Episode 336: Shout-outs, movies (Bet: Parkland, The Way Way Back; Stennie: The Untouchables), Commercials, Pet Stories, Interesting Thing, New Favorite, Earworm, Fuck Offs and You Rules, Movie Character Tweets.
“The Hucklebuck,” performed by Otis Redding, Lee Rocker and Frank Sinatra. “Movies” bumper by Duke, “New Favorite” bumper by Krizzer.
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This is less a comment and more a commercial for the current exhibit at our wonderful VMFA (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) here in Richmond. For all you movies-movies-movies-everybody-loves-movies-movies-movies people, we just thought we’d put this out to the Hucklebug Nation: If anyone comes to Richmond to see this exhibit, we will treat you to dinner!!
From the VMFA website:
“Hollywood Costume:
Organized by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Hollywood Costume explores the central role costume design plays in cinematic storytelling. Bringing together the most iconic costumes from a century of cinema, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the clothes worn by unforgettable and beloved characters in films such as The Wizard of Oz, The Birds, My Fair Lady, Superman, Titanic, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and The Dark Knight Rises.
The exhibition includes cinema costumes from private and archival collections in California. Most have never been publicly displayed or seen beyond the secure walls of the studio archives. The exhibition explores in detail how the design and use of costume has been central to the creation of some of the most iconic characters in popular culture and is a key component in what is arguably the greatest art form of the 20th century: cinema.
In addition to premiering Hollywood Costume in the United States, VMFA is the only East Coast venue for the exhibition.
Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation
Complementing Hollywood Costume, this exhibition (Nov 23 – Mar 10) showcases more than 90 original vintage prints of stars, including Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Swanson, and Clark Gable, by the most important photographers working in Hollywood from 1920 to 1960.
60 Films/60 Days
At this movie-a-day extravaganza (Nov 29 – Jan 31), see your favorite costumes in action on the big screen. Everything from classics to contemporary, family to adult, knights to superheroes, suspense to comedies. We’re also offering meal and film discounts. Advance tickets now on sale!”
And for the record Stennie, the next time we are in the Pacific Northwest, we will see you in Bellingham!