Topic: I YAM WHAT I YAM (Read 19972 times)

bk · « **Reply #90 on:** November 22, 2004, 04:59:28 PM »

Very well, it's show and tell time, art-wise. Here is the first - we surmise that this was used as a paperback cover (given the space at the top), but we're not sure. Nonetheless, a girl in cut-off jeans was used for something. Photos, of course, don't do these things justice.

bk · « **Reply #91 on:** November 22, 2004, 05:01:28 PM »

Here's art number two - the babe. This was used as a paperback cover for a Dell paperback circa 1957. I love this piece - while it is a babe, which was definitely "the style" back then, it's execution is totally unlike any other girl art of the era - more Andy Warhol than what they were doing then. Again, the photo is but a mere shadow.

bk · « **Reply #92 on:** November 22, 2004, 05:02:01 PM »

And the paperback itself.

Jane · « **Reply #93 on:** November 22, 2004, 05:02:38 PM »

DERBRUCER

There is a movie I have never seen and plan to keep it that way.

bk · « **Reply #94 on:** November 22, 2004, 05:03:41 PM »

Finally, art number three - and the best of the bunch. By the amazing Walter Baumhofer, this was a story illustration for the March 1945 issue of Redbook - I'm still on the prowl for the mag.

bk · « **Reply #95 on:** November 22, 2004, 05:04:10 PM »

A closer view.

Jane · « **Reply #96 on:** November 22, 2004, 05:21:27 PM »

Nice Bruce. Where are you going to display them? Hmm, did you tell us and I wasn't paying attention. If so, sorry.

Danise · « **Reply #97 on:** November 22, 2004, 05:32:55 PM »

Hi Folks.

Well today was a day. It was NOT a bus day, I can tell you that. As we were coming down the off ramp of the interstate, a car ran a stop sign right in front of us. Of course, the bus driver slammed on the brakes. That threw everyone forward.

One lady was thrown to the floor and wrenched her back. I was sitting sideways going through my purse and have to admit my neck is a bit stiff but I’m fine.

At least we had it better than some others today.

A tour bus had a car pushed underneath it by another speeding car. The person in the car that was pushed under the bus died. We could see the accident from our window at work.

I feel so sorry the person’s family. Kinda like Jrands story only it wasn’t a family member.

Then another person who works on our floor told us that HIS bus T-boned a car that pulled in front of their bus this morning as well. I don’t know if anyone was hurt in that accident.

All in all I can only say, what a day!

Jennifer, I understand how you feel about Wide Screen. I’m not savvy enough to under stand why they can’t get the whole picture on the screen. We can put a man on the moon for crying out loud. But I did buy the WS version.

MBarnum and anyone else who is interested--There is a new collection called The Original Television Christmas Classics. It costs around thirty dollars but has Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town, Frosty The SnowMan, The Little Drummer Boy and Frosty Returns. It also has a bonus Music CD from the shows. I agree $14.99 is a bit much to put out for a half hour show.

I am still looking for the 2nd Little Drummer Boy show and Nester: The Long Eared Christmas Donkey. I’m also adding the Mr. Magoo special (which I had forgotten about until you guys mentioned it) to the list as well.

Jane, The Little Drummer Boy is at least a one hankie show for me. Well, it was when I was kid. You’ve gotta see it!

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Dan (the Man)
HHW God
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« Reply #118 on: Yesterday at 09:43:00pm »
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My favorite Christmas special of all time is A Charlie Brown Christmas. I was a huge Peanuts fan when I was a lad and I loved all the Charlie Brown TV specials. Ironically, though, I missed the first showing of A Charlie Brown Christmas because my family was out shopping for and buying an artificial Christmas tree. But I did see it the following year, and every year since. The same Christmas tree has been used almost every year since, too.

What is kind of a shame about Christmas specials is that they're not that special anymore. Because of the existance of VCRs, marketed videos and DVDs, kids and families can watch shows like ACBC, Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer and How the Grinch Stole Christmas over and over again, whenever they like. These shows were major events for me as a child. Big bowls of popcorn were made. Cushions were pulled up closer to the TV than normally allowed. Grownups let themselves be "shushed" if they talked too loud. And you had to pay attention, cause if you missed that first terrifing peek of the Abominable Snow Monster, you didn't get to see it for another year. And when it was over, all you could really do was sort of bask in it and replay it the best you could in your mind.

Nowadays, it's nice that we have these shows at our fingertips, ready to view at any time at our convience with no annoying commercial breaks. But at the same time, there's something within me that yearns for simpler times, when ACHB was truely a Christmas special and not just another DVD amongst many others crammed into my video bookcase.

