I found the whole 37 second clip (posted in 2010).
There are only 34 comments, after 448,660 views as I type this.
I’m with the three commenters that called fake.
I don’t know. Hot oil filled to nearly the top, with a wet turkey dipped into it. It’s possible. However, it could have been done on purpose as either a demonstration video for safety reasons or to get a lot of views. I notice that the whole back yard looks pretty well grass free with nothing nearby on the other side of the fence.
yes, I’m thinking it was deliberately set to show what can happen
when deep frying a whole bird. that guy was aware that it was going to
have a fireball by his extreme caution.
The only question is what happened to the turkey. As the guy pulls away his dipping line comes out of the pot sans turkey. It could have been barely attached, or there was a cut-away somewhere.
This is the actual front of the Flatiron building.
Caption at source:
“Typical floor of the Flatiron Building in 1903”
Side note from my researches.:
There were originally no women’s bathrooms in the building. At the correction of that oversite, the bathrooms were altered on alternate floors; the arrangement remains to this day.
I know you’re putting me on, but I did find this today as well while running around the web.
I find it an interesting bit of adaptation, and information.
But… I think he may have been referring to the 39 years between your photo of the then-new Flatiron building , in 1903, and the painting, Nighthawks, in 1942.
It wasn’t a painting of that building…
But I found it that in 2013, the Whitney Museum staged a recreation of the painting in a glass enclosed space in the pointed end of it.
This picture is taken from just the right angle to make it look scary… cos I know the back end is wider than the end we can see.
It’s actually a triangle, steel framed, and has been standing for well over a hundred years. A major book publisher is or was located there… can’t remember which, but they had an imprint known as “Flatiron books.”
Nonetheless… the idea of going upstairs in it still makes me nervous.
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Beautiful picture!
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I found the whole 37 second clip (posted in 2010).
There are only 34 comments, after 448,660 views as I type this.
I’m with the three commenters that called fake.
I don’t know. Hot oil filled to nearly the top, with a wet turkey dipped into it. It’s possible. However, it could have been done on purpose as either a demonstration video for safety reasons or to get a lot of views. I notice that the whole back yard looks pretty well grass free with nothing nearby on the other side of the fence.
yes, I’m thinking it was deliberately set to show what can happen
when deep frying a whole bird. that guy was aware that it was going to
have a fireball by his extreme caution.
The only question is what happened to the turkey. As the guy pulls away his dipping line comes out of the pot sans turkey. It could have been barely attached, or there was a cut-away somewhere.
I presume it popped…
Yeah, I, too, think it’s not fake… but not an accident, either.
A carefully planned and executed set-up.
Firefighters, showing what will happen.
How would you like to have him as a neighbor?
Must be related to Cleo!
We have our own local peculiar way to make big bangs…
Flat Iron Building NYC-1903
About 39 years before “Nighthawks.”
While confirming the date of the painting, I found out the woman is portrayed by Josephine Hopper.
Edited in at 08:47 hrs. E.S.T. U.S. Thanksgiving (it’s amazing the things you can find on the ‘net).
Film of the “Fuller Building” in 1902 (go full screen).
This is the actual front of the Flatiron building.
Caption at source:
“Typical floor of the Flatiron Building in 1903”
Side note from my researches.:
There were originally no women’s bathrooms in the building. At the correction of that oversite, the bathrooms were altered on alternate floors; the arrangement remains to this day.
Was there a Hopper painting here, earlier?
I was wondering about that, too.
uh…WHAT painting?
I know you’re putting me on, but I did find this today as well while running around the web.
I find it an interesting bit of adaptation, and information.
LINK
OK !!! The link is fixed. 11:00 hrs. E.S.T.
Oops.. I just posted at almost the same time as you.
Sorry, your link doesn’t work for me.
I have to go back to bed… but maybe we’ll all be on the same page later, by the time I return.
“This site can’t be reached” ~ wasn’t too informative.
Ok… Alexikakos came back and didn’t answer that…
But… I think he may have been referring to the 39 years between your photo of the then-new Flatiron building , in 1903, and the painting, Nighthawks, in 1942.
It wasn’t a painting of that building…
But I found it that in 2013, the Whitney Museum staged a recreation of the painting in a glass enclosed space in the pointed end of it.
How that relates, we have to ask Alexi.
https://www.google.de/maps/@48.1393495,11.5644344,3a,75y,294.63h,95.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sgiDo-scRn5kbweSI5xmtIg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.de/maps/@48.1395068,11.5634694,113m/data=!3m1!1e3
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pini-Haus
1877…
Yes… there are buildings that shape all over the world… Dozens just in the US.
There’s a fairly well known one 50 or 60 miles from me in San Francisco, 11 stories tall… Another about 60 miles from me in Oakland, CA.
The one pictured here, in New York City, is a skyscraper, for its time….
famous for its steel frame, extreme thinness at the “point”, and for being 22 stories high…
far taller than any you posted, or, in fact, any (or these days maybe almost any) others of its kind.
I just remember the above that well because it’s a landmark – and the studio where our class learned all the standard dances was there.
Now that’s “Flat!”
This picture is taken from just the right angle to make it look scary… cos I know the back end is wider than the end we can see.
It’s actually a triangle, steel framed, and has been standing for well over a hundred years. A major book publisher is or was located there… can’t remember which, but they had an imprint known as “Flatiron books.”
Nonetheless… the idea of going upstairs in it still makes me nervous.
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Thank you.
It could be. 🙂
😀
Cleo, maybe you should go back to the doggie table.
I’m thankful for my mortgage.
I’m thankful that my mortgage is paid off.
Every morning I look in the mirror and that line comes to me: “Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head.”
Roseanne Roseannadana was always a favorite. I miss her!
Didn’t Robin Hood pwn Davy five hundred years earlier?
Heartwarming to see Cleo getting into the spirit of the holidays.
Happy Thanksgiving to one and all, wherever you are and whatever you are doing (or not).
I remember when I was 65.
Nice to see I’m still middle aged!
You’re still creative (aka willing to learn). – That’s most important.
WooHoo! I’m still middle aged!
Me, too!
I can still get that Harley
(Just kidding, Honey.)
So even though that says I’m still a “youth” I can get a senior discount at some places.
That’s a head-scratcher, isn’t it?
I know I’m still “middle aged” when I have to go buy new trousers to fit round my middle…
I can think of at least one designation missing from this list. Fossil.
To all my Cleo family….
Thank you Susan ♥
Cleo… thankfulness is good.
Not so sure about violent and vindictive thankfulness, though.
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And Claude and Clara… you see before you what your indulgent and laissez-faire parenting hath wrought.
I know she’s a movie star… but every “child” needs limits.
You’re very nice people… but sometimes I’m glad you didn’t have human children. What kind of weapons would they be brandishing?
I shudder to think!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Don’t even invite me ~ I won’t be coming.
Ouch!
Still vertical, inhaling and exhaling. And the Cleo Phanatics.
Happy Thanksgiving all.
Y’all be well. (((((HuGz!)))))
Cleo just has so much to be thankful for. You would think she would rather shut up and eat….even if the food is cold by now.
I’m thankful for you, Nighthawks, and StelBel! Love your comic!
Ditto!