Citrus Sam

Sam is the spokesman for the San Bernardino Orange Show Fair. What better man for the job than a Giant Orange headed guy with Leaves for ears. This diecut sign would be on display in the local shops to promote the upcoming fair.

Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room

Posted for your enjoyment today is a neat little card promoting Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. This piece is actually twice as tall with the same card on the other end. It looks like they used it in a table tent holder so the piece would fold in half and display on both sides. There is a 3 hole punch along 1 side so my guess it was a sample destined for a 3 ring binder. The bottom has quotes from different newspapers, I like the one from United Press International. " Walt Disney has come up with another rip-snorter." I wonder what the last one was?

Piggly Wiggly

Here is the sign I mentioned in yesterdays post. I found it years ago at the Rose Bowl swap meet in Pasadena. I mounted this sign in the garage since the size is about 5 feet in diameter (about the size of half a Union 76 Ball). Stop by tomorrow for a Vintage Disneyland piece.

Number 1
Back in the day before the Pizza place printed your order number on the receipt or gave you one of those little plastic number thingys to place on your table you got one of these. Shakeys had some great pizza and don't forget those Mo Joe potatoes, man those were tasty. You could get Pizza, mo joes,salad and even some pretty good chicken too. There used to be a Shakeys not to far from me and they had a giant 10 foot Pizza man light up on the building. One day while driving but I noticed they were closed and the sign was gone. I pulled over and went inside to ask about the sign, The man told me it was still up on the roof if I wanted to check it out. I went up and there he ( the sign) was laying there waiting to be taken down and destroyed. I went back down and asked the guy how much for it and he told me $200. I passed since at the time I had no way t get it down and figured a sign company would probably charge me another $200. Looking back I wished I had paid the price it would have went well with my Piggly Wiggly Sign in the garage.

Is it Hot?

I bet everyone has seen the Eat it All Cone Kids cone box at some point in their life. How could you miss the giant colorful kids holding cones over half as tall as them. The Kids had this look for as long as I remembering all great advertising characters end up they did one of those Updates on the art and now they join the ranks of Twinkie the Kid and The Chicken of the Sea Mermaid ( It was a sad day at the supermarket when I noticed the totally revamped mermaid version which looks lame in my opinion). This piece is a window thermometer and had 2 faced tape of the back to secure it to the front of a display case. Thanks for dropping by the ranch.

Our Rooster

I always wanted a Muffler Man for my backyard, sure I would probably be cited by the city for some sign ordinance but I want one. I have yet to find one for the backyard but a few months back I scored a Giant Rooster instead. Do I need a Giant Rooster? No but he add something special to the back yard so I had to buy him. I go to a local swap meet every Saturday and we drive by a chicken dinner shop on the way stands another Giant Rooster. The bird stands on the sign about 25 feet in the air. Well one Saturday we drive by and it's gone, only thing there are its 2 feet. I had to find out where the bird went so I call the shop later that day to see where it was. I talked to the owner and he told me it blew off the post onto the parking lot ( I would have loved to catch a video of that event). It had a broken chest and was severed just above the feet, which were still attached to the sign. I asked him if He would sell it to me but he wants to get it fixed. I am pleased to report the feet are still up there but the rooster has not returned, I better give him another call my rooster is looking lonely.

Speak to Jack

Sometimes you come across actual parts of vintage fast food buildings. Here is a great Jack in the Box drive-thru sign which would have held the speaker. Have a great weekend.