Harry Stephen Keeler
@harryskeeler.bsky.social
A million stories are trembling to be crystallized on the black ribbon of the typewriter. Located in Chicago, London of the West. Portrait by Al Hirschfeld. Join the Keeler Society: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/keeler/join.html
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Me, I’m jest a dumbdora, I guess, makin’ her livin’ anklin’ over a waxed floor with all th’ apple-knockers, brush-apes, brooksies an’ sponge-cakes in th’ whole world, but I ain’t a clothesline. A snitcher. See? Never was--an’ ain’t beginnin’ now.
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I *did* grow up in the 1950s, so this is a must-watch for me—but not all at once!
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I *did* grow up in the 1950s, so this is a must-watch for me—but not all at once!
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RIP Tom Stoppard, among many other things the writer on BRAZIL who came up with the Tuttle/Buttle angle, which gave the film its spine. Plus if he wrote every line in LAST CRUSADE he's the one to thank for "I should have mailed it to the Marx Brothers." www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...
Tom Stoppard, Cerebral Storyteller for Stage and Screen, Dies at 88
The British playwright won acclaim for 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,' 'The Real Thing' and 'Leopoldstadt' and received an Oscar for 'Shakespeare in Love.'
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
RIP Tom Stoppard, among many other things the writer on BRAZIL who came up with the Tuttle/Buttle angle, which gave the film its spine. Plus if he wrote every line in LAST CRUSADE he's the one to thank for "I should have mailed it to the Marx Brothers." www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...
[I watched The Movie Orgy over the holidays and now I feel like I grew up in the 1950s. But it only took 5 hours!]
[Happy birthday to Joe Dante! This particular version of his THE MOVIE ORGY (1968), a surrealist supercut of every damn thing, is 5 hours long.]
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archive.org/details/the-...
The Movie Orgy (5 Hour Cut), Joe Dante (1968) : Joe Dante : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Movie Orgy is a 1968 film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Jon Davison.It was an evolving compilation of film clips, commercials, and film trailers,...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
[I watched The Movie Orgy over the holidays and now I feel like I grew up in the 1950s. But it only took 5 hours!]
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Beano #1627, September 22, 1973
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Beano #1627, September 22, 1973
[Happy birthday to Joe Dante! This particular version of his THE MOVIE ORGY (1968), a surrealist supercut of every damn thing, is 5 hours long.]
archive.org/details/the-...
archive.org/details/the-...
The Movie Orgy (5 Hour Cut), Joe Dante (1968) : Joe Dante : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Movie Orgy is a 1968 film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Jon Davison.It was an evolving compilation of film clips, commercials, and film trailers,...
archive.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
[Happy birthday to Joe Dante! This particular version of his THE MOVIE ORGY (1968), a surrealist supercut of every damn thing, is 5 hours long.]
archive.org/details/the-...
archive.org/details/the-...
[RIP actress and singer Ingrid van Bergen, 94, known for TOWN WITHOUT PITY (1961), THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR (1962), and THE VAMPIRE HAPPENING (1971). In 1977 she shot her boyfriend, Klaus Knaths, and was convicted of manslaughter. Her last film was SHARKNADO 5: GLOBAL SWARMING (2017).]
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
[RIP actress and singer Ingrid van Bergen, 94, known for TOWN WITHOUT PITY (1961), THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR (1962), and THE VAMPIRE HAPPENING (1971). In 1977 she shot her boyfriend, Klaus Knaths, and was convicted of manslaughter. Her last film was SHARKNADO 5: GLOBAL SWARMING (2017).]
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This panel from 1985 never gets old.
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This panel from 1985 never gets old.
[Gertrude Jeannette, blacklisted Harlem playwright, star of stage and screen, licensed NYC cab driver, was born Nov. 28, 1914. During the Peekskill Riots, she and her boxing champion husband rushed on their motorcycles to rescue Paul Robeson from the Klan. She lived to be 103.]
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
[Gertrude Jeannette, blacklisted Harlem playwright, star of stage and screen, licensed NYC cab driver, was born Nov. 28, 1914. During the Peekskill Riots, she and her boxing champion husband rushed on their motorcycles to rescue Paul Robeson from the Klan. She lived to be 103.]
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R.I.P. Danny Seagren, who portrayed Spider-Man on The Electric Company.
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
R.I.P. Danny Seagren, who portrayed Spider-Man on The Electric Company.
[Jacqueline White celebrates her 103rd birthday today! Born Nov. 27, 1922, in Beverly Hills, she went on to star in CROSSFIRE (1947), RETURN OF THE BAD MEN (1948), THE NARROW MARGIN (1952), and of course AIR RAID WARDENS (1942) with Laurel and Hardy. "They were charming and a delight."]
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
[Jacqueline White celebrates her 103rd birthday today! Born Nov. 27, 1922, in Beverly Hills, she went on to star in CROSSFIRE (1947), RETURN OF THE BAD MEN (1948), THE NARROW MARGIN (1952), and of course AIR RAID WARDENS (1942) with Laurel and Hardy. "They were charming and a delight."]
