The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Rule 5 Sunday: Hedley Lamarr Presents The Teutonic Titwillow, Lili von Shtupp!

— compiled by Wombat-socho One of the greatest roles played by a great comedic actress, Madeline Kahn. The German femme fatale sent to seduce Sheriff Bart in Blazing Saddles earned Kahn one of her two Oscar nominations, the other being for a similar role as Trixie Delight in Paper Moon. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley […]

Rule Five Sunday: Jane Russell

— compiled by Wombat-socho TIL that Jane Russell didn’t actually wear the custom-designed bra her boss Howard Hughes designed for her to wear in her debut film, The Outlaw; while he was a great engineer and aviator, his bra design was apparently pretty horrible, and she wore one of her own with the cups stuffed […]

Rule Five Sunday: Jayne Mansfield

— compiled by Wombat-socho I’m not sure when I first heard of Jayne Mansfield; the first time I remember seeing her that stuck in my mind is the famous picture of her with Sophia Loren in a restaurant, of which Loren later said, “I was worried that her breasts were going to explode out of […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Julie Strain, RIP

— compiled by Wombat-socho This week we pay tribute to the late Julie Strain, who died last week from complications of early-onset dementia, believed to be caused by a head injury sustained in a fall from a horse in her 20s. After being named Penthouse Pet of the Month in June 1991 and Pet of […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Rep. Lauren Boebert

— compiled by Wombat-socho One of the good things about the freshman class of Republican Congressmen is that a lot of them are not only conservative, they’re good looking ladies as well. And one of the better looking ladies in the pack is the pistol-packing representative from Colorado’s Third District, Lauren Boebert, previously best known […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Mindy Robinson

— compiled by Wombat-socho Well, shows you what I know. Not two days after posting last week’s Rule 5 post, what do I see on the Book of Feces but an ad for John Schneider’s new movie Stand On It, which looks and sounds like a remake of Smokey & The Bandit by the guy […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Sally Field

— compiled by Wombat-socho I was thinking earlier that Smokey & The Bandit was a movie that couldn’t be remade these days, because in an age when you can walk into any supermarket in most states and get whatever beer you want, who would smuggle a semi-trailer full of Coors from Texas to Georgia? Also, […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Santa Ereshkigal

— compiled by Wombat-socho Been a while since I’ve posted anything from Fate/Grand Order, but every year they have a moderately silly Christmas event in which one of the Servants plays the role of Santa; last year it was Attila the HunSanta riding her magic sheep to distribute presents and save Chaldea from a deadly […]

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