They’re the stars of “Star Wars”: Harrison Ford (Han Solo), David Prowse (C3PO), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Kenny Baker (R2D2), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker).
Had one of those from my Mom. Have a Kitchen Aid chopper now. Much easier, but just about as difficult to clean. Either way, you have to skin them and cut the foods up into chunks, before they will go through.
And yeah, the picture is deceptive. I don’t think it’ll really suck in a whole pig.
My mom gave me hers when she decided it had gotten too heavy for her… But long ago it got too heavy for me.
Not too heavy to carry, just too heavy to bother with.
And it didn’t open into two halves, like some do, for cleaning. It felt really heavy to hold in the sink with one hand, and wash the inside with the other.
This Is Dorothy Lamour with Jiggs the Chimpanzee, in a promo photo taken on the set of “Her Jungle Love”, in 1936 or 37.
It was Jiggs’ last movie… He had played Cheetah in the first two Johnny Weismuller Tarzan movies, and also in a competing Buster Crabbe serial, and a different, lesser known Tarzan movie.
He was very friendly and cooperative, but at some point attacked Dorothy Lamour and had to be restrained. I don’t know the whole story or whether that’s what ended his acting career, but he passed away before this film was released, in 1938.
His descendants played Cheetah in succeeding Tarzan films.
Must point out that he’s unlikely to be looking for them as prey…. just as something to play with, and if necessary, to rescue, like a big, wet, furry life preserver, and to retrieve.
Thank you for clarifying the loving intent of the golden seal retrievers. Of course, they would never want any harm to come to bassets! They’re the guardian angels sent to protect bassets. You’ll also find them as welcoming guides at the entrance to the rainbow bridge (with dachshunds, beagles, and long-haired chihuahuas to help along the way).
They are apparently Sika deer, a protected species in Nara, Japan, who are so used to tourists, along with the locals, that they’ve learned to bow to humans, to get treats.
That description comes from other images of the same animals and location. I couldn’t get many details about this one.
I found lots of posts of this particular scene as a gif or as a few seconds of video, but none any longer, or with any written or spoken explanation.
The implication seemed to be that the fighting was unusual, but that may just be my take.
I feel confident that Susan will have more than a passing acquaintance with each establishment in the scene, and possibly with the strikingly handsome fellow sitting in the red coupe and wearing a red jacket.
Golly gee, how can I ever thank you??
Well, I actually know how, but this is a family site.
Besides, I’m a lowly peon at the mighty Cleo and Company Productions, and you’re the Big Boss… the Head Honcho .. the…. um… okay that’s all the sucking up I can muster.
The point remains that I should be grateful.
I’m trying… I’m trying.
Hey… do you think maybe it’s not AI?
I mean, there is one sign that’s legible.
And I do love the fact that the guy is so big for the car… Makes it look like it should have pedals, instead of an engine.
You know, seriously… to a degree… I can’t figure out why these programs that learn the details of cars and Coke machines, diners and gas stations… that also learn to mimic the brush strokes of various artists, and the look of historical buildings… can’t learn the 26 letters and 10 digits of the English alphabet, and stick to them for producing fake Americana.
Even if they have to learn a few modifications to produce them in different fonts… a 1985 word processor can do that. It’s not beyond them.
AND, maybe, that is the point. After all, if I had made something like this I would be somewhat embarrassed to have it published so into the trash bin it would go.
But it still is here. It still exists. Just like the caricatures you would find in a 1960 MAD Magazine. The new, “modern”, digitized version. Something to contemplate…  😃
Yes… rhetoric and also biblical references, neither of which Paul McCartney would want added to the song, which he wrote.
No matter what side you’re on, politically, I can’t believe people think it’s ok to attach your own views or agenda to the intellectual property of another person without permission, especially if that person has known views that conflict with your own.
It’s not that what he said was particularly controversial, I suppose, compared to what it might have been, but it was still far from the sentiments the Beatles expressed, and their desire to be world citizens…. besides which, they weren’t Americans!
