#Chauncey Street

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777-FILM Moviefone

1990

“Hello! And welcome to Moviefone!” -Russ Leatherman, ‘Mr. Moviefone’

[In-movie theater commercial] 

Sound effect: telephone busy signal   

 Announcer:   There one phone number for movie       showtime information that’s never busy.   Find out where and when it’s playing.   Call 777-FILM.   When all that matters is the movie.

Before there was a consumer internet, getting to the movies was a pain. Even figuring out whether a particular movie was playing in a given week at what theater required a logistic enterprise. It usually involved getting a local newspaper and sifting through columns of “listings” to figure out what showtimes were. You couldn’t be sure if there were tickets available and whether or not there were a few next to each other. Or whether they were in the front or back rows, and squeezed you in the middle of a long row. Heaven forbid, if you lived in a city with dozens of movie houses.

Enter entrepreneur, innovator and filmmaker Andrew Jarecki. Partnering with the original conceptualizer Russ Leatherman, they founded Moviefone to solve the problem. Just dial 777-FILM and life got easier. Now you could immediately know what movies were playing where, at what time, and whether there were ticket available. Voilà!

We met Andrew through our friends at Charlex and signed on as Moviefone’s first agency. Together, we quickly came up with several spots that would play in their partnered theaters and starting running them in New York and Los Angeles.  

Lo and behold! Moviefone was ringing off the hook, maximizing theater –and Moviefone!– profits. Soon, Andrew had figured out how to use call volume to predict ticket demand, which allowed  film producers to target their advertising to optimum effect, and of course, more success for all!

The company was acquired by AOL at the height of the first internet craze. Andrew went on to become an Academy Award nomimated filmmaker (“Capturing the Friedmans”) and produce and direct “The Jinx” for HBO and “Catfish” for MTV. ….. Actors: Albie Hecht & Paula Brinkman Director: Albie Hecht Producer: Chris Strand Production: Chauncey Street Productions Agency: Fred/Alan

#Moviefone #777-FILM #Andrew Jarecki #it 1990 #Chauncey Street #Albie Hecht #Chris Strand #Paula Brinkman

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Photograph by Elena Seibert 1989

Albie Hecht.

It’s great when you can live through several lives with a true friend. That’s my story with Albie.

Albie Hecht is one of the most important television and film producers and creative forces of the past 30+ years. And, lucky me, he’s been one of the most important people in my personal and professional life for even longer. In fact, it’s safe to say that after my surprising turn into animation, which seemed like a temporary detour, without Albie, I probably would’ve/could’ve moved into other media areas instead of cartoons. 

(In fact, at a meal we shared recently [August 2023] Albie asked me, during these chaotic times in the media industry, whether I was comfortable in the dark times. What I should have answered, but I didn’t, is, “I am. No small thanks to you.”)  

Most importantly, Albie has proven himself to be the definition of a wonderful and steadfast friend.  

My initial draft of this post went into excruciating and dull detail of the 50+ years we’ve known each other and how we bobbed and weaved in and out of each other’s lives. Instead, you’ll find a (still long, but edited) timeline of our common work lives.

But, it was a life lesson I got from Albie that sticks with me the most. My friend and 1980s partner, Alan Goodman, talked ourselves into a gig that was over our heads, producing a 24 hour live concert in Texas for Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid, which was our first foray into long form producing. After primarily doing short form promos and advertising, we’d jumped from the frying pan into the fire.

I decided we needed a producer who’d done such things before. We brought along our treasured companions, including Albie, to manage various pieces of the production. And wouldn’t you know it, the producer we picked was pretty much a bust. We got through the thing by the skin of our teeth.

Afterwards, Albie took the two of us to the woodshed.

“Why would you depend on someone you’d never worked with?! We’ve worked together forever, your friends are talented and would walk through fire for you!”

Albie taught me to never give up on the loyalty of friends. I’ve tried, not always successfully, to honor that devotion. I wasn’t as good at it as Mr. Hecht, but I really pray that I’m an OK junior partner in the enterprise.

This post could be as long as a novella, but I think I’ve hit the high points. In case I’ve missed something, let me lay out how we’ve crossed our professional lives more than a few times.

1970 Albie was dorm friends with Alan Goodman, my friend and to-be partner, brother-in-law and ex-brother-in-law. We all worked together in college radio.

1976 Lifesong Records was formed by the Jim Croce estate, his former producers and their attorney. Albie managed a band of some college friends that was signed to the label, and eventually they all had jobs there. I was desperate for a gig in the music business, having produced several jazz and blues albums for, shall we say, below a living wage. I visited Albie, who informed me that he wished he was doing what I was doing, “sitting behind the recording console.” Needless to say, no job for me.

1980 I started working in television, at the company that would make me a co-founder of MTV. Alan asked me to have lunch with Albie, who was writing for music magazines, and who wanted a television gig. At this point, we knew each other, but I don’t think we actually understood each other. At that point, I returned the Lifesong favor and couldn’t help him get a job.

1986 Alan and I started a production/branding/consulting/advertising company and Albie did some work with us. He traveled with us to Texas where we produced the second Farm Aid concert festival for VH1, where he ran various production units creating interstitial material. And taught me an invaluable life lesson.

1988 Albie became our production partner, running Chauncey Street Productions, where we hoped (and succeeded!) in creating our first series and specials, including creating Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards. He also helmed the Fred/Alan advertising agency commercial productions.

