Reblogging sponsored posts that crossed my dash and brought a smile to my face and related content. Check the #cool post tag for all blaze ads I’ve collected here.
Given this blog is getting more attention than anticipated, I’ll do a little post to pin:
- All reblogs of blazed posts are under the “cool post” tag. Beware that there’s one with 17,000+ crabs halfway through, I tagged it as “long post” so it can be hidden if the tag is filtered.
- Added a “cool pet” tag for the many cats and few dogs that have ended up on my dash. Always looking for more of these, if you’ve encountered any I’d love to reblog them.
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- If you have friends that live in an area where tumblr blaze isn’t available, you can feel free to share the blog so they can see what they’ve been missing out on (or being saved from, in the case of a few more cursed ones)
The Legend of Zelda has played a huge part in my life, from storytelling to artwork. Now, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda (I'm a bit early, but whatever), I present to you one of the most iconic Link poses from one of my favorite Zelda games, Twilight Princess.
Happy Birthday, Link, Zelda, and Ganon (and everyone else).
(also I finally figured out how to do a lens flare and mwahahaha they have given me too much POWER!!)
That Scene with the Catherine O'Hara Swordfight...
There's a lot of Catherine O'Hara retrospecting going on now (as there should be), with discussions of her best work, and how many times she was the high point of a movie (some lackluster, some great).
I've watched her work ever since SCTV showed up on the tube in the wee hours (the 1/2 hour Canadian version, which begat the NBC-funded show, which begat....); and there are numerous wonderful bits/scenes/skits that she was in which come to mind.
But in our household, the hands-down favorite of her many works is "the Catherine O'Hara Swordfighting Scene", that was one of the extras of Criterion's The Princess Bride laserdisc.
It is a hoot. Yeah, it's full of slapstick/silent comedy conventions (that usually bore me); but the fight scene has a sort of sheer, Looney Tunes cartoon energy that lays waste to all my nitpicking.
And O'Hara, as an ersatz Veronica Lake villain, is the very best part of it. Her delivery, her spoof of the femme fatale tropes, and her sheer unflappable superiority in the face of law and order is a treat.
Here's the full scene, with sound:
Source for the entire episode.
(I know, the resolution of this clip isn't great; I remember it being clearer on the laserdisc. Apparently the scene never made it to the Criterion The Princess Bride DVD/Blu Ray/4K collection of extras.)
Some background and context after the cut:
Back in the 90s, we discovered this scene on The Criterion Collection's Princess Bride laserdisc. As usual, Criterion provided a bounty of extras; and amongst all the Princess Bride commentary and background was a curious addition: a scene from an episode of Rob Reiner's very short-lived 1991 TV series, Morton & Hayes.
I'm not certain why it's on the laserdisc; the only connection with The Princess Bride appears to be that it was another swordfight scene that Reiner was involved in. As usual with Criterion, the director has a lot of say in their presentation of the movie, and he may have suggested it be added to the extras.
(BTW, Reiner didn't direct this Morton & Hayes episode ("Daffy Dicks") -- it was Christopher Guest, who also starred in it.)
Morton & Hayes was a true oddball -- an attempt to recreate (as best as I can determine) old 1940's black-and-white movie comedy for a modern (well, 1990s) audience. It seems to have been built on the bones of the Abbott and Costello movies (Morton and Hayes resemble the 2 significantly -- particularly the straight man/clown dynamic), though the humor was closer to Bob Hope's 40s stuff (e.g., the 1939 The Cat and the Canary).
Some context for the scene: Catherine O'Hara's character is, basically, a homicidal Veronica Lake spoof, who is revealed at the end of the episode (a murder mystery comedy) as the evil twin of her saintly (and wealthy) sister, who she has murdered, along with about everyone else in the mansion, to inherit her sister's vast fortune.
The only other characters remaining in the mansion are our two hapless detectives, Morton & Hayes; and the scene opens as she prepares to snuff them out.
(Also, you have to admire a script that contains that fine old phrase, "the shank of the evening".)
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I really enjoyed Catherine O'Hara's work over many years, in just about everything I saw her in. R.I.P., and thank you, ma'am.
💕 Mientras uno este vivo, uno debe amar lo mas que pueda💕
Seeing the representation at Benito’s halftime show made me tear up and swell emotions in my stomach and heart that I can’t begin to describe. I've spent some time in a self healing/self discovery journey over the years and I have found the answers I've been looking for in my family, the friends that support me, and the dreams I work for. In the warm beaches and calming crashes of the ocean shores as well as the muddy fields of grass that nurtures the earth that gives back when we treat it right. In the loud spaces of the festive music and definitely in the passion and affection that is crafted in the foods I consume from my motherland. I’m not a very political person myself, but his message goes so far and beyond that: about culture and unity, to stand against the oppressions of hate and cruelty with kindness, love and care to those around us. By learning from our past, our mistakes and pain and leaving something better for the future that can be something wonderful.
I'm happy and proud to be Puerto Rican, and I can only hope to share and spread the love and kindness I foster with those around me and those that cross my path.
If you support anything remotely related to trump and his actions, behaviors or ICE, feel free to leave or block me, my account is a safe space for not only my Latino brothers and sisters, but for the voices of the LGBTQ+, all races and nationalities, for the rights of all genders and human related lives.
🇵🇷Esa bonita bandera, yo la llevo donde quiera! 🇵🇷
Do you like fossils and prehistoric animals? Do you like cool and weird bugs? Yeah you do, so do I, it's my passion.
There's only 48 hours left to support this enamel pin project about insects from the Mesozoic and Palaeozoic eras, with at least one representative from each respective period during the two eras.
I'm very excited to finally make these a reality, so I hope you enjoy these too!
