Siesta Motel sign, Route 1, Saugus, Massachusetts

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1984.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017705945/
  

Kellogg's Commercial "Kream Krunch" 1965

 

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

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=403

Frozen White Russian

 

Makes 2. 10-12 coffee ice cubes, little sugar, 1 shot Kahlua, 2 shots vodka, 1 shot cream/half-half. Blend coffee ice cubes, sugar, Kahlua, vodka until smooth. Add cream and briefly mix again.

Action Jackson (1988)

 

Directed by Craig R. Baxley. Free with ads on Youtube. Carl Weathers, Sharon Stone, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Bill Duke, Robert Davi. Every 80s bad guy is also in this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Jackson_(1988_film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/action-jackson-1988

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

https://theactionelite.com/looking-back-at-action-jackson-1988/

Point of No Return (1993)

 

Directed by John Badham. Free with ads on Youtube. Bridget Fonda. Remake of La Femme Nikita. Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Harvey Keitel, Miguel Ferrer. 9th Badham movie covered here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_No_Return_(1993_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/point-of-no-return-1993

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/pointofnoreturnrhinson_a0a800.htm 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/pointofnoreturnrhowe_a0afa4.htm 

Pearl Beer

 

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

Peter Pan ad w/Mark-Linn Baker, 1989

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan_(peanut_butter) 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/brief-history-peanut-butter-180976525/

1991 CBS NCAA March Madness Promo

 

Hotel Green, west building, Pasadena, Calif.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1900 and 1920]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016796149/
  

Sandwich of the Day: Club

 

From the Kinja Archive. Still a few sandwich posts I haven't recreated. An Illeana Douglas reference: "When in doubt, order the club sandwich." A truism. Photos from Wiki.

Tuesday lunch was at a place I had never been to. Club sandwich, fries, iced tea. Other people had gumbo.

https://whatscookingamerica.net/history/sandwiches/clubsandwich.htm 

https://www.seriouseats.com/classic-club-sandwich-recipe 

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

Club Sandwich

Ham, bacon and turkey stacked high on three slices of bread with French fries

$9.99

Served with Sweet Potato Fries or Onion Rings

$10.99

Grilled Chicken Club

Grilled chicken and bacon on three slices of bread, with French fries

$11.99

Served with Sweet Potato Fries or Onion Rings

$12.99

 

Ken's Ice Cream Sandwich sign, B-4, Tucumcari, New Mexico

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1987.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017704393/
  

Stroh's Beer - Trained dog (1984)

 

[Shoe store interior, probably Detroit, Mich.]

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1900 and 1920]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016816700/
  

Everything's Gone Green - New Order

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything%27s_Gone_Green

The Lone Star Liniment...has no equal for man or beast

 

• Illustration of trainer rubbing down horse's leg.
• c1866.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2001701437/
  

Death to Smoochy (2002)

 

Directed by Danny DeVito. Found on Tubi. Robin Williams, Catherine Keener, Edward Norton.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/death-to-smoochy-2002

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/4718/death-to-smoochy/

Palomino Motel sign, Tucumcari, New Mexico

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1982.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017710545/
  

Kelloggs Triple Snack

 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=895

Old Burger Chef sign, Albuquerque, New Mexico

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1979.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017709772/
  

Modelo

 

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

1985 Quaker Peanut Butter Whipps Granola Bars

 

Hotel Eau Gallie, Indian River

 

• Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942, photographer
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1880 and 1897]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016797311/
  

Quicksilver (1986)

 

Directed by Thomas Michael Donnelly. Found on Tubi. Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz, Louie Anderson, Paul Rodriguez, Laurence Fishburne, Rudy Ramos. 

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

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

https://www.dvdsleuth.com/QuicksilverReview/

[Millinery store interior, possibly Detroit, Michigan]

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1900 and 1920]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016816699/
  

A Murder is Announced - Agatha Christie

 

Miss Marple from 1950. Pocket Book vintage paperback. 

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

Labatt's Special Lite Beer Commercial (USA, 1978)

 

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

Secret Agent Fireball (1965)

 

Directed by Luciano Martino. First Bob Fleming Eurospy found on Youtube. Richard Harrison. 

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

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061012/ 

https://doubleosection.blogspot.com/2009/01/dvd-review-secret-agent-fireball-var.html

Bob Fleming... Mission Casablanca (1966)

 

Directed by Antonio Margheriti. AKA Killers are Challenged. Eurospy found on Youtube. Richard Harrison.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Fleming..._Mission_Casablanca 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060051/ 

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=11737

The base ball collar

 

• Men wearing uniforms with collars during baseball game.
• c1869.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/96502426/
  

Round-Up Motel sign, Claremore, Oklahoma

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1982.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017710538/
  

Oyster luggers, New Orleans, La.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c[1906]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016806003/

Wackies cereal from General Mills

 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=386

My Favorite Year (1982)

 

Directed by Richard Benjamin. Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna, Selma Diamond, Anne De Salvo, Bill Macy. 

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

https://www.tcm.com/articles/31268/my-favorite-year 

https://thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=10326

Colt 45

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_45_(malt_liquor)

1978 Benihana of Tokyo "Maybe we should have gone to Benihana" TV Commercial

 

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

Worden Hotel, Saratoga, N.Y.

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1904.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016799812/
  

Western Motel sign, Sayre, Oklahoma

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1982.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017710551/
  

1987 Coors Light beach party

 

Hometown

 

1985 CBS. Jane Kaczmarek, Franc Luz, Daniel Stern, Andrew Rubin, Margaret Whitton, John Bedford Lloyd, Christine Estabrook, Donna Vivino. 9 episodes. 

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

Peoples Drug Store crowds, 14th and [...]

 

• [1920]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016829091/
  

Circle of Iron (1978)

 

Directed by Richard Moore. Found on Tubi. David Carradine, Roddy McDowall, Christopher Lee, Eli Wallach as The Man in the Oil. Story by Bruce Lee. One weird movie. 

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

https://thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3417 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2011/10/circle-of-iron-1978.html 

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/37836/circle-of-iron/

Shampoo (1975)

 

Directed by Hal Ashby. Found on Tubi. Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Carrie Fisher, Julie Christie, Lee Grant, Jack Warden. Robert Towne screenplay. Big Hal Ashby fan but never seen this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shampoo_%28film%29

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/shampoo-1975

https://trailersfromhell.com/shampoo-2/ 

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/hal-ashbys-shampoo-brazen-comedy-depicted-end-sixtiess-innocence/ 

https://www.tcm.com/articles/87952/shampoo 

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2005/spotlight-on-screenwriter-robert-towne/shampoo/

Soldier's true friend, Holloway's ointment & pills

 

• Patent medicine label showing one man treating another man's wound.
• Schlegel, George, artist
• [c1862]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/92504673/
  

Another Day in Paradise (1998)

 

Directed by Larry Clark. Found on Tubi. James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner. 

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/another-day-in-paradise-1999

https://www.avclub.com/another-day-in-paradise-1798196323 

https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/another-day-in-paradise/

Chicken and Peppers 2026

 

3 breast filets. 1 can diced tomato, 1 can Rotel tomato. 1 can green chilis. 1 onion, 1 stalk celery, 2 cloves garlic. Red wine or beer. 

Go (1999)

 

Directed by Doug Liman. Found on Tubi. Sarah Polley, William Fichtner, Timothy Olyphant, Jay Mohr, Katie Holmes, Breckin Meyer, Scott Wolf, Taye Diggs. Set at Christmas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(1999_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/go-1999

https://www.gq.com/story/how-the-craziest-cult-movie-of-1999-got-made 

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews46/go_blu-ray.htm