Thursday, September 22, 2016

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

The Royal Treatment

This is a lovely illustration by August Reseller from 1911 of a lion getting the royal treatment. 28 years later, Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion had a similar appearance and treatment.



Visit Cuba

If you want to visit Cuba, you better do it soon before President Trump cuts you off and sends you to the principal's office. Actually, he'd make a good high school principal, I think — idolized by the teachers, hated by the students.


An Ironic Fist

Any of you oldsters remember this guy? Buffalo Bob Smith and his little protege Howdy Doody ruled the peanut gallery with an ironic fist, way back when.


Thursday, September 15, 2016

20 Thousand Million Years

This blog is not extinct, it's just taking an extended break. After all, we have 20 thousand million years ahead of us, so hang in there . . .