Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Lomellini Family
Anthony van Dyck

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Aadams family?

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 04, 2024 09:30 AM (X8Oaa)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 04, 2024 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

3 They look dysfunctional.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 04, 2024 09:31 AM (X8Oaa)

4 Family of Douchenozzle.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 04, 2024 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

5 Looks like an episode of Blackadder.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 09:31 AM (J2vNu)

6 NURSE!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 04, 2024 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

7 There is a little puppy in the foreground, so I suppose this is art...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 04, 2024 09:31 AM (7fElN)

8 You DYCK!!!

Posted by: Spicoli at September 04, 2024 09:31 AM (OguvZ)

9 Colorful bunch.

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2024 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

10 Polyamory?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 04, 2024 09:32 AM (jh+8d)

11 I see a silhouetto of a man...

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 04, 2024 09:32 AM (pzE/I)

12 Poor lighting. Wouldn't hang.

Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at September 04, 2024 09:32 AM (UWRAE)

13 needs moar black

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

14 Those poor kids.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 04, 2024 09:32 AM (SfhV1)

15 Where my snausages, girl?

Posted by: Fido Lomellini at September 04, 2024 09:32 AM (PiwSw)

16 The armored man doesn't *look* like he'd be much good in a fight, but looks can be deceiving. Best to negotiate for the mistress, rather than seizing her with main force.

Posted by: Inner Monologue of a man with an indecent proposal at September 04, 2024 09:32 AM (HnUIn)

17 No one's doing rabbit ears.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 09:32 AM (v6JzV)

18 If they're so wealthy, why are they standing in a barn?

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 04, 2024 09:33 AM (/QciJ)

19 I would not trust any of them enough to turn my back on them!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 04, 2024 09:33 AM (hOUT3)

20 All dressed up to go to McDonald's for dinner.

Posted by: dantesed at September 04, 2024 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)

21 That lady does not look full of joy.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 04, 2024 09:33 AM (SfhV1)

22 Duu, duu ,duu , duu , click click. Would hang, in my dungeon

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 04, 2024 09:33 AM (337Wc)

23 Is that a NOOSE?

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 04, 2024 09:33 AM (/QciJ)

24 Artist Anthony van Dyck
Year c. 1625–1627
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 269 cm × 254 cm (10x10 little blues)
Location Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

25 The wacky neighbors on The Anthony Van Dyck Show?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at September 04, 2024 09:33 AM (p9rFX)

26 SPONGE!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 04, 2024 09:33 AM (/QciJ)

27 A Van Dyke sporting a van dyke.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2024 09:33 AM (WbH4L)

28 Are the two fathers twins?

Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2024 09:33 AM (xRgqO)

29 The kids seem skeptical

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 04, 2024 09:33 AM (jh+8d)

30 The two men look as though they are sneering at something, possibly the painter. The woman looks as if she's plotting something nefarious. The two children, esp. the boy, don't seem to want to be there.

The only happy creature appears to be the dog.

That said: The highlight work on the leftmost guy's doublet or armor is well done.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (J2vNu)

31 The wacky neighbors on The Anthony Van Dyck Show?
Posted by: Pete in Texas at September 04, 2024 09:33 AM (p9rFX)
++++
They may be many things, but "wacky" probably does not describe them ...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (HnUIn)

32 I wonder why it's in Scotland?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (SfhV1)

33 Pretentious wops.

Wops, not wasps.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (ufFY8)

34 This work is considered his grandest and most encompassing. It was commissioned by Giacomo Lomellini, the Doge of Genoa, and depicts his family, though he himself does not appear in the work. This is because incumbent doges were forbidden from being depicted, to prevent self-promotion.

So then who is the doge in the painting?

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

35 Lomellini? Is that another obscure form of pasta you can buy at World Market?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (J2vNu)

36 I like

Van Dyck.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (Q0kLU)

37 Nice family portrait. A little somber but nice.

Posted by: Tuna at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (oaGWv)

38 They seem nice.

Posted by: red speck at September 04, 2024 09:35 AM (0Id0S)

39
Dog, therefore art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2024 09:35 AM (1Nxff)

40 This is because incumbent doges were forbidden from being depicted, to prevent self-promotion.

So then who is the doge in the painting?
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024

***
Doges gotta dodge.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 09:35 AM (J2vNu)

41 Aadams family?
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 04, 2024 09:30 AM (X8Oaa)

Good morning, nurse!

As Morticia said, "The second 'd' makes all the difference."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 09:35 AM (Q0kLU)

42 Armor guy looks...haughty.

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2024 09:35 AM (AwYPR)

43 Artist Anthony van Dyck
Year c. 1625–1627

Puntable yappy dogs have been around a long time, it seems.

Posted by: spindrift at September 04, 2024 09:35 AM (OguvZ)

44 The only thing worse than this family is Van Dyck's English accent in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 04, 2024 09:36 AM (ufFY8)

45 Night portraiture? Must be vampires.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 04, 2024 09:36 AM (nGrbk)

46 "Love what you've done with the place. Looks... lived in."

Posted by: red speck at September 04, 2024 09:36 AM (0Id0S)

47 Little girl is saying "my brutha from the same mutha, but mommy's a hoor-ah"

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 04, 2024 09:36 AM (NMT5x)

48 So then who is the doge in the painting?
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

Arf!

Posted by: Fido Lomellini at September 04, 2024 09:36 AM (PiwSw)

49 This work is considered his grandest and most encompassing. It was commissioned by Giacomo Lomellini, the Doge of Genoa, and depicts his family, though he himself does not appear in the work. This is because incumbent doges were forbidden from being depicted, to prevent self-promotion.

So then who is the doge in the painting?
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

So who are the adult guys in the painting? Brothers? His older sons by a deceased wife?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 04, 2024 09:37 AM (s9EYN)

50 I don't like the colors of the outfits they chose for their family portrait.
Think people think.
This is a pet peeve of mine regarding wedding pictures, family pictures and paintings.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 04, 2024 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

51 That's a very stern looking family.

Posted by: IC - #FJB at September 04, 2024 09:37 AM (ZtyUu)

52 Doge style, yo

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at September 04, 2024 09:37 AM (ufFY8)

53 Is this where the phrase "Who's your daddy?" comes from?

Posted by: red speck at September 04, 2024 09:37 AM (0Id0S)

54
Lomellini is a pimp. He never could have outfought Santino.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2024 09:37 AM (1Nxff)

55 44 The only thing worse than this family is Van Dyck's English accent in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 04, 2024 09:36 AM (ufFY

Best Bond story ever.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:37 AM (gbOdA)

56 OT
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Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la pittura e Olandese #29 at September 04, 2024 09:38 AM (qfLjt)

57 So who are the adult guys in the painting? Brothers? His older sons by a deceased wife?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 04, 2024 09:37 AM (s9EYN)

Correct first and second families

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:38 AM (gbOdA)

58 So then who is the doge in the painting?

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

I have stepped in to comfort the wife...

Posted by: The Paolo at September 04, 2024 09:38 AM (d9fT1)

59 41 Aadams family?
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 04, 2024 09:30 AM (X8Oaa)

Good morning, nurse!

As Morticia said, "The second 'd' makes all the difference."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 09:35 AM (Q0kLU)

hehehehe, double d, hehehehe...

Posted by: Beavis at September 04, 2024 09:38 AM (i0F8b)

60 If you hang that painting upside down, they look just like bats,

Posted by: blaster at September 04, 2024 09:38 AM (xhfG9)

61 Guy with the 'sword' is going to see a man about a 'doge', IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at September 04, 2024 09:39 AM (ufFY8)

62 Van Dyck seems OK, but still, nobody beats the Van Wyck!

Posted by: Queen of Queens at September 04, 2024 09:39 AM (CV8a5)

63 NICE DYCK!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:39 AM (gbOdA)

64 This work is considered his grandest and most encompassing. It was commissioned by Giacomo Lomellini, the Doge of Genoa, and depicts his family, though he himself does not appear in the work. This is because incumbent doges were forbidden from being depicted, to prevent self-promotion.

Ingenious workaround:

Have the doge out of frame yet his image reflected in a mirror.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 04, 2024 09:39 AM (pzE/I)

65 It would be nice if we could see the dog's face.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 04, 2024 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

66 All the heavy voluminous clothing they used to wear - how hot and sweaty do they get in the summer? coupled with no air conditioning and inconsistent bathing...shudder.

Posted by: IC - #FJB at September 04, 2024 09:40 AM (ZtyUu)

67 I wonder why it's in Scotland?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (SfhV1)

The Scottish Enlightenment probably. Lots of money.

