#MacGruder

[ancestral-anecdotes]

It was 101 years ago today, Saturday morning, May 13, 1922, that grandparents Howell Joshua MacGruder and Mayme Elizabeth Kohn were married in the home of the Rev. Dr. R. H. Hume of the First United Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Ohio. They were married "quietly", according to the newspaper account, but it's hard to imagine Grandma doing anything quietly! They had been married for 34 years when Grandpa Mac had a fatal heart attack at work. Most of the grandchildren were too young (or not yet born!) to have many memories of him, but we all have fond memories of Grandma, who died in 1984. I'd love to know the story of this photograph. Follow this link to view a scan of their marriage license.

[random-movie-ideas]

Next up in our animated universe:

THE SPECTRE

When Boston Brand ends up murdered, his spirit is befriended by a powerful being only known as “The Spectre,” who agrees to help him find his killer.

Starring:

Jim Corrigan/The Spectre - A mysterious and powerful being

Boston Brand/Deadman - A man murdered by a cult

Charles McNider/Doctor Mid-Nite - A detective with a unique eye condition

Beth Chapel - McNider's personal assistant

Eclipso - The Spectre's ancient nemesis

Trixie MacGruder - Boston's friend in life

The Hook - A member of Eclipso's cult and Boston's killer

Patrick O'Bryan/Plastic Man - a Stan Lee cameo but in distress

What do you think? Would you watch?

DC Cinematic Universe Pitch

For the last several months, I have been working through the various DC heroes and their villains, discussing movie ideas and coming up with possible plans for how a movie universe could incorporate all of their most important characters naturally. I now have a full plan, which I will be presenting day by day until we reach the finale, starting with:

PHASE ONE

WONDER WOMAN*

While pursuing a dangerous terrorist, Captain Steve Trevor and his team stumble upon a lost island, the home of the Amazons of ancient Greek myth.

Starring:

Princess Diana/Wonder Woman – Princess of the island of Themyscira

Captain Steve Trevor – Captain of a special forces unit tracking the Baroness

Baroness Paula von Gunther – A dangerous international terrorist

Queen Hippolyta – Queen of Themyscira and mother of Diana

Barbara Ann Minerva – A scientist and member of Steve Trevor’s team

Doctor Poison – A chemist developing a biological weapon for the Baroness

Donna Troy – Diana’s adopted little sister

Etta Candy – The communications officer of Steve Trevor’s team

Nubia – An Amazon and guardian of the Doors of Death

What do you think? Would you watch it? Who would you cast in the principal roles?

*Title is subject to change and open to suggestions.

[azspot]

Aaron MacGruder

[ulkaralakbarova]

On Deadly Ground

Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil’s corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn’t care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it’s making money for him. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Forrest Taft: Steven Seagal Michael Jennings: Michael Caine Masu: Joan Chen MacGruder: John C. McGinley Stone: R.…

[endquire]

[halfwayinlight]

rewatching The Note 3, and very distracted in a scene where Peyton is making a salad and slicing tomato. Holding the handle instead of pinching the blade to control it.

omg Genie. Please tell me it’s just the angle of the shot and not how you really use a knife! Please pinch the top of the blade to control it. eek. Somebody send Christian Kane to show her how to use it without risking her fingers!

[loveboatinsanity]

[ancestral-anecdotes]

Grandpa MacGruder was born 123 years ago today, January 31, 1900. Howell Joshua Magruder changed his last name to MacGruder sometime before his marriage in 1922. He felt that this form of the name would be closer to the original Scottish form. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve Forces on 1 August 1918, and was called to active duty on 7 August 1918. His address at the time of his enlistment was 1248 Warder Street, Springfield, Ohio. He was at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois from 17 August 1918 to 11 September 1918. He was then sent to the Naval Operating Base in Norfolk, Virginia, until 14 September 1918. He served on the U.S.S. Massachusetts until 11 November 1918. His rank was Fireman 3rd Class. He also served on the U.S.S. Harrisburg. He was released from active duty on 26 September 1919, and received his honorable discharge on 30 September 1921. He was an electrician by trade. The Howell MacGruder family was supposedly one of the first families in Dayton to own a television set, and Grandpa would sit watching the live programs waiting for people to make mistakes. At the time of the 1930 census, the family was living at 35 Quentin Avenue, Dayton, Ohio. They later moved to 2608 E. Third Street in Dayton (Third and Findlay) where there is now a gas station. He was 5'9" with black hair and hazel eyes. The cemetery where he and his wife are buried, Glen Haven Memorial Gardens, is near Donnellsville, Clark County, Ohio.

[fypunkybrewster]

Posted @withregram • @80sthen80snow Happy 45th Birthday Soleil Moon Frye!

