Holly, mistletoe, and berries, ivy, turkey, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages,, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly. So did the room, the fire, the ruddy glow, the hour of night, and they stood in the city streets on Christmas morning, where (for the weather was severe), the people madeContinue reading “Screen Scrooges: Christmas Present”
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Another Valenblog
We have been discussing certain postcards dating from somewhere between 1939 and 1955, which took on the aesthetic of the grade school Valentine: clear, firm illustrations, generally positive attitude, and really, really obvious puns. Someday, after the Lottery win comes through, I will mount an exhibition just of postcards and little Valentines based onContinue reading “Another Valenblog”
Offseason Valentines
As I was saying on Friday, I was investigating a whole nother subject when I fell down that doggone rabbit hole. (I’m a little behind the ties here: is there a new term to describe what happens when the Interwebs take you downstream from where you wanted to go? Are you rabbitholing? Have youContinue reading “Offseason Valentines”
Screen Scrooges: The Ghost of Christmas Present
The moment Scrooge’s hand was on the lock, a strange voice called hi by his name, and bade him enter. He obeyed. It was his own room. There was no doubt about that./ But it had undergone a surprising transformation. The walls and ceiling were so hung with living green, that it lookedContinue reading “Screen Scrooges: The Ghost of Christmas Present”
Golly Gee
As usual, I was thinking about something else entirely, but that will have to wait until next week. Whilst going through my inventory to find illustrations for THAT notion, I came upon another subject to worry about. Postcards with dogs on them are always decent sellers: people do appreciate ‘em. A postcard publisherContinue reading “Golly Gee”
Red Eggs and Ham
I don’t suppose there are a LOT of people in this country who recall reading the adventures of the Grey Ghost and Panther, a superhero team centered in a secret headquarters with a sign that said ‘SUPERSECRET HEADQUARTERS” on the lawn. The Panther’s equally secret identity was college professor Ursula I. Underwood, whom theContinue reading “Red Eggs and Ham”
Screen Scrooges: Something’s Afoot
Stace Three: The Second of the Three Spirits Waking in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore, and sitting up in bed to get his thoughts together, Scrooge had no occasion to be told that the bell was again upon the stroke of One. He felt that he was restored to consciousness in theContinue reading “Screen Scrooges: Something’s Afoot”
Lean Years
If I ever get around to writing that series on “Is That Still Funny?”, we will look into what different generations regarded as taboo. As we have moved, in the last thirty years from “Nothing inoffensive is funny” to “Nothing offensive is funny”, this will be a mere side issue, but one which willContinue reading “Lean Years”
Seven-Five
I discovered that somehow, in the rush of the mad social whirl that is my existence, I had failed to observe the seventy-fifth anniversary of “The Lottery”. This was a subversive, controversial story which is probably still one of the top ten items which caused people to cancel their subscriptions to The New Yorker. Continue reading “Seven-Five”
Screen Scrooges: Belle Again
But the relentless Spirit pinioned him in both his arms, and forced him to observe what happened next. They were in another scene and place: a room, not very large or handsome, but full of comfort. Near to the winter fire sat a beautiful young girl, so like the last that Scrooge believedContinue reading “Screen Scrooges: Belle Again”
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