New in the 1971 ad (replacing Spider-Man and Bingo from the Banana Splits) were Heckle and Jeckle (well, at least one of the madcap magpies) and Bugaloo Boy.
The Heckle and Jeckle costume is pretty good, with a nice demented grin. Ideally, however, you would need two kids to be wearing the same costume to properly depict the pair of identical mischievous birds.
Anyway, the pumpkin lamp shown in the Gray Drug ad is on eBay right now. Here are a few photos from its listing.
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Here’s the version of the lamp with dancing skeletons that was mentioned in a comment.
5 comments:
Thanks for the Halloween memories this week Dan! I remember picking out a trick or treat costume each year, always a big decision. Then there was that awkward time when you weren't sure if you were too old to go anymore, then decided "one more year". I think everyone had one of those lamps in their front window in the 70's. Happy Halloween to all!
My nephew got one of those pumpkin buckets stuck on his head when he was four; he's now thirty-seven, with two sons of his own, who, as far as I know, have never stuck pumpkin buckets over their heads.
...What I remember most to this day about Gray Drug was the TV tube testers. To this day I can still see Dad pulling one of those sealed glass marvels out of our Sears Silvertone B&W set and taking it to Gray's so we could see if it was working or not, and then if not, hope like heck they had one in stock.
Good read
We had that blow mold Jack O Lantern lamp.Only ours had skeleton guys dancing on the base instead of a witch.There must've been different variations of it.I might still have it out in the garage.Thanks for reminding me about it Dan.
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