Author Topic: Whatsit, and Who Are They? - Solved! Mamie Van Doren's mink wheelcovers (Read 2062 times)

Ray B. · « **on:** July 22, 2009, 05:11:53 AM »

What is the unusual accessory this guy is holding?
One point if you find it. Another if you can identify this happy couple.

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jotage21 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 27, 2009, 12:47:56 PM »

Jane Mansfield?

Ray B. · « **Reply #2 on:** July 27, 2009, 01:13:24 PM »

Not Jayne Mansfield (I already had a puzzle featuring her), but you're not far. Remember that you must identify the two if you want to score.

guido66 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 27, 2009, 04:46:52 PM »

Padded hubcaps, to avoid scratches when parking against the kerb

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #4 on:** July 28, 2009, 04:15:51 AM »

The way she's rubbing her face on it, I assume its soft - fur, perhaps?

Ray B. · « **Reply #5 on:** July 28, 2009, 05:00:17 AM »

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 28, 2009, 04:15:51 AM

The way she's rubbing her face on it, I assume its soft - fur, perhaps?

Yes! Now you have 72 hours to tell us what kind of fur, and who they are.

streamliner · « **Reply #6 on:** August 05, 2009, 11:24:31 AM »

Is he George Barris, perhaps?

streamliner · « **Reply #7 on:** August 05, 2009, 11:27:35 AM »

...and his beloved wife, Shirley?

Ray B. · « **Reply #8 on:** August 05, 2009, 11:32:14 AM »

No. Please read the other posts.
They are husband and wife, true, but not car related. More the kind who would put fur hubcaps (what kind of fur?) on their car.

neilshouse · « **Reply #9 on:** August 05, 2009, 12:06:38 PM »

Are they Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin?

Ray B. · « **Reply #10 on:** August 05, 2009, 01:15:28 PM »

No. For the girl, jotage21's Jayne Mansfield guess was closer.

Quiller · « **Reply #11 on:** August 06, 2009, 09:11:54 AM »

Could the fur be mink?

streamliner · « **Reply #12 on:** August 09, 2009, 01:35:16 AM »

Jean Harlow?

Bunny fur?

Ray B. · « **Reply #13 on:** August 09, 2009, 05:52:45 AM »

Mink: YES!

Jean Harlow, no (she was dead since about 20 years when this picture was taken).

hugo90 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 12, 2009, 02:53:37 AM »

Is it Mamie Van Doren and Ray Anthony?

Ray B. · « **Reply #15 on:** August 12, 2009, 04:35:51 AM »

Yes sir, good thinking. Once you've eliminated Jayne Mansfield, what comes next? Mamie Van Doren.
One point for you, and one for Quiller who steals the point from Otto Puzzell.

hugo90 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 12, 2009, 12:12:11 PM »

I had to search pinup sites to find her, and discovered that her name came from Mamie Eisenhower and Charles Van Doren, so entirely made up.

Ray B. · « **Reply #17 on:** August 22, 2009, 05:54:10 AM »

Now Mamie Van Doren was a Jayne Mansfield ersatz. Jayne herself (notwithstanding the intellectual qualities of the lady) was a Marylin Monroe ersatz.
But now we have Sandra Giles who may have been a Mamie Van Doren ersatz. Her first movie was called "Lost, lonely, and vicious"

But she beat Mamie by far when she covered her whole T-Bird with fur!

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #18 on:** August 22, 2009, 08:54:19 AM »

They don't make 'em like that any more.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #19 on:** October 12, 2012, 04:56:57 AM »

Another pic of Sandra and the 'bird

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #20 on:** June 24, 2016, 06:24:21 AM »

A nice, big pic of Sandra and the 'Bird.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #21 on:** August 28, 2016, 06:37:32 AM »

What the heck - one more.

Ray B. · « **Reply #22 on:** August 28, 2016, 08:01:41 AM »

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Author Topic: Whatsit, and Who Are They? - Solved! Mamie Van Doren's mink wheelcovers (Read 2062 times)