#Leslie Neilson

[secretcherimaybe]

I wish Leslie Neilson was still around, he could have done something really fun in a Marvel movie I'm sure...

[alter-koker]

finally finished the man from uncle ✌️

[rad-roche]

Ok I gotta ask: in your humble old man enjoyer taste, is Leslie Neilson hot? I've been having some Realizations™️ as of late and he's got the charm tbh.

i remember being verrrryyyy very young, like pre-crush age, watching airplane and naked gun and having that form a huge part of my sense of humour and timing, so personally, no. however! i do See It. if you want a fun movie where he's wearing a cute sweater number, i recommend creepshow

look at the quality of that sweater. they really don't make them like that now. don't mind whatever is going on with ted danson it's fine

[spoonsand]

PART 2

RIP RED DEAD CHARACTERS YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED

Dutch- podcasts (making his own) + AITA Reddit stories, Coca Cola, monocles

Hosea- bingo, 70s disco music, swing dancing

Arthur- little toy dinosaur dig kits with the teeny tiny shovels, trampolines, Nanaimo bars

John- remote control toy cars, divorced dad music, Mountain Dew

Lenny- antiques, Epic Rap Battles of History (he would duel Sean and sometimes Karen),

Sean- roblox trolling, bell bottoms, GTA

Strauss- flootie pajamas, ebeneezer Scrooge outfits, cold calling

Trelawney- earl gray tea, crashing weddings, throwing pies into people’s faces

Charles- flower crowns, rock tumblers, surfing

Pearson- papas’s games (pizzeria, freezeria, ect), embroidery, floral scents

Micah- court ordered anger management, Andrew Tate, FailArmy videos

Javier- zyns, woodworking, eyebrow slits

Kieran- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, model trains (him, Sean, Lenny, Arthur, Tilly and Sadie would be absolutely mystified by the set Susan bought him)

Bill- short shorts, petting zoos, animal shelters

Uncle- Leslie Neilson films, heating pads, aligator meat

Reverend- online gambling, Pink Whitney, dap pens

Susan- wine, gold hoops, edibles on a late Friday night (shares with Dutch)

Mary-Beth- choose your own adventure books, Our Souls at Night/The Book Club/And so It Goes, lip lining

Molly- olives, grey’s anatomy, Butterscotch ice cream

Karen- scary movies, WWE, flip flops

Abigail- sparkling water, tiny hand bag sized dogs, face masks

Sadie - butterfly knife, industrial piercing, The Hells Angles,

Tilly- baseball, Star Wars, Volkswagen beetles

Jack- Roblox, Scooby doo movies, tootsie rolls

Bessie- Fleetwood Mac, block parties (she’d host her own), Subway

Annabel- Madonna, waist beads, jelly shoes

Issac- lava lamps, Lego video games, Trelawny

[handeaux]

In Cincinnati, Everybody Who Was Anybody Got The Scoop At Grandpa Hawley’s

The year before he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, the actor John Wilkes Booth was in Cincinnati, performing at Wood’s Theater in Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” and “The Taming of the Shrew.” Throughout the run, Booth was a frequent visitor to Grandpa Hawley’s newsstand, just two blocks south at Vine and Fourth. Years later, Hawley told the Cincinnati Post about Booth’s visits [28 April 1903]:

“He was in my store while here and I remember a conversation with him. I do not remember what we talked about in particular, but there was nothing to indicate that he had the least thought of perpetrating the dark crime with which his name is stained.”

By coincidence, James R. “Grandpa” Hawley also had a connection to Lincoln. Hawley first opened his business on Tuesday, 12 February 1861, and watched from the shop door as President-Elect Lincoln, on his way to Washington, was paraded down Vine Street to the Burnet House. Throughout the Civil War, Grandpa Hawley was the place to go for news of the conflict. Hawley told the Times-Star [10 January 1891]:

“That was in the war time, you know, and then the illustrated periodicals monopolized the sale, for in them were pictures of the generals and battles and the printed material dealt with the doings of the army.”

In fact, Hawley’s patrons often included those very generals themselves, picking up the latest weekly to read what was being said about the war. Generals Ulysses Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman famously mapped out the strategy to ensure a Confederate defeat in Parlor A of the Burnet House and gathered a lot of their information from Grandpa Hawley’s newsstand. He told the Post:

“I do not believe I ever saw them in uniform. Grant was not very talkative, but Sherman frequently started a conversation.”

Another regular military visitor to Hawley’s was Philip Henry Sheridan, whose triumph at the Battle of Cedar Creek was memorialized in Thomas Buchanan Read’s poem, “Sheridan’s Ride.” That poem was required reading for generations of American school children and the author, a Cincinnati resident, was also a frequent customer of Grandpa Hawley’s. It is not recorded whether poet and subject ever met at the Vine Street newsstand, but they might well have.

