The Wonderful World of Chemistry - DuPont - 1964 New York World's Fair

[rascal211]

1965 liked to use big lively horns in much of the music you would hear even on the radio. You don't hear that anymore.

[jerryg1964]

Immortalized by They Might Be Giants:

All alone at the 64 World's Fair

Eighty dolls yelling "Small girl after all"

Who was at the DuPont pavilion?

Why was the bench still warm? Who had been there?

Curious about why they would want to mention "de Nemours & Company" in the song? It's not like they ever mentioned it anywhere ... just DuPont

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@jerryg1964

Cool - never knew that.

[gli7utubeo]

I was there too! Dupont and the Johnson's Wax Pavilion linger in my memory...

[brainsareus]

genetic engineered nightmare=dupont. and the world of big pharma inventing disseases that don't exist.  this is our great world of "1984" and "brave new world" how dumb can we be!

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geofffox

Oh my God! I was there and this was my FAVORITE exhibit.

I was obsessed with it. Growing up a mile from Flushing Meadows I was there dozens of times. This was the first multimedia presentation I'd ever seen! Maybe the first ever? Live actors interacted with filmed actors on stage. As someone mentioned earlier this is a perfect example of an "Industrial."

Thanks so much for posting it!

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monitortop

Wow. The "Industrial," as they were once known, is scarcely a memory to most people, but were once a tremendous source of easy income for composers such as Michael Brown ("Lizzie Borden") and Marshall Barer ("Once Upon A Mattress") and countless young performers. This is great!

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UrsoChappell

Thanks so much for posting this. I was born too late to see 1964-'65, so it's great to see such wonderful cheesiness archived. I can only hope some of the pavilions at next year's world's fair are this deranged.

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CMcCall100

Such wonderful memories!! Michael Brown, David Carter, the best. If I could stop sobbing for a moment I might think of something else to say.................guess not !!

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VRUSP

Such wonderful, over the top music. Michael Brown and Norman Paris are amazing!

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trousertube1

There are plastics in your toaster!

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yforum

I am not kidding. At 0:11, I had a smile from ear to ear. At 1:22, I was flat out laughing out loud. At 3:16 I was enraptured. At 4:17, tears of laughter were running down my face. Absolute nirvana for me. This was AWESOME! Thanks a ton for doing this. I don't know why but that music brought a wonderful, strange mix of cynicism and joy to me as a kid.

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deanguy66

Ha! I haven't heard that opening song in years, but I remembered the whole thing. Hope someone from DuPont sees this.