Newsletter Volume 33 Issue 6, Jun 2021
From The Editor
Home Entertainment
Yes, collectors are still revisiting, and sharing, some of their favourite old films Here are some links to films, from golden oldies to more recent. Some of them are only available for a short time, so get in quick to your favourite category:
FAMILY
ROMANCE
The Reluctant Nanny
“Single cop Dan needs a nanny to keep 2 kids until a foster home is found. Libby flies to LA to start a job that vanished. She’ll take any job. A purse snatcher brings them together.
Director Bradford May
Writers Dinah EngJoelle Sellner
Stars Jessy Schram Aaron Hill Tamara Taylor
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4417186/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFB21jcfQmc
Missouri Traveler (1958)
“During the early 1900s, a runaway Missouri orphan reaches a town where the townsfolk are enchanted with him and where a wealthy rancher and a local newspaperman compete to give him an education.
Director Jerry Hopper
Writers John Burress(novel) Norman S. Hall(screenplay)
Stars Brandon De Wilde Lee Marvin Gary Merrill
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051936/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4DV1iWLc80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNL3Wt5cYdE
Doll Face (1945) Burlesque Comedy, Music, Romance Film
“Burlesque star (Blaine) makes it in the big time.
Director Lewis Seiler
Writers Gypsy Rose Lee(play “The Naked Genius”) Leonard Praskins(screenplay) Harold Buchman(adaptation)
Stars Vivian Blaine Dennis O’Keefe Perry Como
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037650/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slAqznx2y5c
The Rage of Paris (1938) Comedy Full Length Movie
“Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problem is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre’d the trio plot to catch the eye of Bill Duncan.
Director Henry Koster
Writers Bruce Manning(original story and screenplay) Felix Jackson(original story and screenplay)
Stars Danielle Darrieux Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Mischa Auer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030652/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPQD0VuD7K0
Sister, Sister (1982) Diahann Carroll Irene Cara Rosalind Cash | Written by Maya Angelou
“Maya Angelou’s story of the family stresses that occur when an older sister (Diahann Carroll) attempts to maintain a home, left by her revered father, in an ultra-moralistic way (regardless of the fact that she is secretly having an affair with the married preacher)….
Director John Berry
Writer Maya Angelou
Stars Diahann Carroll Rosalind Cash Irene Cara
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084688/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPCea6XmGGQ&t=6s
The Ratings Game (1984) Danny DeVito | Rhea Perlman
“A newly rich New Jersey trucker moves to Hollywood and creates a slew of hit TV shows by manipulating the ratings system with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.
Director Danny DeVito
Writers Jim Mulholland Michael Barrie
Stars Danny DeVito Rhea Perlman Gerrit Graham
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087979/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBjo1zt0StE
Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) Drama, Romance
“Dedicated Midwestern teacher Ella Bishop is distressed when her fiancé runs off with her vixenish cousin Amy. After Amy dies in childbirth, Ella is left to care for Amy’s daughter Hope.
Director Tay Garnett
Writers Bess Streeter Aldrich(novel “Miss Bishop”) Stephen Vincent Benet(screen adaptation) Adelaide Heilbron(screenplay)
Stars Martha Scott William Gargan Edmund Gwenn
Nominated for 1 Oscar
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033459/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH5Abr9Lwkc
Charade (1963) full movie | COMEDY | classic movie | AUDREY HEPBURN | mystery movie | classic cinema
“Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?
Director Stanley Donen
Writers Peter Stone(screenplay)Marc Behm(story)
Stars Cary Grant Audrey Hepburn Walter Matthau
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056923/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uc86VH8hdA
LIFE WITH FATHER (Full Movie) 1947 – William Powell – Irene Dunne – TCC AI Enhanced
“A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Director Michael Curtiz
Writers Clarence Day(memoir “Life with Father”)Donald Ogden Stewart(screen play)Howard Lindsay(from the original play by)
Stars William Powell Irene Dunne Elizabeth Taylor
Nominated for 4 Oscars
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039566/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlU3FFmqDsM&t=1s
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) Drama, Family Full Length Film
“An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
Director John Cromwell
Writers Frances Hodgson Burnett(from the book by)Hugh Walpole(screen play)John Cromwell(uncredited)
Stars Freddie Bartholomew Dolores Costello C. Aubrey Smith
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027893/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMmxSELuP-8&t=2s
Gregory Peck Comedy Full Movie | The Million Pound Note (1954) | Retrospective
“As part of a bet, two aristocrats offer a penniless American a loan, without telling him that the amount is £1,000,000 in the form of a single banknote.