1992 We closed Fred/Alan. Albie “bought” Chauncey Street for $1. Alan wrote and produced TV shows, and consulted on branding for cable networks. I moved to Los Angeles and became the last president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons.

Albie created a huge hit for Nickelodeon. They went on to hire him to run network production where he continued to create a multitude of hits for the network, live action and animation, and brought them into the movie business, where among other things, he produced the first non-Disney animated feature film to earn more than $100,000,000. 

1996 Ted Turner sold his company, including Hanna-Barbera. While scrambling for my next gig, Albie, Herb Scannell, Judy McGrath and Tom Freston allowed me to start Frederator in January 1997 as an independent producer of cartoons, exclusively for Nickelodeon.

Albie was the greenlight for Frederator to produce four cartoon series, including our most long lived hit (which is being rebooted as CG animation right now).

2003 MTV Networks buys TNN (the Nashville Network) in 1999, and Albie becomes the founding president of Spike TV.

2007 Albie adapts Worldwide Biggies, his longtime production company, as a digital multiplatform media startup. With partners, I started a different venture backed digital video startup.

2013 Albie becomes the head of CNN’s HLN.

2023 Albie and I have continued to travel on some parallel paths through the years. We’re both producing TV series and movies. 

Thanks Albie, I couldn’t be who I am without you.

I’ve posted often about my mentors, the people I’ve learned the most from. And I’ve noted how often how many of them beg to differ as to whether or not I should credit them as such. So, I’ve calmed down in my titling. But still…

#Albie Hecht #mentors #Chauncey Street #Fred/Alan #Frederator #Nickelodeon

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It makes sense to feel some form of erotic curiosity about the gays of the past: by virtue of having been dead for fifty-plus years, they are the ultimate unattainable men. George Chauncey’s Gay New York has been justifiably lionized as an historical text, but it also functions, rather helplessly, as a dishy guide to landing a man in 1920s Brooklyn. (Per Chauncey, you were supposed to tweeze your eyebrows, bleach your hair, and skulk around Prospect Park looking saucy.) In Queer Street, James McCourt offers a “free-association ‘50s queer syllabus” of all the devastatingly arcane topics—Glenway Wescott! Eartha Kitt! Vespasian!—that one had to be fluent in to succeed at pansy dinner parties. These texts are guidebooks to vanished worlds, and their obsolescence is absurdly touching to me. They ought to pack them on time-travel missions.

"Party-Bottom Paperbacks: Cruising Used Bookstores In Search Of Queer History", Matt Weinstock

#ska reads a thing #having a lot of emotions lately about secondhand queer lit and annotations/dog-ears/bookmarks

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726 Chauncey Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

#Pittsburgh #Pennsylvania #June 2011

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Uh random schizopost but here are my stanley parable characters favorite will wood songs -.-

Chauncey (Narrator ) : Tomcat disposables and Euthanasia

Carol ( Curator ): Red Moon, When somebody needs you

Kris ( 432 ): Cotards Solution Anatta Duhkka Anicca, Hand me my Shovel I'm going in

Stanley: The main character, Love me normally

Mariella: Cover this song ( Just a little bit mine ), Front Street

#tetherfans rant #tetherfans schizopost #will wood #the stanley parable

[lacefuneral]

historical descriptions of femme gay men from "Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 To The Present" by Neil Miller

Boys, usually known as "pansies," are seen with makeup; heavy mascara, rouge and lipstick. In high-pitched voices, these exhibitionists smirk indecent suggestions at each other.

The Webster Hall dances did not mark the first time that men dressed in women's clothing appeared in public in lower Manhattan. As Chauncey documents, certain working class bars on the Bowery at the turn of the century catered to "fairies"—a term that Chauncey uses to describe effeminate men who characterized themselves not so much by their sexual orientation than by the gender role they assumed. Bars like the Slide on Bleeker Street and Paresis hall in Cooper Square were quite notorious as "fairy" hangouts. In an 1890 publication called Vices of a Big City, the slide was described as "the lowest and most disgusting place. The place is filled nightly with from one hundred to three hundred people, most of whom are males, but unworthy the name of men. They are effeminate, degraded, and addicted to vices which are inhuman and unnatural." Clearly, some of this early "fairy" subculture survived into the Webster Hall dances.

#jay.pdf #femme history #femme gay history

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IMAGINARY - Review

DISTRIBUTOR: Lionsgate

SYNOPSIS: Max and Jessica decide to move the family back into her childhood home, Jessica’s happy place. Her youngest step daughter Alice finds a stuffed bear named Chauncey behind a small door in the basement. Alice develops an eerie attachment to the stuffed bear and she starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful but become increasingly sinister. Alice’s behavior becomes increasingly concerning. Jessica attempts to intervene only to realize Chauncey is more than a stuffed toy bear and she is more connected to him than she remembers.

REVIEW: Jeff Wadlow, known for directing films like "Cry Wolf" (2005), "Kick-Ass 2" (2013), and "Truth or Dare" (2018), has released the first of two films this year that delves into the theme of imaginary friends. The screenplay, co-written by the writers who worked on "The Princess and the Frog" (2009) and "Playmobil: The Movie" (2019), blends a mix of genre cliches with a dark childhood tale that feels like it is inspired by "Coraline" (2009). However, the film lacks cohesion and struggles to find its own unique voice, resulting in a jumble of elements that clash with one another.

If you or your children enjoy genre-specific entertainment, "IMAGINARY" falls short in delivering an imaginative supernatural tale and compelling characters. The central location, a house reminiscent of the one in "Poltergeist," lacks the same level of scares or physical manifestations. Alice resembles Carol Ann, Betty Buckley portrays a Tangina-like character, and Veronica Falcón is the new Dr. Lesh.