Vice President Andrew Johnson spent so much time at Hawley’s that the news vendor took to calling him “Andy.”

In addition to generals, politicians and poets, Grandpa Hawley’s shop was also a gathering place for the actors who trod the boards at Cincinnati’s theaters throughout the Nineteenth Century. Edwin Forrest was among the first Americans to gain distinction as a Shakespearian star. He frequently performed in Cincinnati and always stopped by to see Hawley, who recalled:

“In my mind I can see him now with his tragedy stride and hear his deep rumbling voice.”

In almost every interview he gave, Hawley mentioned Adelaide Neilson, whose fame as an actress almost equaled her fame as a great beauty.

“Neilson, the actress, has been here many times, and always used to pat the little newsboys on the head and give them an encouraging word.”

Hawley himself was something of a Cincinnati celebrity, mostly because of his enormous beard, which ran from his chin almost to his belt buckle. Most of the Cincinnati papers remarked about the “biblical” dimensions of his whiskers, rivaled only by those of Vine Street saloonist Andy Gilligan.

Many folks stopped by just to chat with Hawley, who was an especially entertaining raconteur, but most came for the news. In those pre-electric days, when “the media” meant print publications, Grandpa Hawley moved a lot of paper. He told the Times-Star that New York daily newspapers sold the most in his shop, followed by dailies from Chicago, St. Louis and Louisville. Among the weeklies, Harper’s and Leslie’s ran neck-and-neck, followed by the London Illustrated News. Some readers were quite dedicated to their favorite publication:

“One lady used to walk down from Walnut Hills every week to get the New York Ledger, because it would not be delivered to her until the morning following its arrival here. One day a Walnut Hills man who was a regular customer of mine asked me if I knew why he always took two copies of the New York Ledger. I told him I supposed he got one for a neighbor, but he said it was because he had two daughters and they were always squabbling about which should read it first, until, to keep peace in the family, he decided to give both a chance.”

Those were the days when multiple magazines appealed to every specialized interest. Hawley sold dozens of sports magazines, humor magazines, fashion magazines, science magazines and literary journals of contemporary thought like Atlantic Monthly and the North American Review – both of which are still published today. He carried most of the major periodicals published in German and French.

After 40 years in business, Grandpa Hawley found himself evicted from his landmark shop to make way for the construction of the Ingalls Building, the first reinforced concrete skyscraper in the world. Railroad magnate Melville E. Ingalls spent so much effort convincing city officials to allow him to build his revolutionary building that he gave little thought to the businesses he displaced.

Grandpa Hawley ended up relocating to the nearby Emery Arcade on the other side of Vine, but years of generosity caught up with him and bankruptcy was a real possibility. According to the Post:

“Everybody’s word goes with ‘Grandpa’ Hawley and were his customers so disposed they could carry away in overcoat pockets or under their arms several times as much as they paid for.”

At this dark moment, Hawley’s theatrical friends, accumulated over the decades, sprang into action and staged a benefit extravaganza for him at the Grand Opera House on 1 May 1903, raising more than $650 and saving the old man’s finances. It was a short-lived victory. Not quite a year later, Grandpa Hawley was dead. As he was laid to rest in Covington’s Linden Grove Cemetery, the Post [20 February 1904] eulogized:

“’Grandpa’ Hawley did not have an enemy in the world. For a lifetime he jogged along in an even, quiet way. He was honest and fair. He was never too busy to clasp hands warmly and talk entertainingly. He possessed a smile that was born of the natural kindness in his soul.”

[nerdsbianhokie]

Decided to do @queerliblib s summer bingo cause I like reading and ticking boxes.

The rainbow books are spaces I already have a book in my immediate to-read pile, so I can track what I will fill in for sure.

List of books I've read below the cut

Format switch: The Rainbow Parade by Emily Neilson, read in a read along formet.

This one was tricky cause I cannot read ebooks, no matter how much I try. So, I figured I'd go for something shorter and saw that they have read along books and decided to go with that. It's a cute little story that my conservative brother would not want to read to his child and that's a massive win.

Stonewall Award winner: The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

This has been sitting on my shelf for months and I read it in one sitting this morning. I really liked it, but it's another tick in the 'most young adult stories don't do it for me anymore' colomn, which if very long if i'm honest. Do recomend.

Memoir: All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

A memoir about growing up black and gay. The voice was really good, and enhanced because it was read by the author.

