My only tenuous connection with her is her lawyers once threatened me with legal action. She got $7.50 out of me.
RIP, Betty.
Edit: sorry, yeah sorry about that. It’s not much of a story, but:
About 15 years ago, my wife and I opened a bakery – Americana desserts like cupcakes, pies, cookies – with a bit of a 50s vibe to it. We took to naming some of the different cupcake flavors after celebrities of a bygone era, like Marilyn Monroe (vanilla), Jack’s Lemon (lemon), and Bettie Page (vanilla/chocolate frosting).
A couple of days after we opened, we got a love note from her lawyers demanding 100% of our proceeds go to Ms. Page for unlicensed use of her name. I was younger and more naive and hadn’t intended to use anyone that was alive, but I hadn’t done very good research apparently. At the time, you could find her likeness all over the place, so I had assumed she had passed on and was in public domain. Turns out, she had suffered in her later years and had become a recluse, and when she discovered how her likeness was being used by everyone and their mother, she hired lawyers to recoup some money.
Being brand new and having screwed up our very finicky vanilla cake recipe while adjusting to new equipment, we had only sold 3 cupcakes at $2.50 a piece. We sent her lawyer a check for $7.50 with a mia culpa. They replied demanding to see our books, but Ms. Page died shortly after and we never heard from them again.
Why can’t we go back to stylized cars, hills on our road ways and small vents that would ‘turn out’ for a nice breeze? Aren’t we energy efficient enough by now to return to the things we enjoy?
I’ll just park here on the side of the road and lay here without a blanket in my bathing suit.
Ok, she’s cute and all – but that car gets my knees knockin’!
She’s got the last bit of a massive Twix stuck in her hair.
My only tenuous connection with her is her lawyers once threatened me with legal action. She got $7.50 out of me.
RIP, Betty.
Edit: sorry, yeah sorry about that. It’s not much of a story, but:
About 15 years ago, my wife and I opened a bakery – Americana desserts like cupcakes, pies, cookies – with a bit of a 50s vibe to it. We took to naming some of the different cupcake flavors after celebrities of a bygone era, like Marilyn Monroe (vanilla), Jack’s Lemon (lemon), and Bettie Page (vanilla/chocolate frosting).
A couple of days after we opened, we got a love note from her lawyers demanding 100% of our proceeds go to Ms. Page for unlicensed use of her name. I was younger and more naive and hadn’t intended to use anyone that was alive, but I hadn’t done very good research apparently. At the time, you could find her likeness all over the place, so I had assumed she had passed on and was in public domain. Turns out, she had suffered in her later years and had become a recluse, and when she discovered how her likeness was being used by everyone and their mother, she hired lawyers to recoup some money.
Being brand new and having screwed up our very finicky vanilla cake recipe while adjusting to new equipment, we had only sold 3 cupcakes at $2.50 a piece. We sent her lawyer a check for $7.50 with a mia culpa. They replied demanding to see our books, but Ms. Page died shortly after and we never heard from them again.
She’s iconic goddess,, rocks star, with fk it, she BETTIE FKN PAGE!!!
It’s a shame she only realized half her potential
damn, Bjork is hot!
An American treasure…
Lordy.
Why can’t we go back to stylized cars, hills on our road ways and small vents that would ‘turn out’ for a nice breeze? Aren’t we energy efficient enough by now to return to the things we enjoy?
Those curves. Dat back end!
I think its a Fleetline?
Wasn’t she charged with attempted murder at one point?
That grass looks itchy
Nice I get it pull over on the side of the highway for a quick fuck. Just how I like it