Buffalo Bilge Whiskry

Yeah, you read that right, it's "whiskry" and it's a 4/5 snort "pain-killer of the plains" t'boot! The bottle contains many other gags but I'll leave it to you to read 'em all while enjoying this funny booze gag gift illustration of Buffalo Bill juicin' up a cross-eyed buffalo. In fact, it ain't even booze at all, it's non-alcoholic soda water, produced many moons ago by Par Beverage Corp., and no I don't mean my buddy Par "Pappy" Holman, though with his long hair and beard I do reckon he would certainly make a great Buffalo Bill if cast in a rollickin' stage rendition, guaranteed... he’s also a lot funnier than this bottle is.

Vantine's Incense Burner

Another astounding antique find recently, this late 20's or early 1930’s “Egyptian Revival” Art Deco era figural incense burner made in France by Vantine's, who also signed the bottom of the base (see the last image below.) Forged in a lovely shade of green metal, and full of stunning detail, especially the long, flowing cloth covering the lower half of her jade-like, goddess body. I am unfortunately missing the cap on top of the burner pot (which seems to be the norm if you Google this particular piece), but I have seen pictures of it and I believe I can recreate one. Stay tuned...

Firetop

Last month over at THOIA we saw some silly slapstick adventures involving a rather incompetant Sherlock Holmes type character (HERE!), --and now it's time to do it again HERE at AEET with an even more idiotic dick! Enter Rick O'Shea, the most brain dead detective to ever never solve a mystery, as he attempts to apprehend the outrageous Dick Tracy-esque criminal mastermind, --Firetop! Featuring freakishly madcap Munson Paddock art that perfectly matches the bat shit bonkers writing, the only thing here truly keeping all of this insanity grounded is Firetop's lovely moll doll partner, Crepe Suzette, (who seems to have slinked her way on over into our story from a slightly more serious syndicated Sunday strip!) Very funny stuff, and despite the final panel blurb promising more Rick 'n Firetop fun, it doesn't appear that either one ever made another comic book appearance other than this, sadly enough... from the Comic Magazine Distributors 1946 one-shot issue of Slapstick Comics #1.

Burn, Pig! Burn!

Does anyone else prepare ham for Thanksgiving instead of the bird? I know ham seems more like a Christmas thing, but sometimes we just skip the all day oven-a-thon and get some glazed pig, --which reminds me of these darling wooden barbecue matches that come in a big long tube. You get some really neat, midcentury style illustrations on the sides, including a cute little chef dangerously prancing around with pointed shishkabob instrumentation, as well as an inverted hog over an open spit fire getting himself extra crispy for the dinner festivities. I feel kind of bad for him, but then again, that's exactly what I look like while I'm dreaming about a BLT sandwich, so...

Bottom's Up!

With Thanksgiving just a few days away, I know a lot of you are mostly focused on the food prep portion of your holiday festivities. But equally important to me is the ever crucial dynamic of proper dish and drink ware! Or more specifically, it's that time of the year to break out the mid century, "round the world" nudie drinkin' glass set (just like our founding pilgrim forefathers did all those many years ago with the Indians), and pour everyone a long, tall, exotic one-- bottom's up!

The Bare Necessities

Here's another fun vintage card I stumbled upon the other day. So have a laugh, and forget about your worries and your strife-- you know, the ones that bring the bare necessities of life!

Aloha!

As promised earlier this month HERE, it's time for the other va-va-va-voom vintage flicker postcard that I found up in South Jax last month. The actual animated "flickering" process is way better with this one, and if you didn't recognize the sound of TRON playing loudly on the tv in the background (thank you, Zander!), then maybe you could hear the warm ocean waves crash, and the ukulele notes floating on the island breeze with this one, as our lovely hula hottie shakes it up splendidly...