This or That

[Fading Fast]

If you knew nothing else, you would know to answer Blondie from the above cartoons, but being familiar with them, definitely, Blondie. Always thought she was too good for Dagwood.

"The Lost Weekend" or "Leaving Las Vegas?"

 

[ChiTownScion]

If you knew nothing else, you would know to answer Blondie from the above cartoons, but being familiar with them, definitely, Blondie. Always thought she was too good for Dagwood.

"The Lost Weekend" or "Leaving Las Vegas?"

The Lost Weekend- if for no other reasons than shots of the Third Avenue El.

Jayne Meadows or Audrey Meadows?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Audrey. She was absolutely the fulcrum on which "The Honeymooners" balanced -- by far the strongest, most no-nonsense TV housewife of her generation. With a lesser actress, the program would have deteriorated into cheap cartoonery -- as anyone who remembers the post-Meadows Gleason shows of the sixties can well attest. With her, it was sublime tragi-comedy.

Ralph Kramden or Reggie Van Gleason III?

 

[vitanola]

Kramden

World's Work or Liberty?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Liberty. It was reactionary trash, but at least it had a sense of humor. And Princess Alexandra Kropotkin.

Judge or Life?

 

[ChiTownScion]

Judge.


Black Cat or Roman candle ?

Black Cat.


"The Katzenjammer Kids" or "The Captain and the Kids?"

 

[LizzieMaine]

The Captain. Dirks was a genius.

Barney Google or Snuffy Smith?

 

[Fading Fast]

The Lost Weekend- if for no other reasons than shots of the Third Avenue El...

Glad I'm not the only one who watches movies for things like that. I lived on Third Avenue for seven years in a 1920s apartment that was right where the El ran (and we found some old photos of the building with the El going by). Since the apartment wasn't quiet with just the street traffic, I can't image the racket that made going by.

 

[vitanola]

Barney Google.

Wilton or Axminster?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Set routine. Breakfast, dinner, supper, small snack before bed.

Bacon or sausage?

 

[Fading Fast]

Bacon - crispy bacon is more proof of a benevolent God (says the devout agnostic).

"Adam Family" vs. "The Munster?"

 

[LizzieMaine]

Addams Family, because it featured the music of the immortal Vic Mizzy.

WCBS or WINS?

 

[Fading Fast]

WCBS by a nose, both were, in their day, really good radio stations in NYC.

Friendly's vs. Hojo's (as if there is a doubt)?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Friendlys for ice cream, HoJo for fried clams and macaroni and cheese.

Franks or Hot Dogs?

 

[Fading Fast]

Franks (conceptually, in the day, more authentic - or I'm talking out my b*tt)

Egg Cream or Root Beer Float?

(and I'm not sure on the ice-cream - yes, Friendly's - especially their sundaes - are very good, but Hojo's Buttercrunch is something very special)

edit add: my grandmother loved Friendlys - she loved their hamburgers and their ice-cream. And it was kinda odd as she wasn't a go-out-to-eat person, but she loved Friendlys.

 

[Harp]

Addams Family, because it featured the music of the immortal Vic Mizzy.

Addams Family featured the beautiful Carolyn Jones:love:

 

[LizzieMaine]

Root Beer Float.

Beef Stew or fried shrimp with a baked potato ?

Bifstew. You can't get local shrimp this year due to pollution, and I'd lick dirt off the sidewalk before I'd eat those frozen shrimp from Thailand.

Pastafazool or Bean Soup?

 

[Fading Fast]

Bean Soup the way my grandma made it !

soory about the dirty shrimp !

Karloff or Lugosi ?

Lugosi

Biscuit- or sponge-strawberry shortcake.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Pancakes. With butter, no syrup.

Pastrami or corned beef?

 

[Fading Fast]

Turkey

Mallow cups vs. Valomilk

(and the biscuit comparison was meant to reflect a biscuit-based strawberry shortcake or a sponge-cake-based strawberry shortcake as those are the two main types)