The song was a light-hearted spoof, not a vehicle for heavy handed US propaganda.
you’re right. I had no idea…it was late at night ( for me, anyway) and I never heard it all the way through–just the sound of the jet landing— I changed it to the way McCartney wrote it
This is one of the few sites that you can go to and enjoy the content without jabs (well, maybe a few) at different viewpoints. That’s why I work so hard not to inject comments that could be construed as political. However, it’s Nighthawks site, and I respect his views and thank him for making it available for watchers and commenters from all countries and learned-life backgrounds.
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“Come on. Do you seriously think I would stoop to that level? Especially after last time?”
Good one! Such a trustworthy face, how could you doubt her? Give her another chance!
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I’m just missing the guy in glasses…
That’s Goldenrod.
Do you know about the viral image associated with that name for him?
Almost but not quite NSFW… 🙂
You probably know them all….but…
if you’d like a refresher…. They’re the stars of “Star Wars”: Harrison Ford (Han Solo), David Prowse (C3PO), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Kenny Baker (R2D2), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker).
Oops… You’re right!
Rusty brain… I knew I should have googled it instead of trusting my memory.
And welcome to Cleo and Company.
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Had one of those from my Mom. Have a Kitchen Aid chopper now. Much easier, but just about as difficult to clean. Either way, you have to skin them and cut the foods up into chunks, before they will go through.
I’d suggest boning them, too.
And yeah, the picture is deceptive. I don’t think it’ll really suck in a whole pig.
My mom gave me hers when she decided it had gotten too heavy for her… But long ago it got too heavy for me.
Not too heavy to carry, just too heavy to bother with.
And it didn’t open into two halves, like some do, for cleaning. It felt really heavy to hold in the sink with one hand, and wash the inside with the other.
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Makes you want to follow the trail and see what lies ahead. Some of the fun is where kids (or adults) build fairy dwellings at the base of the trees.
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I don’t think Cheetah should have gotten higher billing than me! I’m going to talk to my agent!
This Is Dorothy Lamour with Jiggs the Chimpanzee, in a promo photo taken on the set of “Her Jungle Love”, in 1936 or 37.
It was Jiggs’ last movie… He had played Cheetah in the first two Johnny Weismuller Tarzan movies, and also in a competing Buster Crabbe serial, and a different, lesser known Tarzan movie.
He was very friendly and cooperative, but at some point attacked Dorothy Lamour and had to be restrained. I don’t know the whole story or whether that’s what ended his acting career, but he passed away before this film was released, in 1938.
His descendants played Cheetah in succeeding Tarzan films.
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It takes a LOT of study to learn the sword. Dream now, but practice, practice, practice!
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This chair looks like it has supported a lot of tushes in a dignified manner. If that is our role in life, may we do it as well.
Looks like an armchair designed by a dentist!
I looked at it as a successor to the sword promo and a response to the admonition to “practice, practice, practice.”
It’s actually Sigmund Freud’s chair…. One he sat in for years, doing his famous writing and research.
Photo by Tereza Zelenkova, an up-and-coming European photographer, who included it in a book and exhibition of her dreamy and/or bizarre visions.
She points out in her description that the odd shape seems to resemble some of the African sculpture he collected.
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Looks like a golden seal retriever. Probably on the lookout for bassets that strayed beyond the length of their legs
Must point out that he’s unlikely to be looking for them as prey…. just as something to play with, and if necessary, to rescue, like a big, wet, furry life preserver, and to retrieve.
Thank you for clarifying the loving intent of the golden seal retrievers. Of course, they would never want any harm to come to bassets! They’re the guardian angels sent to protect bassets. You’ll also find them as welcoming guides at the entrance to the rainbow bridge (with dachshunds, beagles, and long-haired chihuahuas to help along the way).
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Another magazine cover… an early one… by Neysa McMein, featuring one of the beautiful, rosy-cheeked “All-American girls” she became famous for.
This was painted, coincidentally, the same year that the photographed I posted was taken, with her carrying the flag in a march for women’s suffrage.
