What I Want In A Wife article from Cosmopolitan (April 1972) - least vile man on this list?

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i like tom courtenay's 'in my thirty-four years...' next to a picture of him looking, at best, fifty-eight

the greg evigan school of improvised explosive devices (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 29 January 2017 19:32 (seven years ago) link

sidney shipton not just the chairman of the Zionist federation but also the founder of men's lib - form an orderly queue, ladies

the greg evigan school of improvised explosive devices (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 29 January 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link

Somehow I had basically missed the existence of Oliver Reed until this thread. Watched the Carson clip with Shelley Winters last night. Wow, what a piece of work.

stein beck ii: the wrath of grapes (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 29 January 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link

envy you your years of innocence

wins, Sunday, 29 January 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link

nice thread but unlike the rest of you i don't pass judgement on other ppl's sexual preferences, so...

sleepingbag, Sunday, 29 January 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link

haha groovy man

wins, Sunday, 29 January 2017 19:52 (seven years ago) link

new board descrip

the greg evigan school of improvised explosive devices (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 29 January 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link

wokebag

Mother Teresa May I (darraghmac), Sunday, 29 January 2017 20:01 (seven years ago) link

Don't worry, ladies, Ian McKellen, Ned Sherrin, Robert Carrier and Peter Wyngarde are just playing hard to get.

I do appreciate that Peter Wyngarde provided the most possible Peter Wyngarde-esque answer to the question put towards him.

Johnny Cage - 4'33" Fatality (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 29 January 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link

(please don't consider that passing judgement on other ppl's sexual preferences)

Johnny Cage - 4'33" Fatality (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 29 January 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link

Check out the DISPUTED FACTS on the origins of Peter Wyngarde:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wyngarde

Alba, Sunday, 29 January 2017 20:28 (seven years ago) link

Nice one Cyril.

Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 January 2017 20:34 (seven years ago) link

haha wow

also peter wyngarde is still alive?!?

the greg evigan school of improvised explosive devices (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 29 January 2017 20:35 (seven years ago) link

It appears so.

Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 January 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link

more than a little vile,

In 1970, Wyngarde recorded an album for RCA Victor entitled simply Peter Wyngarde, featuring a single, "La Ronde De L'Amour"/"The Way I Cry Over You". The album is a collection of spoken word/musical arrangements produced by Vic Smith and Hubert Thomas Valverde. A promo single of the track "Rape" (entitled "Peter Wyngarde Commits Rape") was also issued in 1970.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY26l5SAxJs

by the light of the burning Citroën, Sunday, 29 January 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link

eeek, ewww & yuck

Benylin Ascent (NickB), Sunday, 29 January 2017 21:15 (seven years ago) link

jeez judge much

wins, Sunday, 29 January 2017 21:19 (seven years ago) link

running spreads of naked Burt Reynolds and stuff.

Huh, this was actually the same issue, April 1972.

https://img1.etsystatic.com/028/0/6504358/il_570xN.614482607_op9t.jpg

jmm, Sunday, 29 January 2017 21:21 (seven years ago) link

(xp) I have the album, a fine album it is too.

Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 January 2017 21:29 (seven years ago) link

Nope, this is from the second ever issue of Cosmo UK, I suspect

http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/more/a15293/first-ever-cosmo-issue/

El Tomboto, Sunday, 29 January 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link

Quiz: Could You Be President

Among the most quaint ideas from 1972, the idea a woman could be elected president.

ILXorcist 2: The Heretic (Eric H.), Sunday, 29 January 2017 21:33 (seven years ago) link

'Catchable Bachelors'

2017, how bad could it be? (snoball), Sunday, 29 January 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link

Ah, right, that makes sense.

"Mister Germaine Greer", aka Paul du Feu.

jmm, Sunday, 29 January 2017 21:42 (seven years ago) link

I thought Cosmopolitan was more liberated than this feature would indicate. Was that a later development?

― Stevolende, Sunday, January 29, 2017 4:30 AM (eleven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

these attitudes were mildly progressive in 1972, it was just that bad

mh 😏, Sunday, 29 January 2017 22:09 (seven years ago) link

Somehow I had basically missed the existence of Oliver Reed until this thread. Watched the Carson clip with Shelley Winters last night. Wow, what a piece of work.

― stein beck ii: the wrath of grapes (Doctor Casino), Sunday, January 29, 2017 7:38 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you've been missing out on this horrible 70s autobiography title:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/dc/b2/96/dcb2964b1821050fbf1617c7729b9e76.jpg

soref, Sunday, 29 January 2017 23:10 (seven years ago) link

No idea who that Max de Trense is but hes a bit of orright.

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 29 January 2017 23:19 (seven years ago) link

ok, add "taken pre-1980" to the end of that

soref, Sunday, 29 January 2017 23:21 (seven years ago) link

fair

the greg evigan school of improvised explosive devices (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 29 January 2017 23:22 (seven years ago) link

I remember watching this at the time and, along with a lot of other people it seems, finding myself rushing to stuff a video in the VCR to try to record it.

Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 January 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link

Jimmy Saville - "women? I have no idea. maybe a car?"
hmmm....

Frobisher, Monday, 30 January 2017 00:11 (seven years ago) link

HERMAN'S HERMITS STILL BEING A THING IN 1972

"I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 30 January 2017 03:23 (seven years ago) link

you've been missing out on this horrible 70s autobiography title

lol, thank you for that

stein beck ii: the wrath of grapes (Doctor Casino), Monday, 30 January 2017 05:15 (seven years ago) link

(becomes a hermit on marrying)

stein beck ii: the wrath of grapes (Doctor Casino), Monday, 30 January 2017 05:15 (seven years ago) link

SIDNEY SHIPTON
(Chairman: Zionist Federation):

Firstly she must be prepared to be associated with me as a founder of Men's Lib ... She should be ... not more intelligent than me.


t h r e a t e n e d

Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 00:25 (seven years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Friday, 3 February 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Saturday, 4 February 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link

landslide

El Tomboto, Saturday, 4 February 2017 02:35 (seven years ago) link

^^^voted for reed

mookieproof, Saturday, 4 February 2017 03:21 (seven years ago) link

"Nice legs and big bristols!" says the guy who then married the Marchioness of Londonderry.

everything, Saturday, 4 February 2017 06:03 (seven years ago) link

oliver reed among others playing to female question-asker obv

ie how can i make her the most uncomfortable & still answer the question

(gods truth just redact oliver's answer & everything that comes out of his mouth & vote on the photo)

benny hill & that au pair fella eeeeuuughhh barfbag plz

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 4 February 2017 07:14 (seven years ago) link

It's not obvious that the question-asker is female? Also I think there's some normalisation here - the 1970s were just a different world.

Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 4 February 2017 17:03 (seven years ago) link

Oliver says the woman must "like to dominated"...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=alGnWiFurys

everything, Sunday, 5 February 2017 02:26 (seven years ago) link


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