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Description: The Beastmaster is a 1982 sword and sorcery film. Loosely based on the 1959 novel. The Beast Master, by Andre Norton, the film is about a man who can communicate with animals, and who fights an evil wizard and his army. Commercially, The Beastmaster was not considered a box office success during its original cinematic run, but later received extensive television exposure and success on cable TV. The original film spawned two sequels, as well as a syndicated television series that chronicled the further adventures of Dar.
Description: A chaotic dark-humor illustration featuring a wild, startled creature recoiling from a can of Swedish surströmming while waves of eerie green fumes rise into the night. Bold distressed typography, exaggerated expressions, starry accents, and hand-drawn comic details create a grotesque yet playful atmosphere. The artwork blends creepy cartoon aesthetics, bizarre food humor, Swedish culinary culture, fermented herring imagery, and over-the-top stink comedy for fans of strange, irreverent illustrations.
That Stinks! Surströmming Chaos -A possum on the verge of fainting- Tapestry
by CRAZYMAN
$23 $30
Description: The Osaka Tigers were a Japanese professional baseball team founded on December 10, 1935, playing their first season in 1936. In 1940, amid anti-foreign sentiment, the Tigers changed the name to the Hanshin Tigers, and in 1947 changed the name back to Osaka Tigers. The team name was once again changed back to Hanshin Tigers in 1961, and remains the team name to this day, making them the second-oldest professional club in Japan. The Tigers' home field has been Koshien Stadium since day one, a venue considered to be sacred ground not just fans of the Tigers, but for Japanese baseball fans everywhere.
Description: "Knight Rider, a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Michael Knight, a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless in a world of criminals who operate above the law." That was the narration that opened the 1982 TV drama, Knight Rider. While that gives a pretty good general overview, a more detailed synopsis goes something like this: Reborn, so to speak, after getting shot in the face, Knight dedicates his life to fighting for justice. Billionaire Wilton Knight hires Michael to be the lead field agent in his Knight Foundation's public justice organization, part of which includes the development of KITT, a superpowered, intelligent souped-up Pontiac Trans-Am.
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Description: Sometimes telling the truth requires a little preparation—and possibly a warning! “GIVE ME A MOMENT, I'M ON THE VERGE OF BEING HONEST.” delivers a hilarious dose of sarcasm, dry humor, and unapologetic honesty. Featuring a skeptical bearded man wearing purple glasses and a hoodie, thoughtfully resting his hand on his chin, this colorful design combines expressive personality with bold white, yellow, and purple typography. Perfect for sarcastic personalities, introverts, independent thinkers, and anyone who struggles to keep their opinions to themselves. A funny gift for friends, coworkers, and lovers of witty humor.
Give Me a Moment I'm on the Verge of Being Honest – Funny Sarcastic Quote, Brutal Honesty Tapestry
by SignShirtz
$23 $30
Description: Ghoulardi was a fictional character created and portrayed by voice announcer, actor and disc jockey Ernie Anderson as the horror host of Shock Theater at WJW TV in Cleveland, Ohio, from January 13, 1963, through December 16, 1966. Shock Theater featured B-grade science fiction and horror films and aired in a Friday late-night time slot.At his show's peak, Ghoulardi scored 70 percent of Cleveland's late-night audience, outperforming national programming. Fans sent up to 1,000 pieces of mail a day and the Cleveland Police Department even attributed a 35 percent decline in juvenile crime on Friday nights as kids were all home to catch Ghoulardi on Shock Theater.
Description: For nearly 50 years, the no-frills, all-business boozing destination in the heart of San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood has been a watering hole for all kinds of drinkers. From the topless portrait of the previous owner’s grandmother behind the bar and the doodled on dollar bill-covered walls to the stiff but cheap drinks and funky restrooms, High Tide Cocktails was a dive bar in every sense of the term. While the establishment changed hands over the years, the name and the divey ambiance remained, as did the revolving cast of mostly female Korean bartenders.
Description: KLOL FM was a rock station in Houston, Texas that was on the air from 1970 until 2004. The last song broadcast by the legendary station was also the first it ever played, "I'm Free." Like many early rock stations, KLOL began as a free form/progressive outlet, then morphed over the years to AOR and then classic rock. KLOL now airs a Spanish Pop format as Mega 101.
