}
if (count($jealous_rs)>0)
{
echo "(".count($jealous_rs).")";
}
*/
echo "
\n\n";
}
?>
 .'/library/img/certifikitsch-of-authenkitschity.gif)
 .'/library/img/classique-d-camembert-post.gif)
 .'/library/img/icon-love-is-in-the-hair-sm.png)
(You must be logged in to be Jealous.)"; } elseif ($user_is_jealous) { $str="You are Jealous of this Kitsch!"; } else { $str="Click if you\\'re Jealous!"; } if (empty($uid)) { echo '
 .'/library/img/jealous-button-med.png)
 .'/library/img/jealous-button-med.png)
 .'/library/img/jealous-button-med.png)
Allee Willis
Thanks for all this excellent historical information on Buddy Lee! And, YES, Buddy makes the shelves here at AWMOK! My definition of kitsch is really different from the classic definition of it. Mine also really glorifies pop culture, anything that so permeated the pop landscape it became ubiquitous so Buddy definitely ranks.
I’ve definitely seen this doll before but never realized his history. I love his little happy plastic face and love, love, love his little uniform.
I’m happy to see that Buddy gets resurrected from decade to decade. He’s cute enough that he should never disappear.
Do you know what year the doll in your photo was made?
Kyle Dayton
Thanks a bunch, Allee! This particular Buddy was made sometime between 1949 and 1962. Since I won him in an auction with a similar advertising doll that was made between 1947 and 1949, I would guess that he’s also from the late 1940’s.
Douglas Wood
Great post and great doll. Can’t believe what fantastic condition he’s in.
Kyle Dayton
Thank you Doug. I think that he might have been stored away safely and undisplayed, for a long time.
Kyle Dayton
The auction in which I won him was kind of strange. They didn’t use an actual photo of this Buddy Lee for representation, but instead had a photo of a reproduction Buddy, which meant that they were misrepresenting their auction (and was also probably the reason that no one bid against me). They also titled the auction “Ames Texaco Doll” (I believe that the Ames Doll Company might have manufactured Buddy Lee somewhere down the line, or manufactured the repros, which are very different from these original Buddys). If they’d properly listed this as a vintage “Buddy Lee Texaco Doll”, I don’t think I would’ve had a snowball’s chance in Hades of winning. But since the opening bid was very reasonable, and I wanted a Buddy Lee in my collection, I decided to take a chance and bid anyway. When it finally arrived in the mail, imagine my complete surprise when I opened the box and saw this Buddy Lee instead.
The other doll in the auction was a Lion Uniform Company doll dressed in an Allied Van Lines uniform. They were created as a “calling card” for the individual companies that Lion Uniform hoped would buy their uniforms for their own employees. They’re similar to Buddy Lee, but not as well known.
k2dtw
Fantastic!!!
denny
I love this! What an amazing doll.
Michael Ely
Awesome!!!!