Wild Women Of Wednesday - Brigitte Bardot

 We all love those crazy scenes for which Brigitte is reknown....dancing like no one is watching, or alternatively, as if she knows EVERYONE is watching...anyhow, great pic below! This one was flamenco!

Trailer Park Tuesday - The Spartan

 

Seriously, how cool is this one? We even get an interior shot - great Ad!

 

 

Manly Monday - Marlon Brando!

 

 

Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and film director with a career spanning 60 years, during which he won many accolades, including two Academy Awards for Best Actor, three BAFTA Awards for Best Foreign Actor and two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor — Motion Picture Drama. He is regarded as arguably the greatest and most influential actor in 20th-century film. Brando was also an activist for many causes, notably the civil rights movement and various Native American movements. Having studied with Stella Adler in the 1940s, he is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method acting, derived from the Stanislavski system, to mainstream audiences.

He initially gained acclaim and his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for reprising the role of Stanley Kowalski in the 1951 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire, a role that he originated successfully on Broadway.^[5] He received further praise, and an first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award, for his performance as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront, and his portrayal of the rebellious motorcycle gang leader Johnny Strabler in The Wild One proved to be a lasting image in popular culture.^[6] Brando received Academy Award nominations for playing Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1952); Mark Antony in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1953 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; and Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver in Sayonara (1957), an adaptation of James A. Michener's 1954 novel. 

The 1960s saw Brando's career take a commercial and critical downturn. He directed and starred in the cult western One-Eyed Jacks, a critical and commercial flop, after which he delivered a series of notable box-office failures, beginning with Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). After ten years of underachieving, he agreed to do a screen test as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972). He got the part and subsequently won his second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award in a performance critics consider among his greatest. He refused the award due to mistreatment and mis-portrayal of Native Americans by Hollywood. The Godfather was one of the most commercially successful films of all time, and alongside his Oscar-nominated performance in Last Tango in Paris, Brando reestablished himself in the ranks of top box-office stars.

After a hiatus in the early 1970s, Brando was generally content with being a highly paid character actor in supporting roles, such as Jor-El in Superman (1978), as Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1979), and in The Formula (1980), before taking a nine-year break from film. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Brando was paid a record $3.7 million ($16 million in inflation-adjusted dollars) and 11.75% of the gross profits for 13 days' work on Superman.

Brando was ranked by the American Film Institute as the fourth-greatest movie star among male movie stars whose screen debuts occurred in or before 1950. He was one of only six actors named in 1999 by Time magazine in its list of the 100 Most Important People of the Century.^[7] In this list, Time also designated Brando as the "Actor of the Century".

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Sci Fi Sunday -

 Remember these guys? Who didn't want to just move right in with them!!!! They originally aired in prime time TV from September 23, 1962 to March 17, 1963, and then another series was developed in the 80s of all things....

I've deliberately copied a list of the main characters straight from Wiki below to make sure I don't miss anyone - lots of fun facts!

 

• George Jetson: age 40, is the main character and protagonist of the series. He is a loving family man who always seems to make the wrong decisions. He works at Spacely's Sprockets turning the Referential Universal Digital Indexer (R.U.D.I.) on and off. He is married to Jane and together they have two children, Judy and Elroy.

 

• Jane Jetson: age 33, is George's wife, mother of their two children, and a homemaker, although it is Rosie who does most of the work. Jane is obsessed with fashion and new gadgetry. Her favorite store is Mooning Dales. She is a dutiful wife who always tries to make life as pleasant as possible for her family. Outside of the home, she is a member of the Galaxy Women Historical Society and is a fan of Leonardo de Venus and Picasso Pia.

 

• Judy Jetson: age 15, is the elder child in the Jetson family, born when Jane was just 18 years old. A student at Orbit High School, she is a stereotypical teenage girl whose interests include clothes, hanging out with boys, and revealing secrets to her digital diary that she calls "DiDi". Judy is the girl next door and also loyal to her family.

 

• Elroy Jetson: initially age 6½; later age 8,  is the younger of the two children in the Jetson family. He is highly intelligent and an expert in all space sciences. A mild-mannered and good child, Elroy attends Little Dipper School, where he studies space history, astrophysics, and star geometry. Elroy loves his dog Astro and is always there to support him when George loses his patience with the family pet.

 

• Rosey: Rosey is the Jetsons' household robot. She is an outdated model, but the Jetsons love her and would never trade her for a newer model. Rosey does all the housework and some of the parenting. She is a strong authoritarian and occasionally dispenses pills to the family. Excluding a scene from the closing credits, Rosey appears in only two episodes of the original 1960s show, but makes many appearances on the 1980s show.

