tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post6214196969051861618..comments2023-11-27T21:41:30.009-08:00Comments on The Daily Postcard: Valley of the DollsChristine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-83700807835835932092012-01-23T19:13:41.911-08:002012-01-23T19:13:41.911-08:00christine, what a great post! i played don ho all ...christine, what a great post! i played don ho all the way thru <br />(had my picture taken with him decades ago on my first trip to hawaii:) luv your doll collection ... thanks for the memories; LUVED my trolls...Trishiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269792258443549777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-31552149895046950002012-01-23T16:29:49.227-08:002012-01-23T16:29:49.227-08:00Well, that was fun!!
But truth be told,
that firs...Well, that was fun!!<br />But truth be told, <br />that first doll looks a little mean, in my opinion...<br />Deanna Durbin, a remarkable singer/actress!!<br />And I love how you've gathered those ethnic dolls for the pic.<br />Nice collection.<br />:)~ <br />HUGZBruno Lalibertéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09607511642101907283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-81628309889926426812012-01-23T15:03:38.620-08:002012-01-23T15:03:38.620-08:00What else would you do with a spare lampshade:-) I...What else would you do with a spare lampshade:-) I remember when everyone had a troll perched somewhere, from work to schoolroom, what were we thinking. Never heard of Don Ho but but I can see how you couldn't resist picking up a doll with bubbles.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253875352864018195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-1260654584409597282012-01-22T22:26:46.936-08:002012-01-22T22:26:46.936-08:00That Don Ho one is priceless. I've never seen ...That Don Ho one is priceless. I've never seen that. I too have all the other dolls in that photo, but not the Don Ho. Why on earth did they make those? Wonder if they gave them away or sold them after his show. I remember my mother dragging me to see him in San Francisco and they didn't sell any funny dolls! I was gypped I tell you! Gypped!Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-14044341400771572142012-01-22T17:40:56.226-08:002012-01-22T17:40:56.226-08:00Very funny! And I agree that the first doll is sui...Very funny! And I agree that the first doll is suitable for a horror movie.:-}Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-49456580121530651762012-01-22T03:58:54.224-08:002012-01-22T03:58:54.224-08:00I'm not entirely sure your mother would approv...I'm not entirely sure your mother would approve of your going public with that first picture.Sheila @ A Postcard a Dayhttp://apostcardaday.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-43029321464841646362012-01-22T03:31:20.495-08:002012-01-22T03:31:20.495-08:00That's a scary looking doll in your first phot...That's a scary looking doll in your first photo - perhaps it was the doll, and not the lampshade, that put your Mum off? Highly entertaining post :-) JoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-4781822669224996722012-01-21T23:57:24.156-08:002012-01-21T23:57:24.156-08:00Music and dolls - a winning combination.Music and dolls - a winning combination.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-19244485421815780022012-01-21T18:57:22.236-08:002012-01-21T18:57:22.236-08:00A great collection of some unususal dolls! Oh I r...A great collection of some unususal dolls! Oh I remember those trolls, loved them and their goofy faces...the doll with your mother looks familiar...A great post all the way to Tiny Bubbles, was there ever a doll named that? Should be...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093078029028920810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-30827179615261609142012-01-21T13:20:10.790-08:002012-01-21T13:20:10.790-08:00Christine, this is just plain wonderful. You crac...Christine, this is just plain wonderful. You cracked me up. Too bad about the Barbie denial. I never was in to her, but my little sisters were. I used to design houses and make furniture out of blocks for their Barbies and make clothing for them though.<br /><br />Your Don Ho stuff reminds me of my Mom's friend, Janice. She went to Hawaii on vacation without her husband and got her picture taken of Don Ho giving her a kiss. She mailed it back home, and her husband didn't know who Don was and got jealous and cut it up before she got home!<br /><br />Have a great week,<br /><br />Kathy M.Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171271956883698673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-2116474571991642782012-01-21T10:09:29.167-08:002012-01-21T10:09:29.167-08:00I loved this post ... funny and nostalgic. Until I...I loved this post ... funny and nostalgic. Until I got to the end and Deanna Durban really hurt my ears!!! Ow ow ow! Those high notes! Did you notice the shot of Deanna's back, with the hand prints. That made it all worthwhile.<br />BarbaraNorth County Film Clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683794164957833415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-12160925831096031932012-01-21T04:53:40.323-08:002012-01-21T04:53:40.323-08:00Anne Frank loved Deanna Durbin, her picture is in ...Anne Frank loved Deanna Durbin, her picture is in the Achterhuis. She probably would've loved to have a Deanna Durbin doll.Rob From Amersfoorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126935681056217032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-50365692741912318622012-01-20T20:23:17.588-08:002012-01-20T20:23:17.588-08:00Interesting/sad true stories about dolls, Christin...Interesting/sad true stories about dolls, Christine...<br />Toys, like the internet and so many other things, are what you make of them, with them, because of them, etc.<br />To me, I'd like to exaggerate and say that there are 2 categories of toys: LEGO, and anything else.