Director Ronald Neame
Writers Mark Twain(story) Jill Craigie(screenplay)
Stars Gregory Peck Jane Griffiths Ronald Squire
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046072/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyePJXDB-uQ&t=21s
Shadow of a Doubt (1995) Brian Dennehy | Fairuza Balk – Legal Drama HD
“Charlie Sloan is an alcoholic defence lawyer drawn back into the courtroom by Robin Harwell, a woman he once loved who wants him to defend her stepdaughter Angel, who is accused of murder. Sloan is out of his depth as his opponents mount a bitter campaign to portray him as a drunk and the trial becomes a media circus. Can Sloan justify Robin’s faith in him?
Director Brian Dennehy
Writers William J. Coughlin(novel) Brian Dennehy(teleplay) Bill Phillips(teleplay)
Stars Brian Dennehy Bonnie Bedelia Fairuza Balk
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114406/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MxcBeAX6hs
Where Angels Fear to Tread
“After a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.
Director Charles Sturridge
Writers E.M. Forster(based on the novel by) Tim Sullivan(screenplay) Derek Granger(screenplay)
Stars Helena Bonham Carter Judy Davis Rupert Graves
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103243/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvUX-plzYPE&t=1simdb
KIDS
Curious George and The Invisible Sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5SXp7LeRME
Hungry Hungry Panther! | 41 Minute Food Compilation | The Pink Panther
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap90npnxZzs
100 Short Jokes for Kids That Are Easy to Remember
Maryn Liles
Updated: Jun. 22, 2021
Joke of the day
“They’re short and sweet—just like your kids! These funny jokes for the pint-sized set are guaranteed to get lots of laughs.
- Why did the teddy bear skip out on dessert when she was on a date?
She was stuffed!
- What is a little bear with no teeth is called?
A gummy bear.
- What do you call a noodle that is fake?
An im-pasta.
- What’s an alligator in a vest called?
An investi-gator.
- What’s the best way to throw a birthday party on Mars?
You planet.”
(For more, see
https://www.rd.com/list/short-jokes-for-kids/)
joke of the day for adults
101 Good, Clean Jokes That’ll Make You Laugh Your Pants Off
MARYN LILES MAY 14, 2021
- There’s a fine line between a numerator and a denominator. (…Only a fraction of people will get this clean joke.)
- What do dentists call their x-rays?
Tooth pics!
- Did you hear about the first restaurant to open on the moon?
It had great food, but no atmosphere.
- What did one ocean say to the other ocean?
Nothing, it just waved.
- Do you want to hear a construction joke?
Sorry, I’m still working on it.
(For more, see
https://parade.com/1041830/marynliles/clean-jokes/)
( For Adult Jokes, see HUMOUR)
WAR
Morituri (1965)
“A war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.
Director Bernhard Wicki
Writers Werner Jörg Lüddecke(novel) Daniel Taradash(screenplay) Walon Green(uncredited)
Stars Marlon Brando Yul Brynner Janet Margolin
Nominated for 2 Oscars
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059470/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BGHatqGTw&t=4s
Omar Sharif Spy Romance Full Movie | The Tamarind Seed (1974) | Retrospective
“During a Caribbean vacation, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian Agent.
Director Blake Edwards
Writers Blake Edwards(screenplay) Evelyn Anthony(novel)
Stars Julie Andrews Omar Sharif Anthony Quayle
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072253/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR4-PADx-V0&t=44s
Pride and Extreme Prejudice (1989) Brian Dennehy
“The CIA and the KGB both pursue a former operative (Dennehy) who seemingly has become unstable.
Director Ian Sharp
Writers Frederick Forsyth(story) Murray Smith
Stars Brian Dennehy Simon Cadel lLisa Eichhorn
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100407/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbN99AczsMM
Red King, White Knight (1989) Tom Skerritt | Helen Mirren – Spy Thriller HD
“The C.I.A. hears of a K.G.B. scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner (Tom Skerritt), an agent retired for ten years, to go to Russia to investigate. He verifies the plot, but then has trouble leaving the country. In the meantime, the U.S. policymakers struggle over whether or not to inform the Soviets of the plot. Stoner’s problems are complicated by the renewal of an affair with Anna (Dame Helen Mirren), a Russian, as he tries to convince her to defect.
