Searching it returns several different results.
Seems to be a slippery picture.
I never saw a caption about the Oscars, and they all said these were the munchkin actors from the Wizard of Oz…
but they were variously arriving at MGM studios (which also must have been in a gas station) for their screen tests, or already hired, and walking to the studio together from the Culver hotel, where they were all put up… or, really, from the bus that brought them from New York to Hollywood.
But I also read that only 28 were on that bus, and when they arrived they were also put up in the Culver hotel… so maybe the walking to work theory is best.
The studio really did charter a bus for them, as a publicity stunt, and put a big sign on it. Nice, but in a way, IMHO demeaning, as though they were creatures on display, not real actors.
Just to think about: there were 128 little people and “about 12 children” (were they unable to count them?) playing the munchkins… they’ve all passed on except a few children, now in their 90s.
Tried to search for the artist, even though it’s not my favorite… (Sorry, I don’t like fake antique paintings of modern ladies in non period sexy clothes, especially teenagers.)
Got only one exact match… unusual for a painting…
And what it said was “Oil painting in the style of. (Credit: TensorArt)”
So of course I googled TensorArt… already expecting the result… and yes, of course, it’s an AI program.
This image appears in promotional material for it.
Okay, I know this reply to the diet poster will end up below the rhinocerii, so I’ll put both in one.
Diet poster… One word: bulls**t.
Somebody wrote a book about it that’s been thoroughly debunked, but other stuff has sprung up… no two agree, and none has a scientific basis.
Imagine trying to feed your family if there are several blood types. Oh… We’re related but we can’t eat the same food. Uh huh.
I like “Results may vary due to peronal features”. Even if you overlook the typo it’s a cop-out, cos they know it’s bull.
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Rhinos… adorable, but I hope Mama’s horn was removed for safety, to protect her from poachers, which they do in some game preserves and wildlife sanctuaries, and not by a poacher.
I have type A. Can’t eat onions, they give me indigestion. Allergic to pineapple (never had a reaction, but don’t eat it much). Can’t stand avocados or collards. Love a good steak and drink milk daily.
Ooh – ooh – I know that one! The dog is named “Dog” in that TV series. Can’t remember the other.
(Just kidding…I certainly do remember umm…er…uhh…that other guy.)
As a side note, Peter Falk never gave the dog (a pound rescue) a name – he and his wife couldn’t agree*. But the two that got the most play were Fido or Beethoven. Which tickles me no end, because Beethoven is what I named my first basset hound.
This was done outside of Cottage Grove, Oregon. The train wreck was left in the river until the beginning of WWII, when the metal was reclaimed for the war effort.
Cleo is pretty sneaky…. She keeps finding her way into Edward Hopper’s paintings.
I’m not sure how she does it… but it’s probably easier for a toon than for a human.
Still… while I know she’s a fan, I’m not convinced she should actually break into them. What if she leaves a footprint, or changes a brushstroke, or even eats the food in a restaurant scene??
At least here, she’s outdoors, and the man next to her doesn’t seem to object.
He might be too busy trying to figure out why the scene is changing
.. there seems to be a little batch of differences between the two panels. Do you see them?
X – 1!!!
One of my nine actually turned out to be simply a part of a larger alteration, and of course the one I overlooked is obvious as always. Cause why keep looking after you think you’ve found X?
They churned out a lot of movies, and there were more theaters, in those days of contract players, before television let people get entertainment at home. Yes, there was radio… But they went to the movies a lot.
So you’re gonna get some clinkers and fillers… but some great stuff too.
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“I see lunch…”
“Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.”
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“I think I’m lunch…”
I’ll take some…make it medium rare, please.
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Are they going to land?
actors who played Munchkins in ‘Wizard of Oz” arrive at the Oscars
I don’t know–that’s what it said–it looks to me like they just got off the Greyhound
That was the year the Oscars were staged in a service station…
Searching it returns several different results.
Seems to be a slippery picture.
I never saw a caption about the Oscars, and they all said these were the munchkin actors from the Wizard of Oz…
but they were variously arriving at MGM studios (which also must have been in a gas station) for their screen tests, or already hired, and walking to the studio together from the Culver hotel, where they were all put up… or, really, from the bus that brought them from New York to Hollywood.
But I also read that only 28 were on that bus, and when they arrived they were also put up in the Culver hotel… so maybe the walking to work theory is best.
The studio really did charter a bus for them, as a publicity stunt, and put a big sign on it. Nice, but in a way, IMHO demeaning, as though they were creatures on display, not real actors.
Just to think about: there were 128 little people and “about 12 children” (were they unable to count them?) playing the munchkins… they’ve all passed on except a few children, now in their 90s.
Nowadays they’d just CGI the Munchkins and keep the payroll for themselves.
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The end of the known world?
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Handsome bloke. But perhaps a bit bull-headed.
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Wait till she grows up…!
