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Sandra Payne: A World of Shine

Barrett Barrera Projects Art Gallery is located in St. Louis. I hope this will be the first in a series of looks at local artists. Sandra Payne died before her first exhibit could come to fruition.

Laurel Zito Art and Craft, Modern Art, The 70s Leave a comment November 17, 2022 1 Minute

Orange Juice with Vitamin C from The Florida Sunshine Tree

The Florida Sunshine Tree Commercial was song by Anita Bryant and I did not even know she was a singer. Orange Juice with vitamin C from The Florida Sunshine Tree.

Laurel Zito 70s music, lost songs, music, The 70s Leave a comment November 17, 2022 1 Minute

Marie Antoinette The Rose of Versailles Doll by Asahi Toys

I have collected both types of The Rose of Versailles Doll by Asahi Toys by from the late 70s.

Laurel Zito anime, dolls, The 70s, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment November 2, 2022January 17, 2023 5 Minutes

Dime Store Dolls

Dime Store Dolls vs. Dress Me Dolls how are they different? What are Souvenir Dolls? What about Pee Wees and Trolls?

Laurel Zito Art and Craft, dolls, The 70s Leave a comment March 17, 2021April 9, 2021 3 Minutes

Erin Moran Death Mystery

Erin Moran was a 70’s TV Star on the Show Happy Days which I watched as a child in afternoon reruns. But what was her cause of death?

Laurel Zito Blogging, Internet Culture, The 70s, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment March 6, 2021April 24, 2021 4 Minutes

Living In The Past

I've Seen the Future and I'm Not Going: The Art Scene and Downtown New York in the 1980s Book Review

Laurel Zito Art and Craft, Book Reviews, Literature, The 70s Leave a comment February 21, 2021March 11, 2021 4 Minutes

Ranger Rick Magazine

Ranger Rick is a talking Racoon who teaches children about the environment. And why I missed the Super Bowl on TV this year. Clearly I did not care that much about the Super Bowl or I would have tried harder to see it.

Laurel Zito The 70s Leave a comment February 7, 2021February 8, 2021 3 Minutes

Time For Timer

Time For Timer PSAs. In the 70’s along with junk food commercials on TV there were also health food PSAs. Cheaper foods with low quality were passed off to children who were willing to eat them.

Laurel Zito 70s music, The 70s, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment December 30, 2020 4 Minutes

Hello Kitty Land

Discussion of the Hello Kitty Sanrio Brand and the corresponding theme park in Japan.

Laurel Zito The 70s Leave a comment December 22, 2020 1 Minute

Triki Miki Dawn Clone

Triki Miki was a Dawn Clone Produced by Uneeda. Dinah Mite was a clone of Triki made by Mego. Both of these were jumpsuit dolls.

Laurel Zito dolls, The 70s Leave a comment December 16, 2020April 6, 2021 4 Minutes

Candy Spelling Dolls Blog

Candy Spelling's collection of Madame Alexander Dolls was sold at Auction. What can we learn about these dolls?

Laurel Zito dolls, The 70s 2 Comments November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 3 Minutes

Taxi Song 1972

“The Ballad of Harry and Sue” or “I’m Flying in my Taxi” was a popular song from 1972. Read about how an archive of 70s stories was created.

Laurel Zito 70s music, Internet Culture, The 70s Leave a comment November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 1 Minute

Lou Reed and Nico

I examine the career of Lou Reed in terms of his best songs. Nico is compared to Adrian in the Movie Liquid Sky.

Laurel Zito 70s music, Blogging, music, The 70s Leave a comment October 24, 2020April 23, 2021 6 Minutes

The Exxon Cartoon Tiger

Tony the Tiger is not the only cartoon tiger, there is also the Exxon Tiger. We examine the use of the Tiger in vintage tv commercials.

Laurel Zito 70s music, The 70s, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment October 12, 2020October 13, 2020 7 Minutes

Allison Katzman Deserves More Recognition

Allison Katzman invented the Blythe Doll About Collecting Blythe

Laurel Zito dolls, The 70s Leave a comment September 3, 2020September 12, 2020 4 Minutes

Blind Owl Book Review

Blind Owl died from an overdose on September 3, 1970. He is a member of the 27 Club.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature, music, The 70s Leave a comment August 14, 2020May 1, 2022 2 Minutes

Looking for the Lost White Rabbit Letter

Who was the White Rabbit and what does this information mean?

Laurel Zito Internet Culture, The 70s 3 Comments April 27, 2020October 9, 2020 6 Minutes

Searching for Vanity

My search for egg cartoon art created by Vanity the singer.

Laurel Zito Internet Culture, Modern Art, music, The 70s Leave a comment April 19, 2020September 4, 2020 4 Minutes

The Think Pink Panther Show

The Think Pink Panther Show was another way they mixed the older cartoons around to make them seem like a new show. I was looking for the “Think Pink Panther Show” song and I could not find it Youtube. I thought I remembered the words, but I really don’t very well. Someone else posted other words online, but I don’t remember them that way.

