1916 Chalmers Ad Features Hula Hoop
Our Friday Flashback this week spins us all the way back to 1916. We present an advertisement from The Saturday Evening Post for the all new 3400 r.p.m. Chalmers American stock car. Check out the…
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Plastic Bertrand: Hula Hoop
Our Friday Flashback this week spins us back to 1981. It’s a clip from an episode of the “Domenica In” show on Italian television with host Pippo Baudo. And who is our special guest this…
Man’s First Hula Hoop
For our Friday Flashback this week we spin all the way back to the dawn of time, via Dinosaurs, the American television sitcom originally broadcast on ABC from 1991 to 1994. In this short clip…
Wham-O Hula Hoop
In this week’s Friday Flashback we rewind back to 1977 for this Wham-O Hula Hoop commercial. The ad showed viewers that hula hooping wasn’t just a fun thing to do with your friends in the…
Dessi Espana Remembered
Our Friday Flashback this week honors the memory of a truly beautiful hoop performer, Dessi España. Dessi is seen here performing with the Tower Circus in 1986 in Blackpool, England. Sadly, she passed away in…
Lori Lynn Lomeli on The Donny and Marie Show
For our Friday Flashback this week we go back in time to 1998 for Lori Lynn Lomeli’s appearance on The Donny and Marie Osmond talk show. Lori Lynn, for those who may not be familiar,…