Tried to search for the artist, even though it’s not my favorite… (Sorry, I don’t like fake antique paintings of modern ladies in non period sexy clothes, especially teenagers.)
Got only one exact match… unusual for a painting…
And what it said was “Oil painting in the style of. (Credit: TensorArt)”
So of course I googled TensorArt… already expecting the result… and yes, of course, it’s an AI program.
This image appears in promotional material for it.
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Okay, I know this reply to the diet poster will end up below the rhinocerii, so I’ll put both in one.
Diet poster… One word: bulls**t.
Somebody wrote a book about it that’s been thoroughly debunked, but other stuff has sprung up… no two agree, and none has a scientific basis.
Imagine trying to feed your family if there are several blood types. Oh… We’re related but we can’t eat the same food. Uh huh.
I like “Results may vary due to peronal features”. Even if you overlook the typo it’s a cop-out, cos they know it’s bull.
…
Rhinos… adorable, but I hope Mama’s horn was removed for safety, to protect her from poachers, which they do in some game preserves and wildlife sanctuaries, and not by a poacher.
I have type A. Can’t eat onions, they give me indigestion. Allergic to pineapple (never had a reaction, but don’t eat it much). Can’t stand avocados or collards. Love a good steak and drink milk daily.
Exactly. I’m type O and except for kiwis, everything on “my” list to avoid is a basic part of my diet.
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down here we use signs
But can they read?
No, that’s why they’re not xinging all over the place.
“Zing!”
” ‘morning Ralph , ‘morning Fred “
Birds? Why would birds bother walking across they highway? And the bears: Are they trespassing here?
The Great Canadian Ostrich needs these overpasses. Also the Canadian Apteryx (a flightless bird with hairy feathers…)
Nice B.C. reference.
The animal overpasses are a real thing. And they work.
That image looks nothing like the photos i have seen,
Mooses?
I’m calling shenanigans on the “overpass” image and caption. I agree with the observations already posted about birds, bears, and ostriches.
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How to make food look horrible!
Some of this I’ve heard is true, but some is silly.
I sometimes keep some oranges and apples in the same wire basket, and they do not look like that!
How would you even.keep bread and cheese together? Nobody would. Except maybe your lunch sandwich. It’ll be fine.
Tomatoes and garlic go on the counter, never the fridge, where the cukes and bell peppers go.
Some people just love to make posters.
Bell peppers don’t go in the fridge.
Nor do cucumbers.
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anybody smell anything?
Very ripe and fresh, too.
Nice story. I’d like to think it were true…
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What’s happening with his cigar?
Same color as his lip?
Until it gets in his mouth…
Ooh – ooh – I know that one! The dog is named “Dog” in that TV series. Can’t remember the other.
(Just kidding…I certainly do remember umm…er…uhh…that other guy.)
As a side note, Peter Falk never gave the dog (a pound rescue) a name – he and his wife couldn’t agree*. But the two that got the most play were Fido or Beethoven. Which tickles me no end, because Beethoven is what I named my first basset hound.
*See more here: A Lieutenant’s best friend: Columbo and Dog – THE COLUMBOPHILE BLOG
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,The General had a cabbage stack, the Texas had a straight stack…
This was done outside of Cottage Grove, Oregon. The train wreck was left in the river until the beginning of WWII, when the metal was reclaimed for the war effort.
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Speed bump. Trip hazzard. “Thing one and thing two.”
If Sparky really wanted to get by Roadblock, he could easily go over/around/through her and get into the next room. He simply doesn’t choose to do so.
Tonight, with my phone, I found five.
I’ll try again in the morning.
Cleo is pretty sneaky…. She keeps finding her way into Edward Hopper’s paintings.
I’m not sure how she does it… but it’s probably easier for a toon than for a human.
Still… while I know she’s a fan, I’m not convinced she should actually break into them. What if she leaves a footprint, or changes a brushstroke, or even eats the food in a restaurant scene??
At least here, she’s outdoors, and the man next to her doesn’t seem to object.
He might be too busy trying to figure out why the scene is changing
.. there seems to be a little batch of differences between the two panels. Do you see them?
I found nine…
Surprised myself and found all nine in (For me) record time.
Me, too!
I found all nine, surprisingly. I didn’t get to it until Saturday afternoon.
X – 1!!!
One of my nine actually turned out to be simply a part of a larger alteration, and of course the one I overlooked is obvious as always. Cause why keep looking after you think you’ve found X?
Luberon massif, southern France, October 2005.
Newspaper movie page from 1981.
Those were the days, for movies. Well, in my time, since I wasn’t around in the 30s.
Hey, I was NOT!
But at least it was before everything had to be a blockbuster, with explosions.
this sort of a snapshot of one part of that era
here’s one from April 18, 1942
They churned out a lot of movies, and there were more theaters, in those days of contract players, before television let people get entertainment at home. Yes, there was radio… But they went to the movies a lot.
So you’re gonna get some clinkers and fillers… but some great stuff too.