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Bee ♪ my honey..♪♪
Looks like bees. Lots of ’em.
Looks like the kind of crowd that certain unnamed dictators couldn’t hope to attract…
Looks like people. Lots of ’em.
OMG! It’s Woodstock!
Outside Bethel, N.Y., about 80 miles n/w of New York City, on a hillside pasture of Max Yasgur’s rural dairy farm.
An Aug. 16th, 1969 AP file photo….
They estimate the crowd at about 400,000 … Other sites say as many as 600,000 people.
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Most of em… Not sure about a few.
But it’s past my bedtime… Maybe I can post something tomorrow.
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They are apparently Sika deer, a protected species in Nara, Japan, who are so used to tourists, along with the locals, that they’ve learned to bow to humans, to get treats.
That description comes from other images of the same animals and location. I couldn’t get many details about this one.
I found lots of posts of this particular scene as a gif or as a few seconds of video, but none any longer, or with any written or spoken explanation.
The implication seemed to be that the fighting was unusual, but that may just be my take.
and finally, this one’s for Susan
Oooooh! You really like to pull her chain! {^¿^}
I think I’ve been to that diner…in a dream after a bad burrito or two (of course, no tequila was involved).
I feel confident that Susan will have more than a passing acquaintance with each establishment in the scene, and possibly with the strikingly handsome fellow sitting in the red coupe and wearing a red jacket.
Golly gee, how can I ever thank you??
Well, I actually know how, but this is a family site.
Besides, I’m a lowly peon at the mighty Cleo and Company Productions, and you’re the Big Boss… the Head Honcho .. the…. um… okay that’s all the sucking up I can muster.
The point remains that I should be grateful.
I’m trying… I’m trying.
Hey… do you think maybe it’s not AI?
I mean, there is one sign that’s legible.
And I do love the fact that the guy is so big for the car… Makes it look like it should have pedals, instead of an engine.
You know, seriously… to a degree… I can’t figure out why these programs that learn the details of cars and Coke machines, diners and gas stations… that also learn to mimic the brush strokes of various artists, and the look of historical buildings… can’t learn the 26 letters and 10 digits of the English alphabet, and stick to them for producing fake Americana.
Even if they have to learn a few modifications to produce them in different fonts… a 1985 word processor can do that. It’s not beyond them.
AND, maybe, that is the point. After all, if I had made something like this I would be somewhat embarrassed to have it published so into the trash bin it would go.
But it still is here. It still exists. Just like the caricatures you would find in a 1960 MAD Magazine. The new, “modern”, digitized version.
Something to contemplate…
 😃
Great “Back In The” grouping of music!
The tunes were good & had a nice theme. I could have done without the political rhetoric at the end of the 1st track.
Yes… rhetoric and also biblical references, neither of which Paul McCartney would want added to the song, which he wrote.
No matter what side you’re on, politically, I can’t believe people think it’s ok to attach your own views or agenda to the intellectual property of another person without permission, especially if that person has known views that conflict with your own.
It’s not that what he said was particularly controversial, I suppose, compared to what it might have been, but it was still far from the sentiments the Beatles expressed, and their desire to be world citizens…. besides which, they weren’t Americans!
The song was a light-hearted spoof, not a vehicle for heavy handed US propaganda.
I agree. Nighthawks probably wouldn’t have linked to that particular site if he knew what had been tacked onto the end.
you’re right. I had no idea…it was late at night ( for me, anyway) and I never heard it all the way through–just the sound of the jet landing— I changed it to the way McCartney wrote it
Thank you.
This is one of the few sites that you can go to and enjoy the content without jabs (well, maybe a few) at different viewpoints. That’s why I work so hard not to inject comments that could be construed as political. However, it’s Nighthawks site, and I respect his views and thank him for making it available for watchers and commenters from all countries and learned-life backgrounds.
‘The Water Guardian’ (2024) – James Swanson (American Artist, born 1959), Oil on Linen, 91 x 121 cm (36 x 47.5 in)
Versicolored Barbet.
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Thanks for the Anton Karas “Third Man” post.