#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.

[filmjunky-99]

t h e b i r d s, 1963 🎬 dir. alfred hitchcock

'Back into your gilded cage, Melanie Daniels.' - brenner

'What did you say?' - daniels

'I was merely drawing a parallel, Miss Daniels.' - brenner

'But how... how do you know my name?' - daniels

'A little birdie told me.' - brenner

[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]

[timstinytool]

Are You TalKing About Beauty And The Beast Live Action TV Series Made In 1987 By Ron Koslow Starring Ron PerlMan And Ray Dotrice And Jay Acovone And Written By George R.R. Martin And Won 6 Emmies And 12 Wins And 34 Nominations In Other Various Awards Shows Things That Are On TV At Night Usually And In Which My Favourite Character Is Vincent As Pictured BeLow He Is My Absolute Best Most Totally Super Favourite Plus He Is Cool And Is Played By Ron PerlMan Who Also Did Shows Like The Ice Pirates And MacGruder And Loud Which Are Not As Good As The Beauty And The Beast Live Action TV Series.

I Do Not Like When The Show is Scary, It Frighten And Scare Me Really Much A Lot Of The Time When It Is Scary And Frightens Me.

But Other Than That I Enjoy It A Lot.

There Are More Than Two Series Of Show Though So PerHaps You Are Wrong.

We get 2 seasons! Let's scream HUZZAH!!! 😍😍😍 BEST NEWS EVER!!!

[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]

Back in the 1960s, our Aunt Donna MacGruder was one of the founders of Camp Ko-Man-She, a camp for children with Type 1 diabetes. You can see her name on the sign in this photograph. The camp is now run by Diabetes Dayton, whose goal is "to offer children living with Type 1 diabetes an opportunity to enjoy a fun outdoor experience with other children like themselves in a safe, medically supervised setting." My cousins and I were counselors in the early days of the camp back in the 1960s, and my brother worked in the kitchen one summer. This year, the camp will award a full scholarship, the Donna M. MacGruder Scholarship, to one of the campers. For more information about this wonderful camp, visit their website at https://www.diabetesdaytoncamp.com/.

[filmjunky-99]

t h e b i r d s, 1963 🎬 dir. alfred hitchcock

'Miss Daniels, they're so difficult to get, really they are. We get them from India, you know, when they're just little chicks, and then we have to...' - macgruder

'Well, this one won't be a chick, will he?' - daniels

'Certainly not. Oh, no. Certainly not. This will be a full-grown myna bird. Full grown.' - macgruder

'And he'll talk?' - daniels

'Yes, of course he'll talk... Well, no. You'll have to teach him to talk.' - macgruder

[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!

[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

[arojenniferwalters]

My December 2019 gifts to myself :)