The Saturday Picture Show, June 10, 2023

 

"The Louvre? Ah, madame, the Louvre is two blocks east of here. This, bon amie, is the LOUVERS!"

There are memory triggers that never let me down. Just seeing a pile of steamed crabs, and I can smell the Old Bay, the smell of a cheap cigar takes me back to humid summer nights watching baseball at the old Stadium, and a grassy lawn mower fills my feeble brain with that incomparable fresh-cut grass aroma.

Great art was created (or at least planned) here: This was Vincent Van Gogh’s bedroom in the psychiatric hospital at St. Remy de Provence, France

It was so much simpler in 1973 to explain political scandals. Here's Nixon's secretary Rose Mary Woods demonstrating how easy it is to hold one button down on the telephone while pressing the "record" button on the Dictaphone for 18 and a half minutes. 

We've all seen bozos and crapulous fools interrupt reporters doing live shots on TV - but Samantha Rivera of CBS Miami wasn't having it when a man who didn't belong on TV tried to get in the shot. She pushed him away with one arm and didn't even skip a beat!

Native Americans regard the birth of a white buffalo as a sign of good times and happiness ahead. This newborn out in Wyoming is here to bring that to you! Just don't tell Ted Nugent; you know how he gets all worked up.

Someone named Krusty must be driving that big rig!

This is the special Muppet storage area at the Smithsonian.

I am one of those who gets excited when I come into possession of a really nice box, with firm cardboard, a reinforced underside and a tight lid. I then plan on a dozen different things that will be just right to store in the great box, and wind up filling it with what else? Books.

It's a baby seagull! Never seen one at the beach, so I guess they hang around the house until they grow big enough to come up seaside and start chowing down on french fries.