I was off work one day in January with Vertigo brought on by olive oil dribbling in my ears.
As I normally do after an poorly-sick sleep I recuperate later with some afternoon telly.
As usual I often spot something bloggable.
The UK TV show Homes under the Hammer was on. I don't normally watch it but the abandoned house's contents caught my eye. Scattered all over a bedroom were games and oddments from yesteryear. I've screengrabbed them. What can you see?
After Homes I watched Suddenly, an old black and white thriller with Frank Sinatra playing an assassin hell-bent on bringing the President's career to an end. The town of Suddenly was the setting, hence the film's mysterious title.
At the start of the flick a kid peers yearningly through a toy shop window. he wants a cap gun and the local sheriff buys him one because he fancies the kid's mother!
Anyways, here's the toy shop window screengrabbed for your enjoyment. See anything you like?
Oh, and that final grab, M & N Market. Is that a real shop? Was it a chain? Anyone know?
Have you seen any toys in films and in TV shows? Piccies welcomed!
Mostly junk by the looks! I had the green Prehistoric Animals book on the bed - got it for my 9th birthday! Bill
ReplyDeleteYes, I had that Prehistoric Animals book as well Bill! Still got a copy. It saddens me to think that we might be house clearance like this one day!
DeleteI'd love that 6-shooter cap gun (Mattel Fanner? Hubley? Nichols?)
ReplyDeleteThe 1973 movie 'Don't Look Now', Staring Donald Sutherland & Julie Christie, has an Action Man Talking Commander in a early scene, although from memory I think the original Palitoy voice and commands were replaced by a voice over.
ReplyDeleteTreated myself to The Quiet Place (US, 2018) recently. A battery-operated Space Shuttle toy has a rather grim role at the beginning of the story.
ReplyDeleteWell worth watching also otherwise - the monster is awesome!