Book with a Protagonist Older than 40: How Y'all Doing by Leslie Jordan

Focus of a memoir is the protagonist, right? Imma say it is. I've never been into instagram and such, so I didn't see Leslie Jordan's contant beyond what filtered to tumblr, but knew enough about him to be interested. A genuinly funny read, and he narrated it so well in the audio book.

Queer non-fiction: The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan

An interesting and difficult read. Really highlights the cruelty of the criminal legal system and how pivitol it is to the queer community in New York.

Indigenous Author: This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples

An interesting quick read. The audio book made switching POVs confusing at times, but not enough to really pull me out of the story. I adore the dog's name and the reason behind it.

Genre fiction: The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate and translated by David Bowles

A retelling of the journey of The Demeter from Dracula, from the pov of the gay captain. Very literary and very good.

Comic, manga, or graphic novel: Anne: An Adpatation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of) by Kathleen Gros

I started another book for this one, but couldn't get into it, then I saw this one while browsing the library on libby and was hooked. A quick, easy read and very sweet. I love this version of Anne and the ways the original book events are adapted.

Set in the past: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

Such a good read. I love the small bits of world building done through the differences in tales and rhymes we have today. Each character is very distinct and I would die for James Juniper.

Coming of age: The Western Alienation Merit Badge by Nancy Jo Cullen

tbh, I had no real idea what to expect with this one, probably more connections to merit badges. Really got into it and very emotional at points.

Main character doesn't share an identity with you: Melissa by Alex Gino

I've heard of this one, obviously, but never read it. It's very cute and I really enjoyed it.

Queer Picture book: Let Me Out: a pop-out about coming out! by Omis Razavi

Got this one through their crowdfunding years ago. It's great

Do a subject heading search to find a book: The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories by Eric LaRocca

I searched horror and found this one. Some of the stories are better than others, and the writing style made it a little hard for me to get into some of them, but very good overall.

[gravitysgone]

TIL - The 1980 brilliant movie Airplane! Originally wrote the role Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played for Pete Rose and the protagonist Ted Striker was first screen tested by David Letterman, but producers decided Robert Hays was more fitting. Both decisions were excellent choices. Can you imagine anyone but them? Oh and both Leslie Neilson and Lloyd Bridges had never done a comedy before Airplane! Another interesting Airplane! fact - I once knew I would never last with a girl I was seeing when we watched it and she didn't laugh at any of it and she called it "Stupid boy humor"....Oh no she didn't! For real though, I really knew at that point she didn't appreciate the same things I did. I think humor and what you find funny is so important in relationships. And Airplane! is one of the most hilarious and quotable movies ever made.

[2plus2is17]

i've been slowly going through columbo over these past few months, and i can not explain the jumpscare i had seeing leslie neilson

[tvguidancecounselor]

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 674: Gregory Lay

April 18-24, 1998

This week Ken welcomes actor, producer, director, writer Gregory Lay.

Ken and Gregory discuss growing up as a TV Guide guy, calling out sick to school for game shows, cultural markers, pop culture reflections, making the case for what you like, Press Your Luck, Classic Concentration, Savage Steve Holland, One Crazy Summer, why Late Night talk shows are totally useless now, access to stars, actors who started on TV, George Clooney, Elizabeth Shue, Michelle Pfeiffer in Delta House, Meritt Ultra Lights, pay TV channels, Break Down with Kurt Russell, being forever disturbed by Pet Semetary, The Omen, Backdraft, being terrrified of The Incredible Hulk, how people can't stop talking like Hunter S. Thompson or Jeff Goldblum when they hang out with either, failed pilot "My Dad with the President's Daughter", how we'd vote for Dabney Coleman for president, E! True Hollywood Story: Bob Crane, how the X-Files CLEARLY didn't have a plan, the fake Dukes, The Moonlighting problem,  realism vs. escapism, shows with all bad people, Shelly Long and Robert Hayes returning to sitcoms, The Brady Bunch films, how irony can be done well, The Prophecy, all the weird religious films around the turn of the Century, Presumed Innocent, when Leslie Neilson stopped being funny (hint: It's when he started to think he was funny), The Omega Man, Frankenstein, Top Gun, the 30th Anniversary of Friends, movies that don't hold up, movies that DO hold up, Steven Segal, Jurrasic Park, CGI, when stories are thrown by the wayside, how Dark City is The Matrix if it was good, being trapped in an elevator, Beyond Belief, memes, Scott Baio's complete lack of selfawareness and reality, Pumpkinhead, Stan Winston, hating crossovers, and why P. Diddy was a sack of garbage even BEFORE we learned about him being a sexual deviant assaulting waste of humanity. 

Check out this episode!

