027 - S2E14 "Pretty Babies" with Philip Nolen
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D’Oh! A Correction:
On the show, I erroneously reported that the original air date for “Pretty Babies” was March 4, 1981… it was actually March 11, 1981.
Camera Stuff!
Philip and I discuss Tootie’s camera, and other related equipment on the show. Here is Tootie’s camera, a 110-style with the flash tower (you got 5 flashes, then flipped it over for another 5… and you couldn’t touch it right after snapping cuz that mother got HOT):
Here is its predecessor, the 126-style camera which took square pictures and slides. Note the flash cube!:
A fun hybrid - the lighthouse, so you could use flash cubes with the 110 camera:
One of Michael Landon’s many Kodak commercials:
Also mentioned in passing were the James Garner-Mariette Hartley Polaroid camera commercials which ran around the same time. From Mariette Hartley’s Wikipedia page: “During the late 1970s and into the early 1980s, Hartley appeared with James Garner in a popular series of television commercials advertising Polaroid cameras. The two actors had such amazing on-screen chemistry that many viewers erroneously believed that they were married in real life. Hartley's biography indicates that she began to wear a T-shirt printed with the phrase "I am not Mrs. James Garner."[9] (Hartley went as far to have a shirt made for her infant son, reading "I am not James Garner's Child" and even one for her then-husband: "I am not James Garner!" James Garner's actual wife then jokingly had a T-shirt printed with "I am Mrs. James Garner.") Hartley guest-starred in a memorable episode of Garner's television series The Rockford Files around this time. The script required the two to kiss at one point and unknown to them, a paparazzo was photographing the scene from a distance. The photos were run in a tabloid trying to provoke a scandal, causing a good deal of attention. An article that ran in TV Guide was titled: "That woman is not James Garner’s wife!” Here is one example of many that can be found on YouTube:
And discussed in the Audio Extras… The Disc Camera!
John Mark Robinson!
We think John Mark Robinson, who plays Fashion Photographer Jonathan Dutton in this episode, looks like the love child of…
…actor/singer Rick Springfield…
…and The Cars’ front man Ric Ocasek. (Pronouced oh-CASS-ik, not as I incorrectly pronounced it on the show).
Michelle Downey!
The actress who plays underage model Rena also appeared on several episodes of “Little House On The Prairie” as Susan 'Sue' Goodspeed… who I think may have been one of the students at Mary & Adam’s School For The Blind.
Benji!
The original film, released in 1974, clearly didn’t suffer from low self-esteem…!
Solarcaine!
A family of products still widely available (visit their web site), this is what Philip & I grew up with…
And this is what it looks like today.
Toy Commercials!
Philip mentioned some G. I. Joe commercials. Here are a couple of them….
… and a collection of more that feel slightly before our time … probably early 1970s.
I mentioned an SNL commercial that hilariously spoofed many of the toy commercial tropes. The toy was called “BIG RED.” You can watch the whole video here at SNL.com.
The Empire Strikes Back action figure commercial that we discuss… WITH SPOILERS!!
The “On The Nose” Disco Dressing Room Door
Also discussed in the Audio Extras: Melissa McCarthy’s outtakes from “This Is 40” (shown during the end credits):
The gorgeous Bo Derek in “10” …
