A while ago, I mentioned a possible scheduling conflict with my trip to Ohio this week. I was supposed to provide transportation for someone who was scheduled to have jury duty. There was concern it might overlap with my departure, but fortunately the court canceled the jury duty appointment.
Superestorations
This collection of the seventeen Fleischer/Famous Studios Superman cartoons appears to have been ripped from the Warner Bros. Blu-ray release, rather than being a fan’s AI restoration of Warner’s earlier DVD release.
By coincidence, the first cartoon in the playlist, ‘Showdown’, happens to be the first one I recall seeing as a child, in black & white. This link shows the playlist, which is something that YouTube’s embedded player used to do.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOkQQ2CR4rZw
For sticklers, here is the correct order for the titles, listed by their release dates:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(1940s_animated_film_series)#List_of_films
Endless Flip-Flopping
Isn’t everybody tired of this back-and-forth on Iran?
- He meets with Bibi and says, “We’re locked and loaded.”
- MBS calls him and he says, “Based on this request, I have agreed … to cancel the attack.”
Late for the End Times
Somehow, until now I hadn’t watched the 2019 Amazon Prime 6-episode adaptation of Good Omens, the 1990 novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. At heart, it’s a very entertaining and amusing bromance, with exquisite production quality. The actors were quite obviously having a very good time.
I wanted to watch the series because this week I’ll be seeing Colleen Doran (DOR-an) at the National Cartoonists Society annual meeting and Reuben Awards dinner. This year it’s being held in Columbus, Ohio, in association with the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.
Colleen wrote and illustrated the graphic novel adaptation of Good Omens.
https://goodomens.com/products/good-omens-graphic-novel
Regarding certain allegations against Neil Gaiman, all I can say is that Colleen had and has absolutely nothing to do with any of that business.
For My Twinster
Giving Lori Some ❤️
Every so often, BBC Radio 2’s Sounds of the Seventies, now hosted by Shaun Keaveny, surprises me with a song that was a big hit in the UK, but wasn’t in America. Here’s an example.
In 1977, the Alessi Brothers had a #8 hit in England with ‘Oh Lori’. I was working as an AM radio DJ that year, and ‘Oh Lori’ is a song that would have been a perfect fit for our Adult Contemporary format. Nonetheless, it wasn’t on our playlist.
I’ll correct that oversight right now. If the Beach Boys did Jazz, it would sound like this.