January 14, 2013

When Acne-Plagued Teenagers Are Shunned From Hootenannies And Other Such Wholesome, Non-Pimply Activities


I'd place the date on this ad as being between 1961 and 1964.

Even network television got in on the Hootenanny trend:


My favorite of the Hootenanny groups was The Journeymen, which was Dick Weissman, Scott McKenzie, and John Phillips. 

This was filmed in the fall of 1963.



2 comments:

  1. By the time the Journeymen appeared on HOOTENANNY, most of the big name folk artists, like Dylan, Baez, and Peter Paul & Mary, were boycotting the show, since ABC wouldn't allow Pete Seeger to appear, citing his "Communist sympathies"

    Even the American Dairy Association rode the folk boom...there was a print ad at the time of a mother in her kitchen, playing a guitar. The caption was "Could you write a protest song about your family's eating habits?"

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  2. Oh, Anonymous...I wish I knew who you were, so I could ask your permission to use your comment as the basis for another Hootenanny post. You're so right, about all of it. I'm going to make Hootenanny stuff a sort of regular thing around here, please let me know if you want to contribute. I would be so pleased. -laura XOXOXOXO

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