ABC Network - Rudolph's Shiny New Year (Promo, 1982)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph%27s_Shiny_New_Year

MTV 1982 New Years Eve Promo

 

Paperback Shelves

 

Took some of my old paperback bestsellers out of boxes and stuck them on shelves in the back bedroom so I could read some of them again. Hard to light properly. 

Giant pike side view, Fishing Hall of Fame, Hayward, Wisconsin

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1988.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017705743/

Schooner Beer 1985 TV commercial

 

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

Chicken and Peppers 12/30

 

Still had two Anaheim peppers on the plants. Big breast filets. 1 can diced tomato, 1 can Rotel tomato. 1 onion, 2 cloves garlic. 1 little can green chilis. Red wine. 350 oven 40 min. I serve everything over rice.

Chicken pepperoni.

Pashka's Sport Shop sign, Route 27, Hayward, Wisconsin

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1988.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017706317/
  

Country Store (Dawsonville), Ford car in front of store, probably H.E. French's c.1914

 

• ca. 1914.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016844465/
  

Kentucky Tonic Bitters

 

• Patent medicine label.
• [185-]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2001701441/
  

Cherry Bounce Cherry Cobbler

 

What to do with the booze cherries left over from making cherry bounce for the holidays? Cherry cobbler with boxed mix. Milk, butter, can of fruit or fresh fruit. 375 oven 40-45 min. I have some vanilla ice cream left from ice cream pie.

Note - This recipe did cook several min. quicker even though I upped the milk to 3/4 cup like it said on the box for fresh fruit. 

Waffelos Cereal Commercial - 1982

 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=387

Blast of Silence (1961)

 

Directed by Allen Baron. Criterion Blu-ray next. Black and white noir a few years after the film noir cycle ended. Set during Christmas. Lionel Stander narration. Found this originally in my local library. A real gem and beautifully shot.

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

https://trailersfromhell.com/blast-of-silence/

https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=37495 

https://www.avclub.com/blast-of-silence-1798204058

Natural Light - 8oz.

 

Windsor Hotel, Saratoga, N.Y.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1900 and 1906]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016804081/
  

Cherry Bounce 12/25

 

Made this back in Aug. for the holidays. Turned out very good. Cherries, sugar, whiskey, cinnamon stick, 2 whole cloves. Let sit 3-6 months. I would have used a whole fifth of whiskey if I had known how good it was going to be. Mixing with ginger ale tonight. Also good in cocktails and desserts.

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/cherry-bounce.html 

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

Barney Miller - Christmas Story

 

Season 3, ep. 10. Aired Dec. 23, 1976. Playing now on Antenna-TV. Very funny Christmas episode with the father who can't get the toy to go together.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0519009/

TBS How the Grinch Stole Christmas promo, 1992

 

This is new.

WNBC Christmas in Rockefeller Center tel-op, 1978

 

 

Rotel Cream Cheese Sausage Balls

 

Found online. 1lb. breakfast sausage. 1 cup cheddar. 8oz. cream cheese, softened. 1 can Rotel, drained. 1 1/2 cups baking mix. 1tsp. garlic powder, 1/2tsp. smoked paprika, 1/2tsp. black pepper. 375 oven, 18-22 min. Using Red Lobster biscuit mix for the first time. 

Cream cheese was too soft. Left it sitting on the stove, so they were wet when I rolled them, but they firmed up again in the fridge.

Budweiser 'Holiday Greetings' Commercial (Xmas, 1979)

 

The Bundys Prepare For Christmas - Married With Children

 

Picking out a Christmas tree. "The tree in the Ginty house sure is pretty this year. It's got lots of tinsel on it." Season 2, ep. 13. "You Better Watch Out." Steve and Marcy get fruit cake.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642437/

Die Hard (1988)

 

Directed by John McTiernan. Blu-ray coming up next. Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, William Atherton, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/die-hard-1988

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/die-hard-1988-lookbackreview/

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/die-hard/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/movies/30-hard-facts-about-die-hard

Blueberry Ice Cream Pie

 

For Christmas. Vanilla ice cream, softened. One can fruit pie filling. Mix together and pour into graham cracker crust. Back in the freezer to refreeze. 

