Douglas Wood

Writer/Director/Film Executive originally from Chicago now living in Topanga Canyon.

Submissions


Sonny and Cher Globe

Only in L.A. can one find items such as the one below at a local (Pacific Palisades) estate sale.  It’s a plastic lighting globe from...

August 18, 2011 by Douglas Wood
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The Help/La Ayuda

For affluent white people who prefer zero contact with the hired help, Linda Wolf, a teacher at Beverly Hills High School (where else?) crea...

August 16, 2011 by Douglas Wood
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“Slip-covered” Purse

At first glance this looks like an ordinary purse, but if you were to see the real thing in front of you, its kitsch value would be painfull...

August 10, 2011 by Douglas Wood
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Hula-la!

“Aloha” means both “hello” and “good-bye” and probably a few other things as well if this vintage hand-p...

August 6, 2011 by Douglas Wood
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Vari-Vue Pins

Two Vari-Vue (“flicker”) pins from the 50’s:  a dude blowin’ sax and two teens jitterbugging by the jukebox.  The ...

August 2, 2011 by Douglas Wood
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The Bogie Man

Found these two Humphrey Bogart items at a yard sale recently, both from the early 70’s when classic Hollywood stars suddenly became k...

August 1, 2011 by Douglas Wood
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Groovy Eco Labels!

I love that the Donald Knoob company exploited the ecology movement circa 1972 as a means to sell a bunch of mod stickers.  Marketed as a &...

July 16, 2011 by Douglas Wood
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It’s a Date!

In the case of this 1950 book below, you really can judge a book by it’s cover.  If teens actually behaved as they do in this collect...

June 15, 2011 by Douglas Wood
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Swing Wing!

No great mystery as to why this toy isn’t around anymore.  I’m sure it was responsible for multiple cases of whiplash and spina...

May 27, 2011 by Douglas Wood
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Facial Flex

Did Victoria Looseleaf have no loved ones in her life to speak up and prevent her from doing this insane infomercial? http://www.youtube.com...

April 27, 2011 by Douglas Wood
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CINERAMA!

This is a 1953 program for a  Cinerama presentation that was narrated by Lowell Thomas.  The hyperbolic copy says Cinerama is, “a ne...

April 25, 2011 by Douglas Wood
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