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Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

My rating: 4/10

Well, neither Jules Verne nor the average 50s filmmaker has ever met a broad ethnic stereotype they didn't like, so of course it's quite racist (plus there's the whole "incredibly white people playing characters of color" thing), and it's probably the most travelogue-y of all the 80 Days adaptations, with long, long stretches of Scenic Location Footage, but apart from that it's not bad, I guess? Ridiculously star-studded supporting cast, too, for whatever that's worth.

#Around the World in 80 Days #Michael Anderson #John Farrow #James Poe #S.J. Perelman #David Niven #Cantinflas #Finlay Currie #Youtube

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lisamarie-vee · 1 year

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#s.j. perelman #listen to the mockingbird #book cover #illustration

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wp-blaze · 2 hours

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Katydids Candy Case (12 Tins)

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incorrectlooneytunesquotes · 7 months

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I twied to wesist the wabbit's overtures, but he pwied me with mewwie mewodies, symphonies, quartettes, chamber music, and cantatas.

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oldshowbiz · 6 months

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The Rise and Fall of S.J. Perelman

#sj perelman #bad reviews #burbank

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joshuahyslop · 1 year

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BOOKS

The last 10 books I’ve read:

1. Zen in the Art of Writing - Ray Bradbury Before this I’d only ever read Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury. I’m not really into sci-fi books. But the photo of him on the book jacket was too good to pass up. He’s smiling, wearing impossibly huge glasses and holding his cat. It made me laugh and I recognized the name so I bought it. I was surprised to find a lot of very solid advice on writing and the approach to any creative endeavour. It was actually a very good little book.

2. Acres & Pains - S.J. Perelman This was random. I found this little book in a used bookstore here in Vancouver - one that I don’t often visit, and was happy to grab it for its $5 price tag. S.J. Perelman was a “humorist”, which, as far as I can understand it, basically means a comedian who knows big words. I would be surprised if David Sedaris did not grow up reading Perelman’s work. It’s very self-deprecating and quite droll.

3. Selected Poems - William Carlos Williams I’ve been diving deeper into poetry. I don’t know if it’s because I’m in my mid-thirties or what, but I’m finding it more and more enjoyable. I’m still mainly reading Bukowski’s poems when I can find them, but in between I’m picking up classics like this and thoroughly enjoying doing so.

4. A Poetry Handbook - Mary Oliver Mary Oliver is one of my favourite poets and this book is her instruction manual on how to read and write poetry. She recommends other poets to check out, she talks about rhyme scheme and free verse and its origins. It’s a highly educational read for someone who writes for a living but it’s also enjoyable if you just like poetry. Worth checking out.

5. Selected Poems - Antonio Machado This was one of the books recommended in “A Poetry Handbook”. Along with Li Po (whose poetry I had an immensely hard time tracking down) and Jack Gilbert. I knew nothing of Machado when I bought this book and now I know a little bit. The introduction to this book of poems was super helpful, but it’s 67 pages with footnotes and takes about as long to read as the rest of the entire book. One neat aspect was that the left side of every page was the original poem in Spanish, the right side was its translation. I don’t speak Spanish but it was cool to be able to see his intended rhythm.

6. Invisible Boy - Harrison Mooney I grew up in Abbotsford, aka “Canada’s Bible Belt”: an almost exclusively white community with well over 100 churches. Harrison did too. We were somewhere between childhood acquaintances and childhood friends. We knew each other, I’d been to his house a couple times, but he was two years older than me so we were never super close. His book is about his experience as a Black boy being adopted by a white Christian fundamentalist family. Looking back I see so much of the racism that was prevalent in that town, in our school and in those churches that I did not experience because I’m white. It was an enjoyable book because it’s very well written. It’s very funny and very sad. But it was difficult as well because I knew those people, those places, those institutions, first hand but I was so largely ignorant of his, and so many others, experiences. And, though I can’t relate to the racism he experienced, I can relate to the confusion he felt trying his best to embrace a religion he was indoctrinated into. I can relate to the guilt of not fully believing, but not wanting to let anyone down. I can’t imagine the added burden of experiencing racism daily (even in his own home) and the questions that being adopted would constantly bring up. This is a book not meant to be missed. Do yourself a favour and check it out.

