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  1. GeniusInTheLamp

    "Dressing for Disneyland"

    I've also had people walk up to me in bookstores and ask me if I was a manager. I also had someone ask me a similar question at a New Year's Eve party ... where most of the people were dressed just as well as I was. :eek:
  2. GeniusInTheLamp

    Any Cigar Afficionados Out There?

    I'm also a cigar smoker (when I can afford it). My primary brand of choice is Arturo Fuente. However, the best smoke I can remember was an H. Uppmann Millennium that I purchased from a tobacconist in Sherman Oaks (I was visiting L.A. at the time).
  3. GeniusInTheLamp

    Glaring Film Gaffs! (Or: The Dry Look in 1917?)

    Here's a musical anachronism I noted, and in a classic movie no less: In THE GREAT ZIEGFELD, snatches of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" are heard during the "Love Is a Beautiful Woman" production. Here's the problem: Ziegfeld and Anna Held were still in their relationship in that scene; that...
  4. GeniusInTheLamp

    "The Death of the Grown-up"

    On the subject of arrested adolescence: I recently read Dr. Robert Epstein's The Case Against Adolescence. In the book, Epstein argues that adolescence unnecessarily prolongs childhood and fails to prepare children for adulthood. He also argues against "teen culture" and its effect on the...
  5. GeniusInTheLamp

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The last movie I saw was my usual Saturday night movie (at 10:30, right after the news) - BEDAZZLED, the original with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. A very funny movie. My previous Saturday night movies: OUT OF THE PAST, THE OLD FASHIONED WAY, and BOOM TOWN.
  7. GeniusInTheLamp

    How many cars have you owned?

    1980 Oldsmobile Omega, black (a hand-me-down from my parents while I attended college in the mid 1980s; a nice-looking car, but a complete lemon) 1988 Mercury Topaz, red (purchased in 1990, totalled when a tree fell on it during a storm) 1994 Chevrolet Cavalier, red (starting here, the rest of...
  8. GeniusInTheLamp

    Stars you are in love with

    For me, it's always been the lovely and talented Christine McIntyre:
  9. GeniusInTheLamp

    how did people back in the old days stay so thin and lean?

    And bear in mind that most people worked on farms prior to WWII. Most of the modern agricultural machinery of today had yet to be developed, and the more advanced machines were only available to the more affluent country squires.
  10. GeniusInTheLamp

    How 'vintage' is your name?

    Todd = "Fox" 1900's-1930's >1000 1940's 467 1950's 167 1960's 31 1970's 43 1980's 103 1990's 248 Seeing as I was born in 1965, that's about right. And I've never been too keen on my name, either.
  11. GeniusInTheLamp

    Daisy Buchanan Under the Weather

    Get better, Daisy! Hope to see you back here soon!
  13. GeniusInTheLamp

    What are your hobbies?

    Genealogy - I've been working on my family history since I was 10. Listening to music - As of this writing, I have almost 3,000 CD titles in my music library. My tastes are pretty broad: classical, jazz, blues, reggae, and classic rock & soul. My guilty pleasures: 80's music and 50's/60's...
  14. GeniusInTheLamp

    This may have already been covered...

    There are simply too many to mention, but I hope someone in Hollywood comes to their senses and tells the Farrelly Brothers that their Three Stooges movie is a terrible idea. To clarify, this isn't about a biopic about the boys (that's already been done for TV), but an attempt to bring the...
  15. GeniusInTheLamp

    Anyone knowledgeable on Chicago South Suburbs?

    South Holland was, as the name implies, founded by Dutch settlers. (There seems to be a "Dutch Belt" in the south suburbs, spreading from South Holland through Lansing and into Munster, IN.) Today, it's more ethnically diverse. I believe they're one of the few remaining towns with Blue Laws...
  16. GeniusInTheLamp

    does it feel a little creepy wearing a dead person's clothing?

    Not at all. I wear my grandfathers' old suits and ties all the time (at least when I get the chance). I feel as if I'm honoring their memories by wearing their clothes.
  17. GeniusInTheLamp

    The Right to Wear a Tie

    I actually got the old funeral question - from a young man in the ministry, no less. I was pumping gas somewhere along I-80 in Iowa after Christmas 2005 when I was asked the $64 question. And I actually was coming back from my grandfather's funeral. In restaurants, I have gotten...
  19. GeniusInTheLamp

    New book on FDR & his economy

    I have a couple of recent books that have taken FDR and the New Deal to task: FDR'S FOLLY by Jim Powell, and THE NEW DEALERS' WAR by Thomas Fleming.
  20. GeniusInTheLamp

    What entertaining movies did poorly at the box office?

    One of my favorite movies (not just comedies), DUCK SOUP, was considered a box-office dud when it was first released.
  21. GeniusInTheLamp

    Best doggie names ever

    There was a greyhound named "Bang" who held the world record for the longest jump by a dog. He jumped 30 feet while chasing a hare at Brecon Lodge, Gloucestershire, England in 1849, clearing a 4 foot 6 inch gate.
  22. GeniusInTheLamp

    Hemingway Jones Is Back From The Hospital :-)

    Welcome home, and take it easy! :eusa_clap
  23. GeniusInTheLamp

    Have You Ever Met A Movie/TV Star or Celebrity?

    I think you're right about the gentleman on the left being Tom Baker. I'm guessing that the gentleman on the right is none other than Brig. Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (known in real life as Nicholas Courtney).

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