No, not Teletubbies... more like Telechubbies, if anything! Ha ha! In my rare moments of free time (one PTO day used since December of 2019, if that means anything!), I've been decompressing with a variety of vintage TV, much of it thanks to apps like Crackle and Tubi, and some of it shared here in recent months. The brief collection of snaps I'm sharing today are disparate and not part of a larger post, but they do deserve our attention nonetheless. These are some bulge shots I have come across while watching the tube. You may or may not have to adjust your set. (See what I did there?)
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Our coverboy and first instance is one Chuck Connors during his follow-up series to The Rifleman called Branded. First broadcast in black & white before switching to color, it's rare to find prints at this time that are not aged and blurry, hence the poor quality of the pics. But you can still make out Chuck Jr.
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Branded was a sort of riff on The Fugitive (low-profile drifter, always in a new place and encountering trouble) and had many neat guest stars along the way. It would be awesome to see a restored version of the show at some point.
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Never in my life did I ever see any of the controversial hit sitcom Soap until just a few months ago. Though he isn't my usual sort of man, I couldn't help but take notice of the 1970s bluejeans sported by Ted Wass.
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This example from season two gives you the "impression" I'm referring to...
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Another sitcom I never, but never, saw in my life until very recently was That's My Mama, starring Clifton Davis. I was mostly familiar with Davis from his charming appearances on Match Game.
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Davis plays a bachelor living with his sassy mother (Theresa Merritt) while working in his late father's barber shop.
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Much of season one had him wearing a barber's smock, but season two seemed to herald "the unveiling" (!) as he wore more revealing clothing.
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No meat shortage going on at this dinner table... ha ha!
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Sometimes Davis' crotch wound up with its very own closeup!
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It may startle you to know that every screencap I am providing from this series was taken from a single half-hour installment! That's quite a bit of bulge for one's buck.
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Lastly, is a show I watched religiously as a tyke, Police Woman. Even then I was a bit thunderstruck by the faded demins worn by the man at far left.
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Charles Dierkop could very often be counted on to sport the flimsiest and most distressed jeans imaginable, ones that showed virtually everything.
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And I don't see how he could possibly have been wearing anything beneath them.
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Gentlemen of that era can tell you that quite a few guys deliberately scuffed up the crotches of their jeans to get the fabric as worn down as possible. (You can spot a small tear in his at the "tip!") And many bought something called "Soft & Fade" which was geared towards losing the color and stiffness of new Levis. (Eventually they were sold pre-distressed.)
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Till next time!
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