Found in Mom's Basement

1978 shampoo ad featuring Kim Basinger

Click here to watch Kim Basinger in a 1978 TV spot for Body On Tap beer-enriched shampoo.

Vintage Robots: How many can you name?

File this under shameless bragging.

My husband, Gary John Reynolds, just finished this drawing.

How many of these robots can you name? Answers are below.

Lower left corner: Tobor (the reverse anagram of 'robot') from 1954's, Tobor the Great.

Upper left corner: nameless robot from 1954's Devil Girl from Mars; in front of him is Robby the Robot, originally designed to appear in 1956's Forbidden Planet, the Robby the Robot costume was later reused in a few other movies and TV shows; in front of Robbie is The Robot from the TV show, Lost in Space, which aired 1965 - 1968; and in the lower right corner is Rosie the Robot Maid from the cartoon series, The Jetsons, which aired on Sunday nights, from 1962 - 1963.

The dog-like robot is Space Dog, a tin Japanese wind-toy that debuted in the 1950s; and last but not least, behind Space Dog is Conky from the TV show, Pee Wee's Playhouse, which aired from 1986 - 1990.

Ad for David McCallum poster, 1960s

Today is actor/former heartthrob David McCallum's 74th birthday. That's got to be shocking to women of a certain age. The rest of you will just have to watch a rerun of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. to understand.