#vaudville

[tomthefanboy]

Just heard this great Elliot Kashian story from his daughter on her podcast and I want to share.

As a young man, Elliot Kashian got lucky at the track one day and decided to spend his winnings on a pair of blue suede shoes just like in the song that was popular at the time. Always one to impress the ladies, he wore these shoes everywhere and soon they were in need of repair. He took them to the local cobbler shop in South Milwaukee and was given a ticket stub to get them back when the repairs were done.

A week later, Elliot stops by the local recruitment office and sees what kind of an easy job he can get out of Uncle Sam between wars. After much haggling, he negotiates himself a 6 year tour as a Navy Cook. It's hard work but there's no camping and nobody shooting at him so he won again as far as he's concerned.

When Elliott gets done with his tour he returns to South Milwaukee to the joy of his friends and family. One of many of the gifts he receives is a new wallet from his aunt. As he is moving everything from one wallet to the next he discovers the old ticket stub from the cobbler! Finally back in South Milwaukee and in need of some shoes that aren't Navy surpluss he hurries over to seek out the cobbler's shop.

He is relieved to find that not only is the cobbler still in business, the same man is working the counter! Elliot produces his ticket and says "It's been six years, but I'm finally here to pick up my shoes. Do you know where they are?"

"Of course!" The cobbler replies after reading the ticket stub. "I know exactly where these shoes are."

"Well can I have them?" asks Elliot.

The cobbler shrugs and answers "They'll be ready next week."

[spaceage-bachelorette]

ATTENTION EVERYONE: Play to win in full is no longer lost media

(thank you allergic, whoever you are)

Edit: I FORGOT THE BALLAD OF JANE DOE RECORDING

[servantleverslutdrop]

...Circus AU

[c4fin4t3d-f1sh]

hey guys, i'm getting one of those light-up custom song night lights. The cool Etsy ones, y'know?

I wanna put a Steam Powered Giraffe song on there, and I wanted to consult you guys (jumping up and down!!). I was thinking Clockwork Vaudville because it's one of my favorites plus the first live music song I heard so it's special, but I'm open to suggestions!!!

I'm gonna do a poll though, probably ending it in, like, an hour or so though

[libras-interactives]

I chose new york as my mc's hometown mostly because of the lgbt history there and I feel like my musician mc would be interested in Broadway :3

Ayyyy yeah, i didnt think of that. Broadway has such an interesting history

[wheresurboytonighthelookslikeenj]

well this episode is full of drama in more ways than one

woah get this man a stage

[historysisco]

On This Day in New York City History March 21, 1867: Theater director and producer of the famed Broadway shows called the Ziegfield Follies, Florenz Ziegfield Jr. (March 21, 1867 -  July 22, 1932) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

It can be argued that the Great White Way aka Broadway is what it is today because of Ziegfield's shows, that where held on Broadway from 1907 until his death in 1932. Based on the the Folies Bergère of Paris, Ziegfield's shows were a blend of vaudeville and variety shows which led to the creation of such terms as the Ziegfield Girls and led to the rise of many of the famous artists of the 1920s through the 1940s.

Ziegfield passed away due to  complications from long term pneumonia at the age of 65.

#FlorezZiegfield #ZiegfieldFollies #BroadwayHistory #EntertainmentHistory #TheaterHistory #VaudevilleHistory #NewYorkHistory #NYHistory #NYCHistory #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

[nerdomancer]

Embarrassing! Local woman's top 2 Spotfiy Wrapped artists are the same artist!

[axololtus]

Song(s) are Overture and Vaudeville Villan, by MF DOOM and Viktor Vaughn! Here’s my speedpaint of the drawing, the drawing and the image that inspired it (lol)

[aokozaki]

Why do you like mildly sarcastic, self referential answers to simple questions so much?

I've been asking myself the same thing!

[tendercoretroglodyke]

convinced that desperate housewives wouldve done WONDERS on this site if tumblr (as it is today) existed back in 2004

[hyperactive-encore]

Alright, where are the FNAF animatics fit to Clockwork Vaudville by Steam Powered Giraffe?

I mean...come on, that's too perfect!

[spaceage-bachelorette]

Lk My favorite thing about the final concert performances atomic vaudeville recording on Sound Cloud is the fucking description

[undeadmartian]

The conversation about how to make the muppets relevant again comes up periodically and makes me feel insane for thinking that there's no need to revolutionise the muppets? Like that's it. That's the draw. They're muppets.

[glassamphibians]

somebody get this dude a top hat and a cane

the spotted lanternfly nymph literally looks like a character in candy land or monopoly or something i adore them

[dcdreamblog]

Did Zatara's adventures in the 40's and with the All-Star Squadron inspire the comic strip character Mandrake the Magician, or was that just a big coincidence?

I'm going to say no for the fairly obvious reason that Mandrake's newspaper strip began publication about 4 years before anyone in the general public had ever heard Zatara's name. Though this does grant me the ability to talk about how Zatara was viewed early in his career as one of the first Mystery Men.

(A still of Zatara from a lost television variety show. Fun Fact, this frame makes Zatara the first Mystery Man, and thus modern superhero, to appear on television)

The Zatara family were always stage magicians, having brought the practice over from Italy when they immigrated just after the Civil War. Young Giovanni was entrusted with the bag of tricks assembled by his grandfather Luigi Zatara, a famous vaudeville and pre-vaudville entertainer.

Giovanni at some point discovered real arcane talent, manifested through his iconic quirk of casting spells simply by speaking his intentions backwards. On the first night of his performance a fire on stage that he was able to put out with his magic inspired him to use his powers for the betterment of others.

Because he was the first "public" mystery man, appearing on the scene when the Crimson Avenger and the Sandman's world rocking debut was still a year or more off it means that the earliest records of his public persona are...strange.

He very quickly made his services available to local police and got into a very public game of cat and mouse with the Tigress, the first true supervillainess. He sold newspapers that was for sure, but nobody really had the terms to describe him.

He's sort of treated in those early days like a Sherlock style civilian detective, a captivating eccentric chasing after equally eccentric criminal personalities with his unique set of skills (obviously no one at that early date believed his magic was real)

It wasn't until after the Mystery Man became public, the JSA was formed, and indeed the All Star Squadron manifested that Zatara made the conscious choice to lean INTO that label. He wasn't even drafted by the All Star Squadron's original sweep. He marched himself up to the front door and volunteered.

This means that, for the war years he holds a fascinatingly weird series of roles. His identity was obviously never private and he continued touring and selling out shows all over the US, Canada and Britain (Even a tour of Australia and New Zealand in '44) with the USO.

He was really the only Mystery Man of his era to be a 100% public and open figure. Lord only knows what might have happened in the aftermath of the HUAC trial if he hadn't already been forced out of the public spotlight because of arcane complications and later the birth of his daughter Zatanna.

I don't really have a closing point here, he just fascinates me. Also I've seen his daughter perform and it is always, ALWAYS worth the money. If Zatanna is coming to your town, get a ticket, leave your skepticism at the door and let her blow your god damn socks off.