Tag: Breakin

The Original Ronald McDonald

Ringling Bros. circus clown Michael “Coco” Polakovs became the first performer to portray Ronald McDonald in a national television advertising campaign. Unlike later versions of

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Sightseeing in 1980

In the early 1980s, photographer Roger Minick captured a cross-section of tourists across the United States in his “Sightseer” series, a project he picked up

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Funny Story

“The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.” – Nikolai Gogol I dunno, the time I had explosive

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A Brief History of Smut in America

Long before pornography became instantly accessible, America’s adult-entertainment business was built on cheap paperbacks, mail-order catalogs, newsstand magazines, and a constant game of cat and

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