Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster), Al Lewis (Grandpa), Yvonne De Carlo (as Lily), Pat Priest (cousin Marilyn), and Butch Patrick (as Eddie Munster) in The Munsters episode entitled Just Another Pretty Face, originally broadcast by CBS on January 13th, 1966. oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/664239042…
This was one of Fred Gwynne’s favorite episodes, mainly because he got to act unencumbered by the hot, unwieldy makeup and prosthetics required to portray Herman for a lengthy part of the show. oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/664239042…
Universal Studios, where The Munsters was filmed, hired special effects designer Ken Strickfaden to create the lightning effects for this episode. oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/664239042…
Strickfaden, by then retired, had created the same special effects for the original classic Universal Pictures/James Whale Frankenstein horror movie (starring Boris Karloff as “The Monster”) over thirty years earlier in 1931. oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/664239042…
The corporate wing of the Democrats has objectively terrible political instincts, because the corporate wing of the Dems wants things that are very unpopular with the electorate (this is a trait they share with the Republican establishment).
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Remember Hillary Clinton's *unimaginably* terrible campaign slogan, "America is already great?" In other words, "Vote for me if you believe that nothing needs to change":
One of my favorite nuggets of writing advice comes from @ManorMadhouse. Jim, a Navy vet with an encylopedic knowledge of gun lore, explained to a group of non-gun people how to write guns without getting derided by other gun people: "just add the word 'modified.'"
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As in, "Her modified AR-15 kicked against her shoulder as she squeezed the trigger, but she held it steady on the car door, watching it disintegrate in a spatter of bullet-holes."
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In "The Scorpion and the Frog," a trusting frog gives a scorpion a ride across a brook, only to be stung to death by his passenger upon arrival. The dying frog gasps "why?" and the scorpion replies, "I am sorry, but I couldn't resist the urge. It's my character."
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Capitalism's philosophers had an answer to this conundrum. The ambition that drives people to enter the business world comes from a "self-interest" that is indistinguishable from sociopathy.
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A decade ago, a hedge fund had an improbable viral comedy hit: a 294-page slide deck explaining why Olive Garden was going out of business, blaming the failure on too many breadsticks and insufficiently salted pasta-water:
Everyone loved this story. As @ddayen wrote for @Salon, it let readers "mock that silly chain restaurant they remember from their childhoods in the suburbs" and laugh at "the silly hedge fund that took the time to write the world’s worst review":