Nothing further needs to be said on this. These are very clear examples of how deranged anti-Trump zealots are.
ANTI-TRUMP HYSTERIA: HATERS ARE MAD THAT ARTEMIS II SPLASHED DOWN SAFELY AND THEY LOVE IRAN AFTER BEING OUTRAGED OVER THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS BEING SLAUGHTERED A SHORT TIME AGO
Filed under Anti-Donald Trump hysteria, opinion
THE BLACK PANTHER VS THE KU KLUX KLAN (1976)
This weekend’s superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at Marvel’s clash between their Black Panther character, the actual Ku Klux Klan and fictional Dragon’s Circle.
JUNGLE ACTION Vol 2 #19 (Jan 1976)
Title: Blood and Sacrifices
Villains: The Ku Klux Klan and the Dragon’s Circle
Synopsis: With the 12-part Killmonger storyline Panther’s Rage and its epilogue chapter behind him, the Black Panther accompanies his romantic partner – singer Monica Lynne – back to the U.S. They go to the grave of Monica’s older sister Angela who was murdered recently.
This lands T’Challa and Monica in the middle of a mysterious war between the Ku Klux Klan hate group and a separate group of multiracial conspirators called the Dragon’s Circle. Angela’s murder was somehow linked to whatever was going on between the two groups.
Just as the Dragon’s Circle tried to kill Monica and the Panther at Angela’s grave, the KKK attacks Monica’s mother & father plus T’Challa, Monica and white anti-Klan reporter Kevin Trublood at the Lynne household that night. Our hero drives off the attacking Klansmen. Continue reading
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NJCAA3 SEMIFINALS PLUS NJCAA2 ELITE EIGHT SET
NJCAA DIVISION THREE
FIRST SEMIFINAL – The RICHLAND COLLEGE THUNDERDUCKS took the court against the NORTH LAKE COLLEGE BLAZERS. The teams went almost basket for basket and by Halftime the Blazers held a mere 31-30 edge. After the break the Thunderducks made their move, storming back to upset North Lake College 67-59. Sixteen points from Dre Rutledge led Richland College and his teammate Andrew Huntley got a Double Double of 15 points and 12 rebounds. Continue reading
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APRIL TENTH NEWS ROUNDUP
Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog is back with another current events roundup from an America where a permanent headline could be NO MATTER WHAT TRUMP-HATERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT TODAY THEY WOULD JUST FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO PRETEND IS THE END OF THE WORLD WITHOUT IT.
If Trump acts, fools cry “war criminal” and if he shows restraint, they snivel “T.A.C.O.”
NATO SECRETARY GENERAL MARK RUTTE STATES THE WORLD IS ABSOLUTELY SAFER BECAUSE OF TRUMP STRIKES ON IRAN’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITY. The former Dutch Prime Minister also stated Trump was justifiably disappointed with various NATO members.
DEMOCRAT SENATOR FETTERMAN COURAGEOUSLY POINTS OUT THAT DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS ARE CARRYING WATER FOR IRAN. And they ignore the fact that Iran was at least as bad as rabid animal Vlad Putin’s regime. Clueless Republican failure to keep up with Democrats in the Media Arms Race is once again costing them. Much like with the current Gerrymandering fights between both major parties.
PATRICE ONWUKA PRAISES PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TAX CUTS FOR AMERICANS GETTING ELEVEN PERCENT HIGHER TAX REFUNDS THIS YEAR. The greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime.
ARTEMIS II CREW COMPLETE FIRST EVER “SHIP TO SHIP” CALL TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
UNHINGED DEMOCRAT MEDIA EMPLOYEE ABSURDLY CLAIMS “HITLER WAS LESS CRUEL THAN TRUMP.” Please learn more about history than just Hitler’s name, Democrat vermin.
IRAN AND ITS PROXY STATES BEGIN RELEASING HOSTAGES THANKS TO TRUMP STRIKES.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FOUND GUILTY ON NINE COUNTS OF ASSAULTING HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS. Someone ask privileged white one-percenter Bruce Springsteen about this.
CONVICTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SEX OFFENDER CHARGED WITH KILLING ARKANSAS COUPLE. Thank Democrat “sanctuary” policies.
ANOTHER OF BIDEN’S ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED FOR BLUDGEONING A WOMAN TO DEATH. The latest Democrat hero.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF KILLING MARYLAND FATHER OF TWO. Continue reading
MABEL NORMAND’S BEST SILENT COMEDIES (1921-1927)
Balladeer’s Blog takes its third and final look at the best silent film comedies of the legendary comedienne Mabel Normand. For 1910-1915 click HERE. For 1916-1920 click HERE.
MOLLY O (1921) – This film was produced by Mabel’s longtime romantic partner Mack Sennett (the musical Mack & Mabel is about them) and co-written by Mary Hunt. Originally 80 minutes long, this comedy was once considered completely lost like so many other silent movies.
Part of the surviving 57 minutes of footage has an unusual survival story. Because the film centers on the romance of a poor struggling Irish girl, Molly O’Dair (Normand) and wealthy MD John Bryant (Jack Mulhall), much of the comedy centers on class stereotypes of Molly’s poor but honest family and Jack’s wealthy but villainous family.
The Soviet Union edited out all the funny parts and presented what was left as one of their propaganda films depicting life in America as one long nightmare of evil rich capitalists ridiculing and being cruel to poor working-class people.
That footage from the fallen U.S.S.R.’s film archives helped UCLA film historians flesh out what surviving footage they held with the chopped-up Russian version to make the 57-minute cut. Luckily the ending is intact and reviews from 1921 help fill in any missing story beats.
Molly’s Irish family runs a laundry and when she delivers some clothing to Dr. John Bryant, they fall for each other. Dr. Bryant is the only decent member of his family, and he & Molly struggle to make their romance work despite the snobbish machinations of his hoity-toity clan who despise the Irish.
The brother of John’s former lady is the main villain and tries to send Molly/ Mabel to her death from a high-flying dirigible in the thrilling finale. Dr. Bryant uses a bi-plane to reach the dirigible and executes a daring leap to board the lighter than air vessel so he can overcome the bad guy and save his true love. Continue reading
B-MOVIE HOST UNCLE TED (1974-1982, 1984-1997)
Edwin L. Raub (1921-1998) served as a paratrooper in World War Two and fought on D-Day & during Operation Market Garden. He was written about by name in Cornelius Ryan’s non-fiction book (later a movie) A Bridge Too Far about the latter action.
After the war, Raub went on to work as a magician, television sales rep, producer and announcer. While working at Scranton, Pennsylvania’s WDAU-TV, he adopted the on-air persona “Uncle Ted” and hosted The Uncle Ted Show performing magic tricks and otherwise entertaining children in the studio and at home.
Graduating to the hour-long Uncle Ted’s Children’s Party, Edwin Raub cemented his position as a local television icon. In 1974, Scranton’s WNEP-TV hired him to use his Uncle Ted persona to host their Friday nights at midnight Bad Movie show Uncle Ted’s Ghoul School, elevating his kiddy-show schtick to the more wry and sarcastic approach of hosting old and bad movies.
For this program, Edwin changed Uncle Ted’s costume to a suit and fez while adopting the air of a vaudeville-level mad museum curator to accommodate this show’s older audience. Uncle Ted performed magic tricks and acted in comedy sketches for his Host Segments.
In 1975 WNEP reporter Bill O’Reilly, future national figure, did a 9-month stint writing for Uncle Ted’s Ghoul School to supplement his income. Already a jackass, O’Reilly (per his own year 2000 memoirs) clashed with Edwin Raub, whom Bill felt muffed his jokes too many times. Continue reading
Filed under Bad and weird movies, Movie Hosts
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE INHABITANTS OF MARS (1895)
THE INHABITANTS OF MARS: THEIR MANNERS AND ADVANCEMENT IN CIVILIZATION AND THEIR OPINION OF US (1895) – I shortened the title for this blog post heading. This novel was written by Willis Mitchell, who called himself a professor but never elaborated.