[middleageamerican]

Netflix Spanish language

this weekend 2date eye’ve watched 2 original-Spanish-language movies on Netflix: ONE: Yucatan  TWO: a club de los insomnes . . there r scenes in Yucatan that shows some significant budget b hind the Spanish production . . . Insomnes has no scenes indicating a significant budget . . Ycatan reminds me of Airplane w Leslie Neilson . . w x aggerated characters and a twisted plot 2 make the comedy…

[gone2soon-rip]

O.J.SIMPSON (1947-Died Aprl 10th 2024,at 76.Prostate cancer). American football player, actor, and broadcaster. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills, and is regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time. Once a popular figure with the American public, Simpson's professional success was later overshadowed by his trial and controversial acquittal for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994.He turned to acting in the mid 1970's,starring in the critically acclaimed tv miniseries,Roots,in films such as The Towering Inferno,The Cassandra Crossing,and Capricorn One,but was most memorable in playing Detective Norbert,in Leslie Neilson's spoof tv series,Police Squad!,,and the trilogy of spin-off films,The Naked Gun.O. J. Simpson - Wikipedia

[jimclassicstoycollection]

Forbidden Planet

Light & Sound

Robby The Robot

by Goldok (2020)

Today I would like to talk about the 'Forbidden Planet' Light & Sound Walking Robby the Robot by Golok. It was a Wal-Mart exclusive figure which crept up sometime in early 2020. It was an open box with buttons available to press, and also which came out that year was the Iron Giant.

So for almost three years this toy sat in my basement, unopened, until last year when I finally got around to opening it. (link to my YouTube channel will be down below).

Forbidden Planet was one of my favorite movies which premiered in 1956, starring leading man Leslie Neilson. Yes, that Leslie Neilson. One of the break out characters was Robby The Robot, and he has made few other appearance in science fiction over the decades.

Anyway, let's talk about this:

I grew up in the 80s. And as a kid I had a lot of toy robots and toy cars which had lights and sounds, and some of them walked around.

This toy is totally hits me hard in the nostalgia.

The toy stands about 10 inches tall, and mostly made out of black plastic.

The body and overall design is pretty typical of the 1950′s version of a robot, and it has a lot of cool analog computer bits under the head dome.

The arms are ball joints and have limited range of motion, and the wrists swivel.

All this computer detail looks really nice, but I with some of these parts moved a bit while the robot is walking.

I wish I has more toys I could display him with, but he does look pretty good on a shelf.

Please click on the link below to see my youtube review of this figure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DraAzyQm6iE

[redorangman]

Forbidden Planet ( 1956) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

[liberty1776]

Who was better as Francis Marion? Mel Gibson or Leslie Neilson? At least the Disney version used the Swamp Fox's real name, and didn't have any nonsense about the Brits burning people in churches. The Disney version also had a cool song! Both are free to watch on Youtube: The Patriot and Disney's Swamp Fox.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“FINDER FORGED NAME ON TEACHER'S CHEQUE,” Toronto Star. February 17, 1933. Page 2. ---- Pair Cashed It at Another Bank - Restitution - Sentence Suspended ---- Clifford Penhale found an unsigned cheque on the floor of the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Dundas and Keele Sts., to which he later forged the name of Miss K. Miller, York township school teacher, in whose name the cheque had been. drawn. Then, in association with Leslie F. Taylor, he cashed the cheque for $156 downtown Toronto bank, the evidence disclosed when Penhale and Taylor appeared before Magistrate Browne in police court to-day, charged with forgery and uttering. 

Full restitution had been made, the crown explained to the court. 

Suspended sentence with probation for one year was ordered for both of accused. 

Charged with criminal negligence, Henry Solfjett was bound over in the sum of $500 till March 4. 

Didn't Have Illegal Drugs M. Donohue and Edward Kerr, remanded last week on a charge of having drugs illegally, were ordered discharged by Magistrate Browne who, after making full investigation and getting an analysis of the goods found on accused at the time, discovered that no illegal drugs were shown to be in the confiscated material.

"Society sure has had its pound of flesh out of me," declared Leo McLaughlin, up for the theft of silk stockings from a department store. The crown had just told of accused having spent quite some time in jail. since "the time of the big snow in 1914." 

"We'll not demand any more flesh just at present," said his worship. "Remanded for sentence till called for - and try to keep your hands off silk stockings." 

Albert Fieldhouse and Geo. Rodney. pleading guilty to stealing an automobile, were remanded one week for sentence. 