Born August 6th 1976 in Glendora, CA., this Actress Appeared in Over 55 TV Shows and Movies Since 1982.

80s Wise, Soleil Appeared in:

Missing Children: A Mother’s Story (1982)

Who Will Love My Children? (1983)

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)

Invitation to Hell (1984)

Punky Brewster (1984)

Diff’rent Strokes (1985)

MacGruder and Loud (1985)

Back to Next Saturday (1985)

It’s Punky Brewster (Cartoon) (1985)

Alvin Goes Back to School (1986)

The Law & Harry McGraw (1987)

You Ruined My Life (1987)

Cadets (1988)

@moonfrye #SoleilMoonFrye #TV #Film #1980s #80s

[thegorgonist]

It is excruciatingly hard to create when you are under this constant duress.

 Now is a great time to remind the Black artists and authors in our lives how vital and brilliant they are through direct support.  Buy some books, buy some art, fall in love with them, promote and hype it, now and forever. 

Some suggestions, mostly indie but a few mainstream because we all have different tastes, very heavily in comics and pop culture because that's where I am:

Children's books: https://believeinwonder.weebly.com/ Brian W. Parker is the best children's book illustrator you haven't heard of yet (unless you have heard of him then you already know) https://notsosuper.pub/collections/all https://gumroad.com/backthatelfup (Tristan J Tarwater's Hen and Chick is the middle grade mother-daughter pirate adventure you need) https://sasquatchbooks.com/little-bigfoot/books/curious-encounters/ (I'm honored to have met Jessixa Bagley before she was famous-well, as famous-and she has a new book out and you should buy all of them and die from the cuteness and poignancy!) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624860/brown-sugar-babe-by-charlotte-watson-sherman-illustrated-by-akem/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/567578/julian-is-a-mermaid-by-jessica-love/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/585658/hair-love-by-matthew-a-cherry-illustrated-by-vashti-harrison/ Leo Dillon has left us but the work he and Diane Dillon created made me the artist I am today and all fantastical illustrators owe him a debt. https://www.harpercollins.com/9780064430975/honey-i-love-and-other-love-poems/

Comics: https://notsosuper.pub/collections/all (Jacques Nyemb does everything so he has to be everywhere <3 ) https://powerandmagicpress.com/ (Joamette Gil helms this publisher that makes intensely beautiful and important work) https://weirdenoughcomics.com/ (great kids' comics and education resource!) https://gumroad.com/backthatelfup (I love Shamsee and also Tristan writes RPGS!) https://onipress.com/products/archival-quality (library ghost!!!) https://www.princesslovepon.com/  (magical girl perfection by Shauna J Grant) https://agentsoftherealm.com/ (college-age magical girls by Mildred Louis) https://www.powells.com/book/-9781683830047 (M F K by Nilah Macgruder, stunning) https://us.macmillan.com/series/checkplease/ (Ngozi Ukazu's cute, snappy, feel-good gay hockey comic!) https://www.patreon.com/dakkycomics www.facebook.com/dakkycomics (a local who I was lucky to meet in person at a con last year--Dakky's comics are so good, and taking inspiration from fonts is just wildly cool)

Artists: https://ko-fi.com/nike_a_go_go/gallery (Nike's work is fantastic and all over my office, buy them a coffee or ten) https://kianamaiart.tumblr.com/ (amazing artist at Disney TV animation who offers resources and insight and really, really funny nerdy comics) https://shop.dominicglover.com/?fbclid=IwAR0kfjZVbe5uecz4k-gAhPH9iHxlCo4ayL48zEGHsScp1A6rUd26E6S7a9Q (one of the slickest, most pro comics people I know, if you crave superheroes you might wanna go shop) http://labillustration.etsy.com (RAT PINS, incredible work!) https://polkadotcuteshop.com/?fbclid=IwAR1xG2MpDlwpONx099JlFjVeitu47sbjcLSvqLL13MrK5p4dx5s9uqEyh7o (so cute you might die) https://cpunltd.com/?fbclid=IwAR1hLtPcdO0D29FTNFbnx0x3lFl6Ckt4cjIrjTiUTZ9keT6Y5v2Uh4RxWaI (cool laser etching and the creator runs a helpful facebook group!) https://www.etsy.com/shop/PlusHiiKawaii?fbclid=IwAR1SZraWs16QykadRDftqcnCjfNzC7AMojXSrXV1GTO3IoslsuhuGYVBv64 (if you are missing conventions and want to look cute, there is a great place to start!)

And we can just make this list longer and longer!

[arojenniferwalters]

My December 2019 gifts to myself :)

[ai-yo]

I've been seeing people recommend Jenifer Lewis to play Huey and Riley's grandmother in the Boondocks reboot and that's cute but it will never happen because Aaron Macgruder would rather dead the reboot before putting in a Black woman character that shows up for more than one episode.