 

• Astro: Astro is the Jetsons' family dog. Prior to being a Jetson, his name was Tralfaz and he belonged to the fabulously rich Mr. J.P. Gottrockets. Astro is one of George's best friends, next to his work computer, R.U.D.I., as well as Elroy's best buddy. He is able to speak in a rough sounding English resembling dog barks and growls, a manner of speaking which voice actor Don Messick would later reuse for the role of Scooby-Doo.

 

• Orbitty: is an alien with spring-like legs who was the second pet of the Jetson family. He has the ability to express his emotions by changing color. This character was introduced in the 1980s version of the series, but did not appear for the third season (except for one cameo) or any of the movies.

 

• Cosmo Spacely: is George's boss and owner of Spacely Space Sprockets. His company was founded in Newfoundland in 1937. He is a small man with thinning black hair and a bad temper, and is the main antagonist of the series. Spacely always comes up with ideas to bring in more business, but they backfire. George, whom Spacely has known since childhood, gets blamed for most things that go wrong. A series' running gag involves his kicking George out of his office shouting, "Jetson! You're fired!"; however, Spacely would give George his job back in the end of the episode, and if he was very happy with George, promote him to vice-president of the company. Mr. Spacely is sometimes helped out by Uniblab, the company's robot assistant.

 

• Spencer Cogswell: is Spacely's big competitor. He owns Cogswell Cogs company and causes a lot of trouble for Spacely and George. To a lesser extent Cogswell is another of the series' antagonists. He and Spacely are always finding ways to bring each other's businesses down. Cogswell has often tried to steal Spacely's ideas and make them his own to gain an advantage (only for it to backfire on both bosses). He's also not above firing his employees when any little thing goes wrong. Mr. Cogswell's first name, "Spencer", is revealed in the 1980s version of The Jetsons. Cogswell slightly resembles Mr. Slate of The Flintstones.

 

• R.U.D.I.: is George's work computer and one of his best friends, next to his dog, Astro. His name is an acronym for Referential Universal Digital Indexer. R.U.D.I. only appeared one episode in 1962 version in Good Little Scouts. He has a human personality and is a member of the Society for Preventing Cruelty to Humans. In the episode "Family Fallout" (originally aired September 22, 1985), the Jetsons win a TV game show after George Jetson correctly states what the initials "R.U.D.I." stand for.

 

• Henry Orbit: is the Jetsons' apartment's building superintendent aka apartment janitor and George's friend. He is always helpful and always in a good mood. He built a robot named Mac who has a crush on Rosie.

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My Five Favorite Kustom Kulture Artists

5 Kustom Kulture Artists You MUST Know About!

Vince Ray

 

Vince Ray has always been an image-maker, but about 15 years ago his work became popular on the Low Brow art scene and it’s led to a fruitful career for him as an illustrator. Alongside his commercial illustration, he sings and plays in a band and like his music there’s a certain rockabilly edge to his visual style. Many of his clients are from the music industry.


After 25 years working in London, he’s recently moved to Hastings where he’s discovered a love of the sea. With two children, he has someone to blame for his huge toy collection, which he’s always adding to. Vince is passionate about 1950s car and motorcycle designs and the subculture that surrounds them, but enjoys artwork from various other eras including Victorian times.

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 Ben Von Strawn

Ben Von Strawn was a perfectly normal child, UNTIL he was exposed to E.C. COMICS,RAT FINK,Warner Brothers Cartoons and MAD Magazine. After that, he quickly transformed into a frothing at the mouth Juvenile Delinquent MANIAC. He somehow managed to create PRIMITIVE drawings and writings along with developing a MORBID CURIOSITY of-History, Art, Science, Writing, Travel, Philosophy, Food, Film, Languages and Music.
Then one FATEFUL day he was PAID for this GHASTLY work! Which only served to ENCOURAGE him into the DOWNWARD SPIRAL of starting his own MONSTER BUSINESS! His GRISLY work has been featured AROUND THE WORLD in print,and various merchandise.
He is also a WRITER, FILMMAKER, ENTREPRENEUR and grave robber from outer space who is about to set into motion a certain “Plan-9” but that’s besides the point.

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Dirty Donny (The Artist)

Deemed to be one of the most influential artists to invade the pop culture scenes of the punk, rock n roll and heavy metal underground, Dirty Donny has been spreading his art across all mediums for decades; ranging from skate decks to pinball machines, hot rods and album covers to name but a few.
Hired early on by metal giants Metallica, young Donny escaped the cold winter grasps of Montreal  and headed for Sunny California to paint murals, guitars, design T shirts and even paint the grand piano in their rehearsal space.
Fast forward a full decade of west coast living, these days when Donny’s not airbrushing custom van murals or tinkering with his muscle car he can be found in his San Francisco home studio designing art for top fuels Funny cars, skateboard shoes, guitars and guitar accessories, model kits and pinball machines for the likes of Snap-on, Vans, AMT, Fender, Dunlop and Stern pinball to name a few.

