TODAY’S FEATURED ITEM:
The Vintage Ads community on LiveJournal linked to a hilarious and creepy toy ad for “Baby Laugh-A-Lot,” which you can go see here.
That reminded me of a hilariously creepy doll that I have down in my basement (which is the best place to keep such things, of course), that goes by the handle of Baby Secrets. I can only imagine how many nightmares were induced by this child’s toy… it probably would have set a record if Guinness could keep track of such things.
Our first Baby Secrets broke, but we loved her so much we actually bought a second one on Ebay. With the second one we realized Baby Secrets had a secret… she gives different messages when you press her hand than when you press her tummy (we hadn’t known about the hand trigger).
It is also worth noting that when Baby Secrets “whispers,” you can hear her across the room… so don’t tell her anything you wouldn’t want everyone to know!
I decided to check and see if there were any ads for her out on the internet. Indeed there are some. Here they are for your viewing pleasure…
BABY SECRETS
- Altered Esthetics Turns 5
- Exclusive: Michel Gondry Makes More Videos – ComingSoon.net
- The “Let’s Rebuild Len Wein’s Comic Book Collection”
- Paper Toy and Pop-Out Show
- l’etoile magazine blog: Weekend What’s What 4/16-4/21
- Pink Hobo Gallery Pops Up in Northeast
- UNL Digital Collections : Item Viewer
- Comic Weekly Man | Old Time Radio
- The Sorcery of Alan Moore – The Atlantic (May 2009)
- YouTube – R. Crumb interview on Midnight Blue
- Alternative comic legend calls Ballard home
- Bananaz
- The Comics Journal Message Board :: View topic – is Pete Bagge still working for Reason?
- Radar Redux: What It Is: Cartoonist Lynda Barry Speaks at Johns Hopkins
- The Comics Journal Message Board :: View topic – so how DO you start/keep a successful comic publishing comp?
- MPR: Geologist shines light on Twin Cities caves
- Scary Evil Doll Commercial Baby Secrets – Video
- Bucky Balls Are Like Silly Putty Made with Rare-Earth Magnets (Science)
- Schulz’ widow gives $1M to Cartoon Library
- What I Read Then
- Fall 09 – Winter 10 Preview Part 10
- APRIL OF FOOLS: TRICK FLIES
- Jean Schulz Gives $1 Million To The Ohio State University Cartoon Library & Museum
- 75 Ways to Draw More
- SpiderBaby Sketchbook: 1992: The Fury Flashback!
- Unique Color By Mel Crawford In Touché Turtle
- LeMay Market
- MICROCON This Sunday!!! (April 26th) Have a Blast and Help Len Wein!
- In short: Nicolas Mahler rules.
- Fourth Confirmed Joker-Inspired Attack This Year
- Watchmen Movie Writer Compares Audience To Attempted Rape Victim
- The Great Purge
- Comic Book Legends Revealed #204
- Johnson Roasts McGee
- April 24, 2009: Skip day
- “Yip†Harburg at Fleischer
- Theory: Our Dreams of the Future
- Night Owls Stay Alert Longer Than Early Birds
- Video: Arthur Szyk
- In the Cards: 1920
- Ads: ‘new’ EC comics
- Comic: Countdown #1 (UK)
- *Willy Pogany* *highlights from his* Drawing Lessons…
- les musiciens
- Popeye’s Creator is Gone
- ZARA LA VAMPIRA: LA REINA DE LOS VAMPIROS
- LUCIFERA: EN LAS LLAMAS DEL INFIERNO
- CAMILO BOLAS EL SOCIALISTA
- MUSSOLINI: DUCE, DUCE, DUCE
- KENNEDY: COLECCIÓN MAGNICIDIO
- HITLER: LOS ULTIMOS DIAS
- “CHE”: CENIT Y OCASO
- Seduction of the Innocent and the Comics Code Authority (Part I)
- rondenombres
- *Michael W. Kaluta* The Swords of Shahrazar
- Holy Crap! The Tick Live Action Show’s On Youtube!
- Aloha Oe
- The Death’s Head Meteor
- Foster’s Gospel
- The Potters’ Wheel
- Woman sends stripper impersonator to highschool reunion…
- A Handshake, Not a Kiss
- Before televison
- Life on the high sea
- Rat Life
- 1949 Aztec Hotel
- More raves for Little Nothings
- An abbreviated preview of John Hodgman’s introduction to the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Sell Out
- With Stuffing: 1916
- APRIL OF FOOLS: SQUIRT CAMERA
- cartoonist buds
- 10 Great Books For (Traumatizing) Children
- The Coral Book
- ArtRage #6 – Painting SpongeBob, Adding Highlights and Shadows
- Famous Kit Kat Club
- Radio Tube Hat
- The Awful Secrets of 25 Famous Cartoon Characters
- The Tabulators: 1920
- Nancy sneak peek
- Emergency Hospital: 1920
- WWI Flag Flower Postcards
- Mailbag: Copyright vs Trademark
- Children’s Books: Livres scolaires, part 2
- Birds of a Feather: 1916
- Punch It: 1920
- The Nature of Utamaro
- Flickr: Those Swell Smoking Men
- Betty Never Looked So Hot – Mysterious Mose
- OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!
- Monster Size Monsters
- Vintage Magician Posters
- Vintage Magician Posters
- Vintage Magician Posters
- Vintage Magician Posters
- 1904
- another weirdo weight gain ad
- Lame 1950’s!
- Homeland Secuirity circa 1889
- London Underground.1908-1933.
- Popular Mechanics magazine: June, 1936.
- Cigarette advertisements from the 30s, 40s & 50s
- “LIQUID BREAD” — YOU KNOW … FOR KIDS!
- New Hardcover Collection: BRINGING UP FATHER
- Vintage Ads: It begins with a B and ends with an O
- APRIL OF FOOLS: BANG GUN
- Recommended Reading
- Fall 09 – Winter 10 Preview Part 9
- Sanity Clause
- Recommended Reading
- Wednesday Afternoon (Later)
- Your Morning Dose of Cuteness/Technophobia
- La Secta de los Misteriosos
- Fantástico Manolo Prieto
- Joe Biden promises a blank check to the entertainment cartel
- KONGO
- To Be Continued, pt. 1: Storypapers
- To Be Continued, pt. 2: Pulps
- Henny Penny Nursery Record Book illustrated by Shirley Hughes
- “Flipping the Kipper” The jolliest game for old or young as many as wish can join the fun
- Do My Vintage!
- April 23, 2009: Excuse me while I kiss up to the home office
- Bronze sculpture by Tim Biskup
- Frozen movie of cops vs. clowns in hospital shootout
- Nazi-bred super cows will save the dung beetles!
- The Butt Race, a 1965 stop-motion movie
- “Xcape from Xcel” Wins Page One Award
- Frog eats Christmas light, gets illuminated
- Greenwald: “Jane Harman: Angry, partisan, civil liberties extremist
- How to Order WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER and why outer space tastes of raspberries
- What If Diamond Cancelled Your Comics Anthology And Didn’t Tell You?
- Rock Stars on Drugs
- Fall 09 – Winter 10 Preview Part 8
- HOWTO manual for communicating with dead people
- Paper Toy & Pop Out Show and more!
- What happened to Anne Cleveland
- Buenaventura Press and Diamond make theirs comic books
- Wired for 2020 + Pinkhobo show
- April 22, 2009: Ex-Mutants’ revenge
- Recommended Reading
- WFMU’s Antique Phonograph Music Program from Apr 21, 2009
- pldgeo