I agree with you as well, Dan The Man, 100% but the networks have a habit of cutting scenes from these beloved shows to make more room for the dreaded commercials. They don’t care it they run over with a sports program, i.e. “We now join our regularly scheduled program already in progress” and that ticks me off.

It’s for those reasons I’m motivated to buy them. I want to preserve the whole show for my viewing pleasure and if or when I ever have occasion to share them with a child, I want them to be able to see them as I saw them. Whole and uncut. And I do try to make an event out of them.

I fully plan on watching the collection I mention on Thanksgiving evening. The “official” start of the holiday season with my bowl of popcorn in my hand. That’s if I roll off the couch and waddle to the kitchen after eating the Thanksgiving day meal. LOL!

I bought a bottle of that Pepsi Holiday Spice and couldn’t really tell anything different about it. It was kinda like a Dr. Pepper. Nothing really that new or exciting about the taste. At least not in my humble opinion.

My, I am a Chatty Cathy tonight but I am tired. I did a LOT yesterday.

Kerry · « **Reply #98 on:** November 22, 2004, 05:38:38 PM »

MusicGuy is reading his copy of "Writer's Block," loves it and wishes it weren't going by so quickly. Bruce, you need to write a really LONG book.

Afterg ettting new bookcases and unloading boxes of books and LP's that have been packed away foryears, I have every inch filled. and kept tryiong to convince MusicGuy that we didn't need more bookcases (mainly because I need the wall space for all my paintings and photos).

I keep thinking there were one or tow things missing but figured i'd overlooked them. I found another carton of LP's and 6, count 'em 6 boxes of books. And a a lot of them are big books. Even weeding out at this point is as useful as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

I need DR Laura to come over with her whip and force me to get rid of things.

bk · « **Reply #99 on:** November 22, 2004, 05:41:08 PM »

The beach girl is displayed in the living room. The Baumhofer is in the dining room, and the paperback babe is in the bedroom where she belongs.

Danise · « **Reply #100 on:** November 22, 2004, 05:50:07 PM »

I also wanted to say welcome to Dear Lurker Hisaka. You need to join us!

Nice pictures, BK.

Jane · « **Reply #101 on:** November 22, 2004, 06:12:32 PM »

Danise I believe your city needs good bus vibes. I hope you feel okay tomorrow.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #102 on:** November 22, 2004, 06:25:13 PM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on November 22, 2004, 06:49:38 AM

And what's worse is that the Abbie Hoffman free radical is wearing a shirt made from the American flag!

What's wrong with that? It provides fiber, doesn't it?

S. Woody White · « **Reply #103 on:** November 22, 2004, 06:37:00 PM »

Quote from: bk on November 22, 2004, 10:40:06 AM

Well, I just don't know about these Mondays. People just disappear into the woodwork. Come out of the woodwork I say.

Huh? I'm retired, and between part-time jobs. And I've been very out for some time.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #104 on:** November 22, 2004, 06:51:02 PM »

I just remembered a detail about the family Thanksgiving dinners when I was growing up. The turkey, when we were hosting the family, was always done on the rotisserie on the grill outside. The weather in SoCal allowed that.

This, of course, meant that the stuffing was always done outside of the bird. What with the bird turning round and round, even with the best trussing the bread would have tumbled out at some point. On the other hand, this meant that it didn't take forever to cook the bird, and that the oven could be used for other items...such as the stuffing, the sweet potatoes, and so on and on.

The pies were always cooked in advance. Mom was a good pie-maker, something that earned her points with Grandpa.

The television might have been on for the games, but the men in the family were more into talking, particularly after Grampa had lung cancer. There was only enough room at the main table for the adults, so we did have one card table set up for us kids and one set up for dishes of food. And I recall that there were always a couple of dishes that would be new, or different at least. Part of this was because a cousin of my Dad's had moved west from Delaware, and he and his family immediately became part of our circle. Of course, they brought their own dishes which became part of the meal, and that launched the idea that nothing had to be set in stone.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #105 on:** November 22, 2004, 06:53:58 PM »

Would scrapple make the good meat for a stuffing, I wonder? I've used sausage before.

Noel · « **Reply #106 on:** November 22, 2004, 06:56:20 PM »

I've a wobbly table and it's most distressing. You can't stick a matchbook underneath the leg, because that wouldn't be big enough. I can't put a marble down on the table without it falls off.

Say, what's this in the mail? Why, there's a personal inscription on the title page! And, I'll be hornswoggled if it isn't exactly the right size to hold up that table.