—Herman Seifer [email protected]
Director Geoff Murphy
Writer Ron Hutchinson
Stars Tom Skerritt Max von Sydow Helen Mirren
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098178/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS6s0kicx-k&t=2s
The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance
“During the Civil War, five children from a Union family are held hostage by Confederate soldiers. A wounded Union soldier (who happens to be black) takes refuge in the barn of the place the children are being held. They discover him and secretly nurse him back to health while they plan a daring escape.
Director Russ Mayberry
Writer Lawrence Montaigne
Stars Brock Peters, Christian Juttner, Charles Courtland
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140380/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_i_1”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jgm1Ft1AcE
“The Avenging Angel” – 1995 Tom Berenger
“Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involving assassination and land speculation.
Director Craig R. Baxley
Writers Gary Stewart(novel) Dennis Nemec(teleplay)
Stars Tom Berenger Charlton Heston James Coburn
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112423/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmSzGOF3swA
CRIME
Badlands 1973 thriller
“An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.
Director Terrence Malick
Writer Terrence Malick
Stars Martin Sheen Sissy Spacek Warren Oates
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069762/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jt8MLbfMNI
Winchell (1998) Stanley Tucci | Paul Giamatti – True Drama HD
“The true story of the influential and controversial columnist, Walter Winchell.
Director Paul Mazursky
Writers Herman Klurfeld (book “Walter Winchell: His Life and Times”) Scott Abbott(teleplay)
Stars Stanley Tucci Glenne Headly Paul Giamatti
Won 3 Primetime Emmys
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149380/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YU4pIf-5QA
Moonshine Highway (1996) Kyle MacLachlan | Randy Quaid
“During prohibition days, many hillbilly moonshine stills were hidden in hills of middle America. Jed Muldoon was about the best runner of moonshine whiskey around. Usually the local yokels were kinfolk of the runners and looked the other way while they were doing business. Naturally, the federal government was missing out on some tax money and were determined to shut them down. There’s three things the government will never control, and one is making home brew.
—Richard Jones <[email protected]>
Director Andy Armstrong
Writer Andy Armstrong
Stars Kyle MacLachlan Randy Quaid Maria del Mar
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117079/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emMSfQBBf0M&t=1s
Brock’s Last Case (1973)
A New York City cop who has retired to a small Western town is drawn into the local case of an Indian who is accused of murdering a sheriff.
Director David Lowell Rich
Writers Martin Donaldson Alex Gordon
Stars Richard Widmark, Henry Darrow, Beth Brickell
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068316/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DL8sU5n_E0
Donovan’s Kid (1979)
“Two Con Men (Darren McGavin, Mickey Rooney) team up to rescue One’s Family in circa-1900s San Franciso.
Director Bernard McEveety
Writers Peter S. Fischer(story), Harry Spalding(teleplay)
Stars Darren McGavin, Mickey Rooney, Michael Conrad
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079066/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67MLUU59ngk
Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It 1941
“Mail Train Original title: Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
The plot pits Hornleigh and Bingham against a clever gang of Nazi espionage agents. Most of the action takes place aboard a speeding train, with our heroes never quite certain who can be trusted and who can’t. Phyllis Calvert contributes to the intrigue as one Mrs. Wilkinson, who is, not all she seems to be.
Director Walter Forde
Writers Val Guest Frank Launder J.O.C. Orton
Stars Gordon Harker Alastair Sim Phyllis Calvert
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033757/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHYaALbX0wQ
The Gossip Columnist (1980)
“New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O’Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.
Director James Sheldon
Writer Michael Gleason
Stars Bobby Vinton Robert Vaughn Dick Sargent
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079229/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw6WW8RpOPo
Classic Film-Noir | Time Table (1956) | Full Movie | Mark Stevens | King Calder | Felicia Farr
“In Arizona, a train’s baggage car is robbed of a large payroll, prompting an investigation led by a railroad official-insurance investigator team.
Director Mark Stevens
Writers Robert Angus(original story) Aben Kandel(screenplay)
Stars Mark Stevens King Calder Felicia Farr
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049857/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCnLxrIiJTU
Action Adventure Full Movie | Golden Salamander (1950) | Retrospective
“In this gripping action tale, a man’s love for a beautiful Tunisian woman gets him involved in a battle against drug smugglers.
Directors Ronald Neame
Starring Trevor Howard, Anouk Aimee, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Genres Action
https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Salamander-Trevor-Howard/dp/B0097RP73M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1dI1d4etbA&t=6s
Hustling (1975) Drama Full Length Movie
“During the 1970s, a NYC magazine reporter investigates to see who benefits financially the most from New York’s prostitution industry.
