Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for September 08, 2010

Wonder what the rest of those signs say…?

Two words say it all.

Morning, Ms. M!

The signs say “Divorce”.

Where do I buy those signs?

This is the geezer version of “texting” I guess………

Freddy, you could try “Hey Babe” or maybe “Who’s your Daddy?”

And here is the poster that was on the wall of Thomas Alpha Dog Basseton’s studio on Saturday. Theda Basset, showing her longing for that Salami. What acting!

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

He doesn’t know how lucky he is!

I much prefer pastrami…or even corned beef.

And here it is – the portrait of Miss Behaves infamous ancestress, the Red Queen!

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20200908

Only the French dared to copy that painting (but without the sparkles!):

https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5813188/il_fullxfull.271333393.jpg

Wow…. I love this poster… Thank you, Stel……

Sigh…. Theda Basset was so …. um…..beautiful…

so lovely, in her basset sort of way!

Those huge, drooping jowls…. that big black shiny nose….

Sigh…..

This is actually a movie poster…. in a lovely late Art Nouveau style…

For the classic 1918 silent film, “Salami”…

starring world-famous basset actress and sex symbol, Theda Basset…

a huge box office draw at the time.

The film was very controversial….

It had a Biblical theme, but very modern, for the WWI era, racy plot elements and scandalously brief costumes.

The scenes with Salami and John the Basset drew church condemnation and even picket lines in many small towns when it opened…

But of course, that often unintentionally boosted ticket sales…

especially when they created publicity for the inimitable Ms. Basset’s scanty attire…

if one could even call it “attire.”

There was a human actress who copied her, you know….

She was OK-looking, I suppose… but her legs were too long, her nose and ears too short, to be a match for our Theda._

Her name was Theda Bara, and she once said

“To be good is to be forgotten. I’m going to be so bad I’ll always be remembered. "

When told, Theda Basset remarked…. “Not me. I’m a good dog, I am!”

Just look at the poster of the human Theda in a similar costume…..

the production values were obviously lower…. I mean, her headpiece doesn’t even have lights.

I had a small version of this poster back in my college days…

It moved with me from apartment to apartment… cos student populations are always on the move.

so it’s also nostalgic to me.

You know what I say to that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUGHGXyuH98

I do love a spicy Salami.

Good Morning Ballardeers! QDate: 179.98287.29 and a cool and wet day in the Midwest.

Another sparklie Stel-lar effort for the classic movie poster Salami starring the stunning Theda Basset Aarrrooooooo!

Hope everyone came through the long weekend unscathed. Y’all keep on keepin on. (((((Hugs!)))))

Wow! Stel really responds to comments. Susan asked, and we all get to enjoy Theda Basset’s great poster. Love the blue sparklies, Stel.

Beautiful! Love the colors on this one, Stel. You don’t even need that ‘P’ color.

Theda Basset is beautiful enough to make any basset shiek leave his harem.

She loved that film so much that she wanted to eat it. I found another comic that has been removed from this site. On arcamax, you can click on Reply All and see the long version. On Washington post, you can click on Reply all and see the short version. Does anybody know why they removed it from this site?

A bad sign