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Some Very Important Things Happened in 1964.

Well- for one- that’s the year I was born

( hurray)

In addition to that- two months later this hit the airwaves-

( trust me, it DOES figure )

Nobody was doing much with archeology  in 1964 but who would have guessed that the Beatles – yes those loveable ( geeze, I can’t believe I said that)  little mop tops- would one day be the poster Grand Dads of Rock and Roll?

Okay, this  picture was a big deal in 1964

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It’s called The Son of Man.

I think it’s dumb.

But on the other hand this is my idea of art so…

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 as an FYI this is what a commercial for Aspirin looked like in 1964-

it’s a tad bit dramatic.

Here’s a  movie that came out in 1964 proved that not only is war a really bad idea but working under the influence of controlled substances isn’t a very good one either

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To me the highlight of 1964 was when the Russians sent their astronauts into Space without a Space Suits- oh and the spacecraft didn’t have an escape hatch either.

 I don’t know who was drinking what when they dreamed up that idea, but there are writers out there that would pay good money for a swig.

It gets better, though- the Voskhod crashed in the Ural Mountains instead of landing in water and the crew spent the night in the  surrounded by Wolves.

Plus the rescue crew had to cut down trees to get to them.

I mean…WOW.

So let’s hear it for 1964

You know, after you all quit laughing.

amm

What I Want In A Leader

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I’m glad you asked. 

I want someone to get out there

and

  Rock It Like Amadeus.

 Thank you for asking.

amm

And Now For A Mental Health Break

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If you need a boost this will give you one.

If you’re doing super you get to sit there and say,

” I know, I know “

and feel all superior.

So this is a win-win for us all.

amm

ps

I hijacked this from The London Caricaturist Blog

 

Mom, I Don’t Want To Go To School

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When I  in grade school part of our lessons involved  memorizeing  poems or math or English lessons.

To this day I can still remember what it felt like to go up to the blackboard and have to recite those lessons in front of the class with the teacher sitting there with his or her green ( and later red ) grade book.

Nah, I wasn’t scared I used to blow it for fun.

Just to see the look on everyone’s face.

Or I’d bust out with a song from School House Rock.

Those were the days.

 

And When She Was Bad…

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All About Eve is one of my favorite movies.

I like it, because no matter how you dress it up- with the censored version that made it to the screen or the original version where Eve not only tastes but indulges in the bitter fruit of her wicked ways-

all of the characters remained patronizing and vapid.

Not to mention self indulgent.

So I really enjoyed seeing something like Eve show up and set the house on fire.

It’s also worth noting that the women in this movie- from Airy Fairy Karen to Self Adoring Margo to our Wonderfully Wicked Eve

 kicked some serious backside.

In High Heels no less.

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Morning Edition, January 21, 2008 · Said the real-life actress Celeste Holm, once upon a time, about the fictional actress Eve Harrington: “She had the manners of an ambassador and the morals of a pirate.”

 Anne Baxter (with Celeste Holm, left, in enlargement) on sofa in 'All About Eve'

Ruthless people: Anne Baxter plays Eve Harrington in the 1950 classic All About Eve; Celeste Holm (left) is Karen Richards, a friend she uses on her way to the top. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

The World May Never Know

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yeah…and all these years later we STILL don’t know

you Tootsie Pop Cretins.

SEE

That’s why PEZ are my favorite candy.

They are not complicated.

Do you remember this urban legend?

I do.

It’s one of my favorites. 

A Tootsie Pop Mystery

( this article snatched from the jaws of the internet )

The Indian on the Tootsie Roll Pop

as told by Larry Rosenblum,
Port Angeles, Washington

 

There is a legend associated with the wrapper of Tootsie Pop suckers. The story is that if you come across a wrapper with a picture of a boy in an Indian costume shooting an arrow at a star, and you send that wrapper to the company that makes Tootsie Pops, you will receive either a free sucker or a case of suckers.

(It depends on who is telling the story.)

That’s the legend, and this part is for real.

 One day I was working at NBC editing a show with the associate director who was also my friend. We were clowning around, and he used his left hand to write a letter to the company that makes Tootsie Pops asking about the story.

He was right-handed, but he used his left hand in an attempt to make the letter look like it came from a little kid. His name is Rick, so he signed the letter “Ricky.”

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. sent back a nice letter explaining that the rumor had surfaced over fifty years ago, but nobody knows how or why.

 “Our records do not indicate that our company ever sponsored any type of promotion surrounding the Indian, or any other picture on the wrapper,” said the letter, and unfortunately it also said, “There has never been anyone who ever got Tootsie Pops free for sending in wrappers to our company.”

What you do get free is a fairy tale about how an Indian chief was responsible for the invention of Tootsie Pops.

 

Another wonderful Urban Legend dies.

Geeze.

PEZ fans wouldn’t do something like that to our candy.

However-

Tootsie Pops are fair game.

They brought it on themselves

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amm

 

 

  

Say What?

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This is a blatant Political Commentary

from

Anita Moscoso

Writer

at 

Irregular Bones

on

the

CNN Democratic

 Debate In South Carolina

 

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This has been a political commentary

by

Anita Moscoso

I.B.

Louis Black in….

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another ” Don’t  F*%$  this Up America Moment.”

At the end of this Clip Louis has a darn fine idea for a new electoral system.

I say we go for it.

From ” Red White And Screwed “

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Photo from Vintage Resources

Welcome To The Outer Limit

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I write a lot about Bruce Campbell and David Tennant– in my opinion ( and this is my blog so…) they are the only two actors worth writing about.

That is until Tom and his Best Buddy the Church of Scientology flew staight into my face and mashed against my skull like a bug on a windshield.

Okay. 

This is what I think about Tom Cruise and Scientology.

Tom Cruise- I work near a mental health clinic – they are very discreet and the people who work there are wonderful.  They are giving and kind and practical, the well being of their clients are paramount to them.

For the love of all that is good, make an appointment with them. You and that guy who stands on the corner by my bus stop and sings hyms and leaves offerings of food to the Gods Dwell In The Abandon Hotel can go together.

FYI Tom I’ve just noticed that the guys ears are bleeding so make your call them pronto- the clinic guys, not the Gods In The Hotel

And to the Scientology Attorneys who have sent Cease and Desist letters to the websites showing this video…all I can say is Homeland Security, NASA the Pentagon and a local law enforcement agency have been to my blog alone…so bring it on big boys- I will be more then glad to show my support to any provider who shows this clip.

Now here is a link to a news story – there are no pictures of men in black or the Outer Limits or Twilight Zone theme playing in the background- I’m guessing because it wouldn’t fit.

Does anyone know the theme to ” One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest”?

Click the link below to:

ABC NEWS REPORT

okay I couldn’t resist…here’s the

South Park Take On Scientology.