Director Joseph Sargent
Writers Gail Sheehy(book) Fay Kanin
Stars Lee Remick Monte Markham Jill Clayburgh
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073134/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdW2FmEE2TQ
Million Dollar Weekend (1948) Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
“2 people – a young stockbroler and a young wife are passengers on the same flight from Los Angeles. For different reasons, they’ve both fled the city with secrets. Neither knows of the others’ situation, and they both turn to each other for help.
Director Gene Raymond
Writers Charles Belden(screenplay) Matty Kemp(original story) Gene Raymond(original story)
Stars Gene Raymond Osa Massen Francis Lederer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040590/”
WESTERN
DENNIS HOPPER: From Hell to Texas
“After ranch hand Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of a powerful rancher, he panics and flees, but the rancher and his vengeful crew hunt Tod down.
Director Henry Hathaway
Writers Robert Buckner(screenplay) Wendell Mayes(screenplay) Charles O. Locke(book)
Stars Don Murray Diane Varsi Chill Wills
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051636/”
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6tt8t4
A Fistful Of Dynamite (1971) – (War,Western, Drama)
“A low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.
Director Sergio Leone
Writers Sergio Leone(story) Sergio Donati(story) Luciano Vincenzoni(screenplay)
Stars Rod Steiger James Coburn Romolo Valli
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067140/”
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6uvl9q
A Place Called Glory | Lex Barker
“Former rancher Clint Brenner and the younger Reese, his equal in skill at gun-fighting, are independently recruited to help farmer Seth Grande free the locals of Manitoba town Glory City from vast ranch owner Jack Villaine’s rule of terror. They become friends on the job but ignore they’ll be pitted as adversaries in the town’s founder’s day spectacular duel by last-minute blind substitution.
Director Sheldon Reynolds
Writers Edward Di Lorenzo(screenplay) F.X. Toole(screenplay) Fernando Lamas(screenplay)
Stars Lex Barker Pierre Brice Marianne Koch
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059296/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbQ5kGWr6yY
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
“The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces for a bungled robbery of the bank in Northfield, Minnesota.
Director Philip Kaufman
Writer Philip Kaufman
Stars Cliff Robertson Robert Duvall Luke Askew
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068661/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q03mpak2N1o
The Plunderers | American Western | Old Cowboy Movie | Full Length | English | Free Movie
“Cavalry officer John Drum attempts to track down outlaw Whit Lacey, but finds he must join forces with Lacey to fight a Sioux war party.
Director Joseph Kane
Writers James Edward Grant(story) Gerald Geraghty(screenplay) Gerald Drayson Adams(screenplay)
Stars Rod Cameron Ilona Massey Lorna Gray
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040696/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krlPRKKGoWQ
The Last Day (1975)
“A retired gunman is forced to take up his weapons again when an outlaw gang robs the town banks.
Director Vincent McEveety
Writers Jim Byrnes(teleplay ) Steve Fisher(story) A.C. Lyles(story)
Stars Richard Widmark Barbara Rush Robert Conrad
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073267/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPCJG-le6KQ&t=203s
Oklahoma Annie | WESTERN MOVIE
“A storekeeper gets involved in cleaning up corruption in her town, and also hopes to attract the attention of the handsome new sheriff.
Director R.G. Springsteen
Writers Jack Townley(story) Charles E. Roberts(screenplay)
Stars Judy Canova John Russell Grant Withers
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044988/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FonzPYLxvTE
The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969) | Western Comedy | Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine
“A retired Texas Ranger and his three aging pals are hired to clean up a lawless town.
Director Jean Yarbrough
Writers Jameson Brewer Leonard Goldberg(story)
Stars Walter Brennan Edgar Buchanan Andy Devine
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064780/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DcZB4ShkTw
Glenn Ford is THE MARSHAL OF MADRID! Full Color Movie Action! Bobby Darin! Linda Cristal! Tim Scott
“A series of murders leads to a border smuggling ring run by an oil magnate (James Gregory).
Stars Edgar Buchanan Victor Campos Betty Ann Carr
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12225238/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7dlTLZGOcQ
The Proud Rebel – Full Movie | Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger, David Ladd
“A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son’s shock induced muteness and the hate of the Northerners.
Director Michael Curtiz
Writers Joseph Petracca(screenplay) Lillie Hayward(screenplay) James Edward Grant(story “Journal of Linnett Moore”)
Stars Alan Ladd Olivia de Havilland Dean Jagger
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052097/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRfqiLNUrk8
Santa Fe Trail | COLORIZED | Classic American Western
“In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume.