And the museum is nice! Small, but well done.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2024 09:40 AM (d9fT1)

68 I wonder how many Dycks the artist stuck his finger into.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 09:40 AM (v6JzV)

69 See, they had dicks even then, before democrats even.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la pittura e Olandese #30 at September 04, 2024 09:40 AM (qfLjt)

70 66 All the heavy voluminous clothing they used to wear - how hot and sweaty do they get in the summer? coupled with no air conditioning and inconsistent bathing...shudder.
Posted by: IC - #FJB at September 04, 2024 09:40 AM (ZtyUu)

Funkytown

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:40 AM (gbOdA)

71 Morticia.

Posted by: m at September 04, 2024 09:41 AM (64Zez)

72 So van Dyck was a contemporary of Kings James I and Charles I of England.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 09:41 AM (J2vNu)

73 This entire family could eat watermelon through a picket fence.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024 09:41 AM (FmapG)

74 What a bunch of prycks

Posted by: Doof at September 04, 2024 09:41 AM (RhGG0)

75 Florentine Pogen>>>Doge of Genoa

Posted by: Obscure Zappa Reference at September 04, 2024 09:41 AM (CV8a5)

76 Pretty wife unless she was overly-flattered by the painter.

I believe Kris can confirm that in art parlance that is known as Rachelcorrying.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 04, 2024 09:42 AM (CEzQx)

77 Muslim women show more skin.....

Posted by: Stateless at September 04, 2024 09:42 AM (jvJvP)

78 I wonder how many Dycks the artist stuck his finger into.
Posted by: Bulg

All of 'em.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 04, 2024 09:42 AM (pzE/I)

79 They lived down the block from me in the Bronx. Nice folks.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2024 09:43 AM (SpgZO)

80 Did the Doge of Genoa feed salami to his dog in Genoa?

Posted by: Meat of the Matter at September 04, 2024 09:43 AM (CV8a5)

81 The only thing worse than this family is Van Dyck's English accent in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

You mean Mary Poppins. He used his regular voice in Chitty, raising the question of why his father and his children all have English accents, but he doesn't.

And Van Dyke has said the reason his accent was so bad in Poppins[/] was that his dialect coach was Irish and so filtered cockney through a brogue.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 09:43 AM (Q0kLU)

82 What's a noose?

Not much.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 04, 2024 09:43 AM (CEzQx)

83 It's AI. Look at the fingers on the lady's right hand!

Posted by: m at September 04, 2024 09:43 AM (64Zez)

84

A few moments later, the children were eaten...

Posted by: Elderly Git at September 04, 2024 09:43 AM (i77uW)

85 Pretty wife unless she was overly-flattered by the painter.

I believe Kris can confirm that in art parlance that is known as Rachelcorrying.
Posted by: andycanuck

Very two dimensional.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 04, 2024 09:44 AM (pzE/I)

86 I'm so Lomellini I could cry

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at September 04, 2024 09:44 AM (FfSAJ)

87 Mmmmm...Truly Scrumptious...mmmmmm...

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 09:44 AM (v6JzV)

88 They owned midgets, too ... ?

Posted by: Dr_No at September 04, 2024 09:44 AM (ayRl+)

89 How much is that doge in the window?
The one with the wiggly tail?

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 04, 2024 09:44 AM (CEzQx)

90 67 I wonder why it's in Scotland?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (SfhV1)

The Scottish Enlightenment probably. Lots of money.

And the museum is nice! Small, but well done.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2024 09:40 AM (d9fT1)

Wki says it was purchased by Royal Institute and then later transferred to Scotland. RI is kind of like Smithsonian I guess.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:45 AM (gbOdA)

91 80 Did the Doge of Genoa feed salami to his dog in Genoa?

Posted by: Meat of the Matter at September 04, 2024 09:43 AM (CV8a5)
----
Probably but they called it Genova.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la pittura e Olandese #31 at September 04, 2024 09:45 AM (qfLjt)

92 Kids will be fine if they make it through any childhood diseases

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2024 09:45 AM (fwDg9)

93 What? There was a sale on black paint, and I overbought!

Posted by: Anthony van Dyck at September 04, 2024 09:45 AM (DobEs)

94 accent in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

You mean Mary Poppins

That's why it was so bad.
Wrong movie

Ooops.

Thx for the correction.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 04, 2024 09:45 AM (ufFY8)

95 And Van Dyke has said the reason his accent was so bad in Poppins[/] was that his dialect coach was Irish and so filtered cockney through a brogue.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Geesh, all you gotta do is listen to Oliver! and My Fair Lady and you can do a passible Cockney.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 09:46 AM (v6JzV)

96 Going out to dinner in Aurora.

Thus the armor and spear.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2024 09:46 AM (SpgZO)

97 It's AI. Look at the fingers on the lady's right hand!
Posted by: m at September 04, 2024

***
Only three fingers and a thumb? That's all she got left 'cause the alligator bit it!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 09:46 AM (J2vNu)

98 Going full goth I see.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 04, 2024 09:46 AM (Q4IgG)

99 What? There was a sale on black paint, and I overbought!
Posted by: Anthony van Dyck

The Lomellini Family - On black velvet

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 04, 2024 09:46 AM (pzE/I)

100
I wonder why it's in Scotland?

_________

The Lomellinis don't have that kind of muscle any more. The Doge is sick. They're getting chased out of Genoa by Barzini and the other Families.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2024 09:46 AM (1Nxff)

101 Ah, The Flying Lommellinis!

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2024 09:47 AM (LHPAg)

102 Not enough whiteface makeup or eyeliner for full goth points.

Posted by: XTC at September 04, 2024 09:47 AM (UnA8+)

103 72 So van Dyck was a contemporary of Kings James I and Charles I of England.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 09:41 AM (J2vNu)

Yeah. Anthony van Dyck became a court painter under Charles. He did quite a few portraits of the king.

Posted by: Kris at September 04, 2024 09:47 AM (EwaUh)

104 An onion on a spear makes for a tear gas grenade
(apologies to Wayne & Shuster)

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la pittura e Olandese #32 at September 04, 2024 09:48 AM (qfLjt)

105 The family looks a little creepy to me.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 04, 2024 09:48 AM (NpAcC)

106 60 If you hang that painting upside down, they look just like bats,
Posted by: blaster at September 04, 2024 09:38 AM (xhfG9)

; )

Posted by: m at September 04, 2024 09:48 AM (64Zez)

107 Yeah. Anthony van Dyck became a court painter under Charles. He did quite a few portraits of the king.
Posted by: Kris

Thus the name of the facial hair that Charles sported.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 09:48 AM (v6JzV)

108 Ah, The Flying Lommellinis!
Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2024 09:47 AM (LHPAg)

The high wire act?

Posted by: dantesed at September 04, 2024 09:48 AM (Oy/m2)

109 Actually Norm, Johnny Cash was strongly influenced by this painting.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at September 04, 2024 09:48 AM (DobEs)

110 The family looks a little creepy to me.
Posted by: redridinghood

and cooky? what about all together spooky?

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 04, 2024 09:48 AM (CIS44)

111 Lily Munster or Morticia Addams? (the originals)

The power of 'and' does not apply for this exercise.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at September 04, 2024 09:48 AM (ufFY8)

112 97 It's AI. Look at the fingers on the lady's right hand!
Posted by: m at September 04, 2024

***
Only three fingers and a thumb? That's all she got left 'cause the alligator bit it!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 09:46 AM (J2vNu)
Hey, Django Harris got by pretty good with the same ‘handicap’.

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2024 09:49 AM (LHPAg)

113 Lily, definitely.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 09:49 AM (v6JzV)

114 Thus the name of the facial hair that Charles sported.
Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 09:48 AM (v6JzV)

Now do Prince Albert.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:49 AM (gbOdA)

115 Now do Prince Albert.
Posted by: rhennigantx

He's in the can.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 09:49 AM (v6JzV)

116 Ah, The Flying Lommellinis!

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2024 09:47 AM (LHPAg)

Made me laugh.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2024 09:50 AM (SpgZO)

117 Quite the doo on the guy on the left. Probably using Jhericurl, too.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at September 04, 2024 09:50 AM (luW68)

118 The road-worthy car used in Chitty is still around,* being exhibited for charity events. If ever I win a serious amount of lottery money, I'm going to find one of those shops where they rebuild classic cars and pay them to make me an exact full-size drivable replica.