The narrative marginalizes the father figure, Max, early on as he heads out on a tour, leaving the female characters to confront the supernatural entity on their own. Gloria's explanation of the entity's nature feels superficial, and a later twist involving a character lacks emotional weight.

The three main characters, Jessica, Taylor, and Alice, possess interesting traits but fail to engage the audience. There's an aspect to them that evokes a Hallmark Channel's foray into Halloween-themed movies. The story appears to target a broad audience but fails to resonate with any specific age group or demographic.

While the casting is admirable, the performances are constrained by the material, limiting their potential impact. Actress DeWanda Wise consistently portrays an upbeat and cheery demeanor, but her lack of a poker face in the third act's surprise reveal undermines its effectiveness. Taegen Burns and Pyper Braun deliver solid performances, yet I failed to experience any genuine terror or suspense regarding their circumstances. As a fan of Betty Buckley, I found her character lacking essential elements. Her motivations remain unclear, leaving me feeling unsure of her actions and direction at times.

In terms of production, the film combines a dark fairy tale story with a bright sitcom visualization. Chauncey's realm has a dreamlike aesthetic, avoiding a nightmare feel. While other films, such as "Coraline," targeted at children, have embraced darker and more menacing themes, this film maintains a more lighthearted tone. The character of Jessica, an author/illustrator of children's books, creates a spider and a centipede that visually resemble the characters in "Coraline." The costumes contribute to the sitcom vibe. Chauncey's design resembles a furry version of a creature from "Five Nights at Freddy's." While some younger viewers may find certain visual and special effects frightening, those accustomed to computer games will have likely encountered more terrifying visuals, such as those in "Limbo" and "The Little Nightmare" series. The score incorporates numerous movements that pay homage to other genre film scores, and the end credits feature a Chauncey song with lyrics reminiscent of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" musical nursery rhyme.

IMAGINARY, while an intriguing concept, falls short due to its over-reliance on predictable cliches, resulting in a story that lacks genuine audience connection. Despite the efforts of the cast and director Jeff Wadlow's previous successes, this film unfortunately misses the mark, feeling more like an uninspired homage than a compelling, frightening narrative.

CAST: DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Veronica Falcon, and Betty Buckley. CREW: Director/Screenplay/Producer - Jeff Wadlow; Screenplay - Greg Erb & Jason Oremland; Producers - Jason Blum & Paul Uddo; Cinematographer - James McMillan; Score - Bear McCreary; Editor - Sean Albertson; Production Designer - Meghan C. Rogers; Costume Designer - Eulyn Colette Hufkie; Creature Effects Designer - Mike Elizalde; Special Makeup Effects Artist - Eden Elizalde; Special Effects - Carlton Sims; Visual Effects - Crafty Apes. OFFICIAL: www.imaginary.movie FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/ImaginaryFilm TWITTER: twitter.com/ImaginaryFilm TRAILER: https://youtu.be/lAWIYZFvOD8 RELEASE DATE: In theaters March 8th 2024

**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay), or 👎 (Dislike)

Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri

#film review #movie review #imaginaryfilm #blumhouse #lionsgate #jeff wadlow #jason blum #dewanda wise #Taegen Burns #pyper braun #Betty Buckley #horror #supernatural #joseph b mauceri #joseph mauceri

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Trivia and reference Cuphead Comics season 1:

Against Elder Kettle's warnings, the brothers enter the Devil's Casino and begin playing craps. 

• It is possible to refer to The Cuphead Show season 3 episode 11,, The Devil and Ms. Chalice" when Cuphead mindlessly ran to the casino like it tempted him and Chalice and Mugman chase after him to stop him.

Cuphead seems to be based on Mickey Mouse and Mugman seems to be based on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

Elder Kettle may based on the character Mr. Coffeepot from the 1935 Van Beuren cartoon Picnic Panic. Both characters even have cup-like children that they care for.

King Dice is heavily based on Cab Calloway, a famous American jazz singer who notably appeared Betty Boop cartoons with his songs.

• he was the Devil's right-hand man in the game, while in The Cuphead Show he was the Devil's number one

The Devil's design is based on the devil from "Hell's Bells", a short from Silly Symphonies.

•  He bears similarities to is Ursula from The Little Mermaid. He strikes deals with people just as Ursula strikes deals with merfolks. (Why do they keep contracts? They probably kicked his ass) Also, he said "Poor unfortunately soul" is referencing to Ursula's song "Poor Unfortunate Souls"

• He is inspired by Hades from Hercules. That's explain his quote "Going once... Going twice.".

• When the Devil is defeated by Cuphead and Mugman, he said "I hate cups" It's referencing to The Cuphead Show.

• In the finale fight, Devil call Henchman is referencing to the Cuphead Show, where starring Henchman, the Devil's assistant.

Legendary Chalice has a habit of being captured by the ghosts in mausoleums everytime. Shan Lee, Werner Werman and Goopy Le Grande telling their about mausoleums and powers named Super Arts.

• Why did they know? Because Goopy has hallucinations when he saw her. Shan Lee was curious about her. And Werner intends to kill her, but misses.

While many believe the names of the Root Pack are "Moe Tato", "Weepy", and "Psycarrot", these are unofficial names created by fans. But now they named their "Sal Spudder", "Ollie Bulb" and "Chauncey Chantenay".

