By John Turney
Sometimes nostalgia does not make you smile, it makes you, well, glad it is not 1966.
Photographer: "Hey, Frank Gifford, you smile while Bobby Hull puts a pineapple on the Hawaiian kid's head. That won't be culturally insensitive in any way. Yeah, that's the ticket."
The vital data:
1966 Men's Beachwear Ad, Playboy, Hawaiian Villager Beachboy
Swim Trunks with Sports Celebrities
Amusing
vintage 1960s Jantzen men's beachwear advertisement (Jantzen International
Sports Club) - ad features, from left to right, Frank Gifford, Patrick Keawe
Kahue (1934 - 2007, a local islander with the pineapple on his head), Bobby
Hull, and John Severson. This print ad photo was taken at the Hilton Hawaiian
Village, a tropical resort on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
Opening
advert text:
"The
Jantzen Hawaiian Villager beachboy tights - Note these spectacular adaptions of
sleeping gear to garb appropriate to the beach; if you are either a sportsman
or a dedicated sleeper, you are likely to be wearing one. They are colorful and
comfortable, like a Tahitian Globetrotter basketball uniform."
Brief
bios on the three celebrities featured in the ad:
Frank
Gifford (born in 1930), was an USC All-American athlete, NFL MVP and All-Pro
selection with New York Giants , Pro Football Hall of Famer, and CBS sports
commentator. He is married to TV personality/talk show host Kathie Lee Gifford.
Bobby
Hull (born in 1939) is a Canadian former ice hockey player; he is regarded as
one of the greatest players of all time.
John
Severson (born in 1933) is a legendary surf world writer, editor, publisher,
photographer, filmmaker, and artist. He is best known as the founder of
"Surfer" magazine in 1960, and is credited with creating "surf
culture" and the surfing industry.
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