Oh sure, it was funny at the time.
Someone tell me why we thought it was funny in the 70s to draw coneheads on ourselves? Several perfectly good pictures, with stellar examples of fashion at its best…ruined for life.Â
In the picture above, conehead art may have been a brilliant attempt by a humiliated member of the family at training the viewer’s eye away from Dad’s rockin’ ensemble or the fancy wallpaper in the background.
In this Poloroid, the gold coneheads really don’t do a solid job of distracting you from the beehive Mom is sporting or the layered lingerie look I’m attempting. And hey, you still get the message here: Nothin’ beats a quilted robe in the hot sun.    Â
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:01 am
OMG, I just noticed this! Does CT have on white stockings?
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:32 am
Damn right. That’s how I rolled.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:36 am
Yeah, CT, I’m diggin’ the hooded terry cloth toga getup in the first pic, too!
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:39 am
So who is guilty of drawing the cones?
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:40 am
The corny captions that went with them were written in either my handwriting or Suzie’s. I can’t tell.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 am
You have got to share the captions too.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Okay. Here:
Top pic: “Conehead Sherri’s Birthday”
Bottom pic: “Mother Takes In Conehead Foster Children”
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Does your family hail from France?
And have you ever snarfled a garthox?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xonmehbCg4
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:07 pm
For a nominal fee (97%), we will sue the socks off Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtain for stealing your family’s fashion statement. The smart one with all the padding may even be able to become a reel life anchor-person (but it will haff to be in the South!)
OOPS! there’s two? Did Jody live next door?
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:38 pm
jchristie, not from France. Did snarfle a garthox.
legal beagle, ha…the padding!
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Sherri… where do you come up with these ideas? How awesome are those pics!!?
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Todd, one day your kids and mine will be putting the pictures we’re taking now on their blogs. And making fun of us! Scary, huh?
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Suzie looks like such the little Mom in the bottom picture.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Mel, You’re right! Suzie was born a mom. Well, uh..that would be weird. But she’s had excellent maternal instincts since she was a kid.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Firstie alien: Yes, our first outpost was near Shreveport.
Secondie Alien: How did some of them modify their heads to that ugly Earth shape in the second picture?
Firstie Alien. They stood by that wallpaper too long!