In 1976 this poster of Farrah Fawcett wearing a one-piece red bathing suit sold 20 Million copies

[IcyPeas]

okay, fess up. how many of you had this poster?
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In 1976, Pro Arts Inc. released a poster of Farrah Fawcett wearing a one-piece red bathing suit. The poster would go on to sell a record-breaking 20 million copies

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[PJMcK]

1. Who cropped the photo?! (n/t)

[Goonch]

2. ;-{)

[3catwoman3]

5. You beat me to it.

See my post below -

[3catwoman3]

3. Being a straight woman, I did not have the poster, but I saw it...

...often enough, and IIRC, in the uncropped version there was a certain anatomical indication that she was cold.

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. ...

[RobinA]

37. I Was In College

and that poster was in every guy's room and there was at least one copy hanging somewhere in every apartment of men. As a straight female I never really "got it," I preferred my Earthrise poster.

[Auggie]

4. I was in college ...

of course I had it.

[lastlib]

25. I think I still have it......

not sure what box it's in........

[Thomas Hurt]

7. on the wall of my dorm room.

[lagomorph777]

39. On the underside of my roommate's top bunk.

[Clash City Rocker]

8. It brings to mind the old Steve Martin joke

“Boy oh boy, I am so mad at Farrah Fawcett-Majors. She is so conceited. She has never called me once. And after the hours I’ve spent holding up her poster with one hand!”

That was considered a pretty racy joke back in the seventies.

[Budi]

15. K & R & LOL

🙂

[soothsayer]

9. It's even here!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181462281

[IcyPeas]

13. That's funny. good catch.

[alphafemale]

10. She was so beautiful.

Gave this girl born with smallish tits hope.

[hlthe2b]

16. Nice to think back pre-Breast implants (and now implants for every other body part (eyeroll)

She was a natural beauty.

[Dave Starsky]

32. She also did her own hair and makeup for that shoot.

That bathing suit was something she had in her closet, and that Navajo blanket was something that she and Lee Majors just had lying around the house. Apparently, it was just a quick publicity shoot, and no one had any idea it would take off like it did.

[consider_this]

33. All these years and I never realized...

that was a Navajo blanket in the background. Always thought it was some kind of metal side of a bus or car or something. I guess I didn't look at it long enough.

[csziggy]

34. Those were not the details you were interested in

[Kali]

36. that is not a Navajo blanket/rug

it looks like a Mexican serape/blanket

[bluedigger]

41. Oh wow! There's a background!

How about that?

[lagomorph777]

40. Trust me, not all guys worship size.

Personally, I am the exact opposite of that.

[MissLilyBart]

11. I didn't own that poster, but...

... I worked in a Spencer Gifts mall store in the late '70s, so I sold lots and lots and lots of them. (Cis het lady person *points at self*, so female cheesecake ain't my thing.)

[honest.abe]

12. Me!

[Arkansas Granny]

14. My mother found a mirror at a garage sale with that picture applied to it.

She was in her 70's at the time and when we questioned her about it she said she just thought it was a pretty picture. She hung it in the hallway of her apartment.

[Budi]

17. Every guy wanted her & every gal wanted her hair

And why not.

Thanks for the post, IcyPeas

[Mr.Bill]

26. For that matter, in the 70s,

some guys wanted her hair.

[Budi]

29. Haaaha! You know what they say, "The Bigger the Hair..."

👍

[LeftInTX]

18. I'm a she, so no

I would get her hairstyle though.

I still have that style. It's the only one that works for me!

[kacekwl]

19. Of course I did.

Who didn't ?

[nolabear]

20. A researcher friend at Duke had one in his lab. It sat just above

a box of equipment for water bottles for his research animals. The box read “Steel Nipples.” 😄

[abqtommy]

21. I don't recall that I ever had any posters at all. But I did see Farrah perform in the last

movie that she appeared in, "The Cookout", from 2004, which I always enjoy.

[dalton99a]

22. Kick

Ryan O'Neal waves goodbye to Farrah Fawcett's swimsuit and other Fawcett memorabilia at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Feb. 2, 2011, where he donated objects from the private collection of Farrah Fawcett's estate. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

[Corgigal]

23. When I was a teenager,

I would look at Farrah or Rachel Welsh, and I would wonder how I could ever measure up.

Now, I watch RuPaul, and again I wonder. How does she do any of that?

[Generic Brad]

24. It was in my bedroom but it wasn't mine

My brother bought it.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

27. I saw it many times on the bedroom walls of my friends.

There's no way that my mother would've allowed me to have it.

[chowder66]

30. I'm female and had this poster on my door when I was a teen.

She was my idol and reminded me of my Aunt who had the same hairdo, was just as beautiful and lived in California.
I also had an Elvis poster and a David Lee Roth poster. I tore the David Lee Roth poster up in a fit of frustration because he was too hot and I couldn't have him. LOL.
I ended up finally getting rid of the Farah poster on a trip home a few years ago because it was torn where the thumbtacks went in and I had stickers down on a corner so it was worthless.
Still have the Elvis poster though. : )

[Harker]

31. I didn't.

I never found her particularly appealing.

[csziggy]

35. I remember the nickname she was given for some reason

Ferret Face. I have no idea where that came from or why I remember it.