Clark’s pizza’s matchbooks had a public service message, “Don’t get sauced”. They probably had a few customers that were causing trouble because of the drinking- because what goes together better than pizza and beer? The illustration shows a very concerned tomato helping his wasted friend, who is about to cheddar all over the carpet. The…
New restaurant in Ottawa, not sure what they serve. But they have “Plenty on the ball”. The golfer lady, well I am no golf swing expert, but she looks like she is about to bash Arnold Palmer’s skull in. While she is golfing, the gentlemen in the restaurant are watching out the window and wondering…
I just acquired this 30-strike matchbook from The Las Vegas Club, a very early casino in Vegas, judging by the Hupmobiles or whatever in the street. I don’t know why the pedestrians are already “social distancing”. They are proud of having the “Largest Sign West of Chicago”. I wonder what was on the sign in…
I don’t understand what the point of this Barbasol ad was, but the cartoon is cute and clever. What do you expect from Popular Mechanics? The lady at the nudist camp is concerned about the nosy cowhand thinking she has a shiny nose. Is he even aware that she HAS a nose? I use Barbasol,…
The East Stroudsburg Exchange Club decided to outdo the West Stroudsburg club, and started an anti-forest fire campaign. I don’t know whose idea it was to incorporate book matches into the program. It reminds me of the time that the Abstinence League gave away shot glasses. Maybe they were shook up by the time their…
We used to sell these “reproduction” cathouse tokens at our novelty store, back in the day. I use the word reproduction loosely, because I doubt that Dotty needed to resort to advertising specialties, and if she did, it would bring in the cheapskates. I know I would have questions. “It says ‘one screw’ on one…
I guess these Army jeeps were not built for precision or comfort. There is a picture my dad took around here somewhere… I think it was in Okinawa. Some AF guys standing around looking at a jeep on it’s side, right off the little road winding among the quanset huts. Someone was probably in a…
Here’s a matchbook from a place called Charlies. On the cover, it appears that Charlie has been roofied. Her establishment was at 1303 S Winchester Blvd. in San Jose. But no more. I noticed in my cursory research that there are two Charlie’s restaurant chains, Charlie’s Cheesecake and Charlie’s Cheesesteak. Why not both? Anyway, the…
It is father’s day again, but I don’t even have a recliner, I have to envy my dad’s. I will probably get a “World’s Greatest Dad” trinket today, but let’s face it, my dad could dad circles around me. I remember one time he was calmy sitting in that recliner smoking his pipe, and I…
I like the Harold’s ad campaign that straight-up told people they would lose their shirt there. In reality, it was probably about the same odds as any casino. People would flock to Reno, even if they had to take a covered wagon, apparently. Somebody wrote “Buddy” to name the skinny broke guy wearing a barrel…
