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More Research Needed

It has been a while since we considered postcard gags helped by historical background, and as I have recently been stumped by a couple, I figured it was time to bring up the matter again. Spoiler Alert: for once, I think I have no postcards to show you which are based on Bert WilliamsContinue reading “More Research Needed”

Screen Scrooges: The Wandering Spirits

The apparition walked backward from him; and at every step it took. The window raised itself a little, so that when the spectre reached it, it was wide open. It beckoned Scrooge to approach, which he did. When they were within two paces of each other, Marley’s ghost held up its hand, warning himContinue reading “Screen Scrooges: The Wandering Spirits”

Astigmatism Stigmatism

So, in considering the role played in postcard cartoons by people who wear glasses, we have found them to be largely slow-moving, slow-thinking characters whose job it is, in the main, to be stunned by the punchline. Look at this English example. He clearly is not one of the folks who work at theContinue reading “Astigmatism Stigmatism”

Rose-Colored?

As we have considered the monocle, the lorgnette, and the pince nez, I suppose we should get around to plain old everyday eyeglasses. Spectacles, you might say. Cheaters, as once they were known. As someone who has worn glasses for, oh, a good twenty years (I know 1963 was a while back, butContinue reading “Rose-Colored?”

Screen Scrooges: Another Chance for Ebenezer

Scrooge was very much dismayed to hear the spectre going on at this rate, and began to quake exceedingly. “Hear me!” cried the Ghost. “My time is nearly gone.” “I will,” said Scrooge. “But don’t be hard upon me! Don’t be flowery, Jacob! Pray!” “How is it that I appear beforeContinue reading “Screen Scrooges: Another Chance for Ebenezer”

Looking Glasses

Whilst checking through my inventory for postcards showing monocles, I observed that there have been several ways of holding lenses up to one’s face. Ordinary glasses or spectacles spread the burden between ears and nose, while the monocle is held in place with the muscles of the face. But there have been other alternatives.Continue reading “Looking Glasses”

Screen Scrooges: Sufferings of the Late Mr. Marley

“It is required of every man,” the Ghost returned, “that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. It is doomed to wander through the world-ah, woe is me!-and witnessContinue reading “Screen Scrooges: Sufferings of the Late Mr. Marley”

Plant Thou No Roses

Meredith sat up and cursed. When WOULD he remember to push back the lid of the casket first? Once the obstruction had been pushed aside, he stretched his arms and sighed. This was, of course, only his second day in the tomb. There would be time to work out the details. LastContinue reading “Plant Thou No Roses”

Cute Overdose

Now, in nature, children and small animals are not necessarily the best of friends. It depends a lot on that first encounter. Are they going to be in competition or cahoots? Sometimes likes repel, after all. But the world of postcards and the world of what we consider reality both see thatContinue reading “Cute Overdose”

Screen Scrooges: Jacob Marley

After several turns, he sat down again. As he threw his head back in the chair, his glance happened to rest upon a bell, a disused bell, that hung in this room, and communicated for some purpose now forgotten with a chamber in the highest story of the building. It was with great astonishment,Continue reading “Screen Scrooges: Jacob Marley”