837 Gov. Nichols St., New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

 

• Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer
• 1937-1938.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017886996/
  

Schell's Bock Beer

 

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

A Biographical Dictionary of Film - David Thomson

 

Market Hall, 188 Meeting St., Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

 

• Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer
• 1937.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017889308/
  

80's Ads: Nabisco Giggles Cookies 1987

 

64 South Battery, Gibbes, William House, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

 

• Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer
• 1937.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017889344/
  

Fried Sac-a-lait

 

(crappie) Onion acts as a flavor enhancer.

Pork Tenderloin Slices

 

Three minutes a side. Didn't use much charcoal.

Wear-Ever Popcorn Pumper ad, 1979

 

Magnum had one of these. 

http://historysdumpster.blogspot.com/2014/01/wear-ever-popcorn-pumper.html

Dorothy

 

1979 CBS. Dorothy Loudon. Girls school. 4 episodes. One is on Youtube in two parts. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_(TV_series)

Rutledge Ave., Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

 

• Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer
• 1937.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017889340/
  

Valley Forge

 

Old Tavern Beer.

https://heritage575.tripod.com/scheidt_history.html

Cypress

 

Chrome/blogspot image/video glitch appears to be fixed.  I had to use Edge for the first time to do the Svengoolie post on Observation Deck.

Altered States: The Autobiography of Ken Russell

 

Harris and Company

 

1979 NBC. Bernie Casey. 4 episodes.

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

The Devil's Alternative - Frederick Forsyth

 

1979. Ukraine. Blazing through these old paperback thrillers two at a time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Alternative

Sierra

 

Baker's Square - "Where's The Pie?" (Commercial, 1984)

 

Stalin's Ghost - Martin Cruz Smith

 

Arkady Renko. Stalin, Chechens, and chess. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin%27s_Ghost

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/09/martin-cruz-smith.html

61 Bay Street, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

 

• Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer
• 1937.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017889087/
  

Three for the Road

 

1975 CBS. Alex Rocco, Vincent Van Patten, Leif Garrett. RV life on the road. 13 episodes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_for_the_Road_(TV_series)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072576/

Can O' History - The Vidalia Sandbar Fight

 

The Sandbar Fight, also known as the Vidalia Sandbar Fight, was a formal one-on-one duel that erupted into a violent brawl involving a number of combatants on September 19, 1827. It took place on a large sandbar in the Mississippi River, a few miles north of Vidalia, Louisiana and Natchez, Mississippi. The fight resulted in the death of General Samuel Cuny and Major Norris Wright. American pioneer and folk hero James Bowie survived, but was seriously injured in the fight. 

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

Duel

- On Wednesday, September 19, 1827, at midday, Wells and Maddox, accompanied by their seconds and supporters, met on a sandbar near the town of Natchez, Mississippi. Jim Bowie supported Wells, while Norris Wright favored Maddox. In total, 17 named men were present. The Wells party arrived first by a small boat from the Louisiana shore. The Maddox party and local observers then arrived by horse from a nearby Mississippi plantation house, fording a bayou. The duel was conducted by formal rules of the time, with a lengthy delay between exchanges of fire. The noncombatant witnesses (including the surgeons) kept a reasonable distance from the duel for the duration of the fight.

Wells and Maddox each fired two shots, and as neither man was injured, resolved the formal duel with a handshake.

Brawl

- At the conclusion of the initial duel, the party of six (Wells, Maddox, McWorter, Crain, Dr. Cuny, and Dr. Denny) prepared to celebrate survival. They walked towards the remaining Maddox partisans, because no participant of the duel had a violent relationship with that group. The duel participants were balanced in number (three each) and unarmed with the exception of the seconds. Crain carried a loaded pistol in each hand. The duel participants were intercepted by the remaining Wells partisans; Crain now faced three additional armed men. Seeing this from a distance, the remaining Maddox partisans began running forward to join the group. General Cuny, who had previously fought with Crain, is recorded as having called out to him, "Col. Crain, this is a good time to settle our difficulty." Crain fired, missing Cuny but striking Bowie in the hip and knocking him to the ground. Cuny and Crain then exchanged fire, with Crain sustaining a flesh wound in the arm and Cuny dying from a shot to the chest or thigh.

Bowie, rising to his feet, drew his knife and charged at Crain, who struck him so hard upon the head with his empty pistol that it broke and sent Bowie to his knees. Wright appeared, drew a pistol, and shot at the fallen Bowie, missing. Wright then drew his sword cane and stabbed Bowie in the chest, but the thin blade was deflected by his sternum. As Wright attempted to pull the blade free, Bowie reached up, grabbed his shirt, and pulled him down upon the point of his Bowie knife. Wright died quickly and Bowie was shot again and stabbed by another member of the group. As Bowie stood, both Blanchard brothers fired at him, and he was struck once in the arm. Bowie spun and cut off part of Alfred's forearm; Carey fired a second shot at Bowie, but missed. As the Blanchard brothers fled, Alfred was shot "through the arm" by Jefferson Wells, while Carey was shot at by Major McWorter "without effect".

