Ghost of Christmas Past: 1974

[The Toyroom]

A Christmas Day visit to my great-aunt's house showcasing three new favorite gifts:
Willie Tyler's "Lester" ventriloquist dummy, a tape recorder and Mint In Box Mego Riddler.

[boss]

that's fantastic. I think you need some more floral patterns in that room though. ;-)

[wayne foundation 07]

oh man look at that Riddler just laying, somebody fire up the Wayback Machine and lets go get it!
Great photo.

[megoscott]

We would have been friends. I was obsessed with the ventriloquist doll pages in the Sears catalogs. And who among us did not wear out a tape recorder recording tv shows?

[HardyGirl]

Groovy blast from past, Anthony! Thanks for sharing!

[Earth 2 Chris]

That screams 70s! Great pic! Love the poinsettia table cloth.

Chris

[TomStrong]

I would've loved the tape recorder and the riddler, but that creepy doll would have to go! You couldn't have convinced me that that thing was not AWARE!

[piecemaker]

Great pic and some great stuff.I wanted one of those ventriloquist dummies back in the day too.

[madmarva]

That looked like a fun Christmas.

[J.B.]

Classic shot.

[VinMan]

Love it!!

[The Toyroom]

We would have been friends. I was obsessed with the ventriloquist doll pages in the Sears catalogs. And who among us did not wear out a tape recorder recording tv shows?

Oh yeah when I saw Lester on a bunch of variety shows in the 70s I knew I had to have one.

That tape recorder captured episodes of such fare like "Scooby Doo", "The Lone Ranger", "The Twilight Zone"...