The .Gif Friday Post No. 889 – Driving While Dumpster, Snout Snacks & Here’s Your Sandwich

[Found here, here and here.]

Sphinx Butt

Its tail is blocking the view. Sorry.
[Found here.]

Monsterbeer

Frank-N-Stein Restaurant, Gary, Indiana, 1973, colorized.
[Found here.]

Ingravescent Hot Links

The Rose of Washington Square, The Frankie Carle Quartet (1947) Frankie Carle was nicknamed “The Wizard of the Keyboard” for his piano skills. Sunrise Serenade was Carle’s best-known composition, rising to No. 1 in the US in 1938 and selling more than one million copies.

BZZZT!

Citizen Wade.

Schulz’ Virtue.

The comments.

St. Nan the Polite.

The first webcam.

Which way is best?

I need a mannequin.

Happy Birthday, Elvis.

Norty Blues Episode 98.

Say it” [via Bunkerville].

The Margate Shell Grotto.

Dropping the Tannenbaum.

Another reason to have kids.

Visit Alcatraz [via Everlasting Blört].

The Flying Saucer [via Memo Of The Air].

Grammarian vs Errorist: The Showdown.

The Son Who Couldn’t Leave [via Nag on the Lake].

Unum saltum et siffletum et unum bumbulum. [h/t Bits & Pieces].

Pacific Palisades Fire updates here.
Also this.

[Top image: Early 1900s stereoscope photos, unknown origin, found here.]


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Space Bimbo Traffic Cop

[March 1959 issue of Fantastic Universe Science Fiction magazine. FUSF was published from 1953 through 1960. More space bimbos here.]

Redundant

I believe that’s a 1956 Ford Fairlane Town Sedan with a 31 year old stunt baby. [Found here.]

Scrobiculated Hot Links

Theme to The Prisoner, Ron Grainer, composer (1967)
The Prisoner was a 1960s spy vs. spy television show starring Patrick McGoohan as No. 6. McGoohan chose Ron Grainer’s theme over others, with the requirement that it be re-scored with a faster tempo and emphasis on the tympani.

Cool rays.

Kind of blue.

Pot farming.

The Hootlet.

The Haalarit.

A Ginger Song.

Village dances.

Illegal axolotls?

The Swiss Portal.

Lotta work to do.

A proper breakfast.

Dancing in the duct.

20¢ spaghetti or ravioli.

Rockstars who died in 2024.

Sweep tight [via Bunkerville].

Froggy Went A-Campin’ (and more).

Blockbuster, Netflix & the Cult of Ben.

The Kittyman Shanty [via Memo Of The Air].

The Prince Hall Nobles [via Everlasting Blört].

[Top image: Still from the hypnosis segment of The Pee Wee Herman Show – Live at the Roxy Theater 1981.]


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The .Gif Friday Post No. 887 – Hotwired, Taking Down Santa & Driving While Cat

[Found here, here and here. Santa smackdown h/t Gord S.]

Godt Nytaar!

“Godt Nytaar! (Happy New Year!)” Andreas Bloch (1860–1917) National Library of Norway.

Metagrobolized Hot Links

The Fever, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes (1976) The Fever was written by Bruce Springsteen, with back up provided by members of the E-Street Band. John “Southside Johnny” Lyon, 76, recently (and abruptly) cancelled tours and retired due to unspecified medical issues.

Self-serve.

1.5 (PBJ) = y

Trishasode 9.

The Perfect Time.

Illustrations of Oz.

Living dangerously.

El Arte de El Chango.

Know the Difference.

How pencils are made.

Alexa. Play ‘Sea Shanty.’

Blue house [via IDHMGO].

Buster Keaton has lunch.

A song about a random guy.

Is it safe? [via Feral Irishman].

Las Pelilargas [via Mme. Jujujive].

Swiss orchestra box [via Bunkerville].

Norty Blues Episode 96 (Christmas edition).

The Shadwell Forgeries [via Memo Of The Air].

Post Christmas Farts [via The View From Lady Lake].

[Top image: The Armies of Greenland prepare for war. h/t Gord S.]


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