King Cake 2026

 

Rouses plain $12. 

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

Murder at the Mardi Gras

 

1978 CBS TV movie. Barbi Benton, Didi Conn, Bill Daily, Gregg Henry, Wolfman Jack.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076423/

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

SNL Live from Mardi Gras 1977

 

The infamous TV special.

https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/snl-1977-mardi-gras-special.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0694650/

https://www.cracked.com/article_41140_this-snl-mardi-gras-special-was-the-biggest-disaster-in-the-shows-history.html

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jane-curtin-recalls-horrible-1977-snl-mardi-gras-special-1305841/

KISS clip on Entertainment Tonight report about Mardi Gras - 1983

 

1984 Pepsi Cola "Mardi Gras Mystery Marcher" TV Commercial

 

Popeyes Commercial - Mardi Gratis Doubloon - New Orleans - 1986

 

Mardi Gras.

1992 FOX "Cops at Mardi Gras" commercial

 

I still have this somewhere on VHS.

King Cake

 

Rouses blueberry cream cheese.

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

Mardi Gras Cat

 

General Sterling Price in season. I change the blankets often according to the time of year. There is a jigsaw puzzle underneath.

MARDI GRAS [held by] THE NEW ST. CHARLES [at] "NEW ORLEANS, LA" (HOTEL;)

 

The Buttolph collection of menus

1907.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-8640-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

MARDI GRAS [held by] THE NEW ST. CHARLES [at] "NEW ORLEANS, LA" (HOTEL;)

 

The Buttolph collection of menus

1907.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-8642-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Mardi Gras Beer

 

St. Charles Hotel

 

1916. Mardi Gras menu.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1e518e3-dda1-5ef2-e040-e00a18063c7a

[Night scene showing hotel lit up for Mardi Gras, with seats on platform in front, New Orleans, Louisiana]

 

c1903.

https://www.loc.gov/item/90711998/

Illumination of Pickwick Club and Canal Street, New Orleans Mardi Gras

 

c1898.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2005685055/

Courir de Mardi Gras II

 

 

Mamou, Louisiana. Traditional Cajun Mardi Gras chasing chickens on horseback. These guys were all wasted drunk at 10 a.m. At one point the chicken ran right between my legs and I thought I was going to be killed. More at Golden Horn link below:

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/02/courir-de-mardi-gras.html

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

TV 6 Loves Mardi Gras Promo 1984 WDSU New Orleans, La.

 

Mardi Gras--Coney Isl.

 

c1910-15. Coney Island.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014694269/

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014694270/

Mardi Gras. Mobile and New Orleans

 

1902.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-948e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Mardi Gras procession on Canal St., New Orleans

 

1900.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016798513/