Tuesday, April 30, 2013
SF: Bumpers Arcade became Bonkers Arcade and then CLOSED
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| Bumpers. French Quarter, 2nd Floor Style. Outskirts of Chinatown. |
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| Changed ownership and became BONKERS at some point. |
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| It used to say VIDEO ARCADE and some other jazz underneath the Bonkers logo but they spray- painted over that stuff. |
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| Killer logo, still. |
Monday, April 29, 2013
Another Useful Triangle
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| Triangles have been known to have many great uses. Though I never knew they could keep newspapers in place. Genius. Again. |
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Happy Birthday Frankie!
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| Jeff's Birthday Present for Frankie wrapped in crummy old comics. I know you can't tell, but the box is as big as a refrigerator. Happy Birthday to my pal Frankie! |
Frankie's Birthday Present From Mr. Parfenix
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| Frankie just opened his Birthday Present Archie's from Mr. Parfenix. I asked Mr. P where he got them. "From the back of a truck, I mean, from a catalog". |
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Builder & Proprietor Of Maple Lanes
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| Portrait of Peter J. LaSpina Sr. He built and owns Maple Lanes in Mapleton, Brooklyn.  |
No Loitering In NYC Park's Bathrooms
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| If they made a New York version of Park's & Recreation, it would be called: "NO LOITERING". |
Friday, April 26, 2013
DVD Enthusiast
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| With Netflix, On-Demand, iTunes and not to mention the Bargain Bins, DVD's really seem to be on the way out these days. Not So! says David Victor Davis who's a big time DVD enthusiast. "You can always juggle them", he proclaims. Sounds like the perfect thing to juggle to me. |
Weight Loss Candy & Chewing Gum
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| This is definitely the Diet for us! I noticed some extra neck chubbiness on Mr. Parfenix, so I asked him if he wanted to join me & Frankie on our bubble-gum & gummy worm diets. He screamed at me, "I don't chew gum... and I'm not fat!". Ok, have it your way Pigeon Man. To quote Mr. P himself, "Denial is a river in Egypt". |
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
I Hate People But I love to Talk. What's a Ghost to do.
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| I don't like idiots and guttersnipes. This unfortunately accounts for most people. Therefore, wherein, I find comfort in friends I can really talk to. Ones who don't give me any back chat. |
18th Ave. Auto Body SIGN to become a HIT TELEVISION SHOW on NETFLIX!
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| There the sign hung. For years. Rain, Sun, Snow. No words to help it advertise the Auto Body Shop. But still: The Auto Body Shop thrived. Well, it didn't thrive, but it did OK. Actually, it closed in 2008. But the sign still hangs as a testament to the Shop's ultimate failure. |
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| Enter a young TV writer. Well, actually he wasn't that young, and he never wrote anything in his life. He might have watched a ton of TV, but he never had anything to do with the business. Still, he had an idea... for a show... based on the sign. A drunken night in a Los Angeles bar, well it wasn't a bar, it was a diner, but he was drinking beers with his friend (who was paying) and as he described the idea a young agent (mailroom kid) overheard it. Well, actually, the mailroom kid was the TV writer's friend who was paying for the beers. The Writer begged him to pitch it to his boss. The Young Agent pitched it, and... there was a bidding war for the new show. Netflix verse Hulu Plus to the death. Actually, Hulu Plus was never interested. BUT... Netflix bought the idea without even seeing the sign. There are three characters in the show and no dialogue. I am pumped to see this thing. Well, I'm not really pumped. But I might watch it. |
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| The Doctor, like Jack on Lost. And like Quincy on Quincy. |
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| The Yellow Computer, Belinda. She might be outdated, but she's still yellow. |
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| And Benny, the Volkswagon. Actually, he's a baby volkswagon. He can't even turn left yet. |
Tower Part
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| The top part of some sort of tin playset toy, probably for a train. Maybe Rapunzel's tower. |
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| Litho. |
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