These “love is…” characters are VERY collectible, believe it or not. They were marketed by Schmid in the early 1970s. I’ve found a few figurines over the years, but this is the one and only “love is…” music box I have ever come across. 
Oops! Looks like Criswell missed on that prediction, as he did when he predicted that Denver would be struck by a ray from space that would cause all metal to adopt the qualities of rubber, leading to horrific accidents at amusement parks. In fact, very few of Criswell’s predictions ever did come true, but he was entertaining, which looks to have been the whole idea of Criswell.
Criswell was a regular guest on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show. Watch the video clip to see Criswell making his predictions for 1966 on Johnny’s New Year’s Eve 1965 program. Very funny stuff, thanks to the ad lib masteries of the one and only Johnny Carson and his sidekick, Ed McMahon.
Yes, this is what it looks like. A toilet paper holder that features a pedaling bear on a bicycle. Hard to imagine this matching anyone’s bathroom decor, with the exception of maybe Yogi Bear & Boo Boo.
Believe it or not, this is not a homemade ceramic piece. The incised lettering on the bottom identifies this wall plaque as having been produced by an actual company, Apsit Bros. of California (and Remulak?) The Bros. must have been having an off day the day this chalkware piece was made. Either that, or the piece was intended to be marketed to an otherworldly (or outerworldly) audience. 
The U.S.S. Budweiser.
For all of the stuff I come across, I keep very few things for my personal collection. Here is one of them: (or would it be two of them?) A great looking pair of large ceramic salt & pepper shakers. They do have a certain charm, don’t they.
He did make himself an easy media target, didn’t he.
Here’s the classic clip of Dan giving his famous spelling lesson:
Back in the day, this kind of of “humorous” and slightly off-color ashtray was all the rage. (btw: Shouldn’t it read, “We Cape Cod Lobsters?”)
Odd Yard Sale Finds 