What was on TV April 12th through 18th, 1980

After many months off, get ready for the long-awaited and highly-anticipated (at least I hope it is) return of "What was on TV".  Last year at this time, I bypassed the entire month of April because the issues were catalogued behind May for some reason.  By the way, the issue also marks the return of "The Mad Annotator", "R", this time joined by "V" as they vie for the best shows of the week. Also returning is the assist from friend John.  You think I alone can pack this much acerbic and witty humor into a post?  Silly reader.  Anyway, without further ado, I give you Olivia Newton John, whom I always called Olivia Fig-Newton John when I was a kid.  See, I had an incredible sense of humor even back then.

Mid Century Home Builders Calendar, 1964

I came across this and another calendar with a similar theme from the same building supply company (Monroe Building Supply Inc. in Columbia, Illinios) at a sale recently (in Columbia, Illinois of course).  Each month of the calendar features a home with building plans on the back along with some interior decorating ideas.  Some beautiful designs and excellent execution by the artist (intials QA or OA).

Pain in the Neck

Having suffered from neck/back pain for the past 3 weeks (not to mention, the past 30 years), I thought I'd offer the following as a public safety service.  From 1953, published by the J. B. Lippincott Company under the medical guidance of William K. "Call Me" Ishmael, F.A.C.P. and Howard B. Shorbe (the "B" is Bargain!), F.A.C.S.  I give you "Care of the Back".

I hate when people do this at the movie theater.

Yeah, like this girl!

Pretty much how I sit at work.  Might be part of the problem.

I'm seriously considering this:

Korea in Black and White

I found these pictures at the same sale where I found the photo in my previous post. They are of a military base in Korea in the early 1950's.

Wouldn't You Like to be a Pepper Too?

I found this photo at an estate sale last weekend and it immediately reminded me of the cover to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

All the King's Men

In my opinion, the 1970's were the golden age of board games.  Just prior to home video games taking over, these games were plentiful and provided great escapism for a child.  After all my years of going to sales, I still see some I've never heard of, like this Parker Brothers game "All The King's Men" from 1979.  

Similar to chess, only 3 piece types are used on each side: 1 King, 4 Knights and 7 Archers.  Movements are dictated by the space the piece resides on.

I never played chess when I was a kid, but the graphics and realistic figures of this game would have hooked me.  I loved anything medieval-themed.

Winding Up to Easter

I picked up these Easter wind-ups at a sale for a quarter each last week.  They're not terribly old, but I thought they were neat.  The first one probably dates from the 1970's or '80's and is made in Taiwan.

Wind it up and it pushes the baby bunny in the carriage.