- Hair, glorious hair.
- Still have the baby blues.
- "What, me worry?" grin that you can drive a truck through.
- Monte Hall's suit courtesy of Bamberger's department store in Newark, NJ. Thanks Dad!
- Want to make sure your kid gets beaten up for 3 years straight? Give him a bowtie to wear for his class picture.
- A pocket square - the epitome of "chic."
Yep...It's A Dork.
For the School Portraits group. God, I look like a used car salesman.
Comments and faves
Scootie, *junket*, lomokev, embleton, and 21 other people added this photo to their favorites.
tp (90 months ago | reply)
Look at you!!! And those baby blues and that BOW tie! You were a charmer! Really!
kandykorn (90 months ago | reply)
oh my gosh. priceless.
Juice Box (90 months ago | reply)
magnificent...nice pocket hank!
Mark Strozier (90 months ago | reply)
Oh man... You too?!
My mom made me wear bow ties for class pictures every year from '73 to '76.
Snapatorium [deleted] (90 months ago | reply)
I think you're quite dapper!
satan_inheelz [deleted] (90 months ago | reply)
me and my brother used to exchange clothes when we were younger just for fun...i luved bow ties :p and i still do.
oh and yes you did look like a dork , but a very cute one :)
Scootie (90 months ago | reply)
Perfect! you had it all! might we enquire as to the year?
Dawn Endico (90 months ago | reply)
drp says to OldhaMedia, "I'll see your cat toupee and raise you a bow tie"
drp (90 months ago | reply)
"Duaneus Dorkus Gigantus" as captured @ 1973.
Agnieszka (90 months ago | reply)
Haha, this is cute! =) Such pictures are the best!
latenightowl (90 months ago | reply)
The hair, the big smile, the bow tie!! Dare I risk offending you forever and say that you looked like Tucker Carlson?
Now I'll have to upload one of mine. :/
annappleaday (90 months ago | reply)
so sad we've lost the art of dress :(
which your clothier possessed :)
you were dandy ...dapper dan..
(taste doesn't go out of style...)
...and we all have to grow up to adult
size teethe we've managed to grow at that age ...
I'm sure your wife will agree that you are still the classic handsome dandy as you were then.
Coffee_Break (90 months ago | reply)
I bet your mommy thinks this is the cutest school portrair ever!
Jakes_World (90 months ago | reply)
okay, I must agree on the "used car salesman" part...... but you are still a darling!! I did a senior pic, so that was not fair :)
finding a grade school one, as we speak,.
Jakes_World (90 months ago | reply)
holy fark, the one I just posted was from '73... we woulda been quite the pair.. wachout Jolene ;)
Garnite (90 months ago | reply)
Mayhaps, but it's a dork with a great tie. Don't see beauties like that treasure any more.
Sam Scholes (90 months ago | reply)
The epitome of style and suffocation, I mean sophistication.
Philosopher Queen (90 months ago | reply)
You are very courageous to post this. ;-)
Ms Entropy (90 months ago | reply)
that bow tie...unbelievable. you know, i was just about to type "used car..." but then i read your description. took the words right out of my mouth.
this is priceless.
sebastian's belle (90 months ago | reply)
absolutely fantastic. can't go wrong with bowties, and the hair wins a lot of prizes. strangely, a guy in a band i went to see last night looked just like this...it's coming back, i swear! ;)
Airchild (90 months ago | reply)
That bow tie really cracks me up... and the gap where you can drive a truck through, LOL!!!! Really some nice memory eh :-)
dianeham (90 months ago | reply)
Saw your postings in Gini's flickr - I was wondering why I'd been seeing all these photos of people when they were kids! You remind me of the saleman in the Music man here - Prof. Harold Hill!
I am down at the Southern tip of NJ and it's snowing here!
OldhaMedia (90 months ago | reply)
I don't know what I love more... you for posting this, the picture (LOVE those eyes, baby), or the comments!
