The challenge from sugarfrostedgoodness.com this week is “politics”. W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel served as Texas governor and United States senator. Born in 1890 in Ohio, O’Daniel came to Texas at age 29 as a sales manager for Burrus Mills, a flour-milling company in Fort Worth. In 1928, O’Daniel took over the company’s radio advertising and …
The Monday Artday challenge this week is “Elvis”. Sure, he was known worldwide as “The King”, but here are a few little-known facts about Elvis Presley. He was a black belt in karate. His entourage were known collectively as the Memphis Mafia. None of Elviss 31 feature films were ever nominated for an Oscar in …
Jerzy Kosinski walked a fine, sometimes blurred, line between bullshitter and storyteller. Kosinski was born Josek Lewinkopf in Poland in 1933. As a child during World War II, he avoided the Nazis by using a false identity. He lived with a Roman Catholic Polish family in eastern Poland under the name, Jerzy Kosinski, an assumed name given to …
The challenge word this week on illustrationfriday.com is “worry”. In the 1976 episode of M*A*S*H entitled “The Interview”, a war correspondent interviews members of the 4077th. Corporal Walter “Radar” O’Reilly was asked how he feels about the South Koreans. He answers “I worry about them.”
The challenge word on Monday Artday this week (at my suggestion) is “money”. On February 26, 1981, in Philadelphia, a twenty-eight year-old, meth-addicted, unemployed longshoreman named Joey Coyle had his life changed forever. Joey and two of his friends were on their way to buy drugs. They were driving behind a Purolator Armored Services truck that …
Mary Bickford Dunn was born in 1898 in Ontario, Canada. After her father died, she moved to Los Angeles with her mother and sister. While working as a secretary, the attractive Marie applied for and landed an acting job at the Hollywood studio owned by Mack Sennett. Sennett dubbed her “the exotic French girl,” and …
The challenge on illustrationfriday.com this week is “wide”. Well, we’re gettin’ a doublewide. I almos’ got enough Marlboro Miles saved up, soon as Billy Ray starts smokin’ more. C’mon y’ lazy shit! We’re tryin’ t’ get little Britney t’ help, but she’s always cryin’ so much that th’ cigarette won’t stay in her yap! Jerry …
The sugarfrostedgoodness.com challenge word this week is “monsters”. In 1927 Tod Browning directed Lon Chaney Sr. in the film “London After Midnight”. This silent film classic has become the most famous “lost” motion picture. The movie told the story of wealthy Sir Roger Balfour. Balfour is found shot to death in his home. Inspector Burke, …
In an effort to steer away from a proliferation of cuteness, Monday Artday offers “Giant Japanese Monsters” as this week’s challenge. In 1954, Japanese actor Haruo Nakajima portrayed Godzilla (known as “Gojira” in Japan). He eventually played Godzilla twelve times (more than any other actor) until 1972, when he retired the character, although he continued to …
The challenge word this week on illustrationfriday.com is “electricity”. Some mornings you just can’t get that “jump-start” you need.
