11,746 stories by "Trav S.d."
Monday, December 12, 7pm: “W.C. Fields: From Dime Museums to the Jazz Age” an illustrated talk by Trav S.D., sponsored by Zelda Magazine A look at screen comedian W.C. Fields…
This new series of posts came out of the stunning realization that I have family in all 50 U.S. states. My ancestors lived in 14 of them, all on the eastern seaboard or adjacent, and I have …
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
Saturday, December 10, 1:30pm: "W.C. Fields in Astoria: The Paramount Silents" Many people know that W.C. Fields had one of the most distinctive speaking voices of the classic comedy era. Wh…
Filed under: BROOKLYN, Christmas, PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Holiday Department, Radio Free Brooklyn
Filed under: Brooklyn, Burlesk, Coney Island, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: Christmas in Coney, Coney Island USA, Winter Wonderwheel Spectacular
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
Here’s what’s coming up the next few days in Fields Fest — and beyond! Saturday, December 10, 1:30pm: "W.C. Fields in Astoria: The Paramount Silents" Many peop…
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
This new series of posts came out of the stunning realization that I have family in all 50 U.S. states. My ancestors lived in 14 of them, all on the eastern seaboard or adjacent, and I have …
Today is the 75th anniversary of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. I’ve done some blogging about minor ripples of that event: me, for example (because of the war my grandfather came…
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
This post is apropos of nothing except that I’m in the middle of watching the HBO documentary series Hip Hop Evolution and they showed this great Pigment Markham record cover. And I ha…
Yeah, I know it’s almost three weeks away, but we needed some Christmas early this year, know’m sayin’? So when I had the opportunity to review a holiday show at Pangea las…
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fi…
Following our W.C. Fields History Walk a couple of weeks back, Kevin Fitzpatrick and I sat down at Flute Midtown with Rob Medaska of the web show Classic Movies & More to talk about W.C.…
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
Filed under: BROOKLYN, Christmas, Coney Island, FOOD & DRINK CULTURE, PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Coney Island, Krampus Krawl
Tomorrow, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Vitaphone, Warner Brothers’ revolutionary sound-on-disc system that finally meant the breakthrough of talking pictures, Turner Classic Mo…
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
Today is the 100th anniversary of the release date of the Charlie Chaplin comedy The Rink (1916). The Rink is a gem from Chaplin’s Mutual period, that magical stretch when he cou…
Today is the birthday of James Michener (1907-1997). I am astounded to discover today that I hadn’t blogged about Centennial before. I feel like I must have posted something about it s…
Hey Brooklyn! Tomorrow (Sunday, December 4) at 4pm, Flicker Alley is presenting three classic Chaplin shorts from the Essanay period at the Alamo Drafthouse, with Ben Model at the keys! On t…
This new series of posts came out of the stunning realization that I have family in all 50 U.S. states. My ancestors lived in 14 of them, all on the eastern seaboard or adjacent, and I have …
Today is the birthday of Maria Mosquini (1899-1983). Lucky Los Angeles native Mosquini stepped right out of high school directly into roles in Hal Roach comedies. She started out in bit part…
