Beach Party was the first of several beach party party films from American International Pictures (AIP) that were made with the teen audience in mind. It was directed by William Asher and starred Robert Cummings, Dorothy Malone, Frankie Avalon, and Annette Funicello. The film is often credited with starting the beach party film genre. Beach
Party was the highest grossing film AIP had made to that date, earning more its
opening weekend than any of its competition.
The cast of National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)
Looks like the Griswold family will be taking another vacation trip. According to Tim
Briscoe of Videoeta.com, this trip will see son Rusty all grown up and heading his
own family on a road trip. Briscoe said the L.A. Times reported the writers have
just finished a second draft on the script and that Rusty will have a lot of the
similarities of his father, Clark Griswold. The writers said the goal is to have
Chevy Chase (Clark) and on-screen wife Beverly D’Angelo both make
appearances at the end of the film.
Beverly D’Angelo and Chevy Chase as they appeared in a recent
TV ad for a vacation-rental web site.
The "Wienermobile" is a automobile shaped like a hot dog that is used to advertise
Oscar Mayer products. I was created in 1936 by Oscar’s nephew, Carl G. Mayer. The
first model of the “Wienermobile”(top pic) rolled out of General Body Company’s factory
in Chicago, Illinois on July 18, 1936. The cost of the promotional vehicle was $5000. The drivers of the “Wienermobile” are known as Hotdoggers and are still on the road today.
Today’s “Wienermobile”
This was the last song heard on The Mighty 91 the night of September
1, 1976. Be listening this coming September 1st as The KISN Good Guys
return.
WWW.GOODGUYRADIO.COM
A 1963 U.S. Post Office sign with Mr. Zip encouraging the use of ZIP codes
The United States Post Office Department implemented postal zones for large cities
in 1943. By the early 1960s a more general system was needed, and on July 1, 1963,
non -mandatory ZIP codes were announced for the whole country.Simultaneously with
the introduction of the ZIP code (Zone Improvement Plan). Also introduced was the
two-letter state abbreviations.
"Use Zip code" labels were also used to promote the use of a ZIP code.