*It was, IIRC, built on a Ford 8-cylinder chassis.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 09:50 AM (Q0kLU)

119 Yeah. Anthony van Dyck became a court painter under Charles. He did quite a few portraits of the king.
-----
Including the famous triple portrait.

Charles I in Three Positions, also known as the Triple Portrait of Charles I, is an oil painting of Charles I of England painted 1635–1636[1] by the Flemish artist Sir Anthony van Dyck, showing the king from three viewpoints: left full profile, face on, and right three-quarter profile. It is currently part of the Royal Collection.[2]

Really good image at Wiki:
https://tinyurl.com/4hw8t2an

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 04, 2024 09:51 AM (CEzQx)

120 And Van Dyke has said the reason his accent was so bad in Poppins[/] was that his dialect coach was Irish and so filtered cockney through a brogue.

Who probably laughed himself silly all the way home each day after work.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 04, 2024 09:51 AM (/y8xj)

121 Car enthusiasts generally agree the Lamborghini Lommellini was a car ahead of his time, but consumers weren't ready for a car with more syllables than cylinders.

Posted by: Car nerd at September 04, 2024 09:52 AM (DobEs)

122 Lily Munster or Morticia Addams? (the originals)

The power of 'and' does not apply for this exercise.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at September 04, 2024 09:48 AM (ufFY

Hard choice. Morticia by a nose, but I'd gladly spend my last night in bed with them both.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 09:52 AM (Q0kLU)

123 Now do Prince Albert.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:49 AM (gbOdA)

Gotta take him out of the can first.

Posted by: Kris at September 04, 2024 09:52 AM (EwaUh)

124 The family does not stand out well against this background. Except the kids; they are at least in light colors.

The background looks like the sets of the count's castle and Carfax Abbey in the 1931 Dracula.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 09:52 AM (J2vNu)

125 and cooky? what about all together spooky?
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 04, 2024 09:48 AM (CIS44)
****
🫰🫰

Posted by: redridinghood at September 04, 2024 09:52 AM (NpAcC)

126 119 Yeah. Anthony van Dyck became a court painter under Charles. He did quite a few portraits of the king.
-----
Including the famous triple portrait.

Charles I in Three Positions, also known as the Triple Portrait of Charles I, is an oil painting of Charles I of England painted 1635–1636[1] by the Flemish artist Sir Anthony van Dyck, showing the king from three viewpoints: left full profile, face on, and right three-quarter profile. It is currently part of the Royal Collection.[2]

Really good image at Wiki:
https://tinyurl.com/4hw8t2an
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 04, 2024 09:51 AM (CEzQx)

There will always be a Dyck in Buckingham Palace.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:53 AM (gbOdA)

127 Does anyone remember Alfalfa dosing his hair with lard to look good for the ladies?

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024 09:53 AM (FmapG)

128 For me: Morticia, unquestionably.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 09:54 AM (J2vNu)

129 119 the famous triple portrait

Charles I in Three Positions, also known as the Triple Portrait of Charles I, is an oil painting of Charles I of England painted 1635–1636[1] by the Flemish artist Sir Anthony van Dyck, showing the king from three viewpoints: left full profile, face on, and right three-quarter profile. It is currently part of the Royal Collection.[2]

Really good image at Wiki:
https://tinyurl.com/4hw8t2an
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 04, 2024 09:51 AM (CEzQx)

caption of dialog for The Three Positions:

"You must pay the rent."
"But I can't pay the rent."
...
"I'LL pay the rent."

Posted by: m at September 04, 2024 09:54 AM (64Zez)

130 Left to right:
Fester, Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley, Wednesday

Looking to see if Thing is in frame

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 04, 2024 09:54 AM (EGSGm)

131 Does anyone remember Alfalfa dosing his hair with lard to look good for the ladies?

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024 09:53 AM (FmapG)

I remember Wheezer eating lard.

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2024 09:54 AM (AwYPR)

132 What a Dyck. Would not hang, even though as the first mob family, they probably did.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at September 04, 2024 09:54 AM (Aoykm)

133 I like the orange color the children are wearing as. A contrast to the black clothes of the adults.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2024 09:54 AM (R66DZ)

134 Doggo, ergo art.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 09:55 AM (ZANHd)

135 Sure, give the sword to the guy who looks like he has the grip strength of static cling.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at September 04, 2024 09:55 AM (pIfcn)

136 Looks like an episode of Blackadder.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 09:31 AM

"Yes! I was the waitress!"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 09:56 AM (ZANHd)

137 Instead of having dozens of Secret Service agents on his detail for the July 13 rally, Trump was mostly guarded by Homeland Security agents who only received online webinar training before the event, Hawley (R-Mo.) said in an interview on “Jesse Watters Primetime” Tuesday evening.

“A two-hour, online webinar. And I’m told that half the time, the sounds to the webinar didn’t even work,” Hawley claimed.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:56 AM (gbOdA)

138
"The Anthony van Dyck Show", which premiered in 1962 on CBS, was cancelled after numerous viewer complaints following the series fifth show in which,

Roberto stabbed wife, Laura, through the heart for suspected infidelity, wrongly as it turns out. All at the instigation of Son, Robbie the Weasel of Silence, and sister, Sally the She-Wolf of Turin, as they were known to their playmates.

Upon this revelation, Roberto committed suicide by drinking poison and died in agony as the end credits rolled and the cheerful theme song played.

For years, the remaining episodes were never shown having been locked in a vault in Cucamonga.

Netflix is proud to announce that it has retained all 13 episodes of "The Anthony van Dyck Show", which will be shown in their entirety as a weekly series starting this Friday.

Including, the legendary 6th episode wherein Roberto is condemned to Hell for the mortal sin of self-destruction and their finds a nightmare version of his family controlled by Walnuts from out of the Ethereal Ethers of Space.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 04, 2024 09:56 AM (eDfFs)

139 127 Does anyone remember Alfalfa dosing his hair with lard to look good for the ladies?
Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024 09:53 AM (FmapG)
Hell, I remember using Lucky Tiger on my own hair, back when I had hair.

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2024 09:56 AM (LHPAg)

140 “A two-hour, online webinar. And I’m told that half the time, the sounds to the webinar didn’t even work,” Hawley claimed.
Posted by: rhennigantx a

I mean who among us hasn't muted a 'mandatory' webinar.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 04, 2024 09:56 AM (CIS44)

141 Uplifting - a limerick

Her plastic surgeon's one you have to like
Whene’er he sees hher coming he says, "Yikes!"
That dimple in her chin?
It shows up with every grin
One more face lift she'll be sporting a Van Dyke

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2024 09:56 AM (991eG)

142 Yeah. Anthony van Dyck became a court painter under Charles. He did quite a few portraits of the king.
Posted by: Kris

Did some painting in a Court House once, but the plaster wasn't completely dry and it quickly became the Court of Ap-peals.

Posted by: Prime Suspect at September 04, 2024 09:57 AM (CV8a5)

143 The gauzy netting is kind of great.

Posted by: m at September 04, 2024 09:57 AM (64Zez)

144 but consumers weren't ready for a car with more syllables than cylinders.
Posted by: Car nerd at September 04, 2024 09:52 AM

What?! People waited in line for me!

Posted by: A Trabant at September 04, 2024 09:58 AM (ZANHd)

145 We all know that Lurch was banging Morticia.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 09:58 AM (v6JzV)

146 Tom Elliott
@tomselliott
MSNBC's
@JoeNBC: "If you are a capitalist, if you believe in American capitalism," you must support
@KamalaHarris

https://tinyurl.com/4rwdyy4p

Posted by: redridinghood at September 04, 2024 09:58 AM (NpAcC)

147 Well done painting.. Morn' all

Posted by: It's me donna at September 04, 2024 09:59 AM (IyPmt)

148 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 18h
NEW - 007's Daniel Craig stars in drug-fuelled love story "Queer"
In his new film "Queer", Daniel Craig sheds his suave 007 persona for the loneliness and anguish of a drug-addicted gay man, in a love story based on the David French Story.
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Some of that might be made up as I didn't go to the story link.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 04, 2024 09:59 AM (CEzQx)

149 "The Anthony van Dyck Show", which premiered in 1962 on CBS, was cancelled after numerous viewer complaints following the series fifth show in which,

Roberto stabbed wife, Laura, through the heart for suspected infidelity, wrongly as it turns out. All at the instigation of Son, Robbie the Weasel of Silence, and sister, Sally the She-Wolf of Turin, as they were known to their playmates.

Upon this revelation, Roberto committed suicide by drinking poison and died in agony as the end credits rolled and the cheerful theme song played.

