💛Really Sam Raleigh💛
@reallysamraleigh.bsky.social
I'm really Sam Raleigh (All Pronouns🌈)
Neurotic, arthritic hermit studying the strange, spooky, & silly.
Art, Anxiety, Antiquities, Oddities, & Old Media
ft. Videogaming, Svengoolie, & Broadway Babbling
Rodents? Good!👍🐀👍
Neurotic, arthritic hermit studying the strange, spooky, & silly.
Art, Anxiety, Antiquities, Oddities, & Old Media
ft. Videogaming, Svengoolie, & Broadway Babbling
Rodents? Good!👍🐀👍
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It's absolutely okay if you want to keep your own old-media appreciation accounts free of politics,
Please, just don't follow me assuming I'm the same way.
This is my personal account, after all. I'm too queer & chronically ill to ignore rampant fascism.
Please, just don't follow me assuming I'm the same way.
This is my personal account, after all. I'm too queer & chronically ill to ignore rampant fascism.
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Who?
What?
(Samuel Beckett with his 'Murphy' and 'Watt' during a rehearsal.)
What?
(Samuel Beckett with his 'Murphy' and 'Watt' during a rehearsal.)
January 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Who?
What?
(Samuel Beckett with his 'Murphy' and 'Watt' during a rehearsal.)
What?
(Samuel Beckett with his 'Murphy' and 'Watt' during a rehearsal.)
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George Brent and Kay Francis in The Keyhole by Michael Curtiz and Arthur Greville Collins (1933)
January 8, 2026 at 7:06 PM
George Brent and Kay Francis in The Keyhole by Michael Curtiz and Arthur Greville Collins (1933)
Blurry cryptid snapshot of me in a black denim jumpsuit
January 9, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Blurry cryptid snapshot of me in a black denim jumpsuit
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Mary Tyler Moore starred as Holly Golightly in a 1966 Broadway musical adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, which became a famous flop, closing after only four previews.
January 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Mary Tyler Moore starred as Holly Golightly in a 1966 Broadway musical adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, which became a famous flop, closing after only four previews.
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Japanese avant-garde artist Atsuko Tanaka, wearing her Electric Dress, 1957.
#Potography #Fashion #PerformanceArt
#Potography #Fashion #PerformanceArt
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Japanese avant-garde artist Atsuko Tanaka, wearing her Electric Dress, 1957.
#Potography #Fashion #PerformanceArt
#Potography #Fashion #PerformanceArt
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Ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale received the first Emmy Award (1949) for Outstanding Television Personality when she was a student at UCLA.
Judy Splinters was her dummy. After leaving show business, Dimsdale had a career as a cardiopulmonary therapist.
Judy Splinters was her dummy. After leaving show business, Dimsdale had a career as a cardiopulmonary therapist.
January 7, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale received the first Emmy Award (1949) for Outstanding Television Personality when she was a student at UCLA.
Judy Splinters was her dummy. After leaving show business, Dimsdale had a career as a cardiopulmonary therapist.
Judy Splinters was her dummy. After leaving show business, Dimsdale had a career as a cardiopulmonary therapist.
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Sometimes I think I'm a fool
But then I go out and have a face to face conversation with somebody
And then I know FOR SURE I'm a fool
But then I go out and have a face to face conversation with somebody
And then I know FOR SURE I'm a fool
a man with a beard is saying fool of a took to another man
Alt: Gandalf the wizard slams a book shut and grumpily says 'Fool of a Took!' to a listening hobbit
media.tenor.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Sometimes I think I'm a fool
But then I go out and have a face to face conversation with somebody
And then I know FOR SURE I'm a fool
But then I go out and have a face to face conversation with somebody
And then I know FOR SURE I'm a fool
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I should post more of my cute outfits in 2026
a woman in a red dress is standing next to a statue
Alt: Audrey Hepburn as Jo Stockton in Funny Face struts to the top of a staircase in a red evening gown. She moves in front of an angel statue & lifts her arms, holding a matching red shawl aloft as she smiles
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:04 AM
I should post more of my cute outfits in 2026
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Dorothy Arzner was the only female film director in Hollywood from 1927 until her retirement in 1943.
She launched the careers of Katharine Hepburn & Lucille Ball (among others). First woman to direct a sound #film. She was born #OTD in 1897.
lwlies.com/articles/dor... #cinema
She launched the careers of Katharine Hepburn & Lucille Ball (among others). First woman to direct a sound #film. She was born #OTD in 1897.
lwlies.com/articles/dor... #cinema
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Dorothy Arzner was the only female film director in Hollywood from 1927 until her retirement in 1943.
She launched the careers of Katharine Hepburn & Lucille Ball (among others). First woman to direct a sound #film. She was born #OTD in 1897.
lwlies.com/articles/dor... #cinema
She launched the careers of Katharine Hepburn & Lucille Ball (among others). First woman to direct a sound #film. She was born #OTD in 1897.
lwlies.com/articles/dor... #cinema
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The vibes I bring to whatever I'm involved in
December 15, 2024 at 8:57 AM
The vibes I bring to whatever I'm involved in
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BTD - F. W. Murnau - Nosferatu - 1922 - German release poster - Art by Albin Grau
December 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
BTD - F. W. Murnau - Nosferatu - 1922 - German release poster - Art by Albin Grau
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2/5
Most people know Wendy Carlos as a pioneer in electronic music.
But before Carlos, there was Daphne Oram #BOTD (1925-2003).
Electronic composer, inventor of the Oramics Machine and co‑founder of the highly influential BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
#musicsky #filmsky #moviesky
Most people know Wendy Carlos as a pioneer in electronic music.
But before Carlos, there was Daphne Oram #BOTD (1925-2003).
Electronic composer, inventor of the Oramics Machine and co‑founder of the highly influential BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
#musicsky #filmsky #moviesky
December 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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"One Froggy Evening," a Chuck Jones masterpiece and the debut of the then-unnamed amphibian that would years later be dubbed Michigan J. Frog, premiered 70 years ago, on December 31, 1955.
December 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"One Froggy Evening," a Chuck Jones masterpiece and the debut of the then-unnamed amphibian that would years later be dubbed Michigan J. Frog, premiered 70 years ago, on December 31, 1955.
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patti smith visits jim morrison's grave.
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer.
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer.
December 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
patti smith visits jim morrison's grave.
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer.
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer.
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
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blurry CCTV grinch autopsy footage (real)
July 21, 2023 at 5:30 PM
blurry CCTV grinch autopsy footage (real)
Watching my absolute favorite Christmas movie:
The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner
a black and white photo of a man in a suit holding a box in his hand .
Alt: Jimmy Stewart smiles wide & awkwardly, before turning away and putting a suitcase on a shelf
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Watching my absolute favorite Christmas movie:
The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner
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Alternate take on Ida Lupino’s encounter with Santa Claus in 1942
December 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Alternate take on Ida Lupino’s encounter with Santa Claus in 1942
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Sick
&
Sad
Again
&
Sad
Again
a cartoon mouse is sleeping in a bed with a purple comforter
Alt: a cartoon mouse is sleeping in a bed with a purple comforter.
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Sick
&
Sad
Again
&
Sad
Again