7. The Roominghouse Madrigals - Charles Bukowski This is a selection of his early poetry between the years 1946 and 1966. It’s a classic example of his work and reminded me, yet again, of why I love reading his stuff. I don’t know what it is. Not every poem connects with me, but enough of them do that I can sit and read his poetry for hours. I have.

8. The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin This has been in my stack of “books to read” for months but after reading Harrison’s book and his description of his encounter with this book I grabbed it and dove in. It’s quite a short read, but it’s incredibly powerful. I kept thinking, “Why was I not aware of his writing when I was in high school?” The answer is fairly obvious and, to put it mildly, disappointing. Still, if I was ever a teacher (not bloody likely) and I taught any kind of History or English class, this would be required reading for all my students.

9. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America - Thomas King Previously I’d only ever read, “The Truth About Stories” by Thomas King. It’s a short book but I loved it. I’ve been wanting to get to this book for a long time. Finally, after moving cities and having a week off in Mexico, I was able to dive in. It’s a great book - particularly as a Canadian who was never taught anything other than Christian propaganda regarding the Indigenous peoples of North America and their relationship with white colonizers. It was very informative, very disappointing to read and very sad. But I was also inspired by the Indigenous people and their resiliency and moved by their thoughtful and wise approach to nature. I also enjoyed how funny King is. It’s a fantastic book.

10. The Road - Cormac McCarthy There’s not much to say here. I love McCarthy’s writing but, not surprising, this was incredibly sad. Good if you like his stuff, but maybe not the place to start if you’ve never read anything by him before.

more soon, -joshua

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brookstonalmanac · 4 months

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Birthdays 2.1

Beer Birthdays

Johann Schiff (1813)

John Thomas (1847)

Leo van Munching (1901)

Drew Ehrlich (1982)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Fritjof Capra; physicist, writer (1939)

John Ford; film director (1895)

Langston Hughes; poet (1902)

Terry Jones; actor, comedian, "Monty Python" (1942)

Vivian Maier; street photographer (1926)

Famous Birthdays

Paul Blair; Baltimore Orioles CF (1944)

Exene Cervenka; rock singer (1956)

Edward Coke; jurist (1552)

Elsa the Lioness; from "Born Free" (1956)

Don Everly; pop singer (1937)

Sherilyn Fenn; actor (1965)

Clark Gable; actor (1901)

Michael C. Hall; actor (1971)

Sherman Hemsley; actor (1938)

Victor Herbert; composer (1859)

Richard Hooker; writer, "MASH" (1924)

Rick James; singer (1948)

Jill Kelly; pornstar (1971)

Brandon Lee; actor (1965)

Del McCoury; bluegrass musician (1939)

Garrett Morris; comedian (1937)

Bill Mumy; actor (1954)

George Pal; animator, special effects artist (1908)

S.J. Perelman; screenwriter (1904)

Stephen Potter; writer (1900)

Lisa Marie Presley; celebrity (1968)

Joe Sample; jazz pianist (1939)

Jessica Savitch; television journalist (1947)

Muriel Spark; writer (1918)

Stuart Whitman; actor (1926)

Boris Yeltsin; Russian politician (1931)

#Birthdays

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monriatitans · 1 year

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QUOTE OF THE DAY Sunday, February 19, 2023

"A farm is an irregular patch of nettles bounded by short-term notes, containing a fool and his wife who didn't know enough to stay in the city." - S.J. Perelman

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smsjust · 2 years

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Rex parker gigeconomy

#Rex parker gigeconomy series#

Mardy’s Quotes of the Week, Article title: This Week in History, Article author: Mardy Grothe, Date of newsletter: October 13-19, 2019, Newsletter description: A Weekly Celebration of Great Quotes in History and the History Behind the Quotes. (Verified with scans)Įmail Newsletter: Dr. (ProQuest)ġ990, Writers on Writing, Compiled by Jon Winokur, Topic: Money, Quote, Running Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Verified with scans)ġ974 November 3, New York Times, Section 2: Arts and Leisure, Perels of Wisdom Before an Opening by Stefan Kanfer, Start, Quote, Column 3, New York.