For years, the remaining episodes were never shown having been locked in a vault in Cucamonga.

Netflix is proud to announce that it has retained all 13 episodes of "The Anthony van Dyck Show", which will be shown in their entirety as a weekly series starting this Friday.

Including, the legendary 6th episode wherein Roberto is condemned to Hell for the mortal sin of self-destruction and their finds a nightmare version of his family controlled by Walnuts from out of the Ethereal Ethers of Space.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 04, 2024

***
Sounds like an American I, Claudius

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 09:59 AM (J2vNu)

150 Charles I in Three Positions,

I was beside myself in '49.

Posted by: zombie Charles I at September 04, 2024 09:59 AM (OguvZ)

151 Doggo, ergo art.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 09:55 AM (ZANHd)

Cogito, ergo sum.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 09:59 AM (Q0kLU)

152 Corgito, ergo doggo.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:00 AM (v6JzV)

153 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Do we know these people?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2024 10:00 AM (W/lyH)

154 What?! People waited in line for me!
Posted by: A Trabant at September 04, 2024p.u[

***
"Thank you, comrade. Your car will be ready for pickup ten years from today."

"Might I ask, morning or afternoon?"

"Why does that matter, comrade?"

"The plumber is coming in the morning."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:01 AM (J2vNu)

155 How'd the geezer-fleecing go yesterday, Diogenes?

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:01 AM (v6JzV)

156

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:01 AM (J2vNu)

157 So I see they're going with "Texas is gonna go blue again! " Cruz is in a dead heat !

Posted by: It's me donna at September 04, 2024 10:01 AM (IyPmt)

158 Damn interesting portrait. The dark, ominous background and clothing really makes the faces stand out. And each face is very individualistic: the haughty soldier on the left, the stern man in the middle who notices everything, and the calculating expression on the woman. (Even the woman's hand seems more like a grasping claw or talon.) It all screams 'we have power, don't mess with us'. There is no warmth in the image. The children are also individuals with their very different expressions and they aren't happy, especially the boy. Even the dog is a little terror.

I can't help but feel there is some humor involved in the painting. Everything is just a bit exaggerated, from the expressions to their stances. And the artist's self portrait, with a huge sunflower, hints at that as well.

It adds an element of fun to the appreciation of the art.

Posted by: JTB at September 04, 2024 10:01 AM (zudum)

159 Alfalfa was a sociopath that the other kids were afraid of and was hated by cast and crew alike. Fire bug, too. Died a violent death at an early age.
Spanky was beloved by all.

Posted by: Our Gang Follies at September 04, 2024 10:02 AM (CV8a5)

160 Daniel Craig sheds his suave 007 persona

Daniel Craig didn't portray a "suave" 007, though.

Posted by: zombie Charles I at September 04, 2024 10:03 AM (OguvZ)

161 Gonna be a long day for me; I've got a reception to go to at five, half an hour after my usual quitting time. True, I get a free feed. But I've got to smile and be charming for an hour or so, at the end of the work day.

And it may be raining. Joy, squared.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:03 AM (J2vNu)

162 We watched the Dick Van Dyke show when we were kids... Oh, Rob.....

Posted by: It's me donna at September 04, 2024 10:03 AM (IyPmt)

163 The guy who played Alfalfa had a bit part in It's A Wonderful Life. He's the one who opened up the gym floor so that everyone fell in the swimming pool underneath.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:03 AM (v6JzV)

164 > I mean who among us hasn't muted a 'mandatory' webinar.
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During the covid op we were sent home to work. There was an attempt to use MS Teams for video conferencing, but it failed miserably. So we resorted to daily telephone conferences.

The sounds emanating from some people's phones....

Ok, dude, you're in the can, put it on mute. Dude, you're obviously outside with your dog, put it on mute. Sally, shut your kids up so we can hear.

"working from home"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 04, 2024 10:03 AM (Q4IgG)

165 Doggo, ergo art.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 09:55 AM (ZANHd)

Cogito, ergo sum.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 09:59 AM

Cogito, ergo spud.

I think, therefore I yam.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:04 AM (ZANHd)

166 We all know that Lurch was banging Morticia.

There's an episode of The Addams Family called "Gomez, The People's Choice," where Gomez decides to run for mayor. At first, Morticia is pleased, but when Gomez pays more attention to his candidacy than to her, she plots with Grandmama and Uncle Fester to sabotage his candidacy.

At the end of the episode, when Gomez finds out, he swears he will never forgive her. Morticia says something in French, and then Gomez begins kissing her hand and arm, all the time muttering, "I'll never forgive you. . .never, never, never. . ."

At which point Morticia turns to the camera and gives it a sly, lustful smile which all but tells you the two of them are going upstairs to fuck their brains out.

You really have to see it to get the full picture. Sadly, I can't find a clip to post.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 10:04 AM (Q0kLU)

167 159 Alfalfa was a sociopath that the other kids were afraid of and was hated by cast and crew alike. Fire bug, too. Died a violent death at an early age.
Spanky was beloved by all.
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Alfalfa was killed by gunshot. Believe it was in a bar.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024 10:04 AM (FmapG)

168 This work is considered his grandest and most encompassing. It was commissioned by Giacomo Lomellini, the Doge of Genoa, and depicts his family, though he himself does not appear in the work. This is because incumbent doges were forbidden from being depicted, to prevent self-promotion.

So then who is the doge in the painting?
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

Probably late to the party, but did he pay in Dogecoin?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2024 10:04 AM (C4m9I)

169
I'll bet the artist grew tired of having everything he did being called "a Dyck move"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 04, 2024 10:04 AM (xG4kz)

170 Fashion in that era was a bit, how you say, confining.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at September 04, 2024 10:04 AM (2xB3Z)

171 We all know that Lurch was banging Morticia.
Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 09:58 AM

*shifty....ummm*

Posted by: Thing at September 04, 2024 10:05 AM (ZANHd)

172 Automobile magazine, in the early years, used to sell "Cogito Ergo Zoom" T-shirts.

Posted by: spindrift at September 04, 2024 10:05 AM (OguvZ)

173 At which point Morticia turns to the camera and gives it a sly, lustful smile which all but tells you the two of them are going upstairs to fuck their brains out.

You really have to see it to get the full picture. Sadly, I can't find a clip to post.
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Gomez really liked electric trains, too.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024 10:05 AM (FmapG)

174 Left to right:
Fester, Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley, Wednesday

Looking to see if Thing is in frame
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 04, 2024 09:54 AM (EGSGm)
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Who do you think painted the portrait?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 04, 2024 10:07 AM (7fElN)

175 173 At which point Morticia turns to the camera and gives it a sly, lustful smile which all but tells you the two of them are going upstairs to fuck their brains out.

You really have to see it to get the full picture. Sadly, I can't find a clip to post.
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Gomez really liked electric trains, too.
Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024 10:05 AM (FmapG)
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I bet Gomez liked pulling hia train into Morticia's station, if you know what I mean.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at September 04, 2024 10:07 AM (2xB3Z)

176 How'd the geezer-fleecing go yesterday, Diogenes?
Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:01 AM (v6JzV)

Didn't have a good round but still was able to win enough to cover my bar tab.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2024 10:07 AM (W/lyH)

177 It's always wearing a curass in normal settings that cracks me up. Is he worried of a assassination attempt?

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2024 10:07 AM (fwDg9)

178 At which point Morticia turns to the camera and gives it a sly, lustful smile which all but tells you the two of them are going upstairs to fuck their brains out.

You really have to see it to get the full picture. Sadly, I can't find a clip to post.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024

***
How they got away with that, got that past network Standards & Practices, in 1964 amazes me. There's a story that S & P at NBC objected to a line in a Man From U.N.C.L.E. script which described a character sitting in "the crotch of a tree." The word "crotch" was not in the dialog, just a stage direction, and it was only the crotch of a tree; but some bluenose blue-penciled it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:08 AM (J2vNu)

179 It's a great place to hide your booze when you go to public sporting events, like err... jousting.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at September 04, 2024 10:09 AM (2xB3Z)

180 @177 see 179

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at September 04, 2024 10:09 AM (2xB3Z)

181 I bet Gomez liked pulling hia train into Morticia's station, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at September 04, 2024

***
No doubt she liked that he had a powerful transformer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:10 AM (J2vNu)

182 I never cared for the Our Gang / Little Rascals shorts.

Then again, I don't really like Laurel and Hardy, either.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 10:10 AM (Q0kLU)

183 would love to see this one IRL

Posted by: kallisto at September 04, 2024 10:10 AM (dCxaZ)

184 Popular gun Youtuber Paul Harrell has died. Love him or hate him, he created a lot of interesting content. [dri]

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First of all, who could hate him. His informative and dryly funny videos were some of the best in the "guntube" genre, and his soft spoken nature was refreshing compared to many of the over-the-top operator types.

