Rick Looking for Prom Date: Hi Gals!

[zoobyshoe]

Hi Gals!

My name's Rick, and I'm a hep cat looking for a hep gal to take to the prom come spring (that'll be May '58, remember, mark it on your calendar ladies!)

I got my license last month and Dad's going to let me take the Chevy that night, but, hey, I'm baggin' groceries every Saturday at Al's Market, so maybe I'll have my own car by then.

I'm looking for a gal whose at least as hep as me. You like to dance? I know all of 'em. My older cousin, Martha comes over all the time and teaches me and my stupid sister Peggy all the new steps! She did my hair for the picture, too. She went to New York last year and says all the cool guys have it like this.

I promise you, she said she'd do it for me prom night, too, if I got a date. Don't worry, I'll have a corsage for you, too.

So, hey gals, call me, pass me a note at school, or come over to Al's on Saturday.

..................
(It's another picture I found at the swap meet today. This guy's hair just blew me away.)

 

[Math Is Hard]

What was that hairstyle called? I seem to remember that's a "jellyroll".

 

[moose]

O_____O

I should start going to swap meets.

 

[zoobyshoe]

What was that hairstyle called? I seem to remember that's a "jellyroll".

I call it a "DoubleGumby".

 

[Cyrus]

He's dressed like a soda jerk.

 

[Math Is Hard]

It reminded me of a certain Leave it to Beaver episode:
http://www.leaveittobeaver.org/thesis/thesis_appndc.htm

Wally's Haircomb (1958, #065): Inspired by a movie star, and his friends at school, Wally adopts the "jellyroll" hairstyle. Ward and June are horrified with Wally's appearance, but have differing opinions as to how to deal with the problem. Ward suggests just letting the situation resolve itself. He feels Wally will outgrow the hairstyle, or it will be replaced with some other fad. Since Ward won't directly confront the issue, June visits Wally's principal and asks him to impose a hair code on the boys at Mayfield High. Mr. Haller, the principal, essentially offers her the same advice as Ward. He advises her the "jellyroll" is just a passing fad, and a sign of self-expression. As long as the boys are neat and clean, Mr. Haller cannot see any reason to prevent them from wearing their hair in this style. June acquiesces and accepts the advice of these two men until Beaver copies his older brother's hairstyle. This is too much for June. She makes both boys wash their hair and return to a more acceptable hairstyle. She explains to Wally she is embarrassed by his "jellyroll" and reminds him how he felt when he was forced to walk down the street with his brother, when Beaver insisted on wearing one of June's old hats. Wally understands his mother is only trying to help him and he apologizes for embarrassing her in public.

though I don't remember the part about Beaver's fetish for his mother's hats!

 

[zoobyshoe]

I'm still waiting to see the picture of you with jellyroll on your head.

 

[JasonRox]

It reminded me of a certain Leave it to Beaver episode:
http://www.leaveittobeaver.org/thesis/thesis_appndc.htm


though I don't remember the part about Beaver's fetish for his mother's hats!

That's exactly what I was going to say!

 

[scott1]

He's dressed like a soda jerk.

He looks like a milk man form the 50's
You must of been really smart and mutre to be a senoir while 3 years old

 

[Evo]

Hey, I'd recognize those eyes anywhere! That YOU zooby! You stud you.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Hey, I'd recognize those eyes anywhere! That YOU zooby! You stud you.

No, I've never attained this level of coolness. I've tried to figure out how to operate a comb but can never find the on switch.

 

[zoobyshoe]

It reminded me of a certain Leave it to Beaver episode:

It looks like Wally always had a more subtle, taseful version of the same thing:

http://shaolinwasa.freehomepage.com/images/wally1.jpg

You can see the same combing it up from the sides onto the top and toward the front.

 

[JasonRox]

It looks like Wally always had a more subtle, taseful version of the same thing:

You can see the same combing it up from the sides onto the top and toward the front.

No that wasn't it.

It was really bad. It was a trendy thing to do during one of the episodes.

 

[zoobyshoe]

No that wasn't it.

I know. Read what I wrote.

 

[JasonRox]

I know. Read what I wrote.

Oh, I see that now.