Retrophilia: What A Doll!
retrophilia (ret troh FEE lee uh) n. 1 An intense attraction for things of the past. 2 a weekly series for popsucker wherin the irrepressible Wootini reveals the horrors of the past to the present to avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
Tyra would be so disappointed in this model. She's definitely not "smizing." Actually, she looks completely dead in the eyes. Thing is, it's on purpose, if you can believe that. But one thing you're not going to believe is what this is an ad for. Make the jump and tell me I'm wrong!
Yes. They're selling a life-size doll. Which, even if you spring for the extra five bucks for the complete package, won't look a thing like this model. And will the blond and brunette wigs look anything like the ones pictured? I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess not.
What's creepy is that for all the text about how the Judy Doll has "a human-like softness and feel," this isn't a sex toy. No, this ad was featured in Charlton Comic's Secret Romance #3 from November 1969. "Give your daughter a Judy Doll and she'll be the talk of the neighborhood with the largest doll in town." How disturbing is that? What mother is going to buy her daughter a doll that's supposed to look like this?
Actually, I would give anything to know what the actual Judy Doll looked like. A Google image search turned up the same cheap-ass inflatable sex dolls minus the sex parts, which is what I expect this looked like. Even with a cartoony face, it's still creepy to buy this for your daughter, and I suspect that if you did purchase one of these, your name went on a list somewhere...
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Retrophilia on 8 February 2010
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I remember seeing ads like this in the back of really old (70's) wrestling magazines when I was a little kid. Even then I knew it all seemed a bit creepy.
I like how they suggest using it as a floatation device while swimming.
Oh wow. She's, like, a size 8. We could wear matching outfits on the bus, but I'm, ahem, a 40. Still the theory is to go around with an ugly friend right? She'd be the belle of the bus.
If we swap wigs at every stop, it won't be weird, right? I know!