Google says “June 1942. “Florence, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority). Saturday afternoon.” Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Foreign Information Service.”
But… um… maybe somebody will get rubbed out anyway?
The art depicts the journey of the pharoah as Horus through the heavens in the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, between Luxor and Abydos, in Egyptl, completed around 50 BC
I know the woman may be photoshopped in, and I know the religious significance of the temple has faded… but it’s still considered both historical and sacred.
Honestly, I wouldn’t walk into an ancient temple of any faith, or for that matter, walk around in a Muslim country, in an outfit that tight and bare, when both ask for modesty.
It’s okay to disagree with the politics and the religious beliefs of someplace you’re visiting, but not, IMHO, for a guest to flaunt blatant disrespect. It’s also dangerous, as in some crowds, low necklines and bare shoulders are just asking to be attacked.
When I searched this, I thought I was going to find out it was a foot and a half tall. It totally looks like a scale model.
But the links I found say. It’s an actual set, on the Universal back lot.
This picture was in Life magazine in 1963… but I didn’t find out for what movie.
It was in lots of them after that… Two of the most famous are a Twilight Zone episode (a couple of sites say the first episode, but I’m not sure), and possibly the most often recognized, the downtown in Back to the Future.
Someone said the Bates Motel is just out of view, and someone else posted a picture of it from Bye Bye Birdie.
It burned down in the Universal back lot fire in 1989, but reports are that it was rebuilt, because it’s used so much and is also on the Universal tour
I’m trying to figure out whether that’s a live person sitting towards the middle left at the bottom edge… That would give more of an idea of the size.
All the hidden objects seem to be drawn with the same lines, and in the same size and orientation, as their pictures on the right. One or two may be a teensy bit smaller, but that may be my eyesight.
Look between the two large male faces; the balloon is the smaller male face between the larger two; the balloon is the face, the balloon tail is the fellow’s tie.
And this is the song, probably the same record, the Weavers got their version from. BTW the voice you heard speaking in the beginning, above, is Pete Seeger, a co-founder of the group, and often its spokesman.
Though the Weavers, and following them, the Tokens, sang it as “wimoweh”, the Zulu word is “mbube”.
Nobody really knows how they heard it as “wimoweh”.
Thanks but of course I know about Google translate..
But in my experience, it doesn’t do a very good job on whole pages…. and frame by frame is tedious if you don’t know which categories to translate.
Not saying I can’t… Just takes lot of time.
I went there, and didn’t see anything that looked relevant to the above.. But maybe you were just showing me the site in general.
I tend to go back to pages later, when I have time, but probably after the appropriate window to reply to you.
So I said what I said in case you were looking for a reply about the song we were discussing.
Every day’s Cleo comes out at about what I’d call early bedtime in the Eastern US time zone, ie, 9pm-ish…. which is still early dinnertime in California, or 6pm-ish (though in the Midwest of my youth, 6pm was considered standard dinnertime)…. And lately it’s been tip-toeing in even a bit earlier.
I usually have no problem with the time difference, cos… um… time makes little difference.
But nighttime holidays are confusing.
It makes sense, logically, that the ball has been falling on 2025, in the Clifford household since this strip was posted.
It’s the strip for tomorrow, which is New Years Eve day.
But in reality, where I live, that ball won’t drop for another 24 hours. I’m about to go to bed, and when I wake up, it won’t be 2026… It’ll be the morning of the day when the ball is going to drop later. Much later.
So I feel funny wishing you all a Happy New Year, right now… and funny if I don’t.
Lace ears – lovely!
Looks like there was a pinto horse somewhere back in his family tree.
Which also answers the question “Why the long face?”
I remember this from “The FBI Story” Somebody’s gonna get rubbed out!
Google says “June 1942. “Florence, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority). Saturday afternoon.” Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Foreign Information Service.”
But… um… maybe somebody will get rubbed out anyway?
Another tasty snack for the Skuas…
Off to crush some Italian grapes?
..
WOW
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“Loose lips…”
For some reason, before I opened this page this morning, I thought of that phrase. No idea why!
Wow… He must have danced all night…. still wearing the same outtfit
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And you can borrow the idea… no strings attached.
Somehow that just doesn’t work with an electric piano.
Is that an electric piano?
Can they still play it, sideways on the wall?
I obviously don’t know much about instruments… but… well…. it… um… it still has no strings, right?
So there are no strings attached!
But is an electric piano still called a strnged instrument?
The art depicts the journey of the pharoah as Horus through the heavens in the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, between Luxor and Abydos, in Egyptl, completed around 50 BC
I know the woman may be photoshopped in, and I know the religious significance of the temple has faded… but it’s still considered both historical and sacred.
Honestly, I wouldn’t walk into an ancient temple of any faith, or for that matter, walk around in a Muslim country, in an outfit that tight and bare, when both ask for modesty.
It’s okay to disagree with the politics and the religious beliefs of someplace you’re visiting, but not, IMHO, for a guest to flaunt blatant disrespect. It’s also dangerous, as in some crowds, low necklines and bare shoulders are just asking to be attacked.