Willis served as the narrator, who interviewed a man given the pseudonym Mr. Ego. That man says he has traveled psychically or in astral form to Mars and can provide a detailed account of Mars, which even had its own version of Jesus.
NOTE: Regular readers of Balladeer’s Blog may remember that as odd as that sounds, it is NOT the only example of 1800s science fiction that includes a Martian Jesus.
Mr. Ego describes Mars as having similar topography to Earth but with a reddish tint. There are no canals, he informs Mitchell. When the Martians need water, they aim electronic vibrating devices into the sky, thus causing rain to fall. Continue reading
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NCAA D2 & D3 CHAMPIONSHIPS PLUS MORE NJCAA ACTION
NCAA DIVISION TWO
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The last two teams standing in D2 were the GANNON UNIVERSITY GOLDEN KNIGHTS and the LANDER UNIVERSITY BEARCATS. No real suspense in this title game, unfortunately, as the Golden Knights dominated Lander U. on both sides of the ball all the way. Come Halftime, Gannon had compiled a 37-21 advantage and from there they coasted to an 84-61 victory. Leading the Golden Knights was Pace Prosser with a Double Double of 28 points and 11 rebounds. Continue reading
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NEWS ROUNDUP: APRIL EIGHTH
Time for another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.
IN SPECIAL GEORGIA ELECTION TO REPLACE MTG, THE TRUMP-ENDORSED CANDIDATE CLAY FULLER WINS. Like I always say, I’m skeptical about what can be read into special election results, but we all know that if the anti-Trump candidate had won Democrats would be insisting it proved Trump is doomed.
DEMOCRATS SUPPORT REQUIRING I.D. TO ENTER OBAMA’S LIBRARY BUT NOT TO VOTE. The party of insanity.
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POLICIES BRING PAY INCREASE TO MEATPACKERS. The greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime.
DEMOCRAT “SANCTUARY” NEW YORK LET LOOSE THREE-TIMES DEPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT NOW CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING A FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL. Still no sanctuary for victims under Democrats – only for perpetrators.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTED FOR BEATING A WOMAN TO DEATH. Bruce Springsteen should be asked about this. Continue reading
FORGOTTEN TELEVISION: THE GIRL WITH SOMETHING EXTRA (1973-1974)
THE GIRL WITH SOMETHING EXTRA (1973-1974) – This half-hour sitcom continued the concept of having Sally Field in possession of paranormal abilities. The Flying Nun saw her capable of flight and The Girl with Something Extra featured her comedic escapades as a young woman who was able to read people’s minds.
NBC was apparently hoping for this series about ESP to be the new version of Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie, but The Girl with Something Extra never quite gelled. Field as Sally Burton was married to John Davidson’s John Burton, a lawyer.
The supporting cast included Terri Garr, Jack Sheldon, Zohra Lampert and William Windom. NBC lost faith in the ESP angle and often downplayed it during the 22-episode run of this show that couldn’t decide if it wanted to be about cutesy newlyweds or lean into the mind-reading element.
THE EPISODES:
SALLY ON MY MIND – Attorney John Burton contemplates asking out Sally, a woman he’s just met. He is surprised when, out of nowhere, she tells him she is available the next night. Their whirlwind courtship ends in marriage and on their wedding night, Sally finally tells John about her ESP abilities. Feeling uncomfortable, John walks out on her but realizes he loves Sally enough to just deal with the fact that she can read his mind.
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO HIDE BUT COULDN’T – Once while kissing Sally, John is thinking about Annette Funicello instead. Naturally, Sally can tell and wears Mouseketeer ears the next time she and John canoodle. John feels embarrassed, leading to Sally telling him about men she thinks about when they are together. Continue reading
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