Comments on: First ‘Barbie’ Ad, 1959 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/the-first-barbie-commercial-1959/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 03 Nov 2024 17:34:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ruth Fanshaw http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/the-first-barbie-commercial-1959/#comment-57197 Ruth Fanshaw Fri, 05 Aug 2024 17:17:29 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=18726#comment-57197 I find it interesting that the original Barbie wasn't QUITE such a caricature of a woman as she became later. The head isn't so tiny, nor the figure so exaggerated. Not quite. Also, she doesn't seem to have been exclusively Master Race platinum blonde in those days... I find it interesting that the original Barbie wasn’t QUITE such a caricature of a woman as she became later. The head isn’t so tiny, nor the figure so exaggerated. Not quite.

Also, she doesn’t seem to have been exclusively Master Race platinum blonde in those days…

]]> By: Sarah http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/the-first-barbie-commercial-1959/#comment-49931 Sarah Mon, 27 Jun 2024 13:34:54 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=18726#comment-49931 Now I know what that Kate Middleton wedding dress reminded me of Now I know what that Kate Middleton wedding dress reminded me of

]]> By: Edlin http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/the-first-barbie-commercial-1959/#comment-49254 Edlin Fri, 24 Jun 2024 03:35:46 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=18726#comment-49254 If you read this article it was actually created for the daughter of Ruth Handler. Ruth Handler being the creator of Barbie and her daughter's name was Barbara thus Barbie. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/29/national/main507472.shtml If you read this article it was actually created for the daughter of Ruth Handler. Ruth Handler being the creator of Barbie and her daughter’s name was Barbara thus Barbie.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/29/national/main507472.shtml

]]> By: Ray http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/the-first-barbie-commercial-1959/#comment-49190 Ray Thu, 23 Jun 2024 18:39:47 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=18726#comment-49190 Barbie was based on a prostitute character: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/john-walsh-barbie-was-based-on-a-cartoon-prostitute-whod-do-anything-for-money-1331669.html Barbie was based on a prostitute character:

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/john-walsh-barbie-was-based-on-a-cartoon-prostitute-whod-do-anything-for-money-1331669.html

]]> By: Paul http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/the-first-barbie-commercial-1959/#comment-49107 Paul Thu, 23 Jun 2024 10:13:38 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=18726#comment-49107 The 1959 Barbie looks like Anne Francis of that era. Check out this picture of her when she was auditioning for Forbidden Planet: http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTqoA9QP5lUTFS4UjgTT-QWV5MLRQ5s1b3nQz5nNZinY5CwLyf9 The 1959 Barbie looks like Anne Francis of that era. Check out this picture of her when she was auditioning for Forbidden Planet:

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTqoA9QP5lUTFS4UjgTT-QWV5MLRQ5s1b3nQz5nNZinY5CwLyf9

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