He will be missed by me.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 04, 2024 10:11 AM (FCbAQ)

185 Then again, I don't really like Laurel and Hardy, either.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 10:10 AM (Q0kLU)
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Hi there!

Posted by: Larry, Curly and Moe at September 04, 2024 10:11 AM (tT6L1)

186 182 I never cared for the Our Gang / Little Rascals shorts.

Then again, I don't really like Laurel and Hardy, either.
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You are all fucked up. Bet you didn't like Tarzan movies, either.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024 10:12 AM (FmapG)

187 185 comments, and a search for "Bag of Dycks" comes up empty.

Who ARE you people???

Posted by: Doof at September 04, 2024 10:12 AM (RhGG0)

188 I never cared for the Our Gang / Little Rascals shorts.

Then again, I don't really like Laurel and Hardy, either.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024

***
As a boy I never got to see any of the Our Gang films, and very few L & H. Three Stooges, yes, which I outgrew long ago, and the Bowery Boys movies, which I suspect I've outgrown as well. Abbott & Costello were a favorite of mine, and there are some actual funny lines in the A & C Meet Frankenstein film.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:12 AM (J2vNu)

189 Hi there!
Posted by: Larry, Curly and Moe at September 04, 2024 10:11 AM (tT6L1)

I sometimes wonder if the Stooges would have become so popular later in their careers had Columbia not allowed their shorts to be shown on TV. They might have ended up as well-known as the Ritz Brothers or Wheeler and Woolsey.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 10:13 AM (Q0kLU)

190 Who ARE you people???

Posted by: Doof at September 04, 2024 10:12 AM (RhGG0)

It's sad how far they have fallen.

I think a Freud Retrospective might snap them out of it!

Posted by: CharlieGray'sDildo at September 04, 2024 10:14 AM (d9fT1)

191 I watched the video wherein Mr. Harrell announced his death and it was obvious his brother was having trouble keeping it together.

I'll miss Mr. Harrell.

I wonder if Mr. Harrell was amused by the fact technology allowed him to announce his own death?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 04, 2024 10:14 AM (tT6L1)

192 Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2024 10:00 AM (W/lyH)
++++
I found mine! I hope you had similar luck.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 04, 2024 10:15 AM (HnUIn)

193 Tarzan movies were on Sunday afternoons when I was a kid, and Son of Kong; and we had a "Science Fiction Theatre" deal on Monday nights on our local CBS outlet with most of the giant creature films like Them! (still dynamite to me) and Attack of the Crab Monsters.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:15 AM (J2vNu)

194 As a boy I never got to see any of the Our Gang films, and very few L & H. Three Stooges, yes, which I outgrew long ago, and the Bowery Boys movies, which I suspect I've outgrown as well. Abbott & Costello were a favorite of mine, and there are some actual funny lines in the A & C Meet Frankenstein film.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:12 AM (J2vNu)

Comedy shorts (sound ones, I mean) are really hit or miss, and you either love them or find them irritating. I happen to like the Stooges, but really only the classic 1933-35 episodes, and even those have some clunkers.

Charley Chase made some funny domestic-themed shorts and I also like - though these are really hit or miss - the shorts Hal Roach produced with Thelma Tood and Zasu Pitts (later replaced by Patsy Kelly).

I do like L&H's Big Business and The Music Box, but to me they are funnier in silence than in sound.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 10:17 AM (Q0kLU)

195 Tarzan movies were on Sunday afternoons when I was a kid, and Son of Kong; and we had a "Science Fiction Theatre" deal on Monday nights on our local CBS outlet with most of the giant creature films like Them! (still dynamite to me) and Attack of the Crab Monsters.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:15 AM

Saturday afternoon...Creature Double Feature.

Young me was confused by Japanese people's mouths moving out of sync with their voices.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:17 AM (ZANHd)

196 Abbot and Costello had some great stuff.

7x13 = 28

https://tinyurl.com/2mmvtm3w

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 04, 2024 10:18 AM (tT6L1)

197 Tarzan movies were on Sunday afternoons when I was a kid, and Son of Kong; and we had a "Science Fiction Theatre" deal on Monday nights on our local CBS outlet with most of the giant creature films like Them! (still dynamite to me) and Attack of the Crab Monsters.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

1950's black & white hokey sci-fi movies FTW!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 04, 2024 10:18 AM (pzE/I)

198 Paul Harrell was the first YouTuber that I subscribed to. His 'explainers' on different types of ammo were really pretty good. Shooting hunks of meat was different.

And, of course, his reviews of various survival foods was off the hook funny.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 04, 2024 10:18 AM (Q4IgG)

199 It's birthday 71. And suddenly I'm an old man.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at September 04, 2024 10:18 AM (FfSAJ)

200 Sorry, that should have been "Thelma Todd."

Fat damned fingers.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 10:18 AM (Q0kLU)

201 Young me was confused by Japanese people's mouths moving out of sync with their voices.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Mouthmovemenmouthmovementmouthmovement>>> Hey you! Run!!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 04, 2024 10:19 AM (pzE/I)

202 The Lomellini Family - a limerick

I'll tell the father's story with a rhyme:
He used his noodle, used it all the thyme
His steely eyes were squinty
But now he's just al dente
Mister Lomellini's well pasta his prime

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2024 10:19 AM (991eG)

203 It's birthday 71. And suddenly I'm an old man.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at September 04, 2024 10:18 AM (FfSAJ)
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Congratulations, I'm sorry to heat that.....

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 04, 2024 10:19 AM (tT6L1)

204 It's birthday 71. And suddenly I'm an old man.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at September 04, 2024 10:18 AM (FfSAJ)

Happy birthday to you!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2024 10:20 AM (C4m9I)

205 Ah, The Flying Lommellinis!
Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2024 09:47 AM (LHPAg)
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Good thing I searched the page for the word "flying" before commenting.

So... I have nothing to say.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 04, 2024 10:20 AM (3FwIG)

206 I never cared for the Our Gang / Little Rascals shorts.

Then again, I don't really like Laurel and Hardy, either.

OG/LR left me mostly cold though there's a few episodes that I liked as a wee tad.

Laurel & Hardy though, man, I still find them funny and always laugh at their shtick.

Their movies are a mixed bag but their shorts are almost always great.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 04, 2024 10:20 AM (eDfFs)

207 You know, if you're only as old as you feel, my body tells me I'm 91....

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 04, 2024 10:20 AM (tT6L1)

208
*It was, IIRC, built on a Ford 8-cylinder chassis.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 09:50 AM (Q0kLU)

Speaking of, dude on YT has proven the Cybertruck chassis is garbage and snaps in half.

Runs the same test on an F150 chassis and proves it ISN'T garbage. Bends and warps, but does NOT break.

And he does some MEAN shit to it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 04, 2024 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)

209 But now he's just al dente
Mister Lomellini's well pasta his prime

********

I thought I'd just throw that against the wall and see what stuck!

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2024 10:21 AM (991eG)

210 You know, if you're only as old as you feel, my body tells me I'm 91....
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 04, 2024 10:20 AM (tT6L1)

*my 104 year old carcass fistbumps you*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 04, 2024 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)

211 The Lomellini Family - a limerick

I'll tell the father's story with a rhyme:
He used his noodle, used it all the thyme
His steely eyes were squinty
But now he's just al dente
Mister Lomellini's well pasta his prime
Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2024 10:19 AM (991eG)
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Now do Lynn Guini!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 04, 2024 10:22 AM (3FwIG)

212 I thought I'd just throw that against the wall and see what stuck!
Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2024 10:21 AM (991eG)
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That's using your noodle!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 04, 2024 10:22 AM (3FwIG)

213
Mouthmovemenmouthmovementmouthmovement>>> Hey you! Run!!
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 04, 2024 10:19 AM (pzE/I)

I don't think this could've been text any funnier for that description.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 04, 2024 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)

214 It's birthday 71. And suddenly I'm an old man.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at September 04, 2024 10:18 AM (FfSAJ)

Happy Birthday Old Man!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 04, 2024 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

215 I had a thong rind.

It was sublime, but the wrong kind.

