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Great moments in comic book history

(All panels from the fourth issue of the Dell Comics version of Ben Casey, apparently Mrs. Affleck's favorite show.)

Posted by Steve Monaco at September 27, 2007 8:36 PM

 

World news stories you may have missed

Butcher surprised by dildo sausages (UK). Staff at a German butcher's shop were surprised to discover a customer had hidden two sex toys in their sausages, police said on Wednesday, intended for transport to Dubai.

'It was two latex dildos with a natural look,' said a spokesman for police, who possibly has a rewarding career in the dildo-describing industry ahead of him.

'He could have used a loaf of bread,' the police spokesman said. 'It's not against the law here.'

Exactly why the police would have preferred him to use a loaf of bread, rather than sausages, to transport his dildos remains unclear at the time of writing.

Hellish neighbours kicked out of home (UK). A family who featured on a prime time television programme about neighbours from hell have been evicted from their home in New Addington.

The family appeared on an ITV programme in the 1990s. At the time they were warned with eviction if they did not clear their garden of rubbish and cars.

Although they initially removed the vehicles they returned to their antisocial ways and the council was not prepared to give them a second chance.

Housing officers found the house wrecked with broken windows and the family has since been billed for the damage and cleaning costs.

Posted by Steve Monaco at September 27, 2007 5:37 PM

 

Beach Blanket Springsteen

A well-meaning correspondent sent me a couple tracks from the upcoming Bruce Springsteen CD, the modestly-titled Magic, because it's touted to be inspired by Brian Wilson. Despite what online reviewers say, kettle drums, sleigh bells, and ProTooled background falsettos do not a Beach Boys record make. But the shift in E-Street gears reminded me of what I hate the most about AARP-Rock, even by the people I revere, so here's my email reply-- enjoy it, snoops!

Hey--

I almost liked this one ["Your Own Worst Enemy]-- the other ["The Girls in Their Summer Clothes"}, not at all.

Maybe it was the mp3, but I don't think so-- his voice is so gauzed-up by EQ and processing, he sounds like a human drum machine. Everything's bleached out. And if that was Clarence gasping away on the "Summer" song, how long has he been on the critical list? Anyway, anybody can sound like The Beach Boys with ProTools-- even Mike Love-- but as a lover of the original and an old guy who can admit to being one (old guy, that is), these tracks might be good songs, but as records, they suck.

Here it comes, pal-- the descent into old rocker hell, as your man joins the rest of these vain bastards (including my men, Brian and Paul) in refusing to call it a day as a singer and emulate Johnny Carson in knowing when to walk away.

I predict . . . Iowa State Fair for Bruuuce in the next decade. Maybe even Minnesota!

Posted by Steve Monaco at September 27, 2007 3:08 AM

 

Sssserpents

Posted by Steve Monaco at September 24, 2007 1:49 AM

 

The Monday Movie Quiz #142

First, a hint-- unlike last week's quiz movie in question, no real known killers starred in this film.

Now . . . the pics:

Got it? Good-- then send me an email with the movie's title by late Sunday night. If you're right, expect to see your name in next week's winner's conference, er, circle.

Posted by Steve Monaco at September 24, 2007 12:53 AM

 

Last week's Movie Quiz winners

Last week's quiz movie in question was not, as one wag suggested, Boys in the Hoods, but the 1974 turkey The Klansman, starring Lee Marvin and Richard Burton, the man who was blotted out of last week's first picture clue. I didn't pick it because it's worth a second or even a first look, although with a script co-written by Sam Fuller, it's not completely without interest for the film fan. For those still interested in the bottomless cesspool that is O.J. Simpson, however, the movie is morbid comedy gold.

Simpson plays Garth, who's tired of the Klan in his town gunning down his buddies right in front of him, so he starts killing them, one at a time. This gives him the opportunity to snarl things like, "When are you gonna pick up a gun? Well, whenever you do, you know where to find me." (Yeah, in the memorabilia room!) It also has lots of moments of The Juice looking natural-- ladies and gentlemen of the jury, If I Did It-- The Fumetti:

And finally, because it was a movie and not real life:

A surprising number of winners, considering even the few people who've seen The Klansman don't remember it, so congratulations and a trip to McDonald's with O.J. and Kato to the following: Vince Tuss, Wayne Palmer, Song-Un Lee, Donald Greene, Michael Arnold, Kevin Musolino, Michael Mattson, Bob Redwing, mick, E. Yarber, Mark Gisleson, Eric Castro, Bill Hearne, Thomas Miller, A Swede in SC, ron frigstad, Tim Smit, Bill McLaughlin, and Dennis Lynch.

Posted by Steve Monaco at September 24, 2007 12:09 AM

 

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