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John1040 the Soldier (59) Mara the Peacemaker mentioned
Oh my lord…
Mara the Peacemaker commented
That last pic is truly priceless.
Christine the Lioness said this
I think my Ken doll had that outfit…
I would like to remind people that back then (and yes, this is before Christopher was even born btw)… people made a lot of their own clothes still and bought patterns from the catalogues so that one of the two ladies that Christopher tagged as not getting out without damage… I think… is showing what the outfit will look like once you make it out of that green fabric…
ProphetJoe the Irreverent penned this
Wow-wee! Those outfits sure are swell!!
Unfortunately, I remember seeing some of them. Thankfully, it *generally* wasn’t on me — but I will admit that I did have a white leather belt with double holes and button down jeans with bell bottoms. Now, before you young-uns trash me, I was about 14-15 and it did seem cool at the time. 
ProphetJoe the Irreverent spake, and sayeth
I particularly like the “helmet” hair styles in the picture which is next to last — don’t they both look like they have a Darth Vader haircut??
ProphetJoe the Irreverent up'n wrote this
Um, one other question, Christopher — what do you mean when you said the furniture Reminds me of a dick in a box…“?? Is that some obscure Penn State reference? 
One more question for Christine: will you wear sexy spiked high heals when you walk the picket line??
Christine the Lioness quibbed this
Spiked heels? I know it’s early but I have no idea what you’re talking about, PJ…
ProphetJoe the Irreverent thought this
Aren’t you a TV writer involved in the strike? I heard y’all were going to be picketing 15 sites in LA & NYC today. I was just hoping to see you on the news in a pair of killer stiletto heals carrying your sign.
And don’t give me the old “I don’t wear high heals” line — I’m sure ‘topher has seen you in a pair of black or red F*** Me high heals.
Here — 
— this will help you wake up…
ProphetJoe the Irreverent thought this
…and why the hell do I always type “heals” when I really mean “heels”?? It must be ‘topher’s influence on me 
Trouble the Pirate remarked
I doubt Christine’s union… She’s not a ‘joiner’…
ProphetJoe the Irreverent remarked
What say you, ‘tine? Are you a member of the WGA, or just a scab hacking out scripts for those goons over at the AMPTP? 
Christine the Lioness remarked
Actually, I’m not union… I found I can make a better living by working for non-union companies (thank goodness). But since the WGA agreements tend to help the contracts of all t.v. writers, I have to be supportive. Sort of.
ProphetJoe the Irreverent mentioned
There is a group where I work which is trying to unionize my employee classification (and, in fact, we’re the only non-union classification here). Even if I don’t want to join the union, I will still have to pay what they term “fair share” if they succeed in unionizing us.
I think you should pay your fair share too, Christine. It’s the AMERICAN thing to do — no, wait, that more socialism creeping into the scene!
Christine the Lioness said this
I find the whole union thing quite interesting. My first taste of it personally was when I joined the “office employee” union at Twentieth Century Fox right after graduating from college upon being hired as an admin assistant (we call that “paying our dues,” PJ ). Anyway… I learned very quickly that guaranteed pay increases (in no way connected to merit) and the extremely tedious process of firing a union employee created an environment where (1) union workers were extremely lazy — some, not all, but a considerable number; and (2) if you weren’t as lazy as they were, you became very unpopular very quickly.
I understand it had value when working conditions in the 1930s were so awful and people were basically indentured slaves to their bosses, but the problem with modern unions is that they take away a fundamental principle of why our country has become so successful in such short of a time– competition.
When people are forced to go above and beyond everyone else for the raises and promotions, it brings the level of everyone’s work up. When workers are furthered by ensuring that everyone puts in the minimum, progress is held back.
Regarding the WGA strike specifically… should writers of movies get 8 cents per DVD sale instead of 4 cents? I kind of think so. Are writers on these movies and t.v. shows low paid compared to the producers and actors? Absolutely. Are WGA writers low paid compared to everyone else in the country? Not by any stretch.
As the price of DVDs increase to the public, would the producers pocket that difference without giving the writers a few extra cents if they could? Of course. So do the writers need to strike to make sure that producers aren’t being greedy bastards? Probably. It does work. So maybe these unions are necessary after all…
ProphetJoe the Irreverent commented
Well, the only thing I can think of that’s more parasitic on modern society than the entertainment industry is the damned marketing/advertising industry
ProphetJoe the Irreverent stated
Geez, this thing is taking on a life of its own. I received this once before ‘topher posted it here, but I’ve continued receiving it since — I now have 14 emails with the same damned pictures, captions, and (generally) identical comments!
Christine the Lioness uttered
I’m getting that man-gown thing for Christopher for Christmas… it’ll hurt my feelings if he doesn’t wear it…
ProphetJoe the Irreverent up'n wrote this
If you just want easier access to his business than the boxer briefs afford, then I doubt he will object too strenuously
(Btw, check your CVC email, b/c I’m sending a pix to you — and it is NOT of me)
Keep_up_with_katie the Groupie hunt n' pecked this
I agree with Christine, people did tend to make their own clothes during the “fatal 800 page of less ads and actual pictures as shown above, catalog days”, however I have to make the point here that, they obviously were making them with the quilts, table clothes, and curtains that their great grandmothers made.
And since we are posting fashion attempts…
I cannot believe the sad attempt of bringing leggings and stirrup pants back???? WTF, why, why, ??? The only thing worse than the these 80’s faux pas, is polyester leggings and polyester stirrup pants…on a really fat girl with a risky business button down polo shirt…. why don’t they just throw a banana clip in there as well…. and a number for a good therapist….
Christine the Lioness commented
OMG, when I saw someone wearing stirrup pants again, I just about slit my wrists. AND jean jackets! Thank God people in their 30s can wear clothes that are classic instead of trendy. The day I walk into a store though and see dolphin shorts, jelly shoes, and those t-shirts where the bottom hem and arms have been fringed (with nothing more than a pair of scissors), I’m staging an intervention.
Keep_up_with_katie the Groupie stated
I am 100% behind you on the intervention, you bring the scissors, I will bring the nun habits, and toga party sheets to cover them up as you rid them of their smothering fashion funk…. Everyone knows you can always accessorize with black and white.
I know that history repeats itself, unfortunately even in fashion, I see no use in those freakin jelly shoes, what are they???? Where did they come from???? They are unidentifiable material that I am sure is not going to decompose, if at all at a fast enough rate, even with napalm. They just freak me out…and are really ugly, and they would have never made a good stilletto…they look really weird on babies… that aren’t even walking…. with the glitter in them….. ziggy combs were cool… I haven’t seen that comeback…..(well they were really only good for roller skating, when I was “shooting the duck” , the ziggy comb stuck out just far enough from the back pocket of your gloria vanderbilt jeans, that you looked cooler than you ever would again the rest of your life than at that very moment.)
And your mom picking you up in the station wagon killed any chance of that moment lingering to the next monday at school… c’est la vie.
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