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BigToe

Bigtoe, AKA Tom Laura was born in LA and makes his home in Southern California. His formative years were spent surfing from Baja south to Ventura in the north, and copying images from Mad Magazine and Ed Roth. After taking 10 years to get a 4 year fine arts degree at Cal State Long Beach, the Toe went into the apparel business, the surf industry to be specific and has Art Directed lines such as Op and Maui and Sons. After opening his own design firm in 1998, he has also produced artwork for brands such as Quiksilver, O'Neill, Rusty, Redsand, Hobie, Burton and Split. During this time, surfing and surf travel has been Bigtoe’s passion, with local status at the “Trestles” punctuated by occasional surf trips to most of the Hawaiian Islands, Samoa and Various parts of Baja and mainland Mexico. After a 15 year "hiatus", he has started painting again: acrylics is his medium of choice, and driftwood or other found materials are his preferred "canvas".

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Von Franco

American Artist

Von Franco is a self-taught American artist associated with the Lowbrow art movement and Kustom Kulture. He became involved at an early age in the burgeoning hot rod and Kustom Kulture scene of Southern California. His skill at drawing hot rod and monster art, popular in Kustom Kulture, caught the attention of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, for whom Von Franco later worked. Von Franco became a builder of custom automobiles, gaining notoriety for building clones of Norm Grabowski's Kookie, Kookie II and Lightning Bug t-buckets, as well as a clone/expansion of the Golden Rod. Von Franco is also known for his distinctive pinstriping and hand-lettering techniques. He was also the guitarist in the surf band The Bomboras and played the vibraphone in The Hyperions.

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Let's Dance...

The Ocean, a bearskin rug, moonlight and tropical surrounds. Look at that beach below the building! The suspension pillars on this along with the beautiful color scheme are enough to take us away from it all!

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The Fire Pit

This artist knew what it meant to make the fire pit a feature on this beautiful balcony! The pillars and glass give it the lines and you can clearly see how it is suspended up above the rat race. Dig those crazy bi-folds that open it up into just one big living space!

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Now THIS is a town house!

Three levels of cool.....with the boring stuff hidden behind the drapes....

See how the bottom level looks out onto the waves? If this is apartment living, deal me in!

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Lounge Room Made In Heaven

 

...Or at least located there! View to a waterfall, internal rock wall, white shag pile, room for visitors to sit and enjoy a cocktail party.....where is this architect when we need him/her????

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Sunken Lounge With A Difference

This scene reminds me of the 1969 movie "Hello Down There" where a family relocated to an experimental house under the ocean. I have never forgotten it, since anything that was an adventure always seemed preferable to reality back then (still is maybe)!

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Fantasy Architecture To Die For!

It's almost like Farnsworth House suspended over a waterfall, with the clean lines and the walls serving as dividers that don't always go to the ceiling. One of my favorite images, where the suspended side boards are so cool and the furniture keeps the Jetsons up at night!

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Take Me There Now, Never To Return!

 Look closely and you can see the city street below this couple as they dance their troubles away on this stunning balcony! I love the circular glass room that leads out onto this terrace, and the Monstera Deliciosa plant as a feature...brings back childhood memories, that plant!

10 Unique Beauties - The Mystery Of Mystique

Never To Be Seen Again

Yep - y'all can name some stunners out there these days, and although I still can't tell most of them from each other, there is still no denying how incredible looking some of the current "Sweet young young thaings" are, and they all have today's version of "It".

Cast your eye back below, however, and look at some of the unique beauties from days gone by...they are not all the obvious ones, but they made their mark and can never, ever be replaced, not matter how many trashy attempts are made at remakes, life stories and the like....just take a breath, scroll down, and pay homage....please finish up with a wistful smile..... :)

Kate Hepburn With Her Lover, Spencer

Gene Tierney - Famous For Her Overbite

Mamie Van Doren - One of the Last Blonde Bombshells

Ava Gardner - Had An Penchant For Young Bullfighters

Lili St Cyr - Burlesque Queen Of The Ages

Rita Hayworth - Gilda

Yvonne De Carlo - Anyone Recognise Lily Munster?

Vivienne Leigh - Gone With The Wind.....

Lauren Bacall - Bogie's Obsession

 
Lana Turner




Who were those colorless little things we were thinking of at the beginning? Totally forgotten where I was going with that!

It's Trailer Trash! Or Is It? Which One Do You Like Best?

10 Tantalising Trailers - Caravan Heaven!

If these babies don't make you want to leave the other half, grab the dog and hit the road, I'd say you ain't ever going anywhere! Below are some of my favorite looks, with a couple of bonus interiors thrown in as teasers.....which one is your fave? I think I'm going with the orange, but the green bus interior is hard to beat!

To be frank, it's almost too much for one set of eyes to absorb ha ha!

Wild West Wednesday!

Love Your Old Westerns?

Check out these beauties to bring a piece of history to the fore......

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Four examples below to whet your appetite.