Caught in Policeman's Garage Robert Trowell disclaimed breaking into the garage belonging to Police Constable Joseph Scott (136) although admitting having taken a can of valve compound and a box of tacks therefrom when caught inside by the constable himself, who placed before the court a pocketful of tools -wrenches, drivers, skeleton keys and a small drill, which were also found in the pockets of accused at the time. 

"I was on my way to my brother's house," explained Trowell. 

"Are you willing to admit that there must be something wrong with head?" asked Magistrate Browne of Trowell. "Yes," replied accused. 

"All right, I'll order you remanded a week for mental examination," returned the bench. 

Claims They Interfered Coleman Soules pleaded guilty to common assault, having struck two men. allegedly interfering with his business of furrier by trying to incite a strike among the five work- men and women employed there. "Five dollars and costs or ten days," ruled the court. 

Ten dollars and costs or 30 days, with a week to pay the fine. was the penalty imposed upon Ray Judofsky over his conviction of assault. The difficulty arose over accused having a pair of shoes in repair and over which an argument ensued. "There were some blows struck," admitted accused, "but I don't know how many." 

"A pretty state of affairs," cut in the court. "when a man has to fight to protect his right to hold up goods in repair until they are paid for."

Contemptible, Says Cadi "A most contemptible trick," said the magistrate when B. Neilson admitted that he moved out of a steam hented house on Langley Ave. just prior to the cold snap of Feb. 8-9. which caused radiators in the premises to freeze and create damage to the extent of over $230. The case was adjourned one week for judgment. 

"My advice to you," said the court to defendant, "is that you have a heart-to-heart talk with the landlord or perhaps you will be placed where your rent will be looked after for some time." Arrears of several months rent were claimed in the screw your case. 

Gave Him Drink Of nine men appearing in early police court before Magistrate Arthur Tinker on the charge of being drunk five were found guilty and 'fined $10 or 10 days each. They were Hinrick Lampinan, Paavo Korkonen. Isaac Filmie, Owen Moxley and Fred McNamara. 

Stanley Garness pleaded that he was sick yesterday when arrested.. that he had a wife and five children and also that he was on city relief. 

"You will be remanded for sentence, since you do not seem altogether to blame in the circumstances," concluded his worship after ascertaining that Garness had been given liquor to drink by a couple of so-called friends. Accused swore he had no liquor permit. "Couldn't afford to buy one," he explained briefly, as he stepped from the dock. 

Walter McGuire was at his own request taken in hand by the Salvation Army, after pleading that he was sick-not drunk-when arrested on his way home from his job as a painter. 

Frank and Joseph Dorsey were severely questioned regarding loitering near the corner of Sherbourne and Wellesley Sts. at a late hour last night. Both pleaded not guilty to the vagrancy charge lodged against them, but were ordered held over till Monday next for investigation. 

Jail for Reckless Drivers. Wilbert Dennison was driving recklessly on Gerrard St. E. when his auto bumped into another and Dennison did not return, P.C. Scott (21) testified in the liquor and traffic court to-day.. "He was very much under the influence of liquor," the officer told Magistrate J. E. Jones. Dennison was fined $10 and costs or 10 days and 7 additional days. 

Wm. L. McDonald was driving a truck and "zigzagging" at 3.15 a.m. on Sherbourne St. with a light out, stated P.C. Campbell (209). McDonald said he was moving furniture last night and had partaken of a bottle of beer. He was fined $10 and costs or 10 days and 7 days, and his driving permit was cancelled for two months. "If you cancel that I'll be on the city," pleaded McDonald. "Leave liquor alone, then," warned the magistrate. 

Norman D. Casey was to appear on a charge of reckless driving, but he has influenza and the case stands until the 28th inst. 

"He wasn't driving fast, but he was zigzagging," stated P.C. Park (824), of William Mullen on Queen St. W. last night. The officer hailed a car, gave chase, but lost the accused in traffic. P.C. Hawkes (673) said that while Mullen wasn't drunk he was in no condition to drive a car when he caught him.. Mullen was assessed $10 and costs or 10 days with 7 additional days. 

Too Noisy Over Wine A quartet of coal workers had a noisy wine party behind a shack on the C.N.R. property near Cherry and Front Sts., yesterday afternoon. They spent the night in jail. Frank Kelly, Michael Sutton, George Shannon and Samuel K. Young lined up before Magistrate Jones to-day and were each fined $10. 

John F. Flynn was fined $10 and costs or 10 days for having alcohol. illegally. He had taken a bottle of wine to a house where three elderly colored folk lived.

John Hernyk, a Ukrainian, was fined $20 and costs of 30 days for permitting drunkenness. P.C. Wilson related going to a house on Tecumseth St. and finding four gallon jars of wine with dregs in the bottom. He found two men drunk and the accused.