A blog dedicated to the historical preservation and memory of the American Baby Boomer's & Generation X's Pop Culture. Our blog has & will continue to post entries about the second half of the 20th
century, everything from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s going up to 2000 (and occasionally 2010.) Our definition of Pop Culture includes, Classic TV, Vintage TV Toys (coloring books - paper dolls,) TV
Guides, animation cels, Old movies, Vintage advertising memorabilia, Humorous political collectibles, funny billboards, movie & TV film location photographs, Vintage sports star memorabilia &
BASICALLY, ANYTHING & EVERYTHING
IN THE GOOD OL'E DAYS, GAS STATIONS ACTUALLY FOUGHT FOR YOUR BUSINESS.
THEY USED TO GIVE AWAY DINNER PLATES AND GLASSES TO GET YOUR REPEAT BUSINESS.
TEXACO ALSO USED TO SELL VERY HIGH QUALITY TOY TRUCKS FOR THE KIDDIES.
OF COURSE, IT WAS ONE BIG ADVERTISING PROGRAM - TEXACO WAS PRINTED ON THE TOY.
THE FUTURE-TO-BE GASOLINE BUYER WOULD HAVE THE TEXACO NAME INGRAINED IN HIS BRAIN.
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TWO TEXACO TANKER TRUCK COMMERCIALS - PURE AMERICANA ADVERTING.
I'M GETTING IN MY DELOREAN TIME MACHINE - ANYBODY WANT A LIFT?
During the summer of 1961, Don Defore almost cut his finger completely off. Mr. Defore was an accomplished carpenter, and he made most of the furniture in his Brentwood, California home. A short time after filming began for his new TV series Hazel, a real life accident occurred when he was playing the role of a carpenter in a "real world" activity.
Defore was used to using a 7 inch saw blade, but had supposedly bought a 9 inch blade by accident. The different size of the blade meant that his hand was far too close to the spinning blade. His ring finger was sliced almost 100% through. Excellent surgeons were able to save the finger by utilizing a lot of metal rods.
A few weeks later, in the "TV Land" world, the bandaged hand was explained differently. Since Defore was playing a lawyer, and more than likely, he never would have been close to a saw blade, the writers had to explain the injury in a typical Hazel TV show method. Hazel always had the upper hand over her supposed boss - physically and mentally. The injury was explained by an event where Hazel had powerfully driven a line drive baseball towards Defore's character, and he had tried to catch the ball barehanded.
Watch the 1 minute clip, and find out what happened when the "real world" collided with the "TV Land" world.