IF: moustache
Clarence didn’t realize what an effort it would be to join the Moustache Club.
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IF underwater (part 2)
In the immortal words of Billy Crystal: “Don’t be gon’ fer no dip now, girl!”
IF: underwater
You want thingamabobs? I got twenty. But who cares? No big deal. I want more.
from my sketchbook: ina balin
In 1960, Life Magazine graced its cover with a photo of a pretty 23-year-old budding actress named Ina Balin, accompanied by the teasing headline “An Early Look at a Star-To-Be.” By that time, young Ina had received critical acclaim for her performance on Broadway in A Majority of One and she starred alongside Anthony Quinn in …
IF: onomatopoeia
Roy Lichtenstein. Hustler. Conman. Huckster. Salesman. Marketer. Artist. Bratatat!
IF: together
One, two, three, four Can I have a little more? five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten I love you.
from my sketchbook: jean harlow
Twenty years before Marilyn Monroe‘s big-screen debut, there was Jean Harlow. No one dreamed the frail and sickly Harlean Carpenter from Kansas City. Missouri would blossom into the world famous “Blonde Bombshell.” The actress, who as a child who fought off scarlet fever and meningitis, caught the attention of eccentric director Howard Hughes and she was …
IF: totem
I have a confession to make. I love Gilligan’s Island, the 60s sitcom that, for three seasons, chronicled the totally-implausible antics of seven castaways stranded on an uncharted island somewhere in the vicinity of Hawaii. Don’t turn your nose up at me. You’ve seen it. Despite the show exhibiting slapstick humor and unrealistic situations, creator …
from my sketchbook: berry berenson
Berinthia Berenson was born into a privileged, aristocratic family in the upper-class Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan. Her father was an American diplomat. Her mother was Countess Maria-Luisa Yvonne Radha de Wendt de Kerlor, but was better known as socialite Gogo Schiaparelli. Berinthia, or “Berry,” as her family called her, was also a descendant of prominent fashion …
IF: hidden
Remember those dreaded visits to the doctor’s office when you were a kid? The only pleasant aspect of that terribly sterile and unwelcoming waiting room was the few cheerful moment spent perusing the latest issue of Highlights for Children. Remember the lessons we learned from the antics of Goofus and Gallant? Remember the endearing, if …