Welcome to another one of Balladeer’s Blog’s posts about ancient Greek comedies, this one written by Cratinus, who was one of the Big Three of Attic Old Comedy with Aristophanes and Eupolis the other two. If Pytine was an episode of Friends it would be titled The One Where Cratinus Fires Back At Aristophanes. This play is also known […]
Today, actor and director John Derek is remembered mostly because of his wives – Bo Derek, Ursula Andress, Linda Evans and Pati Behrs. Some film fans remember him for his supporting roles in The Ten Commandments, All the King’s Men, Exodus and Knock on Any Door. Surprisingly, most people have forgotten that Derek starred in […]
En algún rincón soleado de Andalucía, vive mi abuelo, un señor de setenta años, con más arte que un tablao flamenco y más cuentos que la radio de madrugada. “Mi abuelo, el influencer del barrio” se llama Antonio, una mezcla entre sabiduría popular, refranero a granel y mala leche (¡con cariño!) y […] Mi Abuelo, […]
The Great Garloo was a two-feet tall remote controlled “monster” toy from Marx. Garloo could be controlled to walk, bend down and pick up things. For adults, boring, but for kids, it must have been the best gift they got that year. A Son of Garloo followed later. It was smaller and was a wind-up […]
