I’ve taken your linked together pictures and posters and broken them up into larger versions (I did my best to emulate the movie stills) dropped one and added a couple. I hope you don’t mind (if you do, I’ll take it down).
As long as all those huge photos strung together are in a spoiler, I’m OK with it. I only post the “human” versions as a courtesy to the readers who like to compare them with the basset versions, so I don’t like them to take up a lot of room, especially if there is more than one.
Friends, I want you to know that my connection with this site is limited. My comments show up with my name and avatar. But my likes show up as a pink blob. Please do not feel like I am ignoring you. I have tried many times to restore my connection, including Alexi’s hints, but no luck.
(You probably know that… I’m just thinking aloud. And you don’t have to play along.
But I was in that situation and I somehow got out… so maybe I can help.
I do try to keep it simple.)
…
If you fill in the lines up there, the ones that ask for your name and email, enough times, WordPress will eventually put that name on your posts, and you can even add your avatar…
and eventually, it will even remember you when you return…
Yet by some weird WordPress algorithm, you’re not logged in.
…
That seems to be where you’re stuck.
You’re what I’ll call an “Identified guest”.
You’re a “Member” but not a “Famed Member”…
Your “likes” on people’s comments display a “guest” avatar… one of those weird generic pastel faces… usually a consistent one… and are labelled “Guest” instead of “dennisinseattle.”
Right?
Hmmm… if so, the problem is to get you actually logged in, and not posting as an “identified guest.”
…
If I’m right, there’s no line above the top comment entry field that says
Thanks Susan. You are right that I cannot log in. My password seems to have changed, and when I follow the directions to reset my password, nothing happens. So I am a guest forever.
I’m jealous.
I have tried and tried and tried to make my crepes as thin as these.
I can’t seem to get it right.
I can get them that thin in the pan, but they always tear when I fold them; and it doesn’t seem to matter what size flipper I use.
I make crepes… also blintzes, which are very similar, maybe even thinner.
Here’s how I do it…
You make a very liquid, very eggy batter… eggs are tough, and keep them from tearing.
NOT regular pancake batter, which is thicker, contains more flour and leavening, and is much more fragile.
Crepes have a LITTLE more flour and baking powder than blintzes, which also usually have no leavening, but are still not as soft and fluffy as pancakes.
…
Use a small pan, which MUST be hot enough for water droplets to “dance”…. It’s usually unnecessary but it tastes best to melt a little butter in it before each crepe.
Pour in some batter… a thin layer.. And immediately pour whatever you can back into the pitcher, only leaving what is already set in the pan.
…
Let it brown a little, and cook through, which happens quickly, then invert the pan over a plate.
Don’t use a spatula, unless you need to free a small spot. You should be using enough oil or melted butter in the batter, plus enough butter in the pan, that the crepe drops out whole onto the plate.
As you make them, keep dropping each one atop the others, till you have a small stack, cooked through but only brown on one side.
…
Fold them in half, brown side in, and brown the outsides, turning them halfway through… you can gently use a spatula then.
You can add a filling, inside the fold, if you like, or wrap a filling completely inside before browning.
For cheese blintzes you do the latter, with a fliling of cream cheese, egg and a little sugar, and it melts inside the packet. The little areas that were folded inside and never got brown won’t matter.
After some practice, you can make smaller crepes, if you really want to, spreading bits of batter with the back of a spoon instead of pouring it back… But it’s harder to get right.
The ones in the photo have thin, slightly ruffled edges, probably from using the whole small pan method… And are barely brown.
Depends on preference and local custom.
WHOA!!! one of my all-time favorite posters! it must’ve taken you hours and hours to do such a magnificent job. all the characters are there. thank you!
perkycat
Member
Famed Member
2 years ago
Absolutely love this poster. Love all the characters ~ even the green guy! Great job, Stelbel!!!
You mean…. it wasn’t the dog?
So that last picture…. up there above the comments… is… is … (choke) ….a lie?
Say it ain’t so!
It ain’t so.
I’ve taken your linked together pictures and posters and broken them up into larger versions (I did my best to emulate the movie stills) dropped one and added a couple. I hope you don’t mind (if you do, I’ll take it down).
Glinda’s Arrival (unnamed in the movie)
Fred Stone as the Scarecrow
Dave Mongomery as the Tin Woodman
Anna Laughin as Dorothy
Arthur Hill as the Cowardly Lion
Throne Room Entry
I really like that.
What a great poster! Especially the creepy wizard behind the curtain! Why does he look familiar?
Friends, I want you to know that my connection with this site is limited. My comments show up with my name and avatar. But my likes show up as a pink blob. Please do not feel like I am ignoring you. I have tried many times to restore my connection, including Alexi’s hints, but no luck.
So… that means you’re not actually logged in…
(You probably know that… I’m just thinking aloud. And you don’t have to play along.
But I was in that situation and I somehow got out… so maybe I can help.
I do try to keep it simple.)
…
If you fill in the lines up there, the ones that ask for your name and email, enough times, WordPress will eventually put that name on your posts, and you can even add your avatar…
and eventually, it will even remember you when you return…
Yet by some weird WordPress algorithm, you’re not logged in.