Posted by: Andy Devine at September 04, 2024 10:23 AM (QB+5g)

216 Speaking of, dude on YT has proven the Cybertruck chassis is garbage and snaps in half.

Runs the same test on an F150 chassis and proves it ISN'T garbage. Bends and warps, but does NOT break.

And he does some MEAN shit to it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 04, 2024 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)

Must be nice to have enough money that you can destroy a quarter million bucks worth of vehicles.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2024 10:23 AM (C4m9I)

217 203 It's birthday 71. And suddenly I'm an old man.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at September 04, 2024 10:18 AM (FfSAJ)

I thought we were all 29 here. Rich. Banging 10's

Posted by: Lucky Ned Pepper at September 04, 2024 10:24 AM (og5mY)

218 He should have just painted the little girl. Her glistening dress really stands out amongst the dreary adults. The little boy looks envious of her.

Posted by: BonnieBlue is tired of the lies at September 04, 2024 10:24 AM (+dDby)

219 Our Gang was unique in that they were the first films to have a biracial cast.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:25 AM (v6JzV)

220 I thought I'd just throw that against the wall and see what stuck!
Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2024

***
[Oscar hurls plate of pasta that Felix has just prepared against the kitchen wall. Shouts]: "That's what I think of your spaghetti!"

Felix [laughing sardonically]: "You don't even know what that is! It's linguine!"

Oscar: "Now it's mush!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:25 AM (J2vNu)

221 .. Oh, Rob.....
Posted by: It's me donna at September 04, 2024 10:03 AM (IyPmt)
And those pants she wore. Yowsa,

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2024 10:25 AM (LHPAg)

222 Alfalfa was a sociopath that the other kids were afraid of and was hated by cast and crew alike. Fire bug, too. Died a violent death at an early age.
Spanky was beloved by all.

Ironic, as Spanky Ham is a crude, cruel sociopath, although he isn't hated by his cast mates.

Posted by: Drawn Together at September 04, 2024 10:25 AM (JCZqz)

223 Speaking of, dude on YT has proven the Cybertruck chassis is garbage and snaps in half.

Runs the same test on an F150 chassis and proves it ISN'T garbage. Bends and warps, but does NOT break.

And he does some MEAN shit to it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 04, 2024 10:21 AM

Brandon Herrera's latest video has him mounting a .50 cal on one of those and turning it into the nerdiest technical ever.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:26 AM (ZANHd)

224 Their movies are a mixed bag but their shorts are almost always great.
Posted by: naturalfake

Stan Laurel was a comedic genius. Much better than that commie Chaplain, if you ask me.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:26 AM (v6JzV)

225 You know, if you're only as old as you feel, my body tells me I'm 91....
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 04, 2024

***
I miraculously age backwards every morning. When I get up, I feel like I'm 80. Once I've had coffee and worked out, I feel more like 50. Amazing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:26 AM (J2vNu)

226 Does that kid...the boy...have a sword?

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2024 10:27 AM (AwYPR)

227 And those pants she wore. Yowsa,
Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2024 10:25 AM (LHPAg)
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One of the things I really like about older movies, tv shows: directors paid attention to clothing. how it fit and flowed on screen.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 04, 2024 10:27 AM (tT6L1)

228 Mouthmovemenmouthmovementmouthmovement>>> Hey you! Run!!
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 04, 2024 10:19 AM (pzE/I)

I don't think this could've been text any funnier for that description.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 04, 2024 10:22 AM

That was about perfect.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:28 AM (ZANHd)

229 Happy B-Day, Northernlurker!

Drinks are on you tonight, right?

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:28 AM (v6JzV)

230 Does that kid...the boy...have a sword?
Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2024 1

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He does have his left hand on what looks like a sword hilt.

Maybe the reason he's nervous is he's afraid of dropping it if he tries to draw it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:28 AM (J2vNu)

231 It's birthday 71. And suddenly I'm an old man.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at September 04, 2024 10:18 AM

Happy birthday! Weird coincidence that you share it with Sefton.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:28 AM (ZANHd)

232 Stan Laurel was a comedic genius.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:26 AM (v6JzV)

Agreed.

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2024 10:29 AM (AwYPR)

233 Cogito ergo sonnet

(I think, therefore iamb)

/Wm. Shakespeare

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2024 10:29 AM (991eG)

234 Happy birthday! Weird coincidence that you share it with Sefton.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:28 AM (ZANHd)
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CAKE FIGHT!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 04, 2024 10:29 AM (3FwIG)

235 One of the things I really like about older movies, tv shows: directors paid attention to clothing. how it fit and flowed on screen.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 04, 2024

***
They were better lit. And the lead actors and actresses were fit, and so they looked good in, or out, of almost anything.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:30 AM (J2vNu)

236 Brandon Herrera's latest video has him mounting a .50 cal on one of those and turning it into the nerdiest technical ever.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:26 AM (ZANHd)

Movie scene: Our heroes are in an F250, being chased up a mountain road by bad guys in a Tesla Cybertruck with a .50 cal mounted in the bed.

Dude in passenger seat, looking back, "I think they are gaining on us."

Driver, as his right foot presses down a little more, looks at gas gauge registering one-half, "Don't worry, we got this!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2024 10:30 AM (C4m9I)

237 You know, if you're only as old as you feel, my body tells me I'm 91....
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 04, 2024

***
I miraculously age backwards every morning. When I get up, I feel like I'm 80. Once I've had coffee and worked out, I feel more like 50. Amazing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:26 AM (J2vNu)
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91 is after coffee. Corpse like is closer to waking for me.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 04, 2024 10:30 AM (tT6L1)

238 Cogito ergo sonnet

(I think, therefore iamb)

/Wm. Shakespeare
Posted by: Muldoon

You truly are a pro, when it comes to wordplay, Muldoon.

Not some frustrated novice. Not some pent amateur.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:31 AM (v6JzV)

239 Speaking of coffee. BRB.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2024 10:32 AM (C4m9I)

240 Israeli Amb. to Biden: ‘We Expect Our Ally’ to Blame Hamas, Not Us When Hamas Kills Israelis and an American

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I guess this guy hasn't got a lot going on upstairs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 04, 2024 10:33 AM (L/fGl)

241 Happy birthday Northernlurker!

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 04, 2024 10:33 AM (iZbyp)

242 Off to work

Be excellent to each other.

Laugh at a liberal. It soothes the soul.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 04, 2024 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)

243 236 Brandon Herrera's latest video has him mounting a .50 cal on one of those and turning it into the nerdiest technical ever.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:26 AM (ZANHd)

Movie scene: Our heroes are in an F250, being chased up a mountain road by bad guys in a Tesla Cybertruck with a .50 cal mounted in the bed.

Dude in passenger seat, looking back, "I think they are gaining on us."

Driver, as his right foot presses down a little more, looks at gas gauge registering one-half, "Don't worry, we got this!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2024 10:30 AM (C4m9I)
Like my favorite F250 (and Charles Bronson) movie, Mr. Majestyk.

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2024 10:33 AM (LHPAg)

244 Nothing to do today. Hit Trader Joe's yesterday. Decided to go see "Reagan". Prebooked my seat and was surprised to see how many seats were already taken for a 3:15 showing.

Posted by: Tuna at September 04, 2024 10:34 AM (oaGWv)

245 193 Tarzan movies were on Sunday afternoons when I was a kid, and Son of Kong; and we had a "Science Fiction Theatre" deal on Monday nights on our local CBS outlet with most of the giant creature films like Them! (still dynamite to me) and Attack of the Crab Monsters.
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Johnny Weissmuller was the best Tarzan. Not even close.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024 10:34 AM (FmapG)

246 Hey, SiD.

I was supposed to get your e-mail from your nic to discuss the library jobs issue, but nothing happened when I clicked on your nic.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:34 AM (v6JzV)

247 217 I thought we were all 29 here. Rich. Banging 10's
Posted by: Lucky Ned Pepper at September 04, 2024 10:24 AM (og5mY)

Don't forget Military Badasses with at least 5 confirmed kills apiece.

Posted by: XTC at September 04, 2024 10:35 AM (UnA8+)

248
Now do Lynn Guini!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

***********

Okay-

I'll tell the father's story with a rhyme:
He used his noodle, used it all the thyme
He liked his long weenie
But now it's just teeny
Mister Lomellini's well pasta his prime

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2024 10:37 AM (991eG)

249 The Jews are evil.

Israel Facilitates Gaza Polio Vaccine Drive Despite Ongoing Terrorist Attacks and Hostage Murders

Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide bombing in Kabul that killed 6 civilians

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 04, 2024 10:37 AM (L/fGl)

250 I don't think this could've been text any funnier for that description.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 04, 2024 10:22 AM

That was about perfect.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

I see we have all seen the old Japanese Godzilla movies. 😁

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 04, 2024 10:37 AM (pzE/I)

251 I'll tell the father's story with a rhyme:
He used his noodle, used it all the thyme
He liked his long weenie
But now it's just teeny
Mister Lomellini's well pasta his prime
Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2024 10:37 AM (991eG)

Bravissimo!

