Archive for April 6th, 2021

“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 371

Tuesday, April 6th, 2021

Car talk!

Great and good FotB RoadRich sent this one over: “Master Hands”, a 1936 documentary about the Chevrolet manufacturing line: “from foundry to finished vehicles”.

Not only is this another fine piece of work from the Jam Handy folks, it is also on the Library of Congress National Film Registry.

Bonus #1: “Rare 1970 Plymouth Superbird unrestored”. I was out driving to an appointment a while back, and drove past one of the local auto repair shops. This one has some interesting and exotic stuff from time to time: that day, they had a Superbird in this exact color scheme (but seemingly restored) parked out front. I don’t think it was there for repair or restoration: I think someone was showing it off, and I nearly stopped to ask permission to take a photo. But I was running behind schedule…

As I’ve said before, I’m not a Mopar guy, but there’s something about the Superbird that grabs me.

Bonus #2: I’ve done Plymouth/Chrysler. I’ve done Chevy. How about Ford?

“The Hunt for Little Red”.

Obit watch: April 6, 2021.

Tuesday, April 6th, 2021

Breaking news, by way of Lawrence, and only from two sources at the moment: Alcee Hastings. Miami Herald in readable form.

Gloria Henry, most famous as the mother on the “Dennis the Menace” TV series.

Paul Ritter.

Ritter was best known in the U.K. in recent years for playing the family patriarch in long-running Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner, but was a recognizable face across numerous films, TV shows and stage plays, landing both Olivier and Tony nominations.
After his debut performance on famed police procedural drama The Bill in 1992, Ritter starred in films such as Son of Rambow, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Quantum of Solace. Ritter was recently seen in the Sky/HBO mini-series Chernobyl portraying Anatoly Dyatlov, the supervisor who was blamed for not following safety protocols leading to the nuclear disaster, and is set to appear in upcoming WWII drama Operation Mincemeat.

Arthur Kopit, playwright. Noted here because of his most famous work: “Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad”. Among his many other works: the book for “Nine”.

Malcolm Cecil, synthesizer guy.