Month: September 2022

My favorite Ealing comedies

This list of the top 100 British films reminded me of the great comedies produced by the Ealing Studios in the later 1940s/1950s. I recommend all of them. I am posting overviews and then stuff on specific films. Alec Guinness stars in several of them.

I think the best one is Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) which is available on Blu-ray and DVD from Kino Lorber.

The Man in the White Suit (1951). It’s on Blu-ray and DVD from Kino Lorber.

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951). It’s on Blu-ray and DVD from Kino Lorber.

The Ladykillers (1955). Its on disc from Studio Cabal/Lionsgate. The Coen Brothers remake is not as good.

Passport to Pimlico (1949). It’s on Blu-ray and DVD from Film Movement.

Whisky Galore! (1949) has also been remade. It’s on disc with The Maggie from Film Movement.

The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953). It’s on Blu-ray and DVD from Fim Movement.

The Maggie (1954)

Mean but funny Ivana Trump burial memes

Playing into the idea that Trump buried stuff with his ex-wife. He’s terrible but I doubt he would stoop to this.

I included the second one for the grave tweet there.

See the bottom for the current state of her grave site.

The grave has not been treated well

I support the pitch clock

I went to a minor league game this year where they used the pitch clock and really liked it. The pace was definitely faster.

Two drummers on playing with Bob Dylan

Jesse Ed Davis

I saw this tweet on Jesse Ed Davis today. He played on a lot of great albums.

The Bob Dylan Center is having an exhibit on him starting on November 15, 2024.

A tweet I saw: Cleveland Browns had 59 starting QBs during the Queen’s reign

At an Orioles game many years ago I saw someone wearing a Sosa #21 t-shirt. They had crossed out Sosa and written Markakis.

Did you know that Super Bowl confetti was shaped like the Lombardi trophy?

I didn’t know that until I bought some on eBay after the Ravens won the Super Bowl after the 2012 season. I think I read back then that the Lombardi-shaped confetti is by the stand where they present the trophy. I also got rectangular strips. The colors are those of the winning team.

Now there is tweet confetti

The confetti I have

and a satire:

More generic ballot congressional polls 9/8/22

Momentum has shifted to the Democrats. We’ll see in November.