That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for October 09, 2020

I guess this proves what many suspected about Bea Arthur.

Has anyone ever seen these two in the same room?

I don’t get it: Is this the ‘before’ and ‘after’ pictures of a sex change?

What interests me is why the carved figure is flipping off the guy.

One piece of evidence flies in the face of the sex change theory; Bea’s voice was a lot lower than Chester’s. In fact, it was probably lower than all of ours.

President Chester A. Arthur and Bea Arthur mashed together as a consequence of their last names! If only Bea had had a huge moustache, they’d be twins! No?

it was an open secret in d.c. that chester liked to waltz around in nothing more than bea’s feather boa…

Two versions; Chester A and Bea Arthur. Chester replaced Garfield. No, not Matt Dillion’s deputy and not the famous orange tabby.

-brain stew

Bea would have looked great in Chester’s attire; I’m not sure whether Chester might have enjoyed Bea’s!

“God’ll get you for that, Steven.” —Maude Findlay

Chester uses fake right arm to distract, so he can move pigeons and rabbits underneath his “Magic Coat.”

Then there was Ginger Rogers Hornsby. She ran around the bases backwards in high heels.

Chester: “Are we done yet? I need to get a Big Mac”

Chester Bea Arthur – Bosom Buddies! “Remember that who else but a bosom buddy / Will sit down and level / And give you the devil / Will sit down and tell you the truth!” Thanks and apologies to "Bosom Buddies from Mame; Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman (1966).

Both were considered “handsome” in their time.

No resemblance….

Quiz question; which one was a Marine?

When the chill in the White House got to be too much for Chester, he either put on his big coat or he would stare at his candid collection of Bea Arthur photos. GRRRROWLLLL BABY!

When Bea joined Betty, Rue, and Estelle in Miami, she gave Chester her beaver-trimmed coat to remember her by.

It became his fondest possession. He wore it everywhere.

‘Tis a sham, a delusion, a snare/a hopeless and hapless affair/ to try to decide/ from “on the outside”/ which one’s stallion, and which one is mare…

They’re a truly “singular” pair/ each with truly singular hair/ but under their garments/ these two pesky varmints/ one singular body must share.

Left-side: Chester Alan Arthur: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chester_A_Arthur_by_Daniel_Huntington.jpeg 

has info and links that point to more info about this roughly life size painting.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/huntington_daniel.html 

https://hagginmuseum.org/collections/huntington-daniel/ 

https://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Daniel_Huntington/21367/Daniel_Huntington.aspx 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33568583/daniel-huntington 

http://www.thebanksgallery.com/daniel-huntington.html 

http://www.avictorian.com/Huntington_Daniel.html 

https://prabook.com/web/daniel.huntington/1108844 

https://collection.crystalbridges.org/people/357/daniel-huntington&artist_no=327&sold=1&wsektion=alle 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, if his bio becomes truncated, askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. First work by him used here.

Right size: Bea Arthur: 

Photograph promoting a 1972 Episode of the Maude TV series. Some perhaps relevant URLs: 

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ef/2c/57/ef2c577c85aff43d5f7d6cc936576776.jpg 

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/255931191294671134/ 

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0037735/mediaviewer/rm3482753536 

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls038605133/mediaviewer/rm3482753536 

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0037735/bio 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068103/

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2553 (October 8, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

before and after shots of Bea’s sex change , she looks good for being dead.

And then there’s Maude!

Well, she could be a descendant, however indirect. So what?

Chester B Clear: Remember Otto Bean England.

no more please

Explain