Blind Date (1987)

 

Directed by Blake Edwards. Found on Tubi. Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette, William Daniels, Phil Hartman. Kim Basinger's character is from Baton Rouge in the movie. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Date_(1987_film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blind-date-1987

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/blinddatepg13kempley_a0cab4.htm

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/3320/blind-date/

First Anaheim Peppers 2026

 

Big ones this year. Stuffing these with Italian sausage, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, red pepper flakes. 350 oven 23-25 min. Also growing banana and tabasco peppers, and Creole tomatoes. 

Sign in tractor store, Brownwood, Texas

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1939 Nov.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017741393/
  

Green peas, Frank Albert & Co., Baltimore

 

• Illustrated stock label for food product.
• [1878]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2002698026/
  

Lariat Motel sign, Route 50, Fallon, Nevada

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1980.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017705929/
  

Manhattan

 

2 oz. rye whiskey (or bourbon), 1 oz. sweet vermouth, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, cherry garnish. Add whiskey, vermouth, bitters in mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain into chilled glass and garnish with cherry.

Didn't have the right kind of glasses so I broke it in two, with two chilled glasses, and two cherries. 

Next week the Mai Tai. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_(cocktail) 

https://www.liquor.com/recipes/manhattan-2/

Chicken and Dumplings 2026

 

Mary Hill frozen dumplings. Roasted a whole chicken last night. Made chicken stock with the bones and onion/celery/whole peppercorns. Cook the dumplings in stock, add back the chicken. Thickens upon standing. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_and_dumplings

Corn Pops ad, 1989

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Pops 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=94

Roast Chicken 2026

 

An hour and 10-15 min. on the Chicken Rocket in the oven. Beer and onion/garlic in the Chicken Rocket. Making ahead of time for chicken and dumplings tomorrow. 

Heat (1995)

 

Directed by Michael Mann. Found on Tubi. Robert DeNiro, Val Kilmer, Al Pacino, Tom Sizemore, Danny Trejo, Ted Levine, Ashley Judd, Jon Voight, Amy Brenneman, Tom Noonan. I also have this DVD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_(1995_film)

 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/heat-1995 

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2007/cteq/heat/ 

https://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/879-codes-chaos-and-the-world-of-heat/ 

https://www.tcm.com/articles/155112/heat-1995 

https://cinemascholars.com/heat-1995-a-cinema-scholars-oral-history/ 

Heat (1986)

 

Directed by Dick Richards. Found on Tubi. Burt Reynolds, Peter MacNicol, Karen Young, Howard Hesseman. I have this William Goldman paperback and he wrote the script. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_(1986_film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/heat-1987

https://craneshot.blogspot.com/2014/08/heat-1987.html 

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film11/blu-ray_review_172/heat_1986_blu-ray.htm

https://hiitsburl.blogspot.com/2014/12/burl-reviews-heat-1987.html

K&B Beer

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%26B

Mr. Mushroom Commercial (1975)

 

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

 

Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Found on Tubi. Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman. Roger Deakins cinematography. I also have this DVD. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hudsucker_Proxy 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hudsucker-proxy-1994

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4123hud.html 

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=5496

Hotel St. John, Charleston, S.C.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1905.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016794911/
  

Hero (1992)

 

Directed by Stephen Frears. Found on Tubi and free on Youtube. Geena Davis, Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Joan Cusack, Susie Cusack, Maury Chaykin, Stephen Tobolowsky, Kevin J. O'Connor. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_(1992_film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hero-1992

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/heropg13howe_a0af0c.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/heropg13hinson_a0a7b3.htm

https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=48331

1988 Michelob Beer Commercial with Wang Chung

 

[N.Y. drug store, Pennsylvania Station]

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1900 and 1920]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016799154/

Lost Balance Bar, Route 50, Austin, Nevada

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1980.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017702274/
  

Coach McGuirk - Home Bartending

 

Season 4, ep. 11. Definite Possible Murder. Coach McGuirk goes to bartending school and then tries it at home.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808668/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/bartenders/comments/1kcegib/this_drink_recipe_from_home_movies/