The Root Pack may have been inspired by other anthropomorphic vegetables from cartoons such as The Tears of an Onion (1938) and The Fresh Vegetable Mystery (1939).

• In The Cuphead Show season 1 episode 7 "Root Pack", they are the main antagonists, because they sneak into Elder Kettle's shack, while Cuphead and Mugman have to look after his garden and then they eaten the shack's soil when the two cups catch them.

His name, Goopy Le Grande, means Goopy The Great in Italian.

• "Le Grande" is also a pun on "El Grande" (Spanish for "The Big") and "Le Grand" (French for "The Big").

Goopy Le Grande's design are homages to the Slime, a common enemy and the mascot of Dragon Quest, and cartoons such as Ub Iwer's Balloon Land. 

• Cuphead call him Rocky Balboa is referencing to Rocky Balboa, the main character from Rocky starring Sylvester Stallone.

Hilda Berg is connected to Betty Boop and Pearl from Steven Universe.

Her name is a pun on the Hindenburg, an infamous German zeppelin known for its destruction at New Jersey field in 1937.

• Hilda Berg makes an appearance in The Cuphead show season 2  epidoes 2 , "Charmed & Dangerous", where she as cameo. Whereas in Cuphead (my version), she knows them. Plus she knows astrology.

Cagney Carnation is tribute to famous animated flora from the 1932 Disney Silly Symphony cartoon Flowers and Trees through the 1930s and beyond. His first name came from the famous 1930s film star James Cagney.

• Cagney reminds of Flowey the Flower from game Undertale.

Cagney's idle animation in his first phase is a direct reference to the dancing style of a ghost in the 1930 Talkartoon "Swing You Sinner!"

Ribby and Croaks are based on Ryu and Ken from the Street Fighter series

Their color schemes may also have been inspired by the Frog and Toad children's stories by Arnold Lobel.

Ribby and Croaks may have been inspired by the Battletoads.

• Ribby and Croaks are supporting  and recurring characters in The Cuphead Show!. They were originally boxing champions, but their mother disapproved of it, since she hate to see her sons boxing each other. So that's why they wearing suits.

• They are the main antagonists in The Cuphead Show episode 3 " Ribby and Croaks". The funny thing is that they fight each other.

Djimmi is based off the Genie from the 1992 Disney film, Aladdin. Actually, some scenes (in my version) refer to Aladdin. For example, "I can't believe it. I'm losing to a cups". Also, Cuphead call him Robbie Williams, who voiced Gienie ( RIP Robbie Williams)

• Many also compare Djimmi to Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants due to his facial expressions and shape.

The pipe in Djimmi's mouth is a mixture of the Calabash pipe (used by Sherlock Holmes portrayed by Basil Rathbone) and the Corncob pipe (commonly used by Popeye the Sailor in all of his cartoons).

Djimmi falls in love with Shan Lee. At first they're friends, but later they're couples.

Shan Lee is daughter of sun goddess. That means she is demigoddess. She prayed to the gods in a Chinese words.

She is inspired by fighting woman in fighter games such as Chun Li from Street Fighter or Li Mei from Mortal Kombat

• Her appearance resembles female Monk from Diablo 3.

Cuphead call her " Tigress". It doesn't bother her because:

• It symbolises bravery and strength, the tiger is known as the king of the beasts throughout Chinese culture.

• It's referencing to Tigress from Kung Fu Panda.

Her phase 2 with pose references to disney movie 1998  Mulan, where Mulan fighting Shan Yu.

Beppi's name is a reference to Tito Beppi, a clown portrayed by Lon Chaney in the 1928 film Laugh, Clown, Laugh.

• He reminds of Pennywise, the main antagonists of Stephen King's novel and Horror movie ,,It"

He said ,,Why so serious? " is refence to Dark Knight, when Joker say same.

Beppi is a homage to Fleischer's iconic character Koko the Clown of the Betty Boop cartoons and 1930s animation

Baroness Von Bon Bon seems to be inspired by the French queen Marie Antoinette. This is indicated by her utilization of her cake castle in her final phase, referencing the phrase "Let them eat cake".

Her name, Bon Bon, is used in various languages (like French or many Balkan countries) for candy.

She throws her head at Cuphead and Mugman could be a reference to The Queen Of Hearts in Alice In Wonderland. The Queen's popular quote is "Off with his/her head!"

• In The Cuphead Show season 2 episode 5 "Sweet Temptation" Baroness is main antagonist. Why? Because she is an evil, psychol and murderous individual that turns children who break her rules into candy so she can eat them. But in Cuphead ( my version) she is an sweet, beautiful, loving and a little aggressive and dramatic, who she is Ruler of Sugarland and Cuphead falls in love with her.

Baroness is inspired by Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time.

• In The Cuphead Show, She very coincidentally resembles Mommy Long Legs from Poppy Playtime, as they both initially claim to help the protagonists but end up trying to kill them in the end.

Grim Matchstick was named after Grim Natwick, a legendary animator notable for his designing of Fleischer's Betty Boop and Disney's Snow White, with his stutter also being a direct reference to Natwick.

Grim's personality matches that of the Dragon from The Reluctant Dragon, as both characters are wanting to prove that they are friendly and yearn to gain acceptance into society among their peers.

• He also bears a resemblance to Taro from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad which is one of the creatures animated via stop-motion by Ray Harryhausen.

• Grim's facial structure, complete with a pointed muzzle, bears a small resemblance to that of Maleficent's dragon form the 1959 Disney film, Sleeping Beauty.