<br />I wish I had LEGO as a child, longingly seeing them in Neckermann catalogs when I was growing up behind the Iron Curtain...:)<br />I was about 30 when I bought for my daughter the first LEGO set, after the revolution in Romania. :)<br />Now I have a lot, but I don't have time...<br />However, in a future life...Dorincardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09919474118944557430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-78151534904333871812012-01-20T19:22:03.471-08:002012-01-20T19:22:03.471-08:00The Deanna Durbin doll is beautiful. I was not big...The Deanna Durbin doll is beautiful. I was not big into Barbie, was happy to play with my sisters' Barbies, one had the bubble cut and the other had the ponytail style. Kissy and Tiny Tears were favorites. And Betsy McCall, of course. Don Ho doll is a little scary.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954692169914973706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-71301526939369666742012-01-20T17:47:24.079-08:002012-01-20T17:47:24.079-08:00Steven,
I NEVER cut my troll's hair. You can d...Steven,<br />I NEVER cut my troll's hair. You can do that to Barbies but not to trolls. I think something bad happens to you...<br /><br />However, like the Barbies, the troll set me up with unrealistic body image issues. I always thought I was supposed to be short and squat with 4 fingers on each hand and bulgy eyes.Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-81856377971533120382012-01-20T17:13:39.969-08:002012-01-20T17:13:39.969-08:00Growing up I hated my sister's dolls. I don...Growing up I hated my sister's dolls. I don't know why but I felt threatened by them. She had a Baby First Step and I had her walk down the stairs, which resulted in a free fall to the bottom! I could toss her dolls around like rags, but stuffed animals were protected and revered. Confessing to this type of behavior would nowadays have me in for therapy, but it is what it was. And did you find out that when you cut the Troll Doll's hair it never grew back?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-9924954005515412692012-01-20T16:10:15.383-08:002012-01-20T16:10:15.383-08:00The lampshade thing made me laugh out loud as did ...The lampshade thing made me laugh out loud as did taking the Deanna Durbin Doll to a Barbie party! But the Don Ho doll, I had no idea such a thing existed!!!Teresa Wilson Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-24087502694541643882012-01-20T13:21:36.876-08:002012-01-20T13:21:36.876-08:00Interesting post that brought back personal memori...Interesting post that brought back personal memories. It seems that as a child I always preferred fluffy toys to dolls. <br /><br />Dolls, especially the Barbie types, projected an image of the ideal woman by physical standards which, although I was aspiring to become one day, I found terribly intimidating to deal with!Nathalie Hachet @ LBM/ Mirabellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511861716989035345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-25574458347652775012012-01-20T11:00:38.767-08:002012-01-20T11:00:38.767-08:00I couldn't tell whether that was a lampshade o...I couldn't tell whether that was a lampshade or a sun hat in the first photo. I think I would be more embarrassed by the clothes she is wearing. I like your group of dolls (except for Don Ho).Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-27183792440135793272012-01-20T10:23:52.796-08:002012-01-20T10:23:52.796-08:00I think your mom probably got over the lamp shade ...I think your mom probably got over the lamp shade hat pretty easily, but I'm guessing that doll of hers, which looks like it had a side job as a bouncer at the biker bar down the street, definitely instilled a phobia or two... Hmmm, Lisa is right about the motley crew of dolls, perhaps that is why Christine has them set up next to my desk instead of hers. And lastly, many thanks to Tracy for the image of Newt Gingrich in a pink dress on a bad hair day, a classic!Archie Techthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030376486096194337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-59474484969153513972012-01-20T08:54:46.574-08:002012-01-20T08:54:46.574-08:00That Don Ho dolls sounds really weird. Barbies wer...That Don Ho dolls sounds really weird. Barbies were a little after my time, I think. I never liked them. I don't think my daughters had too many but my granddaughters sure did.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-48082953605795472522012-01-20T08:34:58.607-08:002012-01-20T08:34:58.607-08:00I'm not a doll person but i love the picture o...I'm not a doll person but i love the picture of your mother with the lampshade hat!Cappuccinoandartjournal.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11241197153708410602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-78682426360286410322012-01-20T08:14:31.003-08:002012-01-20T08:14:31.003-08:00I loved hearing about the lampshade! What a great...I loved hearing about the lampshade! What a great post! I had Barbies and a whole troll collection, too (no lampshades required.) But Don Ho and the tiny bubbles? Hmmm...that was not part of my doll family.RJ Clarkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018296461199649445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-45486951812817964532012-01-20T08:09:48.754-08:002012-01-20T08:09:48.754-08:00I LOVE the Don Ho doll! If only you'd taken tw...I LOVE the Don Ho doll! If only you'd taken two, so you could send one to me!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17093220429913265429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-43446669415013245822012-01-20T07:09:06.572-08:002012-01-20T07:09:06.572-08:00I'm learning all the time about dolls you ladi...I'm learning all the time about dolls you ladies have/have had. Of course I'd heard of Barbie but Don Ho was a new one to me.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.com