Right before the Atari VCS, Star Wars toys, and Lego hit big in the 70's there was the 1977 Sears Wish Book. It's like an archive of everything "cool" before things got real.
Every year in September or October, the Sears Wish Book would arrive in the mail, and our job was to circle the things we wanted for Christmas. In this episode we dive into the top-50 weird and wonderful products from the 1977 Sears Wishbook (plus some extras)
You can follow along in the links below:
Wishbook Pages To Follow-along:
60-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-212.html#
59-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-181.html
58-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-198.html#
57- Oops.
56-https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n_PeDI7eu0mTv1T6BVFwyowA-ZFspwJP9Yio-HV-uLk/edit
55-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-562.html#
54-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-604.html#
53-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-599.html#
52-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-479.html
51.http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-530.html#
50-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-575.html#
49-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-352.html#
48-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-478.html#
47-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-477.html#
46-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-418.html#
45-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-443.html#
44-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-444.html#
43-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-468.html#
42-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-503.html#
41-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-410.html#
40-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-521.html
39-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-511.html
38-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-504.html
37-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-435.html
36-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-408.html
35-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-501.html#
34-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-506.html#
33-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-584.html#
32-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-580.html#
31-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-404.html
30-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-617.html
29-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-542.html
28-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-528.html
27-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-542.html#
26-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-608.html#
25-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-605.html#
24-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-593.html
23-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-573.html#
22-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-566.html#
21-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-546.html#
20-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-568.html#
19-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-544.html#
18-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-543.html#
17-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-402.html
16-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-537.html#
15-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-532.html
14-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-505.html#
13-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-445.html#
12-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-474.html#
11-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-593.html
10-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-587.html
9-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-586.html#
8-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-423.html#
7-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-424.html#
6-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-401.html#
5-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-578.html#
4-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-492.html#
3-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-532.html#
2-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-401.html#
1-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-529.html#
0-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-4.html
Written Edited, Produced by Steve and Jeff Fulton
Branding by Daryl Litts
Additional Music: The Red Forest By Tony LongWorth
More Notes:
Tony Longworth
Jamie Lendino
Ken Williams Autobiography
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