LOLOLOLOL!
gardengal (90 months ago | reply)
holy crap - with the bowtie and satin kerchief! you sure were dapper!
aMbiAncE mOushKiLa (90 months ago | reply)
you just put up a challenge for everyone to post our embarassing childhood pix! although yours is not embarassing, it's just perfect! With hair and all ! awesome !
lifeinpixels (90 months ago | reply)
I love those eyes! How could someone with warm eyes like that be dressed like such a shyster? :P
pissedbroad (90 months ago | reply)
i gave a boy like this his first hickey.
last week.
mwahaahahahhaha
samuel_y (90 months ago | reply)
the pattern on the bowtie is great tho, i'd love a regular tie or hankerchief like that
tozzer (90 months ago | reply)
damn, brother, you are like the comment king here! ;)
I saw your sushi pic, have you ever been to daruma in rutherford I belive it is.........its gotten kinda pricey, but the sushi is alright. whats your fav spot in jersey?
Iseult (90 months ago | reply)
You were a cute kid, drp :)
Greeny, Mistress of Motion... and her Autotelism (90 months ago | reply)
This is PRECIOUS!
You look like a Dress-him-up-but-you-can't-take-him-out Guy! I can hear the infectious laugh already! And don't sell your self short, pardon the pun... you look like... a NEW car salesman! *wink* Cheers for this.
Alright, alright... I'll dig one up as well... and I'll have you know that I'll hate myself for it, in the morning! *sulks off to the hall cupboard... reaches for the top shelf to grab the 25 year old shoebox, labeled 'Boring Paperwork' as an ingenius disguise... blows the dust from the lid... stands there for a moment, staring, hoping the thing will miraculously blow up in her hands... swallows a nervous lump in her throat and winces, in preparation of the antsy images which haven't seen the light of day in years......*
Oh... Curses... Here we go...
efatima [deleted] (90 months ago | reply)
this is wayyy before i was born... verrryyy cuttteee. :) Love those eyes.
Chrissie2003 (90 months ago | reply)
Hehehe, I just read efatima's comment, bet that made you feel great ?!
You look VERY smart
Random Images from The Heartland (90 months ago | reply)
Love the bow tie ; )
Hilary (curioush) (90 months ago | reply)
this is too funny!
used car salesman? maybe. but a very earnest and eager one. i'd buy from you.
yeimaya (90 months ago | reply)
was this your twinky phase?
Wow did this ever get a response!!!!
KitschKat (90 months ago | reply)
Duane, you were definitely da Ladie's Man! Schwanky! Wait 'til you see my photo. I'm sure the glasses and polyester outfit will prove how cool I was...LOL.
OldhaMedia (90 months ago | reply)
efatima sure knows how to make a guy feel good, huh?
Just think, I was already in junior high.
Feel better?
... has left the building [deleted] (90 months ago | reply)
I can't help but like this one, bow tie and all. It's so ... american? ;-)
rika... (90 months ago | reply)
What a sweet boy with lovely smile and well-dressed!!!!!
Honeyisland (90 months ago | reply)
do you have a Civic 1999? lol!
Nachosan (90 months ago | reply)
I thought more of a pacer look myself. ;)
you look sooo happy and seemed to have no problems posing for the camera. My photos allways have this look that says: " can we just get this over with!" but then again, I never looked this dapper!
suzanne† (90 months ago | reply)
Hahah! How cute is THAT!!!
-ya little hooligan ;)
yes, the school port grp, hmmm ..do i dare?!
artofgold (90 months ago | reply)
Hahaha...this so cute!!
*Agnes (90 months ago | reply)
Very nice, I love this kind of pictures.
You wear wonderful clothes.
Are you interested to set this photo into the group "childhood"?
I would be pleased.
ArSiSa7 (90 months ago | reply)
i bet you would've sold a lot of car if you were actually a salesman..
nice portrait!
ch173_p3pp3r (90 months ago | reply)
Oh! But you were still cute, bowtie and all. :-) Your parents were cruel to you.
hehe
Krate (89 months ago | reply)
Wow! that's hilarious! weren't you on the Waltons???
patisfaction ~ censored [deleted] (89 months ago | reply)
used car salesman
wheheheee
way 2 go bro!
bodhi47 (89 months ago | reply)
the tie is a classic though.