Philosophy
- Happy Birthday, Quentin Tarantino
It's Quentin Tarantino's 46th birthday today. I do think he will be viewed as one of the essential American filmmakers of this generation. His trademark schitck, of course, is the juxtaposition of horribly gruesome violence captured in a way that...
- Rip Popeye (1929-2006)
There was not a dry eye in Cartoonland when Bluto ended his eulogy, "He met his finish,'cause he ate his spinach, he was Popeye the Sailor Man."While the two played nemeses on screen, in real life Popeye and Bluto were the closest of friends, starting...
- That Summer Tan...just A Few Coins Away
Rather novel...looks like a torch which would provide an instant tan, but in reality it is a lotion dispenser. "Model Betty Dutter demonstrates how the spray nozzle is held of the new Sun-Tan Lotion dispenser at the Annual Vending Machine Convention...
- Superman And "the Magnetic Telescope"
One more Saturday animated selection...Max Fleischer's Superman in Paramount's "The Magnetic Telescope" [1942] Superman "The Magnetic Telescope" l942 If you like the Superman series, then view the remainder at the Internet Archive . Available...
- Einstein--audio And Film
Special Theory Of Relativity "It follows from the Special Theory of Relativity that mass and energy are proved of very different manifestations of the same thing. A somewhat unfamiliar conception for the average man. Furthermore, the equation...
Philosophy
Betty Boop turns 79
Impish, naive, and risque, Betty Boop is as popular now as in the 1930s. Happy birthday Betty.
Betty in Blunderland
Dave and Max Fleischer
Fleischer Studios
1934
Dave and Max Fleischer
Fleischer Studios
1934
- Happy Birthday, Quentin Tarantino
It's Quentin Tarantino's 46th birthday today. I do think he will be viewed as one of the essential American filmmakers of this generation. His trademark schitck, of course, is the juxtaposition of horribly gruesome violence captured in a way that...
- Rip Popeye (1929-2006)
There was not a dry eye in Cartoonland when Bluto ended his eulogy, "He met his finish,'cause he ate his spinach, he was Popeye the Sailor Man."While the two played nemeses on screen, in real life Popeye and Bluto were the closest of friends, starting...
- That Summer Tan...just A Few Coins Away
Rather novel...looks like a torch which would provide an instant tan, but in reality it is a lotion dispenser. "Model Betty Dutter demonstrates how the spray nozzle is held of the new Sun-Tan Lotion dispenser at the Annual Vending Machine Convention...
- Superman And "the Magnetic Telescope"
One more Saturday animated selection...Max Fleischer's Superman in Paramount's "The Magnetic Telescope" [1942] Superman "The Magnetic Telescope" l942 If you like the Superman series, then view the remainder at the Internet Archive . Available...
- Einstein--audio And Film
Special Theory Of Relativity "It follows from the Special Theory of Relativity that mass and energy are proved of very different manifestations of the same thing. A somewhat unfamiliar conception for the average man. Furthermore, the equation...