Ads - Part 34

Jack Daniel's

Currently, there is a case before the Supreme Court where Jack Daniel's is claiming trademark violation by a maker of a doggy chew toy that parodies a bottle of Jack Daniels.  Clearly, Jack Daniel's has no sense of humor.

The next three photos are not from Jack Daniel's ads, but they might have been effective in conveying the subliminal message: drink Jack Daniel's and you'll be like this hunky guy.  He's not naked in the first photo, but there's a VPL showing through his wet underwear.

The model is Jay Gould, trying to look surprised here, and the photographer is Manuel Hernandez.

Finally, an unobstructed view.

But let's get back to Jack Daniel's ads.  They have never featured naked men, but as a public service, I'm going to offer my suggestions for how they could.  In 1953, this ad's slogan was "Jack on the rocks."

Jack on the rocks?  OK.

In 2019, the slogan was "Pick boldly."

This guy wants to pick you up boldly.

This 2014 ad said "Your night, your move."

OK, your move.

And in 2016 it was "Come as you are."

That one was too easy.

We end on a note of caution not to overindulge.  This guy was photographed in the New York subway in 2014, alternately dozing and swigging Jack Daniel's.

Poem of the Day - Part 34

 Doctor Foster Went to Gloucester

                                        Doctor Foster went to Gloucester

                                        In a shower of rain;

                                        He stepped in a puddle

(Favorite unashamed male Nudist Jeff by a puddle in Australia)

                                        Right up to his middle

                                        And never went there again.

Note: This nursery rhyme was first published in 1844, but some people think it is much older.  One theory is that it is based on a journey of King Edward I to Gloucester in the 13th century.  Edward reportedly fell off his horse into a puddle and refused to go to Gloucester again.

Another theory is that, since "puddle" doesn't rhyme with "middle," the original may have been

                                        He stepped in a piddle

                                        Right up to his middle

Apparently an archaic meaning of "piddle" was a stream.  Today, of course, "piddle" means something else, like the guy above, who apparently doesn't mind us watching him piddle.  Hi, there!

Events - Part 37

 SF Pride Celebration

The annual Gay Pride celebration in San Francisco, called SF Pride, features a parade, of course.  Unlike most Gay Pride parades, where the marchers may be scantily clothed but not naked, this is San Francisco, so there are actually naked people in the parade, like the ones above in 2017 ...

And this guy in 2013 ... 

And these guys in 2016. 

But SF Pride is much more than just a parade; it's also a street fair (above).

 There are vendor booths ...

And information booths ... 

 And the occasional street performer.

You might catch a glimpse of a San Francisco nudity activist, like George Davis, above, in 2013 ... 

Or Rusty Mills, above, in 2019. 

But other people hang out naked at the festival, too, like this guy in 2016 ... 

And these guys in 2016 ... 

And these guys in 2022. 

This girl in 2008 seems to be saying, "Look what I found."  But, since it's an LGBT event, I think she's barking up the wrong tree ...

Unlike this guy in 2016.  "Look what I found."  He's barking up the right tree.  Woof!

Vintage Military - Part 39

 Conscription and Recruiting, Russia

One common feature of all countries that drafted young men into the military was that the process involved getting examined naked.  That includes the U.S., but we'll look at the U.S. another day.

Today we look at Russia.  Above is my oldest photo of Russian conscription, showing a man in front of an army medical board in 1909, back in Czarist times.  There were many exemptions from conscription (for example, an only son could not be drafted), resulting in about half the potential draftees being exempt.

When the Soviets took over, peasants and workers were drafted into the Red Army with almost no exemptions.  This 1918 photo shows medical examination of draftees.

This is a conscript in front of the "military registration and enlistment office," or draft board, in 1930.  Note the bust of Stalin.

Recruits at a medical examination center in the 1930s.

A conscript in front of a draft board, 1930s.  Note the large picture of Stalin.

Here the draft board exams look like an assembly-line process.  A guy waits in line, a second is examined on a table, and a third gets his height measured, while the draft board looks on.

Another conscript in front of a draft board in the 1930s.

And another.

In this 1931 photo, the draft board members are sitting on the right, while a white-coated doctor examines the conscript.

The same draft board, with a doctor measuring the conscript's height.

In this 1931 photo, a conscript is getting an eye test.

More medical exams in front of a draft board.  This was dated 1934.

We end with a photo labeled "Soviet military recruits - medical exam."  It's undated, but I'm guessing it's from the 1930s or 1940s.

More conscription and recruiting photos to come.

Not the Same Old Song - Part 27

Slow Hand

Slow Hand was released by the Pointer Sisters in 1981, but the version I used is the 1982 cover by country singer Conway Twitty.  He changed the lyrics from "I want a man with a slow hand" to "You want a man with a slow hand" to accommodate a hetero male singer, but his version also works with the not-so-hetero video that I paired the song with.

College Streaking - Part 38

 Denison University Naked Week

Every year, the last week in February is Naked Week at Denison University in central Ohio.  Above, sudents streaking in 2007.

Naked Week started fairly recently, in February of 2003, when junior Taylor Ferguson announced that he and a group of friends would be going streaking.  He then began dialing random room numbers to invite students to participate.  A tradition was born.  Above, streakers in 2008.

Naked Week lasts for a week, not just one day.  Each day there is a streak in a different part of the campus.  Above, streakers in 2010.

Even if the quads are covered with snow, students streak across the snow.  Above, streakers in 2014.

In 2010, someone noticed that the timing of Naked Week coincided with Eating Disorders Awareness Week, sponsored by the National Alliance for Eating Disorders.  Both events are about body positivity – the idea that people shouldn't be ashamed of their bodies.  So eventually, Denison's event became identified with Eating Disorders Awareness Week.  Above, streakers in 2016.

But although it may be publicized as Eating Disorders Awareness Week, at Denison, it's still Naked Week, as evidenced by these streakers in 2021.