A main Black woman character? NEVER

[kynthosmojo]

Venting

HERE BE SPOILERS!! SPN S15 E2 - Raising Hell

(gif by @sasquatchandleatherjacket​, thank God for you. If you want me to remove this I will, but I honestly felt the way Sam looks right now)

Ep 2 - 

Additional chess pieces: Rowena, Ketch, Kevin, Chuck, Amara

New enemies: Jack the Ripper, New faceless female demon?!

Mysteriously missing out on the fun: Woman in White, Bloody Mary, Gacy Clown

Short Version: Leader Sam is not acting normal; Jack the Ripper was annoyingly cool; Civilians are infinitely stupid. Someone tells you it is dangerous to go somewhere and you go? You could ask the people keeping you safe to go get the shit you need for emergencies, but no. Useless Angel is again useless and getting more useless, also arguing with the heroes with no solution for his damn self.

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So yeah, the first thing we get is a surprisingly creepy start, middle of the night, human disregarding the rules, get killed by what looks like a person she knows. Oh but wait, he was possessed. Very interesting ghost, psychotic, scary actually.

Angel being useless arguing with Sam instead of making himself useful. He is stronger than the humans, so shouldn't he be on patrol?? Even shouldn't he go looking for the missing ppl?

Oh Sam, How I wish you would have just snapped a little bit harder. Why not "When we say do not go in, you do not go in! Now someone's missing, isn't that a clue? Thank you for making our jobs that much harder! Now, if you need emergency items, we have ppl to help with that who know what they are doing. Stop trying to end up dead, and do as I say!"

Oh, the new HGIC is Jack The Ripper? Oh shit.

Oh great, stupid people not listening, yet again!

Oh so JTR has trouble getting attention too. Anyway, this mofo seems to be no joke.

Civilians stand there and breathe after you heard gunshots and growling, and see dead ppl, no don't run. Yah great.

Cass, argumentative as usual. What exactly do you expect Sam and his hunters to do since they are already busy? YOU go look for stupid humans who don't listen, just like yourself.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to play: Bobbing for guest stars! Rowena sweeps in and flirts with Cass. Ugh, why?

OK, SO 12:30 SECONDS INTO THE WHOLE 45 MIN SHOW AND WE FINALLY SEE SAM AND DEAN ON THE SAME SCREEN! Yah great.

Shoot them, my guys, I am pretty sure it will hurt less than what I am afraid will happen! YEP I. WAS. RIGHT!!!!!

And the brothers' scene together is over at 13:36 for commercial but resumes at 16:30 and goes through 19:00… so far. Total of about 5mins, 30secs. Anxiously waiting for more…

Guest Star # 2! Ketch is in the line-up!

OH! And a gun that shoots Iron Flakes. (in Bobby's voice)Used to be when you needed to get a ghost outta ya, you'd take a hit of rock salt. It would hurt like a bitch, but you'd live. And these two maybe wouldn't have gotten their guts ripped up waiting on Ketch's appearance with his new convenient toy!!!

Meanwhile, what a convenient way to bring up a new demon. Female named Ardat. GREAT…

Chuck and Sissy sitting in a tree, A-R-G-U-I-N-G. Why do they sound like an old married couple already? Oh yeah, because apparently, it is better to be hetero and incestuous than… NVM won't go there.

ANYWAY… 6th grader 'does so and so like me' bullshit from Rowena, I can only guess that is coming up on Ketch's side. Poor Dean. Then USELESS wants to try to start a convo Dean definitely doesn't wanna hear. And why is he trying to preach that all of this is supposed to happen like this anyway! That's life let's just move on?! Are you fucking serious?! Oh and that supposed inspirational, but actually desperate grab "We are" was so damn stupid. Like I keep saying, USELESS.

Oh and their screen time in case no one cares: 20:50 through 23:15. Total less than 2mins, 25 secs. And it was a painfully dry conversation I could well have done without.

Was so very right about the 6th grader bullshit! Oh great, instead of Salt hula hoops and gun bungees, we get loose ass chain links of iron around the neck that can fall off at any time! Tell me Mr. BMOL, how come you don’t have a convenient better-thing-than-an-iron-chain-link-necklace!!!!

Hello, 'nother guest star. It's Kevin Tran, everyone! Thanks for conveniently saving the moment again. And after the demon kid tells you multiple times that the wards are temporary, KEVIN tells you once that it is weakening and yay! It hits home. Don't get mad at the demon for not listening.

Chuck and Sissy sitting in a tree, A-R-G-U-I-N-G. Again. Little retreat? Priceless relationship? He wants to deepen what they have? Start a new species?! GURRL JUST SAY NO! Ohh but she figured him out, so now the trouble starts. He's low on power, he needs her help, he's scared.

