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My wife noticed this in the family archives.
Motorcycle racing in Lilliput.
Here’s an RC multicopter big enough to ride on!
Amazing remote first person view piloting.
I had a fun time talking to Mark Frauenfelder in episode 4 of his new podcast, Make: Talk!
Pictures of boxes full of sweet vintage motorcycle helmets
I feel like I could be getting more mileage out of my right foot.
An Etsy portrait. Thanks, Danny.
Champs sleeve
My friend Tess just made the cover of ReadyMade with her cool lamp design.
Can this be for real? The design is so awesomely Thunderbirds. Via
Are Go!
Here’s a great mid-century illustration depicting a really fun looking beer bash, 1956 style.
I wonder if the design committee expected most beer drinkers to be able to sight-read the chart for the jingle, and hear the music in their heads while they dreamt of throwing thier own Schlitznic , or if they thought maybe they would step over to the piano with the ad in hand and play it while taking in the Schlitznic scene.
At any rate, it’s a cool drawing.
What is the font they’re using for the taglines (e.g., “Schlitznic in the park”? It just screams “LATE 50s!”
Every time I try to have a schlitznic, I usually end up getting arrested.
Steve
http://dfwmcm.blogspot.com
I did a little googling and although I didn’t identify the font yet, I believe the artwork is by Joe Kaufman. There’s not a lot on the web about him, but his artwork brings to mind scores of ads and bookcovers lying around my grandparent’s house when I was a kid. For some reason the “Better Homes and Gardens” gardening book comes to mind.
Rob –
Yeah, I dont know about the font, but the illustration is signed BALET in the lower left of the top pane, which would make it the work of Jan Balet.
Nice find! I did some searching and someone actually put up a Flickr set of some of his work, including another Schlitz ad.
Is it possible to say “Schlitznick” without sounding like you’ve already emptied a couple six-packs? I’ve tried a couple times and I don’t think it is.
Your question about the jingle is a great one. I could not “slip over to the piano” because your blog is upstairs and the piano is not, and I could not get the four flats right a capella. Dunno, but maybe the printed jingle is a subtle clue that Schlitznicks” belong in every home, somewhere near the Steinway. Anyone still living who had a hand in that ad? Of those, anyone still undementiated? I would love to know why the printed jingle.
mcewanj