Saturday Matinee – Hercules Beetle Pupa, The Husbands of Target, Chapelle on Smollett & The Pips

Just when we thought we’d seen it all, the internet dishes up a fat, red alien baby that looks like it’s been ripped from the scorching sand dunes of Venus (we wish).

In reality, it’s just a Hercules beetle in its pupa form, enshrined in a chrysalis as it prepares to take on its adult form. But let’s not talk it down too much – this writhing cocoon is about to become one of the largest insects on Earth.

More about that beastie here.

I heard this on The Tim Conway Jr. Show KFIAM 640. The video is even better.

Heh. “Jucet Smolliet.” Dave Chappelle is one funny guy.

In 1977, _____ & The Pips appeared on The Richard Pryor Show sans Gladys Knight. IIRC, she had laryngitis that night.

Have a great Presidents’ Day weekend, folks, and we’ll do some stuff tomorrow.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 622 – This Cat’s A Jerk, Guardrail Fail & Mr. Weaver

[Found  here, here and here.]

Kitty

[Found here.]

It’s not what it seems…

 

Continue reading “It’s not what it seems…”

Los Caballos

[Found here.]

“Complete This Sketch Of A Horse Time’s Up.”

[Found here. Related posts here and here.]

Le Raffermissement des Hot Links


RIP Dallas Frederick Burrows (1928-2020).


Meet Chunk.

Nancy, Nancy, Nancy.

Meanwhile at The Dance.

How to make your own baby.

For once Chris Matthews gets it right.

Need yak khullu wool clothing? Here you go.

Extraterrestrial radio: It’s only 500 million lightyears away.


From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.


[Top image found here.]

Saturday Matinee – Rats & Star, Oh!Sharels & Shelly Trip Realize

Rats & Star (ラッツ&スター, Rattsu ando Sutā), formerly called Chanels, was a Japanese pop group that specialized in R&B & soul music… in blackface. Good stuff otherwise. {Had to update the vid. Original was sent to the YouTube gulag.]

Oh!Sharels is also Japanese and also do some nice retro covers, like this 1959 hit by the Flamingos (which was a cover of the song from 1934).

How ’bout some Japanese rockabilly? Not sure just what to make of  Shelly (aka Shelly Trip Realize, aka Tinc), but the band rocks.

Have a great weekend or something. See you back here tomorrow for stuff.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 621 – A Short Interview, A Wet Kiss & HOLY CRAP WTF WAS THAT?!

[Found here, here and here.
Check out the Umbrella design vid here.]

That’s a cold bowl of noodles.

Greta Thunberg blames you for this, too.

[Found here.]