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When I searched this, I thought I was going to find out it was a foot and a half tall. It totally looks like a scale model.
But the links I found say. It’s an actual set, on the Universal back lot.
This picture was in Life magazine in 1963… but I didn’t find out for what movie.
It was in lots of them after that… Two of the most famous are a Twilight Zone episode (a couple of sites say the first episode, but I’m not sure), and possibly the most often recognized, the downtown in Back to the Future.
Someone said the Bates Motel is just out of view, and someone else posted a picture of it from Bye Bye Birdie.
It burned down in the Universal back lot fire in 1989, but reports are that it was rebuilt, because it’s used so much and is also on the Universal tour
I’m trying to figure out whether that’s a live person sitting towards the middle left at the bottom edge… That would give more of an idea of the size.
As long as that ball isn’t coming after them like on Indiana Jones….
In case you haven’t noticed… It’s a puzzle.
Find the 7 objects on the right, somewhere in the drawing.
An actual puzzle, this time… the artist has hidden the objects, not placed them in plain sight.
A couple were pretty well hidden, I’d say, though I did find them all.
A fairly big hint…
I did not say they’re the same color.
Got all except the balloon, I’ll try again later.
That was the last one I found too.
If you’ve already read my hint, here’s maybe a slight correction…. if you’d rather find everything without it…
I still haven’t found it
It took me a few minutes.
For the balloon…
Finally found it.
I found that. Now I’m after the cake…
Still looking for the pie.
Oh yeah!
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I was going to make a smart-@$$ comment…. but I think it’s already covered.
Yeah yeah… another joke attempt that sphinx.
I’d say sorry but I’m not.
Yes! Yes it does! 😀
“Which accounts for the hump of the camel,
And the Sphix’s inscrutable smile…”
Cool…. The origin of The Lion Sleeps Tonight.
And this is the song, probably the same record, the Weavers got their version from. BTW the voice you heard speaking in the beginning, above, is Pete Seeger, a co-founder of the group, and often its spokesman.
Though the Weavers, and following them, the Tokens, sang it as “wimoweh”, the Zulu word is “mbube”.
Nobody really knows how they heard it as “wimoweh”.
So here’s the origin of the origin:
Thank you.
That was also a question on “Sonntagsrätsel” (German) some time ago – the origin of popular songs.
The German site: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/sonntagsraetsel-ausgabe-nr-196.html
Without the music and with the solutions, but still interesting.
Unfortunately, I only know a (very) few words of German.
https://translate.google.com
Thanks but of course I know about Google translate..
But in my experience, it doesn’t do a very good job on whole pages…. and frame by frame is tedious if you don’t know which categories to translate.
Not saying I can’t… Just takes lot of time.
I went there, and didn’t see anything that looked relevant to the above.. But maybe you were just showing me the site in general.
I tend to go back to pages later, when I have time, but probably after the appropriate window to reply to you.
So I said what I said in case you were looking for a reply about the song we were discussing.
Kinda hard to get the spelling right when you don’t share a common alphabet…
The Writers Museum – Edinburgh, Scotland.
Beautiful.
Now I would have sworn that was AI!
The people are too human looking.
I would think a bit of colour enhancement has taken place in the final image.
Robin on a rock on the Isle of Arron off the West coast of Scotland. Arron is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde.
The movie you were looking for three days ago is “Mouse Hunt” (1997).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119715/
That’s the one!
Thanks
Every day’s Cleo comes out at about what I’d call early bedtime in the Eastern US time zone, ie, 9pm-ish…. which is still early dinnertime in California, or 6pm-ish (though in the Midwest of my youth, 6pm was considered standard dinnertime)…. And lately it’s been tip-toeing in even a bit earlier.
I usually have no problem with the time difference, cos… um… time makes little difference.
But nighttime holidays are confusing.
It makes sense, logically, that the ball has been falling on 2025, in the Clifford household since this strip was posted.
It’s the strip for tomorrow, which is New Years Eve day.
But in reality, where I live, that ball won’t drop for another 24 hours. I’m about to go to bed, and when I wake up, it won’t be 2026… It’ll be the morning of the day when the ball is going to drop later. Much later.
So I feel funny wishing you all a Happy New Year, right now… and funny if I don’t.
Tell you what… for right now, I’ll say
And I’ll say it again tomorrow!
Apropos three days ago: updated version: https://archive.org/details/The_Atom
The Internet Archive is offline… I hope only temporarily!
From yesterday.
With any luck, you should be able to work through the clutter and watch “I Mudd” from the beginning.
https://www.lookmovie2.to/shows/play/1689816948-star-trek-1966#S2-E8-138782
Apropos: https://archive.org/details/the-trouble-with-tribbles_202305
For some reason I wasn’t able to access it through The Archive, temporarily offline it says.
Found it at:
1689816948-star-trek-1966
CLASSIC MUDD!
Oh! Yeah… I got that message for the video above, as well.
From mastodon.archive.org
Power outage in San Francisco has taken archive.org offline. Back online as soon as possible.
Whew!
They’ve made so many appeals for donations lately, I was worried about a financial crisis.