Sandwich of the Day: Manwich 2026

 

Sauce is actually pretty good. I added onion, hot sauce, Creole mustard, little ketchup. Better after it sits for a while in fridge.

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

Fred and Barney Meet the Thing

 

1979 NBC. Hanna-Barbera. 13 episodes. 

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

Touch of Evil (1958)

 

Directed by Orson Welles. Found on Tubi. Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Marlene Dietrich. Russell Metty cinematography. Your future is all used up. 

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

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-touch-of-evil-1958

https://trailersfromhell.com/touch-of-evil-4k/

https://thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=10635

https://www.tcm.com/articles/noir/12687/touch-of-evil

The Big Hit (1998)

 

Directed by Che-Kirk Wong. Found on Tubi. Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Bokeem Woodbine, Mark Wahlberg, Elliott Gould, Antonio Sabato Jr., Avery Brooks, Lainie Kazan. 

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

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-big-hit-1998

https://outlawvern.com/2018/03/19/the-big-hit/

https://movieweb.com/mark-wahlberg-the-big-hit-hated-by-roger-ebert/

Vintage Football Pennants

 

Many from the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans in the 40s and 50s. Two LSU. I have more in a closet. 

Pillsbury Poppin' Fresh Chocolate Chip Cookies Commercial (1983)

 

Great Northern Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [ca. 1900]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016808448/
  

Sign on photo studio. Fredericksburg, Virginia

 

• Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
• 1938 Apr.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017762461/
  

Redd Foxx - Colt 45 Beer Commercial (circa 1975)

 

Welcome to Hard Times (1967)

 

Directed by Burt Kennedy. Free with ads on Youtube. Henry Fonda, Warren Oates, Aldo Ray, Keenan Wynn, Janice Rule, Edgar Buchanan, Lon Chaney Jr., Elisha Cook Jr. I also have this book by E.L. Doctorow. Never seen it. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Hard_Times_(film)

https://www.tcm.com/articles/91159/welcome-to-hard-times 

https://unobtainium13.com/2015/08/24/film-review-welcome-to-hard-times-1967-directed-by-burt-kennedy/

Agricultural implement store. Las Animas, Colorado

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1941 Jan.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017788730/
  

Guest Performer: Harry Anderson Card Trick - Saturday Night Live

 

Off the Wall

 

1977 NBC. Failed pilot. Todd Susman, Sandy Helberg, Barbara Deutsch, Hal Williams, Sean Roche.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302883/

The Amazing Spider-Man

 

1977-79 CBS. Nicholas Hammond. 13 episodes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Spider-Man_(TV_series) 

Kung Fu

 

1972-75 ABC. David Carradine, Keye Luke. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_(1972_TV_series) 

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

 

1974-75 ABC. Darren McGavin. Also seen on CBS Late Night. 20 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolchak:_The_Night_Stalker

The Sandy Duncan Show

 

1972 CBS. M. Emmet Walsh, Tom Bosley, Alfie Wise. 13 episodes. Following Funny Face the year before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandy_Duncan_Show#The_Sandy_Duncan_Show  

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

Funny Face

 

1971 CBS. Sandy Duncan. 13 episodes. Followed by The Sandy Duncan Show the next year.

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

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066657/

The Queen of the trotting turf. Manufactured by Seth Halsey, Lynchburg, Va.

 

• Tobacco label showing jockey on four wheeler pulled by horse, on racetrack.
• c1859.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/94504640/
  

Quarter Horse Motel sign, 4th Street, Benson, Arizona

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1979.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017703540/