…
That seems to be where you’re stuck.
You’re what I’ll call an “Identified guest”.
You’re a “Member” but not a “Famed Member”…
Your “likes” on people’s comments display a “guest” avatar… one of those weird generic pastel faces… usually a consistent one… and are labelled “Guest” instead of “dennisinseattle.”
Right?
Hmmm… if so, the problem is to get you actually logged in, and not posting as an “identified guest.”
…
If I’m right, there’s no line above the top comment entry field that says
“You are logged in as dennisinseattle | Log out”
But in its stead, there’s a tiny link that says “Log in”.
…
My I assume that you’ve tried that little link several times, and you do have a WordPress password?
Cos that’s where you HAVE to go… you will never get logged in by filling in your username and email…
OR by clicking “OK” or “submit” or whatever it says, if you see them above the comments, already filled in.
….
Forgive me if you already know.
I have no idea what instructions you followed, and I’m backtracking to be clear.
But his usual avatar is visible above.
Yes… It’s deceptive and confusing…another little weird WordPress game.
As I said above… ( right after my first three-dot spacer, or paragraph break…)
When you think you’re logging in, but you’re really not, by consistently filling in your user name and email at the top of the page…
instead of going to the actual log in page,
the site will start to recognize you, and you can even upload your avatar.
…
When you return the next time, you might see those lines pre-filled, ready to submit. and you’ll see your real avatar.
But if you click there, you will always be a guest, what I called an identified guest…
If you never clicked “log in”, to go to the log in page, instead, you never had to enter your password.
….
Your password makes the difference.
Without entering it, and truly logging in, you won’t display your rating, like “famed”..
and your “likes” won’t display your name and avatar, even though your posts do.
…
It’s a crazy distinction, but early on, I got stuck there till I figured it out.
I think perkycat more recently had that problem too, if I recall correctly.
It makes no sense… except for WordPress sense, and we know just how sensible that is.
Thanks Susan. You are right that I cannot log in. My password seems to have changed, and when I follow the directions to reset my password, nothing happens. So I am a guest forever.
I’m sure it can be resolved.
Hmmm…. some cogitation is in order.
Great Poster, StelBel… I love how the other characters in the series are all incorporated….
Haven’t seen any of them in a while.
…
As Dennis says… that wizard does look awfully familiar.
But for some reason he’s not identified.
Seems to me he does some wizardry that we’ve seen around here in these parts… . though of course I could be wrong.
…
I did notice that he … the Wizard… isn’t a basset hound….
but I guess he doesn’t have to be one… or even a dog….
He’s the Wizard of Bassetland, after all.
He’s not the Basset of … um… Wizardland?
Or even of Oz.
bavarian crepes
I’m jealous.
I have tried and tried and tried to make my crepes as thin as these.
I can’t seem to get it right.
I can get them that thin in the pan, but they always tear when I fold them; and it doesn’t seem to matter what size flipper I use.
I make crepes… also blintzes, which are very similar, maybe even thinner.
NOT regular pancake batter, which is thicker, contains more flour and leavening, and is much more fragile.
Crepes have a LITTLE more flour and baking powder than blintzes, which also usually have no leavening, but are still not as soft and fluffy as pancakes.
…
Use a small pan, which MUST be hot enough for water droplets to “dance”…. It’s usually unnecessary but it tastes best to melt a little butter in it before each crepe.
Pour in some batter… a thin layer.. And immediately pour whatever you can back into the pitcher, only leaving what is already set in the pan.
…
Let it brown a little, and cook through, which happens quickly, then invert the pan over a plate.
Don’t use a spatula, unless you need to free a small spot. You should be using enough oil or melted butter in the batter, plus enough butter in the pan, that the crepe drops out whole onto the plate.
As you make them, keep dropping each one atop the others, till you have a small stack, cooked through but only brown on one side.
…
Fold them in half, brown side in, and brown the outsides, turning them halfway through… you can gently use a spatula then.
You can add a filling, inside the fold, if you like, or wrap a filling completely inside before browning.
For cheese blintzes you do the latter, with a fliling of cream cheese, egg and a little sugar, and it melts inside the packet. The little areas that were folded inside and never got brown won’t matter.
After some practice, you can make smaller crepes, if you really want to, spreading bits of batter with the back of a spoon instead of pouring it back… But it’s harder to get right.
The ones in the photo have thin, slightly ruffled edges, probably from using the whole small pan method… And are barely brown.
Depends on preference and local custom.
Pay no attention to the basset behind the curtain.
Good morning Cleo phans! Another Stel-lar classic movie poster. So much emerald green.
Y’all hug your fav farmer on Ag Day. (((((HuGz!)))))
WHOA!!! one of my all-time favorite posters! it must’ve taken you hours and hours to do such a magnificent job. all the characters are there. thank you!
Absolutely love this poster. Love all the characters ~ even the green guy! Great job, Stelbel!!!
Brought over from today’s “The Comic Strip…”
OMG!!!
FABULOUS POSTER Stel!
Could be Wizard of OH if Clio is the star.
will this post
Yup