Blog of Zontar the thing from Venus.
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"Extremism in defense of aesthetics is no vice"
""Devoted to the intensive study of the most obscure and disreputable cultural manifestations of the decaying hu-man empire".
."Zontar, that's hardly a blog you have there. That's a TROVE of SPLENDORS, a COMPENDIUM of WONDERS, a BRITISH MUSEUM of BULLDADA."
- Rev. Susie the Floozie
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Zontar Web Site
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
George White's Scandals
George White's Scandals started as "Broadway revues" (1919–1939), similar to the Ziegfeld Follies - song and dance shows - heavy on the Chorus Girls. W.C. Fields, the Three Stooges, Ray Bolger, Helen Morgan, Ethel Merman, Ann Miller, Bert Lahr, Rudy Vallée. Alice White, and Eleanor Powell got their show business start here.
There were also two films (1934, 1935).
Louise Brooks got her big break as a "Scandals Girl" in 1924 and 1925.
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Billy Barty (1924–2000) on Phyllis (1975)
Billy Barty is the most well known Little Person to ever work in American Media. His accomplishments are too many to enumerate here, see the IMDB link above. Here he guest spots on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spin off "Phyllis". Cloris Leachman as the title character is shocked when her 17 year old daughter, Lisa Gerritsen ("My World and Welcome To It") tells her she wants to marry her boyfriend. Hilarity ensues when she discovers that his parents are little people.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Bob Kane’s Batman paintings
Riding the popularity of the 60's TV show, Bob Kane reportedly designed and had ghost panted about 15 canvases
Friday, January 11, 2013
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