Director Michael Curtiz
Writer Robert Buckner(original screenplay)
Stars Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Raymond Massey
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033021/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJQVjiIMV8o
INSPIRATIONAL
Aunt Mary | Full Movie | Jean Stapleton | Martin Balsam | Dolph Sweet | Robbie Rist
“A disabled woman starts a Little League baseball team to help the children in her poverty-stricken neighborhood.
Director Peter Werner
Writers Ellis A. Cohen(story) Burt Prelutsky
Stars Jean Stapleton Martin Balsam Dolph Sweet
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078810/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDisuQtL7TA
Thunder in the city (1937) Edward G. Robinson full length film
“A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.
Director Marion Gering
Writers Robert E. Sherwood(screenplay) Aben Kandel(screenplay) Ákos Tolnay(screenplay)
Stars Edward G. Robinson Nigel Bruce Constance Collier
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029670/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAaMH35aMf8
Shadowlands Full Movie | Anthony Hopkins
“C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.
Director Richard Attenborough
Writer William Nicholson(screenplay)
Stars Anthony Hopkins Debra Winger Julian Fellowes
Nominated for 2 Oscars
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108101/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRg3j3Tqu1M
HISTORY
Tripoli Action 1950 John Payne, Maureen O’Hara, Howard Da Silva
“In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American flag
Director Will Price
Writers Will Price(story) Winston Miller(story)
Stars John Payne Maureen O’Hara Howard Da Silva
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043072/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZZnWMP4CU
BBC Play of the Month Danton’s Death
“The story of Georges Danton, a leader of the French Revolution, who created the office of the Revolutionary Tribunal as a strong arm for the Revolutionary Government. Within months he knew this power was a terrible mistake and fought to have it ended with tragic consequences.
Director Alan Clarke
Writers Georg Büchner(play )Alan Clarke(television adaptation)Stuart Griffiths(television adaptation)
Stars Norman Rodway Ian Richardson Michael Pennington
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077397/”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akTm2AmTEZs
HUMOUR
The Skill of Humor | Andrew Tarvin | TEDxTAMU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdZAMSyn_As
@JorgensenAstrid
Let me be very clear, we have a 4 Stage Strategy #auspol
https://twitter.com/JorgensenAstrid/status/1410790383366246404
Sue [email protected]_Says
Derrick “talks to cows” Josi @DerrickJosi · Apr 21, 2019
“Still a favorite”
https://twitter.com/i/status/1119703358611136514
Channa Prakash
@AgBioWorld
When you don’t feel like taking the stairs
https://twitter.com/AgBioWorld/status/1405218807237468163?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=emai
The bellowing elk
@grAntlerMensch
(Turkish street dogs have it all worked out)
https://twitter.com/i/status/1405835713225035780
JOKE BANK – SEX JOKES
5 Scientists have proven that there are two things in the air that have been known to cause women to get pregnant: their legs.
5 A man boards a plane with six kids. After they get settled in their seats, a woman sitting across the aisle leans over to him and asks, “Are all of those kids yours?” He replies, “No. I work for a condom company. These are customer complaints.”
5 .A guy and his wife are sitting and watching a boxing match on television. The husband sighs and complains, “This is disappointing. It only lasted for 30 seconds!” “Good,” replied his wife. “Now you know how I always feel.”
- Mother: “Sweetie, make a Christmas wish.”
Girl: “I wish that Santa will send some clothes to those naked girls in papa’s computer.”
- On hearing that her elderly grandfather has just passed away, Katie goes straight to her grandparents’ house to visit her 95-year-old grandmother and comfort her. When she asks how her grandfather has died, her grandmother replies, “He had a heart attack while we were making love on Sunday morning.” Horrified, Katie tells her grandmother that two people nearly 100 years old having sex will surely be asking for trouble. “Oh no, my dear. Many years ago, realizing our advanced age, we figured out the best time to do it was when the church bells would start to ring. It was just the right rhythm. It was nice, slow, and even. Nothing too strenuous, simply in on the ding and out on the dong.” She pauses, wipes away a tear and then continues, “And if that damned ice cream truck hadn’t come along, he’d still be alive today!”