Posted by: blaster at September 04, 2024 10:38 AM (xhfG9)

252 Ah. First cup from the new coffee maker. It is good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2024 10:38 AM (C4m9I)

253 The Jews are evil.

Israel Facilitates Gaza Polio Vaccine Drive

Psssst. I heard the vaccine turns palestinians gay.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 04, 2024 10:39 AM (pzE/I)

254 Them! is a fantastic flick. The little girl does an incredible job.

And Joan Weldon, hubba hubba.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:39 AM (v6JzV)

255 252 Ah. First cup from the new coffee maker. It is good.
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Do you remember percolating your coffee?

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024 10:39 AM (FmapG)

256 They were better lit. And the lead actors and actresses were fit, and so they looked good in, or out, of almost anything.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

This is about Nicola Coughlan and Bridgerton, isn't it?

https://tinyurl.com/3eu9k8u7

Just because she's considered a little overweight by insecure white frat boys doesn't mean a handsome prince wouldn't find her attractive and marry her character! He loves her for who she is!!
https://tinyurl.com/8mnhkcc4

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 04, 2024 10:40 AM (JCZqz)

257 Tater power!

Brian Stelter Will Return to CNN as Chief Media Analyst

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 04, 2024 10:40 AM (L/fGl)

258 Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide bombing in Kabul that killed 6 civilians
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 04, 2024 10:37 AM (L/fGl)

Who's running the show there? Ain't that the Taliban?
Islamic State thinks Taliban isn't doing Islam right?
Or just practicing, maybe.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 04, 2024 10:41 AM (FCbAQ)

259 Do you remember percolating your coffee?
Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024 10:39 AM

Dude....whut?

- Millennials

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:41 AM (ZANHd)

260 Do you remember percolating your coffee?
Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024 10:39 AM (FmapG)

I do. I still have a blue graniteware percolator for camp coffee. My nice Pyrex one got lost in a move at some point.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2024 10:41 AM (C4m9I)

261 I was supposed to get your e-mail from your nic to discuss the library jobs issue, but nothing happened when I clicked on your nic.
Posted by: Bulg
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Hey, Bulg, I just checked and it looks correct to me. Several Hordelings have my contact info - Sharon, Iris, Weasel, Doof, Ben Had, RMBS, etc. if you can get in touch with any of them, I authorize them to share my email or phone # with you.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 04, 2024 10:41 AM (iZbyp)

262 Brian Stelter Will Return to CNN as Chief Media Analyst

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 04, 2024 10:40 AM (L/fGl)

Such a spud.

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2024 10:41 AM (AwYPR)

263 Tater power!

Brian Stelter Will Return to CNN as Chief Media Analyst
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 04, 2024 10:40 AM

They say he is a sex machine...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:41 AM (ZANHd)

264 Them! is a fantastic flick. The little girl does an incredible job.

And Joan Weldon, hubba hubba.
Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024

***
The black-and-white gives it almost a documentary feel. It has a Dragnet vibe in some ways; the investigators find out "the facts" about regular ants by consulting an expert, and they proceed as if tracking down one of the Ten Most Wanted.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:42 AM (J2vNu)

265 Posted by: screaming in digital at September 04, 2024 10:41 AM

Mornin', SiD! Tons of Alaska pics to share in Corsicana!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:43 AM (ZANHd)

266 We watched the Dick Van Dyke show when we were kids... Oh, Rob.....
Posted by: It's me donna

Fun fact...
My late first husband was named Rob. I could mimic that annoying whiney "oh Rob" thing perfectly. I did it to annoy his dad who was not amused by..... anything funny.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 04, 2024 10:43 AM (4XwPj)

267 @257

>>Brian Stelter Will Return to CNN as Chief Media Analyst

Think of the management unit that would believe Brian Stelter is the answer to any question.

The mind boggles.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 04, 2024 10:44 AM (XV/Pl)

268 Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Were you there on business, or for pleasure?

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:44 AM (v6JzV)

269 Do you remember percolating your coffee?
Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024

***
As a boy I recall my mother had one for making coffee on the stove top. And of course I recall Maxwell House "percolation" commercials.

I've thought about getting another percolator, perhaps a plug-in model, but I'm pretty used to my drip-type Braun now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:44 AM (J2vNu)

270 Do you remember percolating your coffee?
Posted by: Pudinhead at September 04, 2024 10:39 AM (FmapG)
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...you mean, like, a French Press, right? Duh.....

Posted by: Know it all Gen Z teenager at September 04, 2024 10:44 AM (tT6L1)

271 Think of the management unit that would believe Brian Stelter is the answer to any question.

The mind boggles.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 04, 2024 10:44 AM (XV/Pl)

ballast

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2024 10:45 AM (C4m9I)

272 Mornin', SiD! Tons of Alaska pics to share in Corsicana!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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{{{RMBS}}}

I can't wait to see them and hear all about it!

I have questions for you re: long distance shooting, will send an email soon ish...

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 04, 2024 10:45 AM (iZbyp)

273 The mind boggles.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 04, 2024 10:44 AM (XV/Pl)

I totally do not get this. What possible condition could exist at CNN that someone thought "Hey let's hire Brian Stelter!" was the solution.

I am thinking he has blackmail material.

Posted by: blaster at September 04, 2024 10:45 AM (xhfG9)

274 And other movie series: Charlie Chan, for instance. I preferred Sidney Toler's CC then, but having seen pics of Warner Oland now, I wonder if his portrayal was better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:46 AM (J2vNu)

275 Thanks for the birthday wishes.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at September 04, 2024 10:47 AM (FfSAJ)

276 please watch this- it is very good

https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1831087950047875298

Posted by: Don Black at September 04, 2024 10:47 AM (/7KEl)

277 > Do you remember percolating your coffee?
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Chrome Sunbeam electric perc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 04, 2024 10:47 AM (Q4IgG)

278 I do. I still have a blue graniteware percolator for camp coffee. My nice Pyrex one got lost in a move at some point.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Mom and dad had a Revere Ware percolator with the copper bottom.

Posted by: Tuna at September 04, 2024 10:47 AM (oaGWv)

279 My late first husband was named Rob. I could mimic that annoying whiney "oh Rob" thing perfectly. I did it to annoy his dad who was not amused by..... anything funny.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 04, 2024 10:43 AM (4XwPj)
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One: that's funny.
Two: the former FiL was perpetually annoyed at you, wasn't he?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 04, 2024 10:47 AM (tT6L1)

280 And other movie series: Charlie Chan, for instance. I preferred Sidney Toler's CC then, but having seen pics of Warner Oland now, I wonder if his portrayal was better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Oland was Swedish. He claimed that his vaguely Asiatic features came from some Russian ancestry that got into the mix.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:47 AM (v6JzV)

281 As a boy I recall my mother had one for making coffee on the stove top. And of course I recall Maxwell House "percolation" commercials.

I've thought about getting another percolator, perhaps a plug-in model, but I'm pretty used to my drip-type Braun now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:44 AM (J2vNu)

Speaking of:
https://youtu.be/0jhja8byyhQ

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2024 10:48 AM (C4m9I)

282 I do. I still have a blue graniteware percolator for camp coffee. My nice Pyrex one got lost in a move at some point.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Mom and dad had a Revere Ware percolator with the copper bottom.
Posted by: Tuna at September 04, 2024 10:47 AM

I still have my parents' and grandparents' percolators.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:49 AM (7BV1v)

283 What did Revere ware, anyway?

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:49 AM (v6JzV)

284 RMBS, how was the food?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2024 10:49 AM (WbH4L)

285 273 The mind boggles.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 04, 2024 10:44 AM (XV/Pl)

I totally do not get this. What possible condition could exist at CNN that someone thought "Hey let's hire Brian Stelter!" was the solution.

I am thinking he has blackmail material.
Posted by: blaster at September 04, 2024 10:45 AM (xhfG9)

"I'm a mega star. I can go wherever I want."

*Less than a year later and with nothing to show for it

"Say, CNN execs, how about those pictures you never want to get out? Got any space for an old friend?"

