Ilya Pin-Up

Burger King Ad

George Harrison/Pattie Boyd

The Night of the Grizzly

Big Clint Walker wasn't long of of his phenomenally popular CHEYENNE television western in '66 when this vehicle came out on his way to translating that success into big screen stardom. It had a really good cast and did well but the actor never did really make it on the big screen in the long run.

Pink Floyd at the Marquee Club

The Super Six

Li'L Orphan Orvie/Beetle Bailey

Even Mort Walker's eternal BEETLE BAILEY newspaper strip had to get in on Batmania in a tiny way back in '66.

Ringo With Beard

16 MAGAZINE ran this rare shot of a bearded Ringo in the summer of '66, a full year before all the Fab Four sported facial hair for SGT PEPPER. Beatles expert Eddie Deezen points out that Ringo has always hated to shave, thus his pre-Beatles bearded look and then here. The teen mag pointed out that he quickly shaved it off. Can't risk offending fans now, can we? A beard might make him look OLD! Seen with Ringo is wife maureen and the two are being photobombed by a Mister J. Lennon. 

Switch N Go

I had the car set. It was a pain because I had to take up the whole kitchen floor to set it up, even going underneath the table and chairs. The tank version added the extra "attraction" of being able to derail your playmate with a missile after all that trouble. 

Superman Record

Apparently this children's record from '66 was a radio-style presentation starring Broadway Superman Bob Holiday.

Back, Behind and in Front-The Rolling Stones

In early '66, fan magazines were widely reporting that The Rolling Stones were about to follow in the cinematic footsteps of The Beatles and Herman's Hermits. Mick, Brian and the Stones were said to be starring in BACK, BEHIND AND IN FRONT, co-directed by Andrew Loog Oldham and Allan Klein. Never happened. Other than a couple of concert appearances, Mick first appeared solo in PERFORMANCE a few years later, about as far from a teen flick as one can get.

Incredible Hulk Sweatshirt

Ol' Greenskin was reaching an early peak in popularity in '66 in TALES TO ASTONISH when Marvel originally released this whimsical shirt.

Bat Stuff # 48

Fighting American

Working at Harvey Comics in the early fifties, the famed team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby re-created their Timely hit superheroes, Captain America and Bucky as Fighting American and Speedboy. In '66, with Kirby deeply enmeshed in the Marvel Universe, Simon returned to Harvey and revived Fighting American for this much sought after one-shot consisting of reprints and a few "new" stories leftover from when the original run was canceled. Although created as a serious anti-communist hero, the entire series quickly became an often quite amusing parody of such characters.

The Hollies-I Can't Let Go

Allan Clarke takes the lead on this great live appearance by The Hollies from '66!

Maroon-Ken Nordine

Here's a modern video someone made for Ken Nordine's '66 Word Jazz piece, MAROON.

Westerns of '66

For a genre that was considered dying by the mid-sixties, there were certainly a lot of western movies produced throughout the world in '66. This is just the tip of the iceberg!