6 Three people get arrested and are taken into holding for questioning. The officer talks to the first girl, asking, “What’s your name?” She says, “Yo.” The officer asks, “What are you in for?” She responds with, “Blowing bubbles.” The officer takes her picture and lets her go. He asks the second girl, “What’s your name?” She responds with, “Yo Yo.” The officer asks, “What are you in for?” She responds with, “Blowing bubbles.” The officer takes her picture and lets her go. He talks to the guy and says, “Let me guess, your name is Yo Yo Yo.” The guy replies with, “No, it’s Bubbles.”
6 A man in a hotel lobby turns to go to the front desk, but he accidentally runs into a woman beside him and his elbow bumps into her breast. They are both quite startled. The man turns to her and says, “Ma’am, if your heart is soft as your breast, I know you’ll forgive me.” She replies, “If your penis is as hard as your elbow, I’m in room 436.”
- There was an elderly man who wanted to make his younger wife pregnant. He went to the doctor to get a sperm count. The doctor told him to take a specimen cup home, fill it, and bring it back. The elderly man came back the next day; the specimen cup was empty and the lid was on it. The doctor asked, “What was the problem?” The elderly man said, “Well, I tried with my right hand… nothing. I tried with my left hand… nothing. So my wife tried with her right hand… nothing. Her left hand… nothing. Her mouth… nothing. Then my wife’s friend tried. Right hand, left hand, mouth… still nothing. The doctor replied, “Wait a minute, did you say your wife’s friend too?!” The elderly man answered, “Yeah, and we still couldn’t get the lid off of the specimen cup.”
http://www.laughfactory.com/jokes/sex-jokes/5
– (QESP Editor’s Note: If anyone has a favourite old film to share, send the link to me at [email protected] . Thanks, Ted )
NEWS
The Lazarus heist: How North Korea almost pulled off a billion-dollar hack
“In 2016 North Korean hackers planned a $1bn raid on Bangladesh’s national bank and came within an inch of success – it was only by a fluke that all but $81m of the transfers were halted, report Geoff White and Jean H Lee. But how did one of the world’s poorest and most isolated countries train a team of elite cyber-criminals?
It all started with a malfunctioning printer. It’s just part of modern life, and so when it happened to staff at Bangladesh Bank they thought the same thing most of us do: another day, another tech headache. It didn’t seem like a big deal.
But this wasn’t just any printer, and it wasn’t just any bank.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-57520169?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits
The Sky Thief
How did Beebo Russell — a goofy, God-fearing baggage handler — steal a passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma airport and end up alone in a cockpit, with no plan to come down?
By TIM DICKINSON
Mcgill J Med. 2006 Jul; 9(2): 161–163.
The three princes of Serendip: Notes on a mysterious phenomenon
David R. Colman
‘“The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.”
Joseph Henry, physicist and first director of The Smithsonian Institution
The word “serendipity” was entered into the lexicon by Horace Walpole in 1754. He had become intrigued with a Persian fairytale in which three princes of Serendip, (now Sri Lanka) traveled the world, “making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of…” Walpole proposed the new word, but then went on to give rather mundane examples of its meaning. It is only recently that serendipity has acquired its rather grand and mysterious significance.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines serendipity as “the faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident.” Serendipity plays an important part in research of all kinds, but it operates only in a special environment; as Pasteur famously stated, “Chance favors the prepared mind.” In research, what serendipity really means in practical terms is that scientists discover things in the course of their investigations that they were not looking for. And these new findings are often not the products of cold logic.” ‘
(Follow the link for a range of interesting examples)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323527/
A lone tree makes it easier for birds and bees to navigate farmland, like a stepping stone between habitats
Carla Archibald, Deakin University; Eduardo van den Berg, Federal University of Lavras; Jonathan Rhodes, The University of Queensland
“Enabling wildlife to journey across farmlands not only benefits conservation, but also people. It means bees can improve crop pollination, and seed-dispersing birds can help restore ecosystems”.
https://theconversation.cmail20.com/t/r-l-tlhjurhl-ihihuyyuhh-v/
Government’s “appalling” error, rejects offer of 40 million Pfizer doses in July 2020
by Callum Foote | Jun 19, 2021 | Government
Homo who? A new mystery human species has been discovered in Israel
June 25, 2021. Michelle Langley, Griffith University
“The 140,000-year-old skull fossils are leading to more questions than answers. Also found was the oldest intact campfire ever found in the open air.”
