Thighs Wide Shut

this polished design drawing of Goofy was created by a Disney artist in development of the opening portrait of the star seen in his cartoon series from 1940. It is likely one in a series of drawings created before the final iconic portrait was set. There are minor differences in this drawing and the final painting created by a Disney background artist that opens the Goofy cartoons beginning with Goofy’s Glider (1940)

White House Chief of Staff Dick Cheney in bumper car at the Texas State Fair in Dallas, taken on October 9, 1976 during the presidential campaign

by David Hume Kennerly

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSM-TLBj589/

MLB Pee-View

(although I know nothing about any team outside of the Nationals, and the Mets, who blow goats)

AL East – Red Sox
Al Central – Tribe
Al West – Mariners
Wild Cards – Astros / Yanks

AL Playoffs – Yanks over Stros > Tribe over Yanks / BoSox over Mariners / Tribe over BoSox

NL East – Nats
NL Central – Cubs
NL West – Giants
Wild Cards – Cards / Dodgers

NL Playoffs – Cards over Dodgers > Cards over Cubs / Giants over Nats / Giants over Cards

World Series – Tribe over Giants in 6 games

In Search of Israeli Cuisine
Melting Pot of Jewish Culinary Gold
Official Site | Trailer
Not Rated | 94 min

Know what would make a great TV show?  This documentary!

Director Roger Sherman and restaurateur Michael Solomonov take their love of Israeli food and attempt to explain what it is today and where it came from in a delicious new doc called In Search of Israeli Cuisine

What the doc certainly did was made me hungry (although I have my limits of tomato intake)

What it didn’t really do is make me hungry to go visit Israel (I’ve been, and liked it, but I have many other places to see first before I give it a 2nd go)

What it did do is give me a good general idea of how the Israeli food culture came to be, melding from all different Jewish cultures around the world who eventually settled together in one new place where a cuisine basically had to be invented

What it didn’t really do is come up with exact answers… cause there aren’t any

But a doc should be probing, not jumping from one kitchen visit to another, with some farms and wineries thrown in between.  A TV show doesn’t have to be probing, and can spend more time with cooks AND the kitchens, and the eating.  Somehow 94 minutes felt like an eternity, but if you took the bits and expanded and spread them out into 6-10 thirty minute episodes, I think the material would simmer a bit more than it did in one long doc form

Regardless, I love hummus and falafel, and pickled things, and plenty of other Jewish food.  It was nice to see and hear about them on a screen.  If you do too, you may want to watch this as well.  If you plan to visit Israel, this is where your Yelp recommendations and bookmarkings begin

Verdictgo: Jeepers Worth A Peepers

The Search continues in limited release

and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…

La Monnaie De Paris poster by Jacques Auriac, 1980 (or 1975)

and my remixes of it