The Saturday Picture Show, October 8, 2022

 

Sometimes, a leather satchel is just a leather satchel. This one is special, though. It's Sigmund Freud's doctor bag, on exhibit at the Freud Museum. I wonder what he meant by that.

This is the cabin in Van Lear, Kentucky, where Loretta Lynn was born and raised. I am sure that the electric line running to the house did not exist in 1932 when she was born. By the way, here's how Loretta got her first name: her parents used old movie magazines for wallpaper, and while giving birth, her mom saw a picture of Loretta Young and thought it was a great name! Loretta sang about being raised in "Butcher Holler," but that's just a name she made up for the song "Coal Miner's Daughter," to give a little flavor to her birthplace. I guess Van Lear didn't sound coal-y enough.

From the Colombian Andes, say hi to the lovely Masked Trogon!

This cannot possibly be safe. How could you sleep in this thing, way up high in the air? Still, you've gotta love the view.

If you weren't around for the 80s, I'm sorry you missed these pants. Patchwork madras was the very epitome of what we called "go to hell pants," meaning that if anyone said they didn't like our pants, we were authorized to tell them to go to hell.

We have a tree like this on our street. It's like a guy with a mullet...business up front, party in the back. The tree is fall up front and spring in back.

Domino's has an interesting advertising angle going...they fill potholes and paint their logo on them to let the world know how civic-minded they are. A better promotion for them would be to make and sell pizzas that don't taste like potholes, but that's none of my beeswax.

Fall in Minnesota. Beautiful!

Times Square in New York City, 1957. Two things stand out: the tail fins on this Plymouth taxi. Who came up with them? Also, that Camel billboard on the left blew fake smoke rings made of steam. The 50s, God bless 'em.

If you need something done around the house and you meet a guy whose tools look like this, hire him at once!