Laurel Zito 70s music, The 70s, TV Shows and Movies 1 Comment March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 1 Minute

Konocti Harbor Inn

Konocti Harbor was a resort and music venue in Kelseyville, California. They had Coconut Grove filled with Palm Trees and concerts.

Laurel Zito history, The 70s Leave a comment September 10, 2019November 20, 2022 1 Minute

True Hallucinations by Terence McKenna

Book Review with Spoilers

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Gardening, Literature, The 70s, Travel 2 Comments August 8, 2019March 20, 2020 2 Minutes

Plants That Poison Book Review

Plants That Poison : An Illustrated Guide to Plants Poisonous to Man by Ervin M. Schmutz Book Review of a 70s botany book. A time capsule look inside.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Gardening, Humorous Gardening, The 70s Leave a comment August 2, 2019September 4, 2020 3 Minutes

Springtime Family Dolls

The Springtime Family Dolls how to find the best possible set to purchase, and doll reviews. I don’t have the set, but I have looked them many times on Ebay.

Laurel Zito dolls, The 70s, Travel Leave a comment June 26, 2019September 4, 2020 3 Minutes

Mary Queen of Scots a Real Life Soap Opera

We stop to consider the tragic life of Mary Queen of Scots and how it relates to 70s Music.

Laurel Zito 70s music, Days of Our Lives, history, Literature, music, The 70s, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment June 14, 2019September 4, 2020 1 Minute

Farrah Fawcett and Susan Atkins have strangely coincidental similarities

Farrah Fawcett and Susan Atkins could not be more different, but are alike in life details.

Laurel Zito Dreams, Internet Culture, The 70s, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment May 26, 2019April 9, 2021 11 Minutes

To Cry You a Song

Jethro Tull broke up in 2012, but no one noticed

Laurel Zito 70s music, Burroughs and Friends, Internet Culture, music, The 70s Leave a comment May 4, 2019August 19, 2019 14 Minutes

Twistable Tina Totsy Doll

Dawn Clone Doll called Tina by Totsy from the 70s has an issue with plastic decay.

Laurel Zito dolls, The 70s Leave a comment April 28, 2019September 4, 2020 1 Minute

Ketamine Early Pioneers

In the 70s two Pioneers in Ketamine were Marcia Moore and John Lilly.

Laurel Zito Blogging, Book Reviews, Literature, The 70s Leave a comment April 4, 2019September 4, 2020 4 Minutes

Gram Parsons at Joshua Tree

Gram Parson is the most famous singer I never heard of because none of his songs were hits. None of them were played on the radio in the 70s. He died at The Joshua Tree Inn in 1973.

Laurel Zito 70s music, Blogging, The 70s Leave a comment April 3, 2019September 4, 2020 3 Minutes

Love American Style

Love American Style the TV Show and the Theme Song

Laurel Zito 70s music, Blogging, The 70s, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment March 21, 2019September 4, 2020 7 Minutes

The Osmonds

The Osmonds and The World of Sid and Marty Krofft in the 70s

Laurel Zito 70s music, The 70s, Uncategorized Leave a comment February 8, 2019September 4, 2020 4 Minutes

Dog Patch USA

I am taking a vacation to Dog Patch USA.

Laurel Zito history, The 70s, Travel Leave a comment January 27, 2019September 4, 2020 3 Minutes

Savage Tan Tropical Blend Commercial

Savage Tan Tropical Blend Commercial lives again on You Tube

Laurel Zito The 70s Leave a comment November 6, 2018February 8, 2019 1 Minute

Chinook Campers

The Chinook Camper made by Ford or Toyota

Laurel Zito The 70s Leave a comment April 23, 2018September 4, 2020 1 Minute

Found Reno Photo

I took this photo in Downtown Reno on a vacation trip. Reno Circa 1974

Laurel Zito The 70s Leave a comment November 27, 2016September 4, 2020 1 Minute

The Hot Fudge Show

The Hot Fudge Show was a 70s children's program. I had an affinity for those spinning wheel graphics.

Laurel Zito The 70s, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment May 17, 2016November 29, 2020 1 Minute

Lyrics for 70s commercials

Here I have listed lyrics for 70s commercials

Laurel Zito 70s music, The 70s 15 Comments February 25, 2015June 10, 2021 11 Minutes

The Most Important Person Song

The Most Important Person Song was on TV in the early 70s.

Laurel Zito 70s music, music, The 70s 4 Comments February 27, 2014September 4, 2020 1 Minute

Why I love the 70s Disco Era

Disco Era time was a very short time period from 1976 to 1979

Laurel Zito 70s music, The 70s Leave a comment December 7, 2013September 4, 2020 1 Minute
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