• He also bears a physical resemblance to Grimm from Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders.

His final, three-headed form is presumably based off of King Ghidorah from the Godzilla or the Hydra, a three-headed dragon from Greek mythology

Cuphead call him "Wawel Dragon". It's a famous dragon in Polish legend.

Grim have son.

• In The Cuphead Show Grim Matchstick is shown to have a child, implying that he might have a wife. Season 1 Episode 10 " Dangerous Mugman" Grim save his child from Porkrind ( How cute!)

Wally Warbles is inspired by the giant roc in Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor 

• Wally's name may be a reference to Walter Lantz, founder of Walter Lantz Productions and creator of Woody Woodpecker.

• Wally looks similar to the buzzards from the 1931 Silly Symphony cartoon The Cat's Out.

The vehicle that his son, Willy, uses has a similar appearance and model to Bowser Junior's clown car.

Penelope Peaowl's song " I don't want to miss a thing " is refence to Aerosmith, rock band who they singing that song.

Final phase her showtime, she resembles Harpy, a half-woman and half-bird from Greek mythology.

In knockout, her boa choking her is similar boa constrictor - a species of snake from the constrictor family, one of the representatives of the boa subfamily.

Cuphead jokingly says that she and Rumor are lesbians.They really aren't.

Werner Werman is inspired Mortimer Mouse from the 1936 Disney short Mickey's Rival.

Due to the nature of the battle and inclusion of Katzenwagen, Werner's boss fight is a reference to the iconic Tom and Jerry cartoons.

• Werner's screaming similar to the iconic screams of Tom

• In The Cuphead Show Season 2 Episode 10 " Rats All Folks!" is most likely a parody of Tom & Jerry. ( Wener Werman is the main antagonist in the episode . Also he is small)

Werner's colour scheme, the shape of his muzzle, and his habit of constructing machines make him similar to Wile E. Coyote from Looney Tunes.

He also seems to be very similar to Vladimir from Nickelodeon's My Life as Teenage Robot, as they're both villainous rats with heavy accents (German for Werner, and Russian for Vladimir), and they attack their foes by using various weapons and automatons (Werner using his own soup-can tank, and Vladimir using Jenny, albeit only in his debut episode).

Werner speaks German accent.

Captain Brineybeard is a direct reference to Bluto from Popeye.

Brineybeard lost his legs by Cala Maria ( Sea Gorgon) to save his daughter ( in my version)

• In The Cuphead Show season 2 episode 3 "A High Seas Adventure! " he as stone by Cala Maria lost his legs by Mugman ( by accident)

• He is madly in love with her ( Yup. He is simp)

Brineybeard's song ,"Yo, Ho, Ho (And a Bottle of Rum)" is refence to Treasure Island, where pirates singing that song.

Cala Maria was human, and she have job as archaeologist ( reference to Lara Croft from Tomb Raider), and then she was possessed by spirit and transformed to giant monster aka Sea Gorgon ( or Sea Beast in The Cuphead Show) referencing to Enchatress (June Moone), super villain from DC Comics.

• Luckey, she was back to normal by Dr Kahl.

Her have last name "Neptune", that reference to Neptune ( Poseidon), god of sea.

Her level name is incredibly similar to that of a level in the game Crash Bandicoot: Twinsanity, named High Sea Hi-Jinks.

She is most likely inspired by Ariel from Disney's The Little Mermaid, as evident to being both mermaids

• Her skin color is similar to that of Ursula from The Little Mermaid.

• Her electrocution is similar to the former's death, as when she is killed, her skeleton is also seen. Additionally, the eels helping her may be referencing Flotsam and Jetsam, two eels who act as Ursula's henchmen.

Cala Maria's second form is based on the infamous Gorgon Medusa from Greek mythology.

• The fact that this is an air battle against might be inspired by the battle with Medusa in chapter 9 of Kid Icarus: Uprising.

• Her floating head form in the final phase is a reference to Medusa being decapitated by Perseus in Greek mythology, which has also been referenced in other video games featuring Medusa, such as the Medusa Head, a recurring enemy and boss in the Castlevania series.

When transforming into her third phase, her body turns to stone and her arms fall off, making it resemble the famous statue, Venus de Milo.

She has a similar name and color pallete to Celia Mae from the Disney Pixar film Monsters Inc., another gorgon-based character who has snakes for hair.

Mugman falls in love with her.

• Cala Maria and Mugman being love interests in the latter's book in “The I Scream Man“ in The Cuphead Show Season 2 ep 6 "The I Scream Man"

Dr. Kahl was inspiration from other mad scientists in other platforming game franchises, such as Dr. Wily from Mega Man, Dr. Eggman from Sonic the Hedgehog, or Dr. Neo Cortex from Crash Bandicoot.

His robot similar to the Iron Giant from The Iron Giant ( He haved GIANT, but now gave FRANK)

• Dr Kahl's phase of the fight seems to bear a strong resemblance to the battle with N. Gin from Crash Bandicoot: Warped.

The Robot's presentation is ancillary to Rayman 2 The Great Escape, where the Seller visits Razorbeard and introduces Grolgoth as the Pirate's solution to Rayman's problem.

The invention of the "Beauty Machine" refers to the video game Banjo Kazooie, this machine works and managed to make Cala beaty and normal.

Robot say "BITE MY SHINE METAL ASS" is refence to Futurama, when Bender say same.

Rumor Honeybottoms was inspired to Honey Woman, an unused boss character from Capcom's Mega Man 9.