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I firmly believe you should not do “of all time“ unless you mean it, and Best Pop Songs of All Time could only be improved by Akkadian and Sumerian
youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs
youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs
The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian
YouTube video by Peter Pringle
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November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I firmly believe you should not do “of all time“ unless you mean it, and Best Pop Songs of All Time could only be improved by Akkadian and Sumerian
youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs
youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs
MAKES YOU VIEW LIFE THROUGH GLORIOUS COLOURS
GIVES TONE TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
IS NOT COMPOUNDED MYSTERIOUSLY
MAKES YOU SING A SONG INSTEAD OF MOPE
MADE OF HEALTHFUL HERBS — NOT DRUGS
GIVES TONE TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
IS NOT COMPOUNDED MYSTERIOUSLY
MAKES YOU SING A SONG INSTEAD OF MOPE
MADE OF HEALTHFUL HERBS — NOT DRUGS
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
MAKES YOU VIEW LIFE THROUGH GLORIOUS COLOURS
GIVES TONE TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
IS NOT COMPOUNDED MYSTERIOUSLY
MAKES YOU SING A SONG INSTEAD OF MOPE
MADE OF HEALTHFUL HERBS — NOT DRUGS
GIVES TONE TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
IS NOT COMPOUNDED MYSTERIOUSLY
MAKES YOU SING A SONG INSTEAD OF MOPE
MADE OF HEALTHFUL HERBS — NOT DRUGS
DIGBY MIDDLETON’S OFFERING SUPREME
THE AMAZING TONIC
ON SALE AT ALL GOOD CHICAGO DRUG STORES FROM
THE LAKE TO OAK PARK. HAVE YOUR DRUGGIST
WRAP YOU UP A BOTTLE.
THE AMAZING TONIC
ON SALE AT ALL GOOD CHICAGO DRUG STORES FROM
THE LAKE TO OAK PARK. HAVE YOUR DRUGGIST
WRAP YOU UP A BOTTLE.
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
DIGBY MIDDLETON’S OFFERING SUPREME
THE AMAZING TONIC
ON SALE AT ALL GOOD CHICAGO DRUG STORES FROM
THE LAKE TO OAK PARK. HAVE YOUR DRUGGIST
WRAP YOU UP A BOTTLE.
THE AMAZING TONIC
ON SALE AT ALL GOOD CHICAGO DRUG STORES FROM
THE LAKE TO OAK PARK. HAVE YOUR DRUGGIST
WRAP YOU UP A BOTTLE.
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[Chai Hong, Korean-American silent comedian, billed as "Charlie of the Orient," was born November 26, 1885. I don't know if any of his starring shorts have survived; he's glimpsable in Larry Semon's THE STAR BOARDER.]
November 26, 2023 at 5:35 PM
[Chai Hong, Korean-American silent comedian, billed as "Charlie of the Orient," was born November 26, 1885. I don't know if any of his starring shorts have survived; he's glimpsable in Larry Semon's THE STAR BOARDER.]
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“Should we like to live for ever?” said Hamish
“Yes, if we did so,” said his brother. “Our being would be adapted to it.”
“Yes, if we did so,” said his brother. “Our being would be adapted to it.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“Should we like to live for ever?” said Hamish
“Yes, if we did so,” said his brother. “Our being would be adapted to it.”
“Yes, if we did so,” said his brother. “Our being would be adapted to it.”
Miss Nipperhouse made the faintest ghost of a moue, as of one who was a little tired, at times, of such adjectives as “bally” and “bloomin.’”
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Miss Nipperhouse made the faintest ghost of a moue, as of one who was a little tired, at times, of such adjectives as “bally” and “bloomin.’”
[Artist and writer P. D. Eastman, BOTD in 1909, worked on Disney and WB cartoons, and Private Snafu, and Mr. Magoo, and Gerald McBoing-Boing, and Tom Terrific, and went on to create Go, Dog, Go! His son Tony animated Beavis and Butthead.]
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
[Artist and writer P. D. Eastman, BOTD in 1909, worked on Disney and WB cartoons, and Private Snafu, and Mr. Magoo, and Gerald McBoing-Boing, and Tom Terrific, and went on to create Go, Dog, Go! His son Tony animated Beavis and Butthead.]
[Happy Evacuation Day!]
This is a Very Good Time to Revive Evacuation Day
Happy Evacuation Day! You may be surprised to learn that its has nothing to do with promoting colon health. November 25, 1783 was the day that the British finally departed from New York City, and h…
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November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
[Happy Evacuation Day!]
[Happy 99th birthday to Terry Kilburn, who said "God bless us, every one" in A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938) and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" in GOODBYE MR. CHIPS (1939). In 1958 he appeared in FIEND WITHOUT A FACE.]
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
[Happy 99th birthday to Terry Kilburn, who said "God bless us, every one" in A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938) and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" in GOODBYE MR. CHIPS (1939). In 1958 he appeared in FIEND WITHOUT A FACE.]
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yo, this rocks so far
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
yo, this rocks so far
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Some of you seem to have failed to cultivate a thirst for vengeance. It's not how I raised you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Some of you seem to have failed to cultivate a thirst for vengeance. It's not how I raised you.
[David Alexander Newell, Mr. McFeely on Mister Rogers, celebrates his 87th birthday today. Speedy delivery!]
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
[David Alexander Newell, Mr. McFeely on Mister Rogers, celebrates his 87th birthday today. Speedy delivery!]
[RIP Jimmy Cliff, 81]
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
[RIP Jimmy Cliff, 81]