When we first got our first dog from the pound he had nail polish. Apparently he repaid the favor by snitching food off the table. That family gave up on him. He never stole off the table at our house (and we never painted his toe nails).
But no one could possibly know everything about such a complicated plot, and this movie’s equally complicated production.
There’s the story itself…. swirling with subplots, and folded into them, the major and minor characters and complex genealogies of mythology.
…
A tale of heroes and great beauties… fabulous creatures and terrible monsters…. and everyone and everything in between.
I don’t know how the ancients, whose daily paths and prayers depended on these deities for support and guidance,
ever remembered whose offspring was whose, and where everyone’s loyalties lay!
One mistake, and you might find yourself on the wrong side of a battle or caught in a dark magic spell.
…
It was… <ahem>… much the same on the set, or so I’ve heard.
A bit more personal and less historic, but complex and dangerous in its own way.
Juci Bowwow was gorgeous indeed…. Harry Hamburger played her handsome hero…
But… Ursula Houndress, though getting older, was still in her siren days…
playing “Arfrodoggie” , the goddess of beauty herself.
She met Harry Hamburger there…. and while at first denying rumors of a dalliance, actually gave birth to his puppies, during, or right after, the filming!
…
The already venerable Larry Droolivier played, quite fittingly, the mighty “Zeus.”
Too many other famous canine stars to mention!
Except, of course, we must note the young and beautiful Cleo Clifford…. whose career we follow here.
She’s playing… um… “Pupasus”… the flying horse? Really? HORSE?
Well, it seems she’s a flying horsedog… with golden fur…. and great golden wings.
…
Three hours in makeup and costuming every day… flying about the set… sometimes simulated on greenscreen…
other times on wires, with power and grace… for a basset hound!
Oh, the life of a starlet!
…
She does look beautiful, doesn’t she…
though I wonder how they made her golden.
I hope it was with something like XTI edible gold powder, which I even use on my cakes.
Nothing like the “silver” makeup that caused severe problems for “Buddy” Pupsen, originally cast as the TinDog in “The Wizard of Bassetland”,
but who had to quit due to metal poisoning.
Or the gold body paint that famously suffocated (only fictionally) the woman in the opening scene of “GoldPaw.”
…
All in all, it’s quite a romp through mythology…
illlustrated by amazing special effects from Rayray Harryhounden, in his last film before his retirement…
though I keep expecting him to show up again, by way of some sort of very special effect he invented in the afterlife.
…
Btw… I did go check a couple of these things on the internet, just to get my facts straight…
And I have to share:
Google posts recent related searches, and for the human movie, somebody had asked….. really!…
Well – Cleo hadn’t to jump out from Medusa’s rump in this movie.
Medusa – she originally was Pupasus’mother, thus the resemblance. The latter must have gotten her good looks from her father, the god Poseidon, which makes her Perseus’ cousin (who is a son of Zeus and ancestor of Herakles who’s also a son of Zeus).
Talk about patchwork families nowadays!!!
Tears for Fears
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Shout
I like Tears for Fears. Listening to “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” minutes after the Chris Christie town hall was a bit eerie.
One of those lightbulb moments….
😀
I can never remember – what is the name of the winged basset?
Pupasus? [Pegasus]
Wanna play?
A dog with nail polish?
A girl dog with nail polish!
The one that throws the ball is also probably a girl. 🙂
When we first got our first dog from the pound he had nail polish. Apparently he repaid the favor by snitching food off the table. That family gave up on him. He never stole off the table at our house (and we never painted his toe nails).
What a lousy reason to get rid of a dog! Maybe they didn’t feed him enough!
NOSE!
I have never seen that one.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
MISTER SPARKY!!
Not fond of this genre with human actors, but bassets make it sing! (referring back to the original post).
The special effects were great.
Haryhounden was a genius.
Wow… what a film!
“Clash of the Bassets”!
I know I’ve told some stories about it before…
But no one could possibly know everything about such a complicated plot, and this movie’s equally complicated production.
There’s the story itself…. swirling with subplots, and folded into them, the major and minor characters and complex genealogies of mythology.
…
A tale of heroes and great beauties… fabulous creatures and terrible monsters…. and everyone and everything in between.
I don’t know how the ancients, whose daily paths and prayers depended on these deities for support and guidance,
ever remembered whose offspring was whose, and where everyone’s loyalties lay!
One mistake, and you might find yourself on the wrong side of a battle or caught in a dark magic spell.
…
It was… <ahem>… much the same on the set, or so I’ve heard.
A bit more personal and less historic, but complex and dangerous in its own way.
Juci Bowwow was gorgeous indeed…. Harry Hamburger played her handsome hero…
But… Ursula Houndress, though getting older, was still in her siren days…
playing “Arfrodoggie” , the goddess of beauty herself.
She met Harry Hamburger there…. and while at first denying rumors of a dalliance, actually gave birth to his puppies, during, or right after, the filming!
…
The already venerable Larry Droolivier played, quite fittingly, the mighty “Zeus.”
Too many other famous canine stars to mention!
Except, of course, we must note the young and beautiful Cleo Clifford…. whose career we follow here.
She’s playing… um… “Pupasus”… the flying horse? Really? HORSE?
Well, it seems she’s a flying horsedog… with golden fur…. and great golden wings.
…
Three hours in makeup and costuming every day… flying about the set… sometimes simulated on greenscreen…
other times on wires, with power and grace… for a basset hound!
Oh, the life of a starlet!
…
She does look beautiful, doesn’t she…
though I wonder how they made her golden.
I hope it was with something like XTI edible gold powder, which I even use on my cakes.
Nothing like the “silver” makeup that caused severe problems for “Buddy” Pupsen, originally cast as the TinDog in “The Wizard of Bassetland”,
but who had to quit due to metal poisoning.
Or the gold body paint that famously suffocated (only fictionally) the woman in the opening scene of “GoldPaw.”
…
All in all, it’s quite a romp through mythology…
illlustrated by amazing special effects from Rayray Harryhounden, in his last film before his retirement…
though I keep expecting him to show up again, by way of some sort of very special effect he invented in the afterlife.
…
Btw… I did go check a couple of these things on the internet, just to get my facts straight…
And I have to share:
Google posts recent related searches, and for the human movie, somebody had asked….. really!…
“Is ‘Clash of the Titans’ based on a true story?”
Well – Cleo hadn’t to jump out from Medusa’s rump in this movie.
Medusa – she originally was Pupasus’ mother, thus the resemblance. The latter must have gotten her good looks from her father, the god Poseidon, which makes her Perseus’ cousin (who is a son of Zeus and ancestor of Herakles who’s also a son of Zeus).
Talk about patchwork families nowadays!!!
Not animated enough.
😉
seems like a a bizarre special day…..had no idea that there’s that many folks around who throw axes that they deserve a special day
heehee!—just not today,
use your imagination … ?
No need to – I’ve got a pretty good memory. On my laptop…
this poster is great, stel. i’ve never seen the movie. maybe we could hide behind the couch. i’ll bring enough kibble.
(if perky cat was here, she would comment about the names!)
That movie is more funny than any scary.
They grow so fast…
.
they’re almost as big as mom and dad!!!
thanks, tigressy.