Description: The Great Space Coaster was a live action children's television show that was broadcast in first-run syndication from 1981 to 1986. The show was about three young singers who are brought to a habitable asteroid in space called Coasterville by a clown named Baxter who pilots the "space coaster," a roller coaster-like spaceship. The asteroid is populated by strange-looking, wise-cracking puppet characters such as Goriddle Gorilla, Knock Knock the Woodpecker, Edison the Elephant, and Gary Gnu (host of "The Gary Gnu Show"). Baxter is forever on the run from M.T. Promises, a nefarious ringmaster who plans to re-capture Baxter and return him to the circus he worked at before he escaped. Each episode ended with a different life lesson.
Description: A friend nominated me to do the 10 day movie challenge on Instagram which had a simple directive: post an image, no explanation, from 10 movies that had an impact on me. I decided to draw mine and transform them into Victorian inspired patterns. My favorite films feature outsiders, outlaws, wierdos, inverts, eccentrics, romantics, bon vivants, and rebels. Films that spoke to the queer and camp sensibility brewing inside me long before I knew who or what I was. Films that I still quote and reference to this day with ease. Films that spoke to the person I was becoming or longed to be. Films that made me me. These films are always playing in the background of my mind because their surprising (and sometimes shocking) themes, characters, and ...
Description: “From Africa’s deepest recesses to the rarefied peaks of Tibet, heir to his father’s legacy and the world’s darkest mysteries. Jonathan Chase, master of the secrets that divide man from animal, animal from man… Manimal!” So goes the intro narration for the short-lived action-adventure series, Manimal. Created by TV hit maker, Glen A. Larson, Manimal was anything but. The show only lasted eight episodes and has been widely panned as one of the worst shows of all time, but has managed to carve out a cult following over the years. The show centered around Jonathan Chase, who had the ability to transform into animal form, and used that ability to fight crime. Hey, we told you it was bad.
Description: In 1976 a line of trucks and vans dubbed ‘Adult Toys’ was launched. Don’t be gross, these ‘Adult Toys’ were a series of factory vehicles that included the Street Van, which rolled off the assembly line outlandishly customized in what would become a staple of late '70s automotive culture – custom mag wheels, wild paint schemes, and plenty of shag carpeting among others. Despite the rich host of custom options the Street Van rolled off the line with, the true intention was for it to serve as an enticing platform for even more customization. To get buyers headed in the right direction, every Street Van came with a customization kit that included detailed instructions and plans to further style their van to their individual tastes.
Description: Established in 1960, Tower Records was once a retail powerhouse with two hundred stores in thirty countries across five continents. From humble beginnings in a small-town drugstore, Tower eventually became the heart and soul of the music world, and a powerful force in the music industry. In 1999, Tower made a cool $1 billion, yet in 2006 the company filed for bankruptcy before slowly disintegrating before our collective eyes. This design is from the 30-year anniversary celebration of the iconic Sunset Strip location, which opened in 1971 on the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Horn Avenue in West Hollywood. Rawk \m/
Description: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is a science fiction adventure television series that ran for two seasons between September 1979 and April 1981. The feature-length pilot episode for the series was released as a theatrical film before the series aired. The story centers around a 20th-century astronaut that emerges from 500 years of suspended animation into a future time to become Earth's greatest hero. The film and series were based on the comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan that first ran in daily U.S. newspapers in 1929, and subsequently appeared in Sunday editions, international newspapers, books and multiple media with adaptations including radio in 1932.
Description: Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids was an American animated television series created, produced, and hosted (in live action bookends) by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert and himself. Filmation was the production company for the series. The show premiered in 1972 and ran until 1985 (with new episodes being produced sporadically during that time frame). The show, based on Cosby's remembrances of his childhood gang, centered on Fat Albert (known for his catchphrase "Hey hey hey!"), and his friends who routinely gathered in a North Philadelphia junkyard to play a song on their cobbled-together instruments.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Tapestry
by L.D. Bright photography
$23 $30
Description: Heavyweights is a '90s comedy that focuses on a group of plump kids who get lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times. The kids quickly learn that the facility is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor, Tony Perkis, and that they are now subject to his over the top 'Perkis Power' fitness program.
