Friday, August 29, 2025

Coming to America (1988)

 


Directed by John Landis. Free with ads on Youtube. Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall.

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


https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/28458/coming-to-america/


https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/comingtoamericarhinson_a0c8df.htm

The Best of Times (1986)

 


Directed by Roger Spottiswoode. Found on Tubi. Kurt Russell, Robin Williams, Pamela Reed. Continuing with the football movies from last week. 

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


https://hiitsburl.blogspot.com/2015/01/burl-reviews-best-of-times-1986.html 

https://shebloggedbynight.com/2010/the-first-annual-bronco-nagurski-the-best-of-times-1986-2/ 


Chili 2025

 


Very large. 2lbs. ground beef. 1lb. beef stew meat. 1lb. pork stew meat. 1 can each black, red, pinto beans; drained and rinsed. 2 cans diced tomato. 1 can Rotel tomato. 1/2 can chipotle peppers. 2 onions, 2 stalks celery, 2 cloves garlic. 1 beer. 1 quart chicken stock. Full recipe at link.

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2019/11/chili.html

Schlitz Tall Boy

 


All of my old beer can photos got deleted so now I have to do new ones. Luckily many were saved on Twitter so I just edited them back into the old blog posts.

Hardee's New Chicken Breast Sandwich Commercial 1989

 

Thursday, August 28, 2025

[View of restaurant kitchen showing cook strain spaghetti noodles. Neon spaghetti sign in window and various menu offerings on display]

 


Rizzuto, Angelo, 1906-1967, photographer

[July 1957]

https://www.loc.gov/item/2020636352/

Pâtes aux œufs et aux légumes. Nouilles, macaronis. Ferrari, Opéra, Paris

 


  • Poster for noodles and pasta, showing a number of celebrities, each identified, some holding packages of the product.

"Ah-h! There's a dish that goes big with me!" - Heinz cooked spaghetti

 


  • Advertisement for Heinz cooked spaghetti depicts a man in a suit being served spaghetti in tomato sauce with cheese at the dinner table.
  • Paus, Herbert Andrew, 1880-1946, artist
  • [United States] : [Publisher not identified], [1931]
  • https://www.loc.gov/item/2024641545/

Schell's Restaurant sign, Reading, Pennsylvania

 


Powers Hotel, Rochester, N.Y.

 


Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Meaty Tomato Sauce 8/27

 


For the freezer. 2lbs. ground beef. 1 package Italian sausage. 3 cans diced tomato, 3 cans tomato sauce, 1 can tomato paste. 2 onions, 3 cloves garlic, 2 stalks celery. Red wine. Anchovy paste. Thyme, oregano, basil, red pepper flakes, bay leaf. I keep the sausages whole, simmer them in the sauce, and freeze them one each in containers with the sauce.

1982 Classic Olympia Beer Commercial

 

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Cherry Bounce

 


Making now for the holidays. I'm using one bag frozen dark cherries but pitted fresh cherries are best. 2/3 cup sugar, 2 whole cloves, 1 cinnamon stick, 2-3 cups whiskey. Combine everything in a jar, shake, and store in a dark place at least 3 months. Shaking occasionally. 

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

https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/life/food/2019/08/19/cherry-bounce-recipes-and-advice-wisconsin-cordial-home-makers-door-county/1931502001/

Baltimore, Maryland. Shoe store window

 


Sunday, August 24, 2025

Mother and Me, M.D.

 


NBC 1979. Failed pilot. Leah Ayres, Rue McClanahan, Jack Riley. Part of the Comedy Theatre series on NBC which aired failed pilots for a couple of summers in the 70s.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4476764/

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

Friday, August 22, 2025

Loop the Loop, Coney Island, N.Y.

 


Wildcats (1986)

 


Directed by Michael Ritchie. Free with ads on Youtube. Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes, Bruce McGill, M. Emmet Walsh, Swoosie Kurtz.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wildcats-1986


https://talkingpulp.wordpress.com/2022/01/05/film-review-wildcats-1986/

Necessary Roughness (1991)

 


Directed by Stan Dragoti. Free with ads on Youtube. Scott Bakula, Sinbad, Kathy Ireland, Robert Loggia, Hector Elizondo, Jason Bateman.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/necessary-roughness-1991


https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/necessaryroughnesspgkempley_a0a26b.htm

Looping the loop, Atlantic City

 


Arby's ad 1984

 

Friday, August 15, 2025

Sam Whiskey (1969)

 


Directed by Arnold Laven. Found on Tubi. Burt Reynolds, Ossie Davis, Angie Dickinson, Clint Walker.

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


https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17753/sam-whiskey#articles-reviews?articleId=17944 

https://jeffarnoldswest.com/2020/02/sam-whiskey-ua-1969/

Captain Ron (1992)

 


Directed by Thom Eberhardt. Found on Tubi. Kurt Russell, Mary Kay Place, Martin Short.

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


https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/captainronpg13kempley_a0a328.htm 

https://unobtainium13.com/2025/03/17/guilty-pleasure-no-77-captain-ron-dir-by-thom-eberhardt/

All of Me (1984)

 


Directed by Carl Reiner. Found on Tubi. Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_of_Me_(1984_film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/all-of-me-1984


https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/21/movies/steve-martin-in-all-of-me.html


https://70srichard.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/all-of-me/

1988 Grandy's "New Sandwiches" TV Commercial

 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandy%27s

Friday, August 8, 2025

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

 


Directed by John Huston. Free with ads on Youtube. Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, Roddy McDowall, Stacy Keach, Anthony Perkins, Tab Hunter. Written by John Milius. I had this taped on VHS.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-life-and-times-of-judge-roy-bean-1973


https://trailersfromhell.com/the-life-and-times-of-judge-roy-bean/  

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/18332/the-life-and-times-of-judge-roy-bean#articles-reviews?articleId=345170

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-life-and-times-of-judge-roy-bean/ 

Hour of the Gun (1967)

 


Directed by John Sturges. Free with ads on Youtube. James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan. Wyatt Earp and the O.K. Corral. Cinematography by Lucien Ballard. Second movie recently with Garner as Earp.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hour-of-the-gun-1967

https://trailersfromhell.com/hour-of-the-gun/ 

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17592/hour-of-the-gun#articles-reviews?articleId=74645 

Vince Kolb Auto Sales sign, Jefferson City, Missouri

 


Wendy's Chicken Club Commercial from 1986

 

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Stuffed Sweet Peppers 8/7/25

 


Store bought colorful sweet peppers. Had half a block of cream cheese, needed to be used. Italian sausage. Colby/Monterey Jack cheese. Bread crumbs. Red pepper flakes. 350 oven 25-27 minutes.