Brother time! 34:10 through… hold on while I catch this, why is it always Sam to give away a secret? And why is Belphegor being a snoopy little sneak? Oh and suddenly he makes more sense than experience?! They cannot get Kevin to heaven cuz Chuck isn't their friend anymore? I am sure spells still work... 35:30…

OOH! Break for shoulder issue… and back to bros at 35:38-ish and back and forth for a few secs again because Chuck is freaking out. It is like the deity has never felt pain before. But that would mean he forgot when Amara punched him in his figurative balls last time huh? You 'member, when he almost DIED?

So Dean is worried again, but Sam refuses to even acknowledge it (kinda badass, kinda stubbornly stupid). OK, Bros done at about 35:58. Another generous minute and some. Geez.

Whoops, Kevin forgot that he could leave the way he came in. That was a mistake.

Oh, macgruder here we go with the only female on the team must help the men repopulate the earth or at the very least be raring to go because what? She's a newly free feminist with all the power over her cooch so the first thing she does is wanna give it up? Ketchwena? AWKWARD. Yah great.

Rowena had to take the long way thru the badlands to get the new weapon, also temporary, to the boys. It isn't tested, so instead of testing it out on the fucking ghost who would definitely deserve it who caught up to you before your destination, let's allow Ketch to play jealous new suitor and knight in shining armor! Oh and then he gets put in a vulnerable position! Yah great.

Segway back to… Why is it that because Rowena is the only female POA (piece of ass) on the team, she has to flirt with Cass, then Ketch, AND she has a history with Jack the Ripper? And yet, she treats Sam like he's a naughty kid she's babysitting, but ppl want to ship them two like the fucking Titanic!

Oh right back to Winchesters. Actually, the whole team is here now. Yah great.

ANYWAY… How TF and when did JTR get in Ketch between his stand-off with the Winchesters, trying to consume Kevin and the new untested weapon finally being TESTED! Only to find out it ain't as badass as the first one!!!!! Convenient. Yah great.

Don't think I forgot… The fucking force field spell thing is a one-off?! BOO newbie! So now it has a weak spot and everyone conveniently knows where it is.

So, did anyone else see the Ketch thing coming? Why TF did he need to have Rowena's back from so close? Yeah, I saw that flinch JTR! Why oh why did Dean shoot his load into the hundreds of ghosts when he had limited ammo and was apparently the ONLY one allowed to sneak in ammo?! Again, USELESS is in the background, useless. He can see a demon's true face, but can't tell when someone is possessed by a ghost?

So what if Dean wouldn't hesitate to shoot Ketch, couldn't one person, or useless fucking Angel bring the Iron Frosted Flake Gun? Oh but the Angel can heal, right? No?! Seriously WTF!!!! DO NOT MAKE EXCUSES FOR HIM ANYMORE SAM!

LITERALLY ALL OF THIS SHIT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED!!!! I agree with conflict for building, enhancing, and developing the plot, but fucking really?!

EWWW Ketchwena again?! OK, but also, Ketch flirted with Dean more than the useless Angel supposedly did.

And WTF is this?! NOW we are gonna listen to a demon when he says Kevin cannot be returned to heaven? Before, no one could be bothered to trust Belphegor's uncanny wisdom. ARE THEY FUCKING FORGETTING THAT THE SAME SPELL THAT SENT BOBBY UP FROM HELL SHOULD WORK ON KEVIN? AND ISN’T IT MORE WORTH IT TO TRY THAN NOT?!!!!!!

Oh, but then let's let Kevin out a little hole in the electric fence and have it take long enough that no other ghosts happen to sneak thru. Oh, they are that scared of Belphegor? Really? So he should have been the one on patrol AT ALL TIMES!!!!

Chuck and Sissy sitting in a tree, A-R-G-U-I-N-G. Yet again! Geez, dude get a clue!

BECAUSE LOOK NOW! THERE ARE TONS OF GHOSTS STILL COMING FROM 'SOMEWHERE'! SHOULDN'T WE BE TRYING TO GET TO THAT SPOT AND SHUT THAT SPOT DOWN? MAYBE? AS A START?

WHAT THE FUCK DO I KNOW? I'VE ONLY BEEN WATCHING A SHOW THAT SHUTS DOWN HELLMOUTHS AS A HOBBY FOR FIFTEEN FUCKING YEARS!

[cinemacrypt]

Favorite book?

Macgruder's curiosity cabinet, it's a book set in 1910s coney island and it's so so good. It's about this upperclass british girl named kitty who's mother dissapears during their vacation as she gets taken in by a found family of sideshow performers, all while a disease is sweeping the boardwalks. It's got a marvellously diverse cast of likeable characters, a riveting plot, and I'm deeply upset there's no fandom for it.

[nolonelyroads]

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