Saturday, October 28, 2023

The Saturday Picture Show, October 28, 2023

 

Beloved character actor Burt Young ("America's Brother-in-law") died last week. He was in over a hundred movies and TV shows, most notably as "Paulie," in all 57 Rocky movies.

Set your Atomic Disintegrator to 400 and let the other kids know you're not fooling around!

Today's "Gee, isn't fall pretty?" picture is from Eastern Pennsylvania.


The place where Julius Caesar was assassinated is now a refuge for cats. This is a sanctuary for strays in the place where a man who reportedly was ailurophobic - afraid of cats - met his end.
The tiny Italian van that brings books to tiny Italians and full-sized Italians.
Today you just pull "your number" from a strip, but in the days of the Takacheck machine, there was a reassuring clunk when you pushed on that red knob that let the world know, you were # 47! And then you looked up and saw the sign: NOW SERVING #26.
Daring predictions! Strange but sort of true!
If there's anything cuter than a little toy hedgehog, it's a little toy hedgehog wearing socks.
One seed can find its purchase and grow to something lovely. You just never know.


One of the rules at any radio station was always that the list of the hot records in town was typed by someone who knew nothing of the hot records in town, hence "Alone Again, Maturally," "Crocodlie Rock," and "Song Sun Blue." But what a great year for hot hits was 1972, huh?

1 comment:

Andrew W. Blenko said...

All great Mark, thanks! Is there a better song than Brandy? That really brings back memories and it never grows old.