June 28th, 2007 @ 1:34 am by Cliffe | Sorted Miscellaneous
Now this first item may be a little too hardcore for most, but I actually find it pretty cool. I was recently snooping around an old abandoned house near my neighborhood and discovered a vintage 1962 Century 21 Exposition (also known as the World’s Fair) piece of blank stationary. It’s a little dirty and ripped, but this paper has been waiting to be written on for 45 years. Neat.
And did you know that Elvis Presley filmed his 1963 film
It Happened At The World’s Fair in Seattle. The Monorail, Seattle Center, and the Space Needle are backdrops in the movie and a young Kurt Russel even appears (kicking Elvis). I’m a bit of a Presley fanatic and once owned the soundtrack and all this nostalgia is making me want to find a copy again (the record has some of his weakest songs, as do most of his 60’s soundtracks, yet
One Broken Heart For Sale isn’t bad at all). Come on though, who doesn’t love Elvis? Shipley, back me up here.
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1962 Seattle World’s Fair stationary.
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Italian version of It Happened At The World’s Fair starring Elvis Presley. The tagline for the movie read “Swinging higher than the space needle with the gals and the songs at the famous Worlds Fair!”
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June 28th, 2007 @ 8:18 am
I do love Elvis for the simple fact that he loved bacon. A man who loves bacon is a friend of mine. Mmmm…..bacon.
June 28th, 2007 @ 12:46 pm
He also loved that bacon with peanut butter and banana!
http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2003/09/02/the-elvis-peanut-butter-bacon-and-banana/
Cliffe
June 28th, 2007 @ 4:50 pm
Nice! I have my mother’s copy of the ‘62 World’s Fair guidebook, which is awesome. My favorite part is where they predict that the Man of The Future will perhaps be commuting to work in his own personal gyrocopter. (Apparently, Future Me will be home in the kitchen, which at least will be fully robotically automated…heh.)
June 29th, 2007 @ 1:22 am
Kim:
Haha, hilarious.
Also… must. scan. guidebook.
Cliffe
May 11th, 2009 @ 10:55 pm
You know, I have a couple of boxes of the Century 21, Worlds Fair stationary from 1962. Found you while doing a google search. I wonder what it’s worth!