Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/05/19/a-1930-news-reel-about-a-nutty.html
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Depends on who you ask…
Fat’s Waller
Or Louis Prima
Also THIS POST IS WONDERFUL.
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More! More!
Craziness!
My grandmother had TWO of the belt-around-the-abdomen shaking machines in the garage when I was a preteen - we were so very very confused as to what it was used for. 
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If the “back massager” incidents have taught us anything, it’s don’t pull at that thread…
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I would buy one at the jumble sale in a heartbeat.
Which is why I am not allowed to go to the jumble sale. Or the dump.
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You know, they like them thin!
There’s a saying about this: “Only a dog likes bones.”
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I find myself transfixed by the high trousers and the correspondingly short tie.
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Really? I was just diggin them chicks!
Or, more succinctly, “body shaming”.
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I hear you, brother.
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I was lucky that all my gransparents were alive into my 30s but ever now and then I still find some odd bit about them that I didnt know. Thanks for sharing this!
Perhaps thats not the only reason?
I mean surely I cant be the only one with a restraining order in two states in this regard…
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A whole bunch of exercisers, posture improvers and whatnot to be found here:
Be forewarned this site may have semi/NSFW links or images.
What a precious video to have of one’s relative, I certainly get a kick out of watching my family’s old 8 mm films.
And the presenter reminds me of Gordon Cole but maybe I’m just a little too excited about Twin Peaks…
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