https://theconversation.cmail20.com/t/r-l-tlhtdde-ihihuyyuhh-u/
Friday essay: how our new archaeological research investigates Dark Emu’s idea of Aboriginal ‘agriculture’ and villages
June 18, 2021
Michael Westaway, The University of Queensland; Joshua Gorringe, Indigenous Knowledge
We have found 140 quarry sites, where rock was excavated to make seed grinding stones, in the Channel Country of Central Australia. It’s part of a major project testing Bruce Pascoe’s hypothesis.
https://theconversation.cmail19.com/t/r-l-tlhlkdx-ihihuyyuhh-u/
Underwater Robot Offers Insight into Mid-Ocean ‘Twilight Zone’
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
June 16, 2021
‘Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), and Stanford University used the underwater robot Mesobot to track and capture high-resolution images of slow-moving organisms inhabiting the mid-ocean “twilight zone” region. Mesobot uses an array of oceanographic and acoustic survey sensors, and can be operated remotely through a fiberoptic cable linked to a ship, follow pre-programmed missions, or autonomously track targets at depths of up to 1,000 meters (3,300 feet). MBARI’s Kakani Katija said, “Mesobot has the potential to change how we observe animals moving through space and time in a way that we’ve never been able to do before.”’
https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-2b8eax32beabx094505&
POLITICS
The world’s tech giants are now worth US$8.6 trillion — and Washington is finally trying to bring them to heel
Wealthy and powerful, the big five tech giants hold sway over our everyday lives. But steps are now being taken to curtail their clout.
KEIR SEMMENS JUN 29, 2021
by Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler June 24
“Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes.”
COURTING TROUBLE
How consultants will sway the outcome of the Epic v. Apple case
By Nicolás Rivero, Tech Reporter
Published May 25, 2021
“After lawyers for Epic Games and Apple wrap up their closing arguments in a high-profile antitrust lawsuit today (May 24), US district judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will spend the next few months deliberating on her verdict. The outcome of the case will, in large part, hinge on one key question: How big is the market in which Apple’s app store operates?”
How consultants will sway the outcome of the Epic v. Apple case
A nation — and those employed to uphold its democracy — failed Witness K to the very end
Witness K was failed at every turn by the institutions we tell ourselves make us a democracy with the rule of law.
BERNARD KEANE JUN 21, 2021
“The wrong person was in the dock being sentenced last week in the ACT Magistrates Court in relation to Australia’s 2004 bugging of the Timor-Leste cabinet room.
It is Alexander Downer who should have faced court, along with John Howard and David Irvine, the then-head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS). Ashton Calvert, then-head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has since passed away, but senior officials of that department at that time, as well as Downer’s staff, some of whom have gone on to subsequent parliament careers, should also have faced investigation.
For what? Ordering and overseeing a potentially illegal act by ASIS, one intended to benefit fossil fuel giant and political donor Woodside. Both Downer and Calvert went on to take positions with Woodside.”
Lack of promotional opportunities leading Australians to look for new work, survey finds
By Shannon Jenkins. Tuesday June 15, 2021
The Liberal Party redefines scrutiny: No questions asked
By Michelle Pini | 10 June 2021
https://twitter.com/i/topics/news/e242194260?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email
Defence
The Australian War Memorial: from place of national solace to nationalist theme park
The demolition will soon begin on the Australian War Memorial, to make way for a celebration of white nationalism.
BERNARD KEANE JUN 11, 2021
What is Australia’s role in Afghanistan as women are again put at risk?
“When Habiba Sarabi took her seat in the fancy five-star resort in Moscow, to eyeball the peace delegates, there were 25 others at the head table. All men. For the women and girls of Afghanistan, this sends an ominous message of things to come.
Outspoken women’s rights agitators, politicians like Sarabi, and the countless women leaders and feminist activists who have helped drag Afghanistan into the 21st century are facing the fight of their lives. Like the interpreters who worked for Australia, some of those women also have targets on their back. Taliban targets.
What happens next is something we cannot walk away from. Australia has already invested way too much.”
Cracking the whip: how the government protects its derriere on French-built subs
Details of Australia’s $90 billion submarine contract are staying submerged.
ART
POEM GUIDE
Robert Browning: “My Last Duchess”
A poet uses a punctuation mark to plot a crime.
