City - My up-the-stairs place State - SEATONVILLE, ILLINOIS Country - United States
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in England. At least that is what the late night television commercials used to tell me. Back in the late 1970's, Slim Whitman and his music was advertised on television late at night. His commercials came on right after those for the "Flowbee" (do a google) and such. I never heard of this man before the commercials. I have heard of him on only a few rare occasions since. Still, for reasons unknown to me, I have an 8-track tape of "All My Best" sitting on a shelf in the Jimmie Museum. Just keeps getting stranger and stranger, don't it?
Oh it gets better. Here are some more late night telly commercials: popeil pocket fisherman veg-o-matic Ginsu knife And it was a cute and almost innocent life back in the day.
Hmm... this is getting stranger and stranger. I just looked up 'Flowbee' on Google, and what do I see? A guy who seems to be sucking his hair up into the tube of a vacuum cleaner. Is he feeling OK? However, I see the link. If you want to look like Slim Whitman, this is what you have to do to achieve his 'unique' hairstyle. 8 Track cartridges, Flowbee... man, the world was a more interesting place back then.
Well replied!!!! 1) I didn't know you folks did "red-head" I thought it was all... "Ginger." 2) Oft times telly ads lied to us. 3) 8-tracks are way cool. How about when they get 30 seconds into a song then do the "CHUNK" and shift to the next track. 4) I missed a chance on the toilet Elvis. Just a few days after his (The King's) death, a college student in Iowa was selling bathroom rugs with a police tape outline of Elvis' body on them. They were going for $15.00 at the time... I should have bought a dozen.
(2) I was slightly dubious about this 'bigger than Elvis in England' claim made my the TV ads - actually make that 'choke on my own sense of outrage' - so I consulted my nerd book of chart listings... Slim had one solitary number one record in England, in 1955 ('Rose Marie') and about 8 hits in all. Elvis (Whether slim or fat), had 17 number ones up until his untimely toilet visit, and countless other hits.
(2 part 2) Bigger than Elvis? Look at him! The teenage girls of the world would think this guy was the reason daddy said 'don't talk to strangers'. Not a global sex symbol, methinks.
(3) 'Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain' is a GREAT song... especially Willie Nelson's version on his 'Red Headed Stranger' album.
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