'70s Wall Candy: Titillation Times Two
Two swimsuit-clad sex symbols dominated teenage desire throughout much of the '70s. The ubiquitous 1976 Farrah Fawcett poster adorned the walls of many of my peers’ bedrooms. It was pure titillation. You know the poster. It came out when I was 15, and it showed a 29-year-old Farrah wearing a red one-piece bathing suit in front of a striped Mexican serape. It sold 12 million copies during its initial run. The poster is still available on Amazon. Its legacy includes appearances in the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever and the 1997 film Boogie Nights , as well as the creation of a 2011 Barbie collector’s doll that reenacts the poster image. We won’t need any reenactments of what happened in those boys’ bedrooms. Hippie Magician Doug Henning; I had this poster on the back of my bedroom door I did not have a Farrah Fawcett poster in my teenage bedroom. I was into magic then, and my many posters featured the popular illusionist, Doug Henning. My parents would have been thrilled to get me...