Security Bee seems to be inspired by a policeman ant from the 1940 cartoon Ants in the Plants, as both have similar designs.

• His design may have been inspired by Buzz the Bee, the Honey Nut Cheerios mascot.

• Also inn The Cuphead Show!, there are multiple security bees, but these security bees come in both genders and their colour schemes appear more green-ish. Their presence may suggest that Rumor Honeybottoms may be present in some way.

Sally Stageplay may have been inspired by Sally Swing, a blonde character from Betty Boop. 

• She has a similar color scheme to Sally Brown from Peanuts, who also (albeit coincidentally) has her given name.

In Cuphead Show season  3 episode 3 "Cupstaged", Sally Stageplay enters the theater pretending to have rabies to demonstrate what acting is. ( I love Marcia Gay Harden, who she voiced Sally ! 💖)

The Phantom Express is an homage to the Ghost Train from Final Fantasy VI. A musical nod to this train is included in Railroad Wrath

• The background for this fight is inspired by the 1929 Disney cartoon The Skeleton Dance.

Cuphead said to the Devil ''We'll never turn to the dark side" is reference to Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

in the end Cuphead and Mugman married Baroness Von Bon Bon and Cala Maria ( In my version) this refers to the fanatic CupheadxBaroness and MugmanxCalaMaria ( I mean others prefer another relationship romantic, but for me...whatever. ) .

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#cuphead #cuphead game #cuphead comics #cuphead season 1

[thekanucklehead]

I still remember that street dog that I gave a lump of chicken and some head scratches to in the back alleys of Kathmandu, and how he followed me for six miles of walking to a bus, and more so the look of betrayal on his face when he wasn’t allowed on the bus. I’m sorry Chauncey. The fact I named you within a couple blocks speaks volumes. The way you responded to that name I called you in minutes. The way your right ear dangled half ripped off from a fight you clearly won, but didn’t walk away unscathed, drew me to you. You didn’t want to fight, but could, an admirable trait. I still fondly remember how you walked beside me through the alleys, growling at strays, keeping me safe, even squaring up with packs of dogs., you were the toughest scrapper of all dogs ever. If I could go back I’d make you sit, and I’d make you let me pull all of the ticks off you haha. If I’d been the man I am now, all these years later, you’d be fat as a pig from treats and “accidentally” dropped treats

#I miss Chauncey #I feel bad #dogs are the best

[jellybeanium124]

man if I had the talent and patience to make animatics I’d make some amazing and terrible ones. I have a whole “run boy run” animatic in my head featuring kid Stede running thru the forest from a group of bullies and kid Ed running thru the streets from cops after stealing something (there’s more too it but idk how to describe it all), but also I have a “busted” animatic in my head with Chauncey and Izzy.

#ofmd #our flag means death #cringe culture is dead but unfortunately I do not have the skills needed to make the cringe I want to see in the world

[adventuressclubamericas]

Where In The World Is Phryne Fisher ?

This week finds Phryne in Lynchburg, Virginia. 

She started her visit in the Pierce Street Renaissance Historic District at the home of Anne Spencer, a Harlem Renaissance poet and the first black woman to have her work included in the Norton Anthology. She hosted many great Civil Rights leaders, including WEB DuBois and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Across the street is the home of her son Chauncey Spencer, who was an aviation pioneer, and his historic flight from Chicago to Washington DC convinced then-Senator Harry S. Truman to fight for blacks to be admitted to the Army Air Corps, and eventually create the Tuskegee Airmen. 

A little further down the street was the home of Walter "Whirlwind" Johnson and his grass tennis court, where tennis greats Arthur Ashe and Althea Gibson trained.

Phryne toured the Old City Cemetery, now a historic park that covers all sorts of history with restored historic structures relocated from around the region to provide a wide range of interpretation. One such structure is an old train station with a telegraph office. Lynchburg was a very busy railroad hub for a hundred years.

She stopped to pay her respects at Monument Terrace, built to honor those who died in World War 1, but along its 139 steps and various landings, monuments have been placed to recognize Lynchburg's fallen from all wars. At the top is Lynchburg's historic courthouse. And, YES, Lynchburg really does have hills that steep all over town! Speaking of railroads... During both World Wars, troop trains would pass through Lynchburg to pick up more soldiers, and local women's organizations would provide bagged lunches for the boys on the trains. Lynchburg became known as "Lunchburg"! Local veterans’ organizations hold a "Troop Rally" at the base of the steps every Friday at noon, rain or shine without fail, for 1076 weeks - over 20 years. We love our veterans in Lynchburg.

A close-up of the WW1 monument named "The Listening Post" - affectionately called "The Doughboy" after America's nickname for the enlisted men who fought in that conflict. If you zoom in, he kind of looks a bit like Jack, don't you think?

Lynchburg is situated on the James River, and was founded in 1757 by John Lynch, a Quaker who operated a ferry service across the river. By 1850, Lynchburg was the second richest city in America, after New Bedford, MA, with the river providing easy access to major coastal ports. The James River winds across the state, through the capital of Richmond, and eventually past Jamestown, where the first permanent English settlement in America was founded in 1607. Phryne was stopped from jumping in the river to cool off from a typically humid Virginia afternoon - there were still a few more places to see after all!

Virginia is for LOVERS, which delighted Phryne to no end, and she was thrilled to get a pic with Lynchburg's iconic LOVE sign (one of dozens across the state). This sign represents some of the ways you can enjoy the river and 40 miles of paved and unpaved trails in the city.