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Gale, Series Number 15: Contributions To the Study of Popular Culture, Chapter 4: Themes and Techniques, Quote, Greenwood Press, New York. (Great thanks to Mardy Grothe who mentioned this quotation in his Octoemail newsletter which led QI to formulate this question and perform this exploration.)ġ970 October 18, The Washington Post, Section: Style, Perelman’s Rasping Wit Becomes an Anglo-File by Myra MacPherson, Start Page E1, Quote Page E4, Column 2, Washington, D.C. Image Notes: Illustration of an old-fashioned workspace with typewriter from rawpixel at Pixabay. Perelman deserves credit for this quotation based on the 1970 citation in “The Washington Post”. Mardy’s Quotes of the Week, Article title: This Week in History, Article author: Mardy Grothe, Date of newsletter: October 13-19, 2019, Newsletter description: A Weekly … Continue reading In October 2019 the renowned quotation compiler Mardy Grothe included in his email newsletter a short biographical sketch of Perelman together with a selected group of quotations which included this one. The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he’s given the freedom to starve anywhere. In 1990 “Writers on Writing” compiled by Jon Winokur included the quotation: 1990, Writers on Writing, Compiled by Jon Winokur, Topic: Money, Quote, Running Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1974 November 3, New York Times, Section 2: Arts and Leisure, Perels of Wisdom Before an Opening by Stefan Kanfer, Start, Quote, Column 3, New York. The second quotation above appeared in “The New York Times” in November 1974. In an interview after having returned for his sojourn in the United Kingdom, Perelman says that he will never become an expatriate because “A writer needs the constant conflict, the rush of ideas that happens only in his native country.” The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he’s given the freedom to starve anywhere.” The time away from home persuaded him otherwise. Gale, Series Number 15: Contributions To the Study of Popular Culture, Chapter 4: Themes and Techniques, Quote, Greenwood Press, New York. … Continue readingīefore leaving the United States in 1970, Perelman claimed that “It doesn’t take guts. Gale included the quotation under examination together with a statement made by Perelman after his homecoming: 1987, S.J. after a few years and died in 1979.īelow are additional selected citations in chronological order. Perelman’s stay in England was not lengthy he returned to the U.S. The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he’s given the freedom to starve anywhere.” Perelman said he had a rush of mail all virtually saying the same thing: “I wish I had the guts to do what you’re doing. Boldface added to excerpts by QI: 1970 October 18, The Washington Post, Section: Style, Perelman’s Rasping Wit Becomes an Anglo-File by Myra MacPherson, Start Page E1, Quote Page E4, Column 2, Washington, D.C. A reporter for “The Washington Post” spoke to him before his departure. He looked forward to a new life in a land that maintained a “taste for eccentricity”. Perelman was planning to move from the U.S. Would you please help me to find a citation? Perelman who wrote numerous pieces for “The New Yorker” magazine once linked his freedom from fixed employment with the unfortunate possibility of starvation. Self-employed temporary workers perform tasks for agreed-upon payments.įreelancing has been common in some fields for many decades. The emerging system has been called the gig economy or the freelance economy. labor market has been occurring in recent years. Dear Quote Investigator: A major shift in the U.S.

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cleverwordsandotherstuffilike · 2 years

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"I guess I'm just an old mad scientist at bottom. Give me an underground laboratory, half a dozen atom-smashers, and a beautiful girl in a diaphanous veil waiting to be turned into a chimpanzee, and I care not who writes the nation's laws." — S.J. Perelman, "Captain Future, Block That Kick!"

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macrolit · 2 years

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Literary history that happened on 1 February

#february 1 #literary history #literary #history #literature #on this date #lord byron #mary wollstonecraft shelley #langston hughes #s.j. perelman #muriel spark #it's also my baby's birthday #cstardust #<3 <3

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davidhudson · 2 years

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S. J. Perelman, February 1, 1904 – October 17, 1979.

#s. j. perelman #s.j. perelman #literature

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lisamarie-vee · 1 year

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#s.j. perelman #the rising gorge #book cover #ben shahn #illustration

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vvr3n · 3 years

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SJ Perelman by Ralph Steiner c. 1933

#s.j. perelman #ralph steiner #reference

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a-life-in-books · 2 years

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S.J. Perelman

"You'll have to leave my meals on a tray outside the door because I'll be working pretty late on the secret of making myself invisible, which may take me almost until eleven o'clock."