Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot

Bonnie and Clyde

Okay, I have to confess to a little bit of subterfuge and misdirection. While I like this song (and Bardot's Nico-like delivery), what I really want you to see is another Gainsbourg-Bardot video that has embedding disabled. It's a Scopitone film made for the song, "Comic Strip." The song is interesting enough by itself. But the costumes, props and camera work are all just too wonderful for words.

We had this...

Creepy Crawlers

Plus there was the ingestible version of the goop, under the name "Incredible Edibles."

This might have been one of the most dangerous toys ever -- the Thing Maker and the molds got incredibly hot, and it had no shield of any kind. There are probably a lot of people my age who have burn scars from playing with this one.

Research Triangle Nostalgia

A double dose of Research Triangle nostalgia in one clip: Arrogance appearance on Barney's Army.

Also available from Barney's Army: guest appearances by Xteens and The Fabulous Knobs.

Computers are our future

This 1969 informational video predicts integration of computers and the Internet into home life.

And predicts that gender roles will still remain firmly in place.

And even predicts multiple monitors and handwriting recognition tools (though I don't see any typewriter-style keyboards anywhere).