Description: Located, true to its name, in a parking garage on 84 King Street in Manhattan, Paradise Garage was one of the only clubs ever built for a specific DJ. As a venue, it was relatively nondescript, but what it lacked in decor it made up for with its much-revered sound system and passionate members. The sound system was developed, designed, and installed by Richard Long & Associates, and was said by club patrons to be the best in NYC, if not the world. A distinctive style of dance music known as garage house or simply "garage" originated there and the club has been credited for its influence on the modern dance club. The Garage's legend is synonymous with that of DJ Larry Levan who was the club's resident DJ during the club's entire 10-year run
Description: For those who are always right… but barely holding it together—this design says it all. Featuring the phrase “Yes, I’m always right. Right on the verge of insanity.”, this is perfect for sarcastic minds, overthinkers, and anyone juggling intelligence with a touch of madness. Why You’ll Love It: Great for humor lovers, intellectuals, and sarcastic personalities A relatable design for daily wear or gifting Perfect mix of wit and chaos in one statement Because being right all the time comes at a cost.
Yes, I’m Always Right – Right on the Verge of Insanity | Funny Possum Meme Tapestry
by Thread Magic Studio
$23 $30
Description: Black Death Malt Liquor is a fictional brand of bottom-shelf alcoholic beverages that came to popularity thanks to being one of WKRP's Doctor Johnny Fever's favorite t-shirts. This handmade recreation of Johnny's t-shirt features a realistic vintage treatment with ample wear and tear to give it a genuine '70s vibe.
Description: Live Aid was a dual-venue benefit concert held on July 13, 1985, and an ongoing music-based fundraising initiative. The original event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox," the event was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London (attended by 72,000 people) and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia (attended by about 100,000 people). On the same day, concerts inspired by the initiative happened in other countries, such as the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia, Austria, Australia, and West Germany. It was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time.
Description: Rocky Mountain High is a 1972 folk song about the serenity found in the Rocky Mountains. The song was controversial when the FCC was permitted by a legal ruling to censor music deemed to promote drug abuse. Numerous radio stations cautiously banned it until the son'g author explained that the "high" was an innocent description of the sense of peace he found in the Rockies. Of course, that doesn't stop recreational drug users still maintaining an association with the song, one that was only reinforced when Colorado legalized marijuana in 2012. Regardless of what your high is, you can't beat experiencing the Rockies from Colorado, home to Rocky Mountain National Park as well as the range's highest peak, Mount Elbert, at 14,440 ft.
Description: Baywatch debuted in 1989, but was cancelled after only one season, when it placed 73rd out of 103 shows in the seasonal ratings. Feeling the series still had potential, The Hoff, one of the principal actors, along with creators and executive producers, revived it for the first-run syndication market in 1991. The series went on to be hugely successful, especially internationally. The show was an action drama about lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, and focused on both professional and personal challenges faced by the characters, portrayed by a large rotating ensemble cast.
Description: Misato Katsuragi is one of the main characters from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. She is the operations director at NERV, initially with the rank of captain, she is later promoted to major, and in Rebuild of Evangelion, Misato's rank is lieutenant colonel. Her duties at NERV include acting as a field commander for the Eva pilots, issuing orders and relaying battle strategies, as well as processing input from Ritsuko Akagi and the technicians monitoring the Evas. She also handles many bureaucratic aspects of NERV's operations. At the beginning of the series, Misato first brings Shinji Ikari to NERV and is able to convince him to pilot the Evangelion Unit-01. She then chooses to have Shinji move in with her rather than live alone.
Description: Flying Tiger Line, also known as Flying Tigers, was the first scheduled cargo airline in the United States and a major military charter operator during the Cold War era for both cargo and personnel (the latter with leased aircraft). The company was started by Robert William Prescott on the grounds of Los Angeles International Airport in Westchester, Los Angeles, California. The airline was named after the Flying Tigers fighter unit of World War II, officially the 1st American Volunteer Group. Ten former AVG pilots, after returning to the United States in 1945, formed the Flying Tiger Line established in June 1945 as National Freight Service using a small fleet of 14 Budd Conestoga freighters purchased as war surplus.
Description: Robotron: 2084 (also referred to as just Robotron) is a multidirectional arcade shooter released in 1982. The game is set in a fictional world in the year 2084 where robots have turned against humans in a cybernetic revolt. The aim is to defeat endless waves of robots, rescue surviving humans, and earn as many points as possible. A two-joystick setup was implemented to provide the player with more precise controls, and enemies with different behaviors were added to make the game challenging. Gameplay was designed to instill panic in players by presenting them with conflicting goals and having on-screen projectiles coming from multiple directions.