Due South holiday bumper, 1994

 

General store interior. Moundville, Alabama

 

• Evans, Walker, 1903-1975, photographer
• 1936 summer.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017762325/
  

Amazing Stories & Family Ties promos, 1985

 

Bininger's Pioneer Bourbon, A.M. Bininger & Co.

 

• Bourbon advertising label showing man holding rifle and warming his hands by campfire, with moon in background.
• Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith.
• c1859.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/99403797/
  

Choo Choo Grill sign, Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1982.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017709624/
  

Home Improvement promo, 1995

 

1990 Honey Nut Cheerios bee cartoon & Scrooge

 

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

 

Directed by Robert Altman. Criterion Blu-ray coming up next. Warren Beatty, Julie Christie. Snow western. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCabe_%26_Mrs._Miller

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-mccabe-and-mrs-miller-1971

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mccabe-and-mrs-miller-1971

https://trailersfromhell.com/mccabe-mrs-miller-2/ 

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/mccabe-mrs-miller/ 

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2000/cteq/mccabe/

Carling Black Label - 9oz.

 

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation promo, 1995

 

Thunderbird Lanes Bowling sign, Ypsilanti, Michigan

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1988.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017706986/
  

Hotel Alcazar, St. Augustine, Fla.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1900.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016799332/
  

Chicken and Dumplings 12/17

 

Roast a whole chicken first on the Chicken Rocket. Then make chicken stock. Cook the dumplings in the stock (Mary Hill frozen dumplings). Add the chicken back. Thickens upon sitting.

Vintage Miller High Life Beer Commercial (1971)

 

Furniture store window, Crossville, Tennessee

 

• Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969, photographer
• United States. Resettlement Administration.
• 1937.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017730857/
  

Novel device for stopping a runaway horse - Designed by Ed. Reichenbach, Orrville, Ohio

 

• Man seated in carriage rigged with a weight attached to pulleys, which is lifting a horse off of ground. Advertisement label of Reichenbach's Tile Drains.
• c1892.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2001701471/
  

Dark Blue (2002)

 

Directed by Ron Shelton. Found on Tubi. Kurt Russell, Ving Rhames, Scott Speedman, Brendan Gleeson, Jonathan Banks. James Ellroy story.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dark-blue-2003

https://www.hollywoodsoapbox.com/mondays-legendary-column-dark-blue/

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1099

Fruity Pebbles Cereal Commercial (Flintstones, 1974)

 

Heineken - 9.68oz.

 

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

1980 Pillsbury Bundt Cake Commercial

 

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

Yates Hotel, Syracuse, N.Y.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1905.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016805430/
  

Cheers - The Last Picture Show

 

Season 11 ep. 18. From Feb. 25, 1993. Pat Hingle. This ep. is playing on Pluto now. The drive in is shutting down so they go see Godzilla in Cliff's mom's car.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0539902/

Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Commercial (1980)

 

Spice Counter

 

Cleaned the counters, and the little spice counter, which was overly cluttered. Back row in bulk is: chili powder, parsley, bay leaves, thyme, cumin, cayenne, whole peppercorns, cinnamon sticks.

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

Prospector grub store. Goldfield, Nevada

 

• Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
• 1940 Mar.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017727004/
  

Old Crow whiskey

 

• Whiskey advertising label showing two women burlesque performers.
• c1870.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/99403793/
  

Honey Graham Chex ad, 1987

 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=770

Bottle Rocket (1996)

 

Directed by Wes Anderson. Found on Tubi. Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Andrew Wilson, James Caan.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bottle-rocket-1996

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2778bott.html

General Sterling Price - Three Years

 

The night of 12/4-12/5 three years ago was when I caught him in the McDonald's parking lot. He has come a long way since then. This photo was 2023.

The Limey (1999)

 

Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Found on Tubi. I also have this DVD. Terence Stamp, Luis Guzman, Barry Newman, Peter Fonda, Nicky Katt. 

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-limey-1999

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/bide-time-everything-becomes-clear-construction-memory-soderberghs-limey/ 

https://crimereads.com/the-limey-soderbergh/ 

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/491