What to do? Read book? Balance table? Read book? Balance table?

S. Woody White · « **Reply #107 on:** November 22, 2004, 07:02:29 PM »

And, bringing us up to this year's Thanksgiving dinner...

The Smithfield Ham, which I have named Amanda, is now soaking in the sink, leaching out salt even as I write. Unfortunately, der B and I didn't think ahead and did not take a picture of it before I scrubbed off the mold.

Sorry about that, I'm sure you all would have loved to see it. $:-\$

Noel · « **Reply #108 on:** November 22, 2004, 07:04:34 PM »

Speaking of a Turkey Dinner, just got back from a Turkish dinner with my aunt and uncle. They were just in Atlantic City, winning money at the casino when the owner of the casino filed for bankruptcy.

It's not that the casino was empty. Running a casino (or three) is widely known as a no-lose business. The games always pay off a good percentage to the house. You'd have to be some sort of an idiot to lost money running a casino. Or three.

Of course, thanks to the power of television, America thinks differently. Viewers consider Donald Trump a good businessman, savvy and tough. They're fooled by a "reality show" that has nothing to do with reality and they've enjoyed Trump read lines written for him by a non-WGA writer. Fooling America he can do. Turning a profit running casinos is too hard for him.

Gee, reminds me of another chief executive.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #109 on:** November 22, 2004, 07:04:38 PM »

Quote from: Stuart on November 22, 2004, 11:11:48 AM

Have I mentioned that I am quite excited about seeing Miss Cherilyn Sarkisian Bono Allman this evening? Her opening act will be none other than the latest incarnation of those stereotypes of gay icons, the Village People!

How excited am I??

The Villiage People will be the ones on stage who haven't had plastic surgery, I presume.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #110 on:** November 22, 2004, 07:12:48 PM »

Quote from: JRand54 on November 22, 2004, 12:34:09 PM

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Ethel auditions for the role of Party Line Snoop on Dirty Laundry.

Jane · « **Reply #111 on:** November 22, 2004, 07:16:36 PM »

Quote from: Noel on November 22, 2004, 06:56:20 PM

I've a wobbly table and it's most distressing. You can't stick a matchbook underneath the leg, because that wouldn't be big enough. I can't put a marble down on the table without it falls off.

Say, what's this in the mail? Why, there's a personal inscription on the title page! And, I'll be hornswoggled if it isn't exactly the right size to hold up that table.

What to do? Read book? Balance table? Read book? Balance table?

LOL

So did your aunt & uncle get any money, at least their initial investment?

Michael · « **Reply #112 on:** November 22, 2004, 07:18:08 PM »

Well I just finished Writer's Block in one sitting. Couldn't put it down. Recommend it to all that enjoy mysteries.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #113 on:** November 22, 2004, 07:31:26 PM »

Me, I finished Writer's Block in three bites, like a Nathan's hot dog.

(See, I was paying attention!)

I figured out the who, but not the why or how it was pulled off. Points to the author for that.

I did catch one anacronism, but it wasn't one that would be obvious to very many people, and I simply accepted it as part of this book's "universe," as it had no real impact on the storytelling.

Noel · « **Reply #114 on:** November 22, 2004, 07:40:02 PM »

Yes, they cashed their chips. Trump's other debtors will see him in court. My uncle said he usually watches NBC news but caught the Trump bankrupcy story on CBS. He surmises the Brokaw newscast didn't run the story. It wouldn't be in NBC's interest to do so.

Jane · « **Reply #115 on:** November 22, 2004, 07:40:45 PM »

Wish I could begin WRITERS BLOCK.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #116 on:** November 22, 2004, 07:42:22 PM »

I need to lay down for a bit. Dinner has me quite stuffed.

Boneless chicken breasts fried with a panko crust
Smashed Yukon Gold potatoes with a mushroom gravy
Zucchini strips.

Yum!

Jane · « **Reply #117 on:** November 22, 2004, 07:43:30 PM »

Hasn't Trump filed for bankrupcy before? I have no idea why people find him so interesting.

Matt H. · « **Reply #118 on:** November 22, 2004, 08:08:52 PM »

I was so underwhelmed with the second MATRIX movie that I skipped the third one altogether.

Matt H. · « **Reply #119 on:** November 22, 2004, 08:12:48 PM »

They took publicity photos tonight, so the run through was disrupted and it was harder to focus on the matter at hand. I know they're necessary, but with rehearsals being curtailed for the holidays, we needed a good one tonight before this long break (until Saturday). We didn't get it. [sigh]

Some of us are getting together tomorrow to run scenes. I don't like leaving things to chance.

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