Monday Morsels
Gone are the days of Fred Astaire and Judy Garland. NYC Easter Parade, photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images, posted at theguardian.com:
Headline from a nypost.com editorial: “Here’s a better idea, Joe: What if you charge $300K NOT to speak?”
The ups and downs of remedies are so annoying. I just scanned an NYP article that claims Saw Palmetto does nothing for prostate health. Fie!
Among today’s celebrations, it’s Big Word Day. Here’s a 15-letter one that fits these troubled times: abnormalization.
I was unable to find an answer to how many of the millions Obama deported received due process.
Here’s someone to compete with Luigi Mangione and Karmelo Anthony for the adoration of leftists. Headline from foxnews.com: “Texas Republican county official stabbed, husband killed in home attack.” It was a grandson.
Novel approach. Headline from FN: “California mayor wants to give homeless people ‘all the fentanyl they want’: ‘Need to purge these people’.” He’s Republican. I’ve had a similar idea — an area where they would be given all the booze and drugs they want so they wouldn’t have to steal, and an escape route for those who want to get clean.
Last night the Retro channel, 43–8 on OTA in NYC, ran Ghosts on the Loose (1943), starring the East Side Kids (Bowery Boys/Dead End Kids) and Bela Lugosi. I watched because Ava Gardner was in it. Given her reputation, it was interesting to see her as a sweet bride. To my surprise, it was her 13th credit. She had yet to break big. While viewing, it occurred to me that I’d never researched the Black member of the group, Scruno. Born in New Orleans, Ernest Morrison made his first big screen appearance in 1916 as an infant. IMDb cites him as “the first black child movie star.” He also went under the moniker Sunshine Sammy Morrison. There are 166 titles under his name, career spanning until 1974 when he broke a 30-year absence with a guest shot on Good Times. He was in more than ten films in the East Side Kids series. He did a three-year stint in the Our Gang series during the silent era. He also did some vaudeville. His career was interrupted when he was drafted into the Army during WWII. After his discharge, he did a handful of movies, then left the business and worked in an aircraft assembly plant. Here’s a quote attributed to him: “I was the first black movie personality to be featured in fan magazines and the first black to be a millionaire because of the movies. My family is close and very loving with each other. I have good health and I drive a Continental Mark IV. I fall asleep every night of my life counting my many, many blessings.” He succumbed to cancer at 76 in 1989. Kudos, Sir. Photo from Google Images. In this hyper-sensitive age, some may find it offensive. I don’t care:
It was on the cool side but pleasant enough for the Anti-Inflation Book Shop. My thanks to Marty, NYPD retired, who donated four large paperbacks; and to The Quiet Man, who bought a photo album and two DVDs; and to the gentleman who purchased two books in Russian; and to Movie Buff, who took home Pleading Guilty by Scott Turow; and to The Lady Eve, who picked up an item, Chocolate Almond Milk, I’d forgotten to purchase this morning at Stop n Shop.
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