The brief (90-second) brawl left Samuel Cuny and Norris Wright dead, and Alfred Blanchard and Jim Bowie badly wounded. The unarmed Dr. Denny was shot in a finger and a thigh. Others may have suffered minor injuries; Crain claimed that a bullet "grazed the skin" of his arm.

Crain helped carry Bowie away, with Bowie recorded as having thanked him, saying, "Col. Crain, I do not think, under the circumstances, you ought to have shot me." One doctor reputedly said, "How he [Bowie] lived is a mystery to me, but live he did." The five doctors who had been present for the duel managed to patch Bowie's wounds. The dead and wounded (at least, and perhaps all partisans) promptly crossed the river by boat soon after the death of General Cuny.

Film Theory and Criticism - Mast/Cohen

Shirley

 

1979-80 NBC. Shirley Jones, Patrick Wayne, Rosanna Arquette, Tracey Gold. 13 episodes. First ep. of this just showed up on Youtube. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_(TV_series)

1988 Hydrox Cookie TV Commercial

 

Hydrox launched 1908.

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

A Steak Sandwich and a Steak Sandwich

 

$18 T-bone marked down to $11. Six minutes a side on a hot grill. With Comeback Sauce on a potato bun. Cuban Sandwich chips are pretty good. 

Cypress

716 Toulouse St., New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

 

• Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer
• 1937-1938.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017887066/
  

Cypress

 

Fay

 

1975-76 NBC. Lee Grant, Joe Silver. 10 episodes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_(TV_series)

The Montefuscos

 

1975 NBC. Ron Carey, Joseph Sirola, Naomi Stevens. 8 episodes aired. Cancelled after three. "The Monte-Fiascos," critics said.

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

The Yeagers

 

1980 CBS. Andy Griffith, David Ackroyd, Kevin Brophy, James Whitmore Jr. Only two aired.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125655/

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

 

1960-61 syndicated. First karate detective on TV. 38 episodes.

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

The Chicago Teddy Bears

1971 CBS. Jamie Farr, Art Metrano, Dean Jones, Huntz Hall, Marvin Kaplan, John Banner. 13 episodes. Period prohibition sitcom.

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

Stuffed Bell Peppers

 

Leftover banana pepper stuffing. Italian sausage, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, red pepper flakes. Really good once it sits a while in the fridge with the peppers. My late night snack last night. 

The Andros Targets

 

1977 CBS. James Sutorius, Pamela Reed. Newspaper drama. 13 episodes. 

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

Paper Moon

 

1974 ABC. Jodie Foster, Christopher Connelly. 13 episodes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Moon_(American_TV_series)

Out of the Blue

 

1979 ABC. Jimmy Brogan, Dixie Carter, Tammy Lauren. Happy Days spin-off. Or was it? Controversy abounds. 12 episodes. Four unaired. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Blue_(1979_TV_series)

Joe & Valerie

 

1978-79 NBC. Paul Regina, Char Fontane. Disco. 8 episodes. One unaired. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_%26_Valerie

Ball Four

 

1976 CBS. Jim Bouton, Ben Davidson. 5 episodes. Two unaired.  I have this book too. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_Four_(TV_series)

A.E.S. Hudson Street

 

1978 ABC. Gregory Sierra, Ralph Manza, Bob Dishy. 5 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.E.S._Hudson_Street

TV Movies - Leonard Maltin

 

Stuffed Banana Peppers

 

First banana pepper harvest. Italian sausage, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, red pepper flakes. Bake 400 20-30 minutes. Put too much stuffing because it made a lot and I still had some left over.

Variety Movie Guide

 

DVDs Daylight Version

 

Dark green is a good color for a TV room but not so good for photography. It eats light. 

Big Eddie

 

1975 CBS. Sheldon Leonard, Sheree North, Quinn Cummings. 10 episodes.

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

Cypress

 

DVD Shelves III

 

Third time the charm. Moved the old DVDs into the other upstairs bedroom and now back into the TV room. These shelves were vintage paperbacks and movie tie-ins. The new purchase DVD/Blu-ray shelves are in the corner to the right so now all the movies will be on one wall.

The Oxford History of World Cinema

 

Grover's Oyster Bar - "Soon to Be Famous" (Commercial, 1980)

 

The Man from St. Petersburg - Ken Follett

1982 thriller.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_St._Petersburg

Film Form: Essays in Film Theory - Sergei Eisenstein

 

Keebler Rich 'N Chips Cookies (Commercial, 1981)

 

Duncan Imperial

 

Yo-yo. Working on the two hand loop the loop today. Just kidding. The red one will sleep though.

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-yo-yo.html

Cult Flicks and Trash Pics

 

Vinca

 

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

10,000 Ways to Die - Alex Cox

 

A Director's Take on the Spaghetti Western.