Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 25, 2010

Hey, that looks just like our dog wash!

Hey, Marg, yes, I noticed, thanks. It’s nice to be back.

You should see the facilities in my yard.

He’s a starving artist.

You should see Carl with the cats.

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Now there is a basset worth coveting.

Water ain’t that cheap around here.

One of my favorite Bogie movies. That, the Big Sleep and Casablanca are among the best.

Now that is a bling-worthy basset!

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20200825

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/lU0AAOSwHMJYCsMK/s-l300.jpg

I know the picture of the human version is a bit small, but so was Bogart, height-wise.

Oh my – is Gocomics rebuilding again? I don’t get the comics, not even with a different browser. And the input-field shows only one line…

Oh wow… another classic tonight….

StelBel’s original poster for “The Maltese Basset” … human edition.

in the August 25th  2020 “CLEO and COMPANY”

The basset version, which we saw, in part, last night, had been a huge success…

Humans tried to copy it… but not wanting to be sued… they substituted a bird for the wonderful basset statuette.

A falcon, I believe…. nowhere near as adorable as a basset!

No wonder “the Maltese Falcon” was not a huge success. Look:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51miWEFHfiL._AC_.jpg

So the human studio got smart…

they paid for the rights to use the title… “The Maltese Basset”…

hired their fairly passable actors from the first version back, to do a sequel….

Hired StelBel to recreate the basset statuette…. but covered in actual bling, unlike the one in that poster above…

and filmed this human version of “The Maltese Basset”.

I believe it was even subtitled in American/British Dog language, for the canine audience.

It had a happier ending, with lots of bling and romance, which helped make it more popular.

It was never as big a success as the canine film….

but it was more fun than the bird version.

Trivia note:

If that statuette looks familiar…

Cleo Clifford, before she was a big star, was already a friend of StelBel’s, and posed for the sculpture.

An unplanned bonus was that the glittery statuette became famous… and Cleo looked so beautiful on it, it helped her get some of her first acting jobs.

Good Morning Ballardeers and Mr. McCracken! Q-date: 165.98248.91 and the humid is a pain in the butt.

Is today’s poster the inspiration for the Cleo Awards? It sure is sparklie! Another outstanding effort.

Welp. Friday, I got the pre-appointment screening call for my doctor’s visit yesterday and was told that my appointment was going to be at the medical center vs the original location 20 miles away. Got to reception desk and was told I was in the wrong place. I had asked twice during the phone call if she was sure, so I went where she told me. So no visit. Got my parking validated though. Not that I really wanted to be there, but not happy. Got out of my comfy clothes for nothing.

Y’all be sure you know where you are! (((((HUGS!)))))

Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.

So, Carl only washes cheap pets?

I would love to have one of those awards. I don’t want to do what it takes to earn one, but maybe you could sell them, Nighhawks.

My Favorite Part™ was the silvery sparkly thingy at the tip of Cleo’s tail.

Great sparklies, Stel. That would brighten my mantle any day. Love the Maltese Basset!

Great idea, Perky. I’d buy one.

Ooh! Sparklies!

UPDATE: Got lucky with an appointment for the 17th of next month and double checked the location. He’s usually totally booked 5 months out.

Apropos to my earlier posts, the cup I ordered a while ago just arrived:

https://postimg.cc/gallery/cSqK8pf