The .Gif Friday Post No. 825 – Mechanical Dracula, Bony Peeper, Octo Creepo & Boop’s Jack o’ Lanterns

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

Entirely Justified.

[Found here. Kinda.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 824 – ‘Boonlips, Angry Hair & HUZZAH!

[Found here, here and here.]

Happy Labor Day

[Found in here. More Labor Day fun here.]

Happy Independence Day

True To The Flag, United States Marine Band (1921)
Franz Von Blon composer The United States Marine Band is the premier band of the United States Marine Corps. Established by act of Congress on July 11, 1798, it is the oldest of the United States military bands and the oldest professional musical organization in the United States.

[80 rpm recording found here.]

Memorial Day 1922

Estimated crowd of 50,000 gathered at the Lincoln Memorial dedication Memorial Day 1922, Washington D.C. (colorized)

Updated to add video. More about the Lincoln Memorial dedication here.

Matripotestal Hot Links

Cankton Two Step, Leeman Prejean (1988) From an obituary:
A native of Carencro and a resident of Lafayette for most of his life, Leeman Prejean retired from the Lafayette Parish School Board after thirty-two years of service as a custodian. He had a passion for music and was an active musician for thirty-nine years with “Leeman Prejean and the Happy Playboys of Scott“.

This guy.

Universe 25.

Moscow traffic.

Fun with numbers.

bababababop [via Bunkerville].

A reply to a message in a bottle.

NOT a deepfake. Those are real.

Bar napkin art [via Memo Of The Air].

The thing is called the Great Seal bug.

USAF racist program to combat racism.

A Unique petting zoo opened in Florida.

A.I. generated 1993 Pizza Nuggets commercial.
[via Mme. Jujujive]

Happy Mothers Day, mothers!

 


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Easter

Strawmen

Carnavales de Ituren, Navarre, Spain 2017
[Photo by Carlos González Ximénez, found here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 793 – Do the Pub, Dance O’ The Guinness & an ATM Ale Fail

[Found here, here and here.]