Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Short Shorts

Good News About Shoes Dept.

A number of readers relayed the following news to me. (Thank-you, all.)

“Payless said in a news release on Thursday that it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a plan to re-enter the shoe market in the United States. That reportedly includes relaunching an e-commerce site and opening some physical stores.

“Payless did not have any immediate details to share about a timeline or where the new stores would be located.”

Blushing Boy Bride Dept.

Typically, when I watch a film on television, I read the trivia about that film on IMDB. So while watching Saturday Night Fever this past Saturday night, I found this tidbit, “Letting off steam at the end of the shoot, John Travolta and members of the crew filmed a mock wedding at the disco, for laughs, with John dressed as the bride and one of the grips appearing as the groom.”

Mystery TV TV Dept.

Last Wednesday, I asked if anyone knew the source of a photo I found depicting a femulation from an unknown (by me) television show. A number of readers responded and as Julie succinctly put it, “The picture is from an NBC television program California Dreams, an episode titled ‘Wooing Woo,’ season 2, episode 4, first broadcast on September 25, 1993. You can watch the full episode on YouTube.”




Source: Nine West
Wearing Nine West




Diego Serrano femulating in the 1999 film The 24 Hour Woman, The plot of the film involves a daytime talk show with female and male (Serrano) co-hosts. Serrano crossdresses because for one airing of the talk show, the cast and crew swap genders.

3 comments:

  1. John Travolta blushing bride, and a roll in hairspray I'm guessing not a civilian!

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  2. John Travolta as a bride! Clearly doing the groundwork for his role of Edna Turnblad in Hairspray.

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  3. The California Dreams video reminded me why I didn't/don't watch that stuff. When I was a kid in the 1950's it seemed like every sitcom ended up "teaching us a lesson".It's clear they hadn't progressed very much in 40 years. And I'm so glad TV finally dropped the canned laughter! Oh, and the boys were cute.

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