On the bluff above the river is the Craddock-Terry Hotel, an adaptive reuse of the old Craddock-Terry Shoe Factory. Founded in 1888, Craddock-Terry was the first shoe company south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and at its peak produced 100,000 shoes per day, from baby shoes to combat boots. Phryne was duly impressed!

Last stop of the day was drinks at the Skyline, the rooftop bar at the recently-renovated, art deco style, Virginian Hotel. A baked brie with pecan fig jam and some yummy cocktails were the perfect way to wind down after a busy day of touring.

Phryne is making her way to Miss Fisher Con 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky, August 4, 5, 6, 2022. 

She hopes to see you there!  

Information :  www.missfishercon.com

#flatphryne  #missfishercon2022  #missfishersmurdermysteries  #missfisherandthecryptoftears  #everycloudproductions  #AcornTV

[fredalan]

The Movie Masters! for American Movie Classics 1989

Albie Hecht (executive producer & co-creator): “My favorite!”

Christine Ecklund (producer/writer): “Wow. Bet I can still answer every question. (“Ucipital Mapilary”)“

Before Mad Men, before Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead, AMC was actually “American Movie Classics,” the Turner Classic Movies of its time, a cable channel exclusively focused on, duh, movies from the heyday of Hollywood. (In fact, the former head of AMC programming created TMC.)

Towards the end of the 80s, channels that relied on acquired, cost efficient stuff like AMC (or Nick-at-Night or USA or even MTV) were realizing that advertisers and cable operators were on the hunt for programming that could excite viewers.

The Movie Masters was one of AMC’s first jump into the pool, and obviously, it wasn’t the approach that worked like crazy for them. Fred/Alan’s primary Showtime client, Josh Sapan, had become AMC’s leader and thought that our Chauncey Street Productions had an idea for a network series.

Original television production, even when it’s done efficiently, is pretty expensive. And the explosion of cable TV had exploded in terms of dozens of channels, but it was still trying to figure out how to make enough money to thrive. The financial picture wouldn’t really come into it’s own until the end of the 1990′s. All the networks we worked with over the years approached originals very gingerly, and American Movie Classics was one of the most, um, fiscally careful.

Well, Chauncey Street was a perfect fit for a deliberate situation. We were still feeling our way in series production and we were well aware we weren’t yet booking the big gigs.

Chauncey Street majordomo Albie Hecht loved game shows (CSP went on to produce Turn It Up! for MTV, Kid’s Court and GUTS for Nickelodeon, and Albie oversaw many more as president of Nickelodeon production). He and Alan created the idea for The Movie Masters, with the notion that it would recreate the salad days of broadcast network quiz shows.

To that end we ran dozens of casting calls at our office, talking to everyone from Betty Comden and Margaret Whiting, before coming to the conclusion that we’d replicate a classic quiz show line up (American Movie Classics, right!). The production landed on The Match Game’s Gene Rayburn as host, and actress and veteran quiz panelist Peggy Cass, New York Times’ theater critic Clive Barnes, and actress and To Tell the Truth stalwart Kitty Carlisle as contestants.

The production came off with only a few hitches and delivered on time and on budget. It was a hoot working with such revered acting, writing and television royalty. AMC would eventually find their way to “prestige” TV, but as far as we were concerned, we did a wonderful job in the name of the greatest movies of all time.

.....

Chauncey Street Productions, New York Created by Albie Hecht & Alan Goodman Producer/writer: Christine Ecklund Executive Producers: Alan Goodman, Albie Hecht, Fred Seibert

Three of the original episodes of "The Movie Masters"

#AMC #American Movie Classics #Josh Sapan #The Movie Masters #1989 #Chauncey Street #Albie Hecht #Alan Goodman #Fred Seibert

[our-flag-means-death-ao3feed]

Goldenheart

by Deniz_B

Stede's in his last year at McGill University, sailing the life course charted by his father––earn the management degree, marry the chosen girl, take over the family business. One night, a mutual friend introduces him to Ed, fellow student and lead singer of an up and coming band. Their whirlwind romance has Stede standing up to his family for the first time––but it's not enough. After a confrontation with his father, Stede is whisked away and locked up; his fairytale gone disastrously wrong. With an arranged marriage looming, Stede needs to be both the daring knight who rescues himself––and his enforced fiancée––and the prince who goes after his beloved. Except Ed's band has caught their big break and are touring in England. No matter the distance, Stede's determined to reach him. Can he do something this big on his own for the first time, without possessions, passport, or even a phone to let Ed know he's on his way––before he loses the trust and love of the best man he's ever met?

Or, March 2002 in Montreal: Stede and Ed find love among the snowy streets, late night pubs, and mayhem of the annual Saint Patrick's Day parade––then try to find it all over again in deepest Yorkshire.

