/r/OldSchoolRidiculous
Laughing at the past.
Laughing at the past
The r/OldSchoolRidiculous Wiki
What is ridiculous? "I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description, and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it."
-Justice Potter Stewart, Jacobellis v. Ohio, 1964
The rules:
Keep it old school: Voting reddiquette
- Title should include short description and year or decade.
- If it's not safe for the 21st Century, and your title is vague, tag it [NSFW].
- No using post titles to editorialize current events or politics. Save any (respectful!) discussions of the present for the comments.
- No real violence
- No celebration of hate
- Post to any source you want, just don't spam
- Cross-posts welcome
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- Please follow all rules of reddit and reddiquette
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Our sister sub: /r/Tacky
More subs like us:
- /r/vintageads
- /r/otr
- /r/AskOldPeople
- /r/RedditForGrownups
- /r/oldschoolcreepy
- /r/VintageSciFi
- /r/TheWayWeWere
- /r/vintagepalooza
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Liberace takes a bubble bath, 1978
23:52 UTC
NY Times Dec 21 1924 - Hitler Tamed By Prison
05:55 UTC
"If a woman needs it, should she be spanked?" News clipping from the New York Daily Mirror, c. 1950s.
01:31 UTC
William Van Alen, architect of the Chrysler Building, dressed as The Chrysler Building at the Society of Beaux Arts Architects ball.
As aThe Chrysler Building
11:30 UTC
Jerry Garcia's mugshot after being arrested in New Orleans in January 1970 for possession of marijuana, LSD, barbiturates, and amphetamines.
13:54 UTC
1911 pic found on Chronophoto
13:27 UTC
Medieval Art depicting Apollo killing Ganymede by piercing his eye!
02:16 UTC
Hot new teen dance craze "The Stroll" - 1958
14:10 UTC
Snap-On Anal-O-Scope: Greater Accuracy, Greater Profits!
21:38 UTC
The house band for the Michelin Radio Hour, 1928.
19:37 UTC
I'm sorry WHAT are these things called?
06:19 UTC
Protect our husbands from the wiles of the 'sea vamps'
21:47 UTC
It's not a party, until the bugle comes out.
11:00 UTC
CBS show 'Gentle Ben' (1967)
18:46 UTC
“Black and White Minstrels”, 1991
Yep, 1991. My home town had a “minstrel” show that only ended in 2019 (they quit with the blackface in the mid-2000s I think).
10:17 UTC
Master butcher Török Sándor with two of his sons, and prize 420 kilogram Mangalica pig. Törökszentmiklós, Hungary, 1922 [900 x 674] (420kg = 925lbs)
03:48 UTC
"Caution: Cigarette smoking is hazardous to your records." (Watts Parastat ad from Country Music magazine 1975)
00:44 UTC
An Ad For Coffee
23:43 UTC
You Mean A *Woman* Can Open It?
23:39 UTC
Show Her - It's A Man's World
some of these old advertisements are crazy. i remember seeing some of these going through old magazines when my grandparents passed.. different times.
23:36 UTC
Look, I'm A Mother!
23:33 UTC
“You could think of them as the sixth basic food group”
15:53 UTC
Manhattan Research Inc / Raymond Scott Album
i was making a playlist on spotify recently when i somehow stumbled upon this 4-disc album of weird old electronic music.
i know the album was released in the 2000s, but the text on the album cover says its unreleased stuff from the 50s & 60s, and nothing says that more than the track titled 'dont beat your wife every night' (which is then followed by 'chew wrigleys!' -- i have no idea if thats from a real audio advertisement, but, crazy if it was).
anyways, if you want to listen to some weird old stuff, some of which are clearly commercials, its a fun listen.
14:37 UTC
Chesterfield Is Best For Me!
i wonder if that old scientific evidence & data is available to the public.
14:31 UTC
Say Goodbye To Depression!
who else has a magic remedy??
05:19 UTC
How to dress a rabbit without a knife. From The US Air Force Survival Training Manual
19:17 UTC
In 1936, the "dog sack" was invented to keep cars clean while traveling with pets
16:33 UTC
a whole generation hooked on artificially stimulated excitement...
from a 1955 Ladies Home Journal
21:43 UTC
1978 article describing 13-year-old Brooke Shields as a "sultry mix of all-American virgin and wh*re"
21:29 UTC
Liquid Tire Chains (1969) some Chevrolet cars
18:23 UTC