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 04, 2024 10:50 AM (KbCG3)

286 Stan Laurel was a comedic genius.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:26 AM (v6JzV)

Kino Lorber sells a two-volume set of Laurel's silent shorts, done before he hooked up with Hardy. Well worth it, IMO, though if you want, you can find a lot of them on YouTube. Start with 1918s Just Rambling Along and go from there.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 10:51 AM (Q0kLU)

287 Kamala has got integrity unlike Trump!

Bill Kristol
@BillKristol
I am not a fan of gender-based appeals. I’m pleased Kamala Harris has mostly avoided them.
But I am going to take the liberty of saying this:
Trump and Vance routinely and deeply disrespect, disdain, and defame women. How can women—and men who do respect women—support them?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 04, 2024 10:52 AM (L/fGl)

288 Remember the Chemex drip coffee makers?

Posted by: Tuna at September 04, 2024 10:52 AM (oaGWv)

289 I am thinking he has blackmail material.
Posted by: blaster at September 04, 2024 10:45 AM (xhfG9)

My wife and I are currently reading separate books on the history of the CIA.

My wife's book mentions that Allan Dulles and J. Edgar Hoover each had a blackmail file on the other.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:53 AM (v6JzV)

290 The children are the light ones ...

the children are our future, but they so often become dark as adults. Especially the children of the "elite".

Posted by: illiniwek at September 04, 2024 10:54 AM (Cus5s)

291 And other movie series: Charlie Chan, for instance. I preferred Sidney Toler's CC then, but having seen pics of Warner Oland now, I wonder if his portrayal was better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Oland was Swedish. He claimed that his vaguely Asiatic features came from some Russian ancestry that got into the mix.
Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024

***
Toler was mostly Scottish, and Roland Winters was the "~~on of Felix Winternitz, a violinist and composer who had achieved great success through his world tours during the late 19th century." That sounds like a German name.~~

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:54 AM (J2vNu)

292

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 10:54 AM (J2vNu)

293 @BillKristol
I am not a fan of gender-based appeals. I’m pleased Kamala Harris has mostly avoided them.
But I am going to take the liberty of saying this:
Trump and Vance routinely and deeply disrespect, disdain, and defame women. How can women—and men who do respect women—support them?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 04, 2024 10:52 AM (L/fGl)
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Oh, Billy, that's just the estrogen talking.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 04, 2024 10:55 AM (tT6L1)

294 I also recommend 1919s Do You Love Your Wife?, with Laurel as a hotel janitor and the lovely Marie Mosquini doing a parody of Theda Bara.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 10:55 AM (Q0kLU)

295 Were you there on business, or for pleasure?
Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 10:44 AM

Vacation. Cruise.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:55 AM (ZANHd)

296 How everyone looked just before they killed you.

Posted by: look whats not at September 04, 2024 10:55 AM (nakGR)

297 287 Kamala has got integrity unlike Trump!

Bill Kristol
@BillKristol
I am not a fan of gender-based appeals. I’m pleased Kamala Harris has mostly avoided them.
But I am going to take the liberty of saying this:
Trump and Vance routinely and deeply disrespect, disdain, and defame women. How can women—and men who do respect women—support them?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 04, 2024 10:52 AM (L/fGl)
Bill Kristal likes guys, doesn't he?

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2024 10:57 AM (LHPAg)

298 Charley Chase made some funny domestic-themed shorts

I am only familiar with the works of Charlee Chase.

(NSFW! Unless you're employed by the SEC in which case apparently anything goes)

Posted by: spindrift at September 04, 2024 10:57 AM (OguvZ)

299 {{{RMBS}}}

I can't wait to see them and hear all about it!

I have questions for you re: long distance shooting, will send an email soon ish...
Posted by: screaming in digital at September 04, 2024 10:45 AM

{{{SiD}}}

The RMBS Mom had a fantastic time. She'd been wanting to do that for years.

Email away. I'll try to be as helpful as possible.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 10:57 AM (ZANHd)

300 Trump and Vance routinely and deeply disrespect, disdain, and defame women. How can women—and men who do respect women—support them?

Now do Willie Brown, you knukcle-shuffling homunculus.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 04, 2024 10:57 AM (Q0kLU)

301 Pastor: Jesus Would Be an Abortion Clinic Escort

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I'm gonna need to see your work on that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 04, 2024 10:58 AM (L/fGl)

302 Two: the former FiL was perpetually annoyed at you, wasn't he?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

He didn't like me and tried to convince his son to find someone else. He thought my family was beneath him. Rob pissed him off repeatedly by saying I was the smartest person he ever met. Only the dad was supposed to get that accolade! Plus, I made him look like a complete fool a few times without trying.
Eg... He asked what that perfect circle of dark green grass was in my yard. I said it was a fairy ring he sneered that wasn't correct and he knew better. My dad walked up. Dad worked as grounds keeper at IU golf course for 45 years. Asshole says, well maybe you can tell me what that is. Dad says, it's a fairy ring. Asshole is stunned, his dying son smirked and chuckled at his discomfort and I got the evil eye.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 04, 2024 10:58 AM (4XwPj)

303
What did Revere ware, anyway?
Posted by: Bulg

A brand new jersey.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 04, 2024 10:58 AM (63Dwl)

304 Can just tell that crew was - even without the Doge appearing in the painting - trouble.

Dark, but for the lovely children, but very nicely painted.
Would pass on hanging.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at September 04, 2024 10:58 AM (NFX2v)

305 deeply disrespect, disdain, and defame women.
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4 Ds!

How will they ever recover from that literary quadruple whammy!

Up against intellectual firepower of that caliber, the "deeply disrespect, disdain, and defame" Team has no chance!

Suck it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 04, 2024 10:59 AM (q3zn6)

306 Someone had a lot of fun and a fair amount of time on his hands.

Search "Principality of Lomellina" on Wikipedia.

Posted by: mrp at September 04, 2024 10:59 AM (rj6Yv)

307 @297

>>Bill Kristal likes guys, doesn't he?

Well, he does come at an argument in the lamest, gayest and passive aggressive way as he possibly can, so yeah, he's probably a homo.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 04, 2024 10:59 AM (XV/Pl)

308 Trump and Vance routinely and deeply disrespect, disdain, and defame women.

No examples provided, of course.

Posted by: spindrift at September 04, 2024 10:59 AM (OguvZ)

309 Bill Kristal likes guys, doesn't he?
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No other reason he invites so many inside.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 04, 2024 11:00 AM (q3zn6)

310 301 Pastor: Jesus Would Be an Abortion Clinic Escort

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I'm gonna need to see your work on that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 04, 2024 10:58 AM (L/fGl)
I don't believe he even know no Jesus.

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2024 11:00 AM (LHPAg)

311 297 Bill Kristal likes guys, doesn't he?
Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2024 10:57 AM (LHPAg)

He likes Rhesus Monkeys.

Posted by: XTC at September 04, 2024 11:00 AM (UnA8+)

312 On X, I saw:
Women that wouldn't vote for Trump because he had side pieces are now ready to vote for the side piece

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 04, 2024 11:01 AM (MpVUb)

313 Noodus simianus

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2024 11:01 AM (J2vNu)

314 RMBS, how was the food?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2024 10:49 AM

Excellent. The food on the ship was great, especially the French restaurant we did dinner at for the Mom's birthday. We didn't have the opportunity to eat on shore much, but the fish in Skagway was fantastic, and the brunch we had in Seattle with nurse was great. Especially the very well-made Bloody Marys with candied bacon.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2024 11:01 AM (ZANHd)

315 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at September 04, 2024 11:01 AM (v6JzV)

316 >Pastor: Jesus Would Be an Abortion Clinic Escort
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Bull SHIT
Jesus would be starting QB at Notre Dame

Posted by: Don Black at September 04, 2024 11:02 AM (/7KEl)

317 Corgis! We ride! *Bounds upstairs*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at September 04, 2024 11:02 AM (xPJvm)

318 Never forget that Kystol was the one that said, basically, "I permit democracy so long as the people choose my policies. If not, then the people who do prefer my polices should be in charge."

They don't mean "our democracy," they mean "their democracy."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 04, 2024 11:03 AM (q3zn6)

319 @madammayhem, sounds like Dad remained a jackass even as his son was dying. I honestly don't get people continuing to behave that way under such circumstances.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 04, 2024 11:03 AM (tT6L1)

320 Walz's for Trump I think is AI generated. It should say Walzes and some of the hands are off if you look closely.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 04, 2024 12:41 PM (NpAcC)

321 Such a small Family

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