Brother Cleve

These are all of comments I've made about all the beautiful Kitsch in the Kitschenette Wing of the AWMoK:

Carnival Noir

1. Brother Cleve says:

   December 01, 2011 at 09:33am

   OK....*SPOILER ALERT*

   The big difference, and what was unfilmable, is where he's setting up the old man to be re-united with his dead wife, which in reality is Stan's wife - in the book, the old man actually has intercourse with her. This is where the spiral downward starts to truly happen. At the very end, Stan takes the job as the geek.

   The tall weird man in the photo appears to be Zeena's alcoholic husband in costume. It's evidently an outtake from the film...it's a fabulous picture, however!

   I highly recommend the book as well as the film. It's back in print after a long absence.

2. Brother Cleve says:

   November 20, 2011 at 02:57pm

   yes, Nightmare Alley was released on DVD by Fox a few years ago, and the book has been recently reissued as well (with an intro by Nick Tosches). Both are extraordinary; both are quite complimentary to each other, since many things in the book were unfilmable due to the Production Code at the time; but there are elements in the film that are better than the book.

   Toastmaster George Jessell produced the film but took it out of circulation in the '60's and barred the it from being shown. There was only one known copy at UCLA. After he dies efforts were made to resurrect it.

   thanks, Douglas, I will be in touch!

3. Brother Cleve says:

   November 18, 2011 at 03:00pm

   I do not know Carl, but I think that the next time I'm in LA I must meet him!

   a friend of mine has an amazing collection of sideshow banners

   I played at a number of State Fairs while touring in the 80's...some had freak shows. I will never forget the Illinois State Fair, where I got propositioned by the World's Smallest Woman (she asked "Do you have any whiskey? You come back later, I'll leave a light on for you". Wow!) after she found out I was in the band that was playing.

   And yes, I have seen TISCWSLABMUZ...one of my all time faves!

God Owns my Business…

1. Brother Cleve says:

   November 19, 2011 at 11:42am

   If god owns the business, who pays the taxes? That's what I was starting to write when I got struck by lightning while writing the above

2. Brother Cleve says:

   November 18, 2011 at 08:30pm

   I just love the art on this book, I would have grabbed it in a heartbeat (if I'd found it). WORD paperbacks were high amongst the Jesus-centric comics of the 70s, when many were convinced "He" was coming this way. I never thought that he was, but as a showbiz guy I thought : C'mon Down!

   Maybe my buist thoughy is ..

   bc

Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 107

1. Brother Cleve says:

   November 19, 2011 at 11:39am

   That is certainly a thing of beauty!

THE MAN FROM U.C.L.E. paperbacks from the 60′s (lot of 7 books)

1. Brother Cleve says:

   November 15, 2011 at 12:46pm

   #2 was written by pulp fiction great Harry Whitington is worth a few bucks!

Drunk on the Lampost statuette/light

1. Brother Cleve says:

   November 06, 2011 at 12:09pm

   The drunk and his record cover galpal are situated over my fireplace. There are pillars on either side holding up another shelf. Which holds more kitsch that'll be posted soon!

This is Kitsch that I'm jealous of in the Kitschenette Wing of the AWMoK: