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Vintage Pulp Sep 8 2012
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
The chameleon has no clothes.


This page from the Goodtime Weekly Calendar of 1963 marks the week beginning forty-nine years ago today, and has an image of a very rare, wild American chameleon. You may be thinking that the photographer, credited only as L.G., photographed this one before she shifted to blend in with the background. But no—this is after she’s changed. These unusual creatures have woefully inadequate camouflage skills. Their skin only changes after a lot of exposure to the sun, and then it only turns brown. But they don’t know that. Notice the smirk? It’s because she thinks she’s totally invisible. Sad, really. 

Sep 8: “It’s amazing how many things a girl can do without before she’s married.”—Henry Morgan
 
Sep 9: Aftermath: A retired math teacher.
 
Sep 10: “Women’s clothes should express what they're doing. From the looks of things, some dames don’t do much.”—Arnold Glasow
 
Sep 11: A lot of women are like cats. They lick themselves with their tongues.
 
Sep 12: “Adding machines are really trustworthy; you can count on them.”—Sam Cowling
 
Sep 13: He who is a fool kisses the maid when he may kiss the mistress.
 
Sep 14: Love can make any place agreeable—Arabian Prov.

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Vintage Pulp Sep 1 2012
GARDEN STATE
She knows how to cultivate good feelings.


Above, the September 1 page from the Goodtime Weekly Calendar of 1963 with a photo by Ron Vogel of a petite model lounging in the garden in an unclothed state. She has two drinks because when you’re out in the hot sun you have to stay hydrated. Either that or she’s waiting for a friend. The observations this week include one from radio personality John Doremus, and another from Freddie Flintstone. We’re actually starting to think the Flintstone quotes are not actually from the television cartoon. We’ve seen the show, and we can’t imagine Fred making a quip that features the words “bonds” and “interest.” And besides, why refer to him as Freddie? He was always called Fred, as far as we know. Anyone with insight on this question, drop us a line. 

Sep 1: Jaywalking: A bad habit that may give you that run-down feeling.
 
Sep 2: “Labor Day: When cops didn’t hide behind traffic signs, they took their chances like everyone else.”—Pat Sheridan
 
Sep 3: “A wolf is a guy who picks up your chick instead of your check.”—Sam Cowling
 
Sep 4: “A woman begins to realize her age when people comment on how young she looks.”—John Doremus
 
Sep 5: Ballet teacher: A guy who keeps the rest on their toes.
 
Sep 6: “The bonds of matrimony are not very strong unless the interest is kept up.”—Freddie Flintstone
 

Sep 7: “Some people can trace their families back for centuries but don’t know where their kids were last night.”—Mitch Miller. 

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Vintage Pulp Aug 25 2012
TOP CHEF
Goodtime Inc. makes the end of summer a little more bareable.


The end of summer is always bittersweet, but the Goodtime Calendar of 1963 softens the blow with another image from the mysterious L.W., this one of a barbecuing beauty tending some hot meat. Goodtime’s weekly quips often include insights from unexpected sources. Just last week it was Fred Flintstone. This time it’s none other than Albert Einstein. His inclusion actually makes sense, since he is well known for a quote about a hot stove and a pretty girl. Well, not a quote, really. It was the abstract from a paper he wrote for the Journal of Exothermic Science and Technology in 1938. If you don’t know it, in its full, original form, it goes like this: “When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That’s relativity.” His and others’ insights below:
 
Aug 25: “The strangest dog is the hot dog—it always feeds the hand that bites it,”—Sam Cowling
 
Aug 26: Women: The sex that believes that if you charge it, it’s not spending.
 
Aug 27: “Unless a woman can read a guy like a book he’ll never make her best fella list.”—Henry Morgan
 
Aug 28: The trouble with being faithful is that you got to have a chance to prove it.
 
Aug 29: Women often do not understand opinions but seldom mistake acts.
 
Aug 30: “Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.”—Albert Einstein
 
Aug 31: It's forbidden fruit that’s responsible for many a bad jam.

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Vintage Pulp Aug 4 2012
JUST ONE LOOK
Come into my lair, said the spider to the fly.


The hottest days of summer bring some of the sultriest entries of the Goodtime Weekly Calendar of 1963. This week, Ron Vogel presents an unknown model giving what we’d say is a definite come hither stare. The quips are back to where they started—with basic observations about men and women, including one from Alex Dreier. An interesting fellow, Dreier was a seven time Emmy winning newsman who earned his most lasting fame for using his Chicago newscast in 1956 the slam the city’s bigots. It cost him his job, but put him on the right side of history. His quip doesn’t hold up quite as well, but nobody’s perfect.

Aug 4: “The trouble with doing nothing is that you can’t stop and rest.”—Sam Cowling
 
Aug 5: “A bachelor is a guy who is crazy to marry—but realized it on time.”—Alex Dreier
 
Aug 6: Never argue with a woman; it’s your word against thousands of hers.
 
Aug 7: The tongue of a woman is their sword, and they take care not to let it rust.—Chinese Prov.
 
Aug 8: Men ask for permanent hair but women ask for permanent waves.
 
Aug 9: Joint account: a handy little device that permits your wife to beat you to the draw.
 
Aug 10: Bachelor’s apartment: hi-fidelity in one corner and infidelity in the other.

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Vintage Pulp Jun 30 2012
MIRROR, MIRROR
Who’s the fairest of them all?

The boys at Goodtime Weekly are finally finished with marriage as a topic for their quips. Unfortunately, their more eclectic fare leaves a lot to be desired. But we’ve faithfully transcribed their wisdom below. The photo this week, which for some reason brings wedding cakes to our minds, is by Tom Kelley, who provided a similarly dreamy photo earlier this month. The model is unidentified.
 
June 30: More diets start in front of a mirror than a doctor’s order.
 
July 1: “If you like to go around with girls—take them on the Ferris wheel.”—Sam Cowling
 
July 2: Small dolls love to yell “Mommy,” bigger ones, “Money.”
 
July 3: “She who says ‘Stop, and/or I’ll slap your face!’ must be a lawyer’s daughter.”—He-who Who-he
 
July 4: Independence Day. American still ends in “I can.”
 
July 5: “Interpreting dance: The police interpret it in one way and her lawyer interprets it another.”—Jack Benny
 
July 6: Summer is the time for flies to make their screen tests. 

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Vintage Pulp Jun 17 2012
MAID IN THE SHADE
Who's the best model for a June calendar shot? Why June, of course.


Above, the page for this week in the Goodtime Weekly Calendar of 1963, with photography by none other than big breast maven Russ Meyer. Meyer was, of course, the man behind such fare as 1965’s Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, 1966’s Mondo Topless, 1968’s Vixen, and the 1970 schlock masterpiece Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. More Meyer photography to come.

June 16: Marriage is a partnership if both parties know when to be mute.
 
June 17: “A wedding ring is just like a telephone ring; in both cases you’ve got to have a receiver.”—Sam Cowling
 
June 18: Happiness in marriage is a miracle because only one of the couple feels miserable at a time.
 
June 19: The woman cries before the marriage; the man afterward.—Polish Prov.
 
June 20: A woman’s tears and a dog’s limping are not real.—Spanish Prov.
 
June 21: “Those who marry where they do not love will love where they do not marry.”—Thomas Fuller
 
June 22: Overheard at a wedding: “Seems silly to say ‘I do’ after what we already did.”

Edit: It's some years later now—2023 actually—and we now think this model is June Wilkinson. We haven't 100% confirmed it yet, but she worked with Russ Meyer plenty, and the model looks like her, even at the angle presented. Some think this is Meyer's wife Eve, but we don't. The confusion derives from the fact that Russ Meyer used this pose often with his models.

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Vintage Pulp Apr 7 2012
WINE BUFF
Care to join me for a nightcap?

Our fifth installment of the Good Time Weekly Calendar of 1963 features a model that is damnably familiar, but we just can’t come up with her name. We can tell you she was shot by renowned pin-up photog Ron Vogel, if that helps. Love the ornamental wine decanter, by the way. The week’s quips are below, and for a change a couple of them are actually clever.

Apr 7: “Girls who accept rings from men they don’t know are telephone operators.”—Sam Cowling

Apr 8: Why girls kiss and make up? Because the stuff rubs off.

Apr 9: Think now or pay later: Are your in-laws legalized charities?

Apr 10: “It doesn’t take much for a girl to hook a guy: He usually supplies the line himself.”—Tom Poston

Apr 11: “To a smart girl men are no problem—they’re the answer.”—Zsa Zsa Gabor

Apr 12: Three more days to decide either the debt is going to be the U.S.’s or yours.

Apr 13: “He who will gladly listen to both sides of an argument is a neighbor on the party line.”—He-who Who-he 

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Vintage Pulp Mar 17 2012
NET GAIN
Are you still planning to catch and release?
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. In celebration here’s our second posting from the Good Time Weekly Calendar of 1963, featuring a net-draped model we can’t identify shot by a photographer named Shulman who we also can’t identify. So there. Calendar text is transcribed below. Boy they sure knew how to get a laugh out of people back then. Or not.
 
March 17: “Ladies’ evening dresses are getting more daring. The front is now daring the back.”—Leslie Uggams
 
March 18: “Running into debt isn’t so bad; it’s running into your creditors that’s embarrassing.”—O.G. Zimmerman
 
March 19: “Would you call a girls’ baseball team ‘swatter girls’?”—Sam Cowling
 
March 20: Sweater girls are divided into two classes; those who knit them and those who fit them,”—Paul Fogarty
 
March 21: “Most men lack imagination and that’s why dress designers leave so little to it.”—Peggie Castle
 
March 22: Two things make women slow… first she must make up her mind and then her face.”—Keith Preston
 
March 23: Short dresses do not affect women’s appearance much; they just make the men look longer.”—Sam Cowling
 
So, who were all these people? We found nothing on O.G. Zimmerman, Paul Fogarty, and Keith Preston. We already knew Leslie Uggams and Peggie Castle—singer and actress respectively—and they have Wikipedia entries if you’re curious. So that leaves Sam Cowling. It’s Cowling who gets the lion’s share of quotes in the Good Time Calendar, so we expected him to have been quite famous and he was. He was a member of a vocal group called The Romeos, but later became a regular cast member of a radio variety program called The Breakfast Club. The hourlong program, hosted by Don McNeill, ran from 1933 until 1968, and Cowling (below right) came aboard in ’37, havingby then transformed himself from a singer into an improvisational comedian. Working off the cuff was a good fit for his new gig, since apparently The Breakfast Club was mostly unscripted. The extemporaneous format was a big success, and helped set a mold for morning radio shows that holds even today. It also made the leap to television as a special event in 1948. Wanna hear The Breakfast Club? Go to the bottom of this page. For video check here. We’re off to have a glass or several of green beer. 
 
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Vintage Pulp Mar 10 2012
ERA SOPHIA... SI! SI!
The resurrection of Lazzaro.

So, last week we mentioned that we had found the best calendar of all time at the Denver Book Fair. Above is the first image we’re posting from it, a tinted shot of Sophia Loren’s famous nude scene in 1951’s Era lui... sì! sì!, in which she appeared as Sophia Lazzaro. By 1953 she had begun acting as Loren, leaving the Lazzaro screen name behind forever. Her nude scene was never a secret, exactly, but until the internet came along stills from Era lui appeared only in porn and scandal magazines—and, apparently, obscure calendars. So thank you world wide web for making formerly impossible-to-find nudity readily available via a mouseclick or two.

This calendar—The Goodtime Weekly Calendar of 1963, printed in the U.S. by Good Time Publishing—has a nude or pin-up image for every week of the year, and in addition, a joke, quote, or pithy saying for every day of each week. The sayings are illegibly small on our posted image, so we’ve transcribed them below. But don’t thank us until you read them. While a couple are mildly amusing, most aren’t, and one is simply incomprehensible (March 14). We hope they improve as the year continues, but if they don’t, think of them anthropologically—i.e., try to value them as artifacts of an older culture that we're going to study for whatever insights we can glean. And if that doesn’t interest you, well, you can just look at the pretty photos. We’ll post one calendar page per week, along with its text, until we run through all fifty-two.

March 10: “Sophia Loren has been awarded an Oscar for Two Women. By gosh, she certainly is.”—Bob Hope.

March 11: Figures don’t lie; that’s why an honest man believes in good sizes.

March 12: “A gossip always gives you the benefit of the dirty.”—Sam Cowling.

March 13: Anybody who still says the sky’s the limit is way behind the times.

March 14: “Tips from outer space: Tired of chimps and dogs and men—try us with a woman.”—He-who Who-he

March 15: “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.—Henry Cooke.

March 16: “Beauty contests didn’t start in Atlantic City or any other city; they began when the second woman arrived on Earth.”—Mitch Miller. 

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History Rewind
The headlines that mattered yesteryear.
March 28
1910—First Seaplane Takes Flight
Frenchman Henri Fabre, who had studied airplane and propeller designs and had also patented a system of flotation devices, accomplishes the first take-off from water at Martinque, France, in a plane he called Le Canard, or "the duck."
1953—Jim Thorpe Dies
American athlete Jim Thorpe, who was one of the most prolific sportsmen ever and won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, played American football at the collegiate and professional levels, and also played professional baseball and basketball, dies of a heart attack.
March 27
1958—Khrushchev Becomes Premier
Nikita Khrushchev becomes premier of the Soviet Union. During his time in power he is responsible for the partial de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, and presides over the rise of the early Soviet space program, but his many policy failures lead to him being deposed in October 1964. After his removal he is pensioned off and lives quietly the rest of his life, eventually dying of heart disease in 1971.
March 26
1997—Heaven's Gate Cult Members Found Dead
In San Diego, thirty-nine members of a cult called Heaven's Gate are found dead after committing suicide in the belief that a UFO hidden in tail of the Hale-Bopp comet was a signal that it was time to leave Earth for a higher plane of existence. The cult members killed themselves by ingesting pudding and applesauce laced with poison.
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