Skin was a much cheaper printing surface than paper in the 1960s.
Remember the song? "Cockamamies, Cockamamies,
Made from Human Skin.
They will lift your spirits high
How they'll make you grin.
Hide your blemishes and pimples
Wipe away your moles
Drape your flesh in Cockamamies
Purify your souls...
Flintstone Flintstone
Fred and Wilma
Barney, Dino Too
Clothe your flesh in Betty Rubble
Glue a few on Sue
Mom and sister
Dad and Kitty
Evil Neighbor Bob
Covet all your Cockamies
Mouths adrip with gob
Feel 'em, peel 'em
Lick'em, stick'em
Mix your tongue with goo
Cockamamies hide your nakeds
So much fun for you!"
Hanna Barbera Cockamamies are fun for Christians everywhere around the globe!
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With LSD or without?
Those are very groovy. I suppose "skin pictures" was more marketable than "tattoos"?
Wonder why they chose the name "Cockamamies"?
I hope they weren't trying to get the boys to apply them were they couldn't be seen anyway...
My dad told me about a TV show when he was a kid where you attached a film or piece of paper of some sort onto the TV screen and traced certain images. I forget what show it was. Ring a bell to anyone?
I've never seen these before. If they still made these today, I'd buy'em for some poor kids, sharing the fun of Cockamamies.
I wish I knew about them. That would have been fun for me as a kid.
I've always wanted to 'clothe my flesh' with Betty Rubble.... that is, if 'clothe my flesh' means what I think it means.
Now I don't have to risk hepatitus to get that Hokey Wolf tat I've always wanted.
Hippo-"Winky Dink and You".
Too funny!
WOW, my head just exploded.
Please tell me you made that song up?
Didn't you have a post talking about "Tangled?"
Wow, that "Cockamamies" song sure does take me back to my childhood. Me and my ruffian friends used to sing it at recess while we held down Tommy the fat kid and plastered Cockamamies of Pebbles Flintstone all over his belly. Thanks for that fond trip down memory lane, John!
@Jeffery Wright - Yes, I'm sure the conversation went thusly:
"Tattoo is still a dangerous word, I'm afraid. Middle America will balk at it."
"Okay Steve, how about Skin Pictures?"
"That's perfect!"
Low-wage intern: "Waitaminute, isn't that a euphemism for pornogr-"
Everyone: "SHUT UP, RON!!!
Well, it appears they shut him up.....
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