Words: 6109, Chapters: 1/26, Language: English

Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Jim Jimenez, Oluwande Boodhari, Lucius Spriggs, Black Pete (Our Flag Means Death), Israel Hands, Fang (Our Flag Means Death), Ivan (Our Flag Means Death), The Swede (Our Flag Means Death), Frenchie (Our Flag Means Death), Wee John Feeney, Roach (Our Flag Means Death), Buttons (Our Flag Means Death), Edward Bonnet | Stede Bonnet's Father, Chauncey Badminton, "Calico" Jack Rackham, Mary Allamby Bonnet

Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet

Additional Tags: Montreal, Bands, Parades, fast burn, Happy Ending, Snow, 5+1 Things, University, Alternate Universe - College/University, Holmfirth, deep Stede pov, canon level bullying, lots of fluff, there's angst but it's shorter because I can't bear for them to be apart, Bagels, so many Montreal things but don't worry I have notes, a couple of original characters thrown in as Easter eggs, also a few Tolkien Easter eggs, hinted RPF appearance by a real band, I'm all over the place with these tags but it's my first long fic and I hope you all love it, I may have over used M dashes

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/46141291

#Our flag means death #ofmd #https://archiveofourown.org/works/46141291

[bullagit]

keep half typing and deleting salty posts reiterating for the nth time that stede’s relationship issues w other people are not solely his fault or solely on him to repair and maintain, even though it can and should be acknowledged that he’s contributed to them in a big way

these are two-way streets and in some cases (mary specifically) no amount of mutual trying to make it work within the restrictions of the society they were part of was gonna magically make it work for either of them

i’m legit just blocking blogs w bad takes on these things now though which is kinda freeing. i think if you get through canon paying attention and your take is just that stede is selfish and responsible for everything bad that happens to him and in his relationships, erasing all the nuance of his history and how it led to him being how he is while emphasizing the ways everyone ELSE is sympathetic, etc etc then i do not have time

ppl will fully think stede thinks he’s very important and better than ppl when the man hates himself and was 100% just gonna let chauncey kill him bc he so fundamentally believes he destroys beautiful things by existing near them like ok buddy

#ofmd #stede bonnet #idk man its hard to articulate im just mad Again #is this just a salt blog now

[jwood718]

In October of ‘22, I posted some photos of a view that hadn’t been available for a few decades: across the Wabash Valley from the corner of Wood and Chauncey Street allowing someone to see downtown Lafayette and the Tippecanoe County courthouse.  The courthouse is still visible, for now, but a new high rise apartment building is going up, so that scene will be gone in a few more weeks.

Just a block away, a building that’s been occupied since 2018 (I think it was 2018) is having its facing re-done.  

With traffic re-routed for some time now to allow for boom lifts (boom lifts are popular around here these days), much of the fake brick-facing is being pulled off sheet by sheet, revealing the underlayment.

What prompted the removal I don’t know, but it wouldn’t surprise me if something hadn’t sealed correctly allowing for leaks or the possibility of pieces falling off (but you can’t use my supposition as evidence of anything, just to be clear).

R. Jake Wood, 2023.

#photography #our shots #construction #indiana

[semper-legens]

34. The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune

Owned: No, library Page count: 398 My summary: Linus Baker is a case worker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, assigned to orphanages to see that magical children are being properly cared for. Proper and by-the-book, he is assigned to a ‘problem’ orphanage on a remote island - an orphanage that hosts a female gnome, a wyvern, a forest sprite, a blob boy, a werewolf, and the literal antichrist. Linus is expecting the worst. But with every day that passes, Linus finds himself caring more and more for the odd family on the island, headed by mild-mannered Arthur Parnassus and Zoe the island sprite. And as time goes by, Linus begins to wonder if he has a life outside of paperwork... My rating: 4/5 My commentary:

This book comes very well-recommended. And it's entirely up my street. I mean, please, a book about a home full of magical children seen as strange by the world and facing a lot of prejudice, and the case worker who falls in love with them and their lives? That's got me written all over it. And it was a fun book! Very charming, very endearing. The kids were all delightful, the main character was interesting, and I loved the world this was set in. More under the cut!

Our protagonist is Linus Baker, a by-the-book case worker for the government's branch dealing with magical youth. He goes into orphanages, ensures everything's running as it should, then leaves. He doesn't have dreams or ambitions, he's just a drone. But on going to the island, he finds his humanity, and allows himself to desire. In general I like protagonists in this kind of fiction that aren't Hot Young Singles, so seeing this relatively mediocre middle-aged man was actually really interesting! And his romance with Arthur, the head of the orphanage, was sweet. They play very well off each other, you really get a sense for how deeply compatible these two men are. The kids are also a delight. Fundamentally they're all just weird kids with magic powers who don't much trust outsiders - my favourite was Chauncey, a blob-boy who really wants to be a bellhop. Why? Saw it in a movie once and became obsessed with the notion. Which is exactly how little kid special interests work.

Not only is the worldbuilding here interesting, it's also revealed in small doses or at natural times, such as Linus going over the Rules and Regulations or reading case files. Magical beings are a Thing in this world, and are an oppressed minority, with children being forced into orphanages or schools and often abused by their caretakers. The signalling is pretty clear - the See Something, Say Something posters mentioned to be all over the place are so reminiscent of the posters with the exact same slogan that are all over train stations targeting immigrants. But magical beings aren't exactly one metaphor. Arthur and Linus' status as gay men are also the metaphor, it's allegorically representing a broad spectrum of marginalised communities.

The biggest gripe I had with this book was that the stakes didn't feel all that high. The kids are shown to be capable, threats are dealt with reasonably quickly, and people warm up to the kids rapidly on meeting them. A few decide to hate them for what they are, but they're portrayed more as one-note bigots than anything else. I get the wider point the book was trying to make about prejudice and systemic inequality, and it's admittedly effective in showing how individuals are often powerless in the face of systemic prejudice, and how even systems that seem to be working well from an outside perspective can be rotten to the core. It's just simplistic in its worldview, which isn't by necessity that bad a thing, but I was hoping for a little more nuance.

Next up...come on, grab your friends.

#The House in the Cerulean Sea #TJ Klune #bookblr #book blog #book blogger #4