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This is so fantastic. Boot dogs. Via archiemcphee:

Behold The Hounds of Geevor. These whimsical dogs are the work of British artist David Kemp, who uses found objects to create his art, “particularly discarded remnants of the mining industry in his area, on the Tinner’s Coast in Cornwall. Twenty years ago, he was alerted about a mountain of old boots that were to be buried, so he salvaged them.”

A friend, working on the maintenance staff at Geevor, watched a mechanical digger burying a pile of redundant miners boots, & gave me a shout, I drove over & filled my pickup with the discarded boots, not knowing what I might do with them. This discarded footwear was to become THE HOUNDS OF GEEVOR.

“Relics of a vast subterranean workforce that rarely saw the light of day, each of these Hounds fed up to three & a half families (seven boots per dog). Released from their underground labours, they now wander the clifftops, looking for a proper job”

David’s awesome rubber hounds proved so popular that he was commissioned to cast them in bronze for downtown Redruth in Cornwall. And he continues to make delightful dogs out of foorwear. Follow David’s blog to see more.

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oh hey that guy on teh tumblrs looks like me. ;)  You can just barely see my fakey Google Glass mod in this shot. Tie by Woodthumb (it was a gift and is way hipper than I). 1940s bus by Robert Burke. All this brought to you by Cacophony. Via laughingsquid:

Photos: ‘Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society’ Book Launch Party in San Francisco

ROTFL(Feeling)OL(d)! 

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ImprovEverywhere’s Gotta Share! The Musical, sounds like Cacophony. More about their Spontaneous Musicals missions. Via meisterj

Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel when they were all at MGM Studios - Early 1930’s. Via mothgirlwings:

Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel when they were all at MGM Studios - Early 1930’s

 Don’t even get me started on MGM and how clueless they were about these three brilliant gentlemen…

danny-kaye:

Four of show business’ biggest stars performed on the Jack Benny radio program and delighted listeners with a rendition of a song Benny wrote himself. March 6, 1952, are Danny Kaye, Frank Sinatra, Groucho Marx

Sinatra, Groucho, Danny Kaye and Jack Benny gathered round a microphone—those we’re the days indeed!

Getting a drink in “Repo Man” (1984)—directed by Alex Cox

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Sluggo goes beatnik. Out of boredom. So ahead of his time. And so alliterative. I am not. Bored. All Worlds Fair day two!

Brick Moranis, Chicago, IL., by tomhanksy.

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I… it… it’s just fun watch this over and over… via thepianoblog

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I wrote another vintage comedy post, my favorite, on laughingsquid: a 1978 Rodney Dangerfield routine featuring a 16-piece band. Plus details of the secret origin of the “Rodney Dangerfield” name. (!!)

Wonderfully and hilariously done: Who’s on First?, revisited by Seinfeld, Fallon & Crystal. Via laughingsquid

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