BY CAMILLE GUTHRIE
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/144033/robert-browning-my-last-duchess
“My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning (read by Ralph Cotterill)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53zCCVFN2yI
Just a little video to make your painting skills feel very inadequate! ?
https://www.facebook.com/polly.mckay.3/posts/10165517045920051
Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin: Best Songs – Old Soul Music Of The 50’s 60’s 70’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1XtxXmcUK4
SPORT
Maradona 86 best goal praised by English reporters (with subtitles)
SCIENCE
Underwater Robot Offers Insight into Mid-Ocean ‘Twilight Zone’
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
June 16, 2021
‘Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), and Stanford University used the underwater robot Mesobot to track and capture high-resolution images of slow-moving organisms inhabiting the mid-ocean “twilight zone” region. Mesobot uses an array of oceanographic and acoustic survey sensors, and can be operated remotely through a fiberoptic cable linked to a ship, follow pre-programmed missions, or autonomously track targets at depths of up to 1,000 meters (3,300 feet). MBARI’s Kakani Katija said, “Mesobot has the potential to change how we observe animals moving through space and time in a way that we’ve never been able to do before.”’
https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-2b8eax32beabx094505&
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). “Novel materials: Sound waves traveling backwards.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 10 June 2021. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210610135559.htm
University of Washington. “Cause, scope determined for deadly winter debris flow in Uttarakhand, India.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 10 June 2021. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210610150125.htm
Groundbreaking solar inverter solution points way to grid free of fossil fuels
Giles Parkinson 29 June 2021
“The Australian Energy Market Operator has formally recognised that an innovative technology solution based around solar inverters has resolved one of the most vexing problems of the transition to a grid dominated by wind and solar – how to provide “system strength.”
The breakthrough has occurred in north Queensland, where the fine tuning of inverters at four solar farms and one wind farm has allowed AEMO to declare that a shortfall of “system strength” in the region has been resolved..”
Penn State. “Innovative batteries put flying cars on the horizon.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 7 June 2021. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210607161204.htm
COVID
We found more than 54,000 viruses in people’s poo — and 92% were previously unknown to science
Philip Hugenholtz, The University of Queensland; Soo Jen Low, The University of Queensland
“You could say there are a ‘crapload’ of viruses in the human gut. Luckily, most of these do not attack our cells, but instead feed on bacteria.”
https://theconversation.cmail20.com/t/r-l-tlhtdde-ihihuyyuhh-z/
Israeli Researchers Develop Electronic Nose to Detect Diseases, Poisons
The Jerusalem Post June 19, 2021
An artificial nose developed by researchers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) can distinguish between different types of bacteria, viruses, and poisonous gases based on their “smell print.” This smell print is produced by the absorption of gases using carbon nanoparticles and the electrical reaction caused by the particles as a result of the absorption. The researchers said they “were able to ‘train’ the electronic nose using machine learning techniques to detect different gas molecules, individually or in a mixture, with high accuracy.” BGU’s Raz Yelink said the low-cost technology could be used to warn cities about the presence of dangerous gases and air pollution, detect bacterial infections within an hour via a “throat swab” test, and warn of the presence of bacteria in food products.
https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-2b961x32bf2fx094738&
Pilots in India are seeking payouts over Covid deaths
By Karan Deep Singh June 8, 2021
“The country’s pilots, especially those working for Air India, the airline controlled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, are asking for better compensation for the families of airline crew members who died of Covid.
On Monday, the Federation of Indian Pilots filed a lawsuit in the Bombay High Court, seeking better compensation, insurance benefits and vaccination for all airline crew members.
The Air India pilots had their salaries reduced during the pandemic. Their union points out that many of them came to India’s aid when people and vaccines needed to be transported. Many were not vaccinated themselves..”
RMIT University. “How a Vietnamese raw pork snack could help us keep food fresh, naturally: Fermented meat snack is helping researchers develop a safe, all-natural food preservative.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 7 June 2021. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210607084619.htm
Cardiff University. “Instant water cleaning method ‘millions of times’ better than commercial approach: Creation of hydrogen peroxide in situ could provide clean, drinkable water to communities in the poorest nations around the world.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 1 July 2021. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210701112652.htm
QESP Blog
QESP Editor’s Note: MARIA POPOVA discusses
“Whom We Love and Who We Are: José Ortega y Gasset on Love, Attention, and the Invisible Architecture of Our Being
“Love is an impulse which springs from the most profound depths of our beings, and upon reaching the visible surface of life carries with it an alluvium of shells and seaweed from the inner abyss.”
Events
ACOSM 2020: Responsible Business Conduct
ACOSM 2020 has been postponed due to COVID-19. A new date will be advised when the restrictions have been lifted.
Quotes
Quote of the Day
Plot idea: 97% of the world’s scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies. – Scott Westerfeld
Quote from Yesteryear
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. – Doug Larson
Ted Smillie
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