Comments on: Going … Going … http://www.mahablog.com/2009/01/14/going-going-3/ Making the World Safe for Liberalism Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:50:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2009/01/14/going-going-3/comment-page-1/#comment-561333 maha Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:40:03 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=3182#comment-561333 <i>with the upbeat newreels, etc.</i> They were brilliant with the upbeat newsreels in the Third Reich, also. Maybe that's what Joe was referring to. I'm not quite old enough to remember World War II, but I've seen a lot of the news coverage that was done. Some of those war correspondents were great writers, and they weren't always upbeat. And then there was <a href="http://www.awon.org/willie/willie2.html" rel="nofollow">Willie and Joe</a>. These were cartoons published during the war that were very popular and hardly upbeat. In fact, <a href="http://www.awon.org/willie/wj9.JPG" rel="nofollow">this one</a> (which won Bill Mauldin a Pulitzer in 1945) makes fun of the upbeat. with the upbeat newreels, etc.

They were brilliant with the upbeat newsreels in the Third Reich, also. Maybe that’s what Joe was referring to.

I’m not quite old enough to remember World War II, but I’ve seen a lot of the news coverage that was done. Some of those war correspondents were great writers, and they weren’t always upbeat.

And then there was Willie and Joe. These were cartoons published during the war that were very popular and hardly upbeat. In fact, this one (which won Bill Mauldin a Pulitzer in 1945) makes fun of the upbeat.

]]> By: goatherd http://www.mahablog.com/2009/01/14/going-going-3/comment-page-1/#comment-561317 goatherd Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:57:26 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=3182#comment-561317 "No one could have predicted that a herd of goats would knock over the space heater and set the straw on fire." One other classic "Joe the Plumber" remark concerns how he preferred the coverage during WWI and WWII, with the upbeat newreels, etc. I have to say he certainly is well preserved for someone that old. I hope Willard Scott knows when his birthday is. “No one could have predicted that a herd of goats would knock over the space heater and set the straw on fire.”

One other classic “Joe the Plumber” remark concerns how he preferred the coverage during WWI and WWII, with the upbeat newreels, etc. I have to say he certainly is well preserved for someone that old. I hope Willard Scott knows when his birthday is.

]]> By: c u n d gulag http://www.mahablog.com/2009/01/14/going-going-3/comment-page-1/#comment-561275 c u n d gulag Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:17:02 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=3182#comment-561275 moonbat, I like that. I speak Russian fluently. Another word for idiot is bolvan. Here's a phrase heard often in my parent's house. "Shto tam bolvan skozal?" What did the idiot say? 5 days... moonbat,
I like that. I speak Russian fluently. Another word for idiot is bolvan. Here’s a phrase heard often in my parent’s house. “Shto tam bolvan skozal?” What did the idiot say?
5 days…

]]> By: moonbat http://www.mahablog.com/2009/01/14/going-going-3/comment-page-1/#comment-560884 moonbat Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:23:01 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=3182#comment-560884 cu - well, I'm planning a Bush bonfire for Jan 20. Gonna have some fine French wine to help me shake my fist at the wingnuts. My brother and co-conspirator christened the event "Out with the durak, in with Barack". (Durak is Russian for "idiot"). I well remember "The Three Lives of Thomasina". cu – well, I’m planning a Bush bonfire for Jan 20. Gonna have some fine French wine to help me shake my fist at the wingnuts. My brother and co-conspirator christened the event “Out with the durak, in with Barack”. (Durak is Russian for “idiot”).

I well remember “The Three Lives of Thomasina”.

]]> By: joanr16 http://www.mahablog.com/2009/01/14/going-going-3/comment-page-1/#comment-560548 joanr16 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:27:18 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=3182#comment-560548 <i>Wait! About the cat. I figured it out - he had an escape claws.</i> BWAH ha ha!! And then all sad to hear about Patrick McGoohan. He starred in my favorite childhood movie, about a little Scottish girl and her (non-arsonist) cat (but it did have amnesia), <i>The Three Lives of Thomasina.</i> NPR reported this evening that Ricardo Montalban also died, age 88. Hmm... don't these deaths come in threes? Anyone checked on Angela Lansbury lately? Wait! About the cat. I figured it out – he had an escape claws.

BWAH ha ha!!

And then all sad to hear about Patrick McGoohan. He starred in my favorite childhood movie, about a little Scottish girl and her (non-arsonist) cat (but it did have amnesia), The Three Lives of Thomasina.

NPR reported this evening that Ricardo Montalban also died, age 88. Hmm… don’t these deaths come in threes? Anyone checked on Angela Lansbury lately?

]]> By: c u n d gulag http://www.mahablog.com/2009/01/14/going-going-3/comment-page-1/#comment-560398 c u n d gulag Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:48:50 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=3182#comment-560398 moonbat, Any excuse to have champagne in the middle of January during a Depression is good enough for me! Hell, any Satanic holiday's coming up? We can bring pictures of Bush to the coven to curse - while drinking champagne! :-) moonbat,
Any excuse to have champagne in the middle of January during a Depression is good enough for me!
Hell, any Satanic holiday’s coming up? We can bring pictures of Bush to the coven to curse – while drinking champagne! :-)

]]> By: c u n d gulag http://www.mahablog.com/2009/01/14/going-going-3/comment-page-1/#comment-560393 c u n d gulag Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:46:02 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=3182#comment-560393 maha, nice! Wait! About the cat. I figured it out - he had an escape claws. Ba da bing! I'm here all of this week, show's at 8 and 11. Don't bring the kids to the 11 o'clock show. Oh, and don't forget to tip the wait staff and bartender's. maha, nice!
Wait! About the cat. I figured it out – he had an escape claws.
Ba da bing!
I’m here all of this week, show’s at 8 and 11. Don’t bring the kids to the 11 o’clock show. Oh, and don’t forget to tip the wait staff and bartender’s.

]]> By: moonbat http://www.mahablog.com/2009/01/14/going-going-3/comment-page-1/#comment-560375 moonbat Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:34:34 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=3182#comment-560375 Maha, you've been to Wales - ever think of going to Portmeiron (site of the Village)? It's on my list should I ever get to the UK. cu - I grew up Russian Orthodox. We celebrated Jan 7, but mostly let New Year's slip by. It was weird enough having two Christmasses to deal with. Maha, you’ve been to Wales – ever think of going to Portmeiron (site of the Village)? It’s on my list should I ever get to the UK.

cu – I grew up Russian Orthodox. We celebrated Jan 7, but mostly let New Year’s slip by. It was weird enough having two Christmasses to deal with.

]]> By: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2009/01/14/going-going-3/comment-page-1/#comment-560352 maha Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:20:43 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=3182#comment-560352 Patrick McGoohan was my first crush. Now I feel old. (sigh) So sad. Patrick McGoohan was my first crush. Now I feel old. (sigh) So sad.

]]> By: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2009/01/14/going-going-3/comment-page-1/#comment-560351 maha Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:19:56 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=3182#comment-560351 c u n d gulag, I've considered whether the cat is guilty and the other animals are scapegoats. c u n d gulag,

I’ve considered whether the cat is guilty and the other animals are scapegoats.

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