Saturday, April 25, 2009

Wake Up to Coffee with Gene




Gene Tierney enjoys coffee at home during an interview in 1951. Have a cup with her.

Why do I feel like I'm cheating on Peter Nellhaus by doing this?

20 comments:

Flickhead said...

Does the cup crash into her overbite?

Greg said...

"Mmmm coffee... ow, my teeth!"

Peter Nellhaus said...

No problem. What I do are screengrabs from DVDs I've seen. However, you are remiss in remembering Jack Cardiff and Ken Annakin. As a two-fer you are now assigned to see and write about The Fifth Musketeer. Sylvia Kristal and Ursula Andress are in it so it couldn't be that painful to watch.

Rick Olson said...

What an obvious way to get a response from Peter ...

And why does that woman insist on spelling her name like a man? Why doesn't she CHANGE it for God's sake?

Greg said...

Peter, except for a couple of occasions I have never been reliable at doing obituaries. I always feel I am inadequate to the task and there are so many others that do a great job with it so I just let it go. When it happens at the same time that I actually have some free time on my hands, I'll do a banner or a sidebar tribute but that's about it.

Anyway, I loved The Fifth Musketeer when I saw it (when it was released) but who knows what I would think now. I'll have to give it another go.

Greg said...

Rick, that Gene's a kook but I'll forgive her anything.

Another obvious way to get Peter's attention is to walk up behind him, grab him firmly on the shoulder, swing him around violently and shout, "PETER!" in his face. Works every time.

Rick Olson said...

I'll forgive her anything...

Must be the overbite

And I'm glad shouting in his face works for Peter, it would scare the shit out of me. And nobody wants THAT.

Arbogast said...

What I do are screengrabs from DVDs I've seen....

What I want to know is why Peter is being so literal today. Why, Peter, why? Have you not an ounce of irony in you, sir?

Greg said...

Have you not an ounce of irony in you, sir?...

Irony has no technical weight and therefore it is incorrect to categorize it in speech in the same manner in which a physical object with mass would thus be categorized by attaching to it the classification of weight as denoted by the word "ounce."

Anyway, Happy Literal Day!

You did get the e-mail right?

Greg said...

Rick, I think it would be highly amusing to get you mad. I shall accomplish this task by pulling on your beard. If I am feeling playful I may well add, "Nanny nanny boo boo!" before turning to run.

You've been warned.

Ryan Kelly said...

You might want to be careful after that whole incident with Mike Leigh. I figured you'd have learned not to pull on people's beards after that. But you never learn, do you?

Greg said...

I also tug on Superman's cape, spit into the wind, pull the mask of the O-Lone Ranger, and yes, I do mess around with Jim!

Ryan Kelly said...

No, you don't mess around with Jim.

Definitely not.

Ryan Kelly said...

Because he's a pool shootin' son of a gun, ya know.

Greg said...

I'll show him his hat my friend. Yeah, he'll find out where it's at is not hustling people strange to you even if you do got a two piece custom made pool cue.

Ryan Kelly said...

Listen, after that time we did karaoke, I forbid you from singing in my presence. This includes keyboard-singing!

Peter Nellhaus said...

To answer Mr. Arbogast: I'm taking a break from irony for the moment.

And yes, grabbing me by the shoulders and shouting does get my attention, but I've also been known to shout back.

Greg said...

but I've also been known to shout back...

That doesn't bother me, it's that time you laid me out with a slug to the jaw that made me never want to sneak up on you again.

Chuggin McCoffee said...

hey, I always will love this store called coffee tidbits, so that makes me want to get some of those old-school white ceramic coffee mugs. Thanks for a good post :)

Greg said...

No problem, and keep on chuggin.