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Emile Barrios

@emilebee.bsky.social
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Baseball, books and crosswords

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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I love how Wilder gave these rubes the name “Berderber”. (Sam Drucker in “Green Acres”!)
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Have it on good authority that the GOP called this guy to bring McConnell back from the dead.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bad Branding In Our Time Dept: Seen on a gas station in Coronado, CA -- BTW the most expensive gas in the area. The name is "Brikho"? The logo seems determined to keep us guessing. From the my-daughter-just-got-a-degree-in-marketing-and-works-for-free school of design.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
In other unsurprising news...🤣
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Manga Phil goes undercover to get the truth!
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Anime Phil is on the story!
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
That dino has a Thagomizer.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Love the SCTV parody where Joe Flaherty utters the immortal line “Inferno! Towering Inferno!”
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
One of my guiltiest guilty pleasures is the deranged 1956 drama "Ride The High Iron" (1956), where PR flack Raymond Burr blackmails Rod Taylor. Paiva plays a rail yard boss who repeatedly drives his crew by yelling "Jump around! Jump around! If you can't jump around jump up and down!"
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Michael Dunn shout-out! Loved him in the little-seen 1972 TV noir “Goodnight My Love” with Richard Boone.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Not to be confused with "The Navy vs. The Night Monsters" (1966), arguably the apotheosis of Bobby Van's film career.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I can’t remember -- when is this opera over?
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Weren’t Bolt & Stein a famous Vaudeville act?
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
My favorite oddity about this pic is the door to Walter’s apartment which opens outward instead of inward to allow Phyllis to hide from Keyes on his way to the elevator.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I've always wanted to see "Maximum Overdrive" on a double bill with "Killdozer".
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Edward Hopper, "Le Quai Des Grande Augustins", 1909
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Coincidence? I think not.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Gotta love those matching cars!!
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Today is the 74th anniversary of Bobby Thompson's "Shot Heard Round The World" which sent the Giants to the 1951 World Series. Afterward, Dodger pitcher Ralph Branca told reporters, "For the first 60 feet that was a great pitch."
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
68 years ago today the Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field, a 2-0 win over the Pirates.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
And while we contemplate the fate of our precious bodily fluids, let's remember Dick Stuart, journeyman 1st baseman famous for his frequent errors.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
In Bugs Bunny's "8-Ball Bunny", cartoon Bogey reprises his famous panhandling line about "a fellow American down on his luck."
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Breaking News! Front Page Phil (@phillipmolnar.bsky.social) dominates A1 on Labor Day, taking the sting out of bad news with his expert analysis. Fun Fact: Phil did all the calculations in his head!
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Love it! Ran across this one on YouTube last week and thought of you two.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
@phillipmolnar.bsky.social It's a Phil Trifecta on today's A1! First, Phil goes dark on the local real estate market . Lower left is a teaser for Phil's ComicCon coverage. And at right is Phil's cosplay of Ozzy at the 2024 ComicCon. Phil does it all!
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
"One small step for a man. One giant leap for mankind." July 20, 1969: Men walk on the moon. Difficult to imagine in 2025 just what an amazing achievement this was. You watched the images and felt so proud to be American.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
On July 15, 1834 the Spanish Inquisition was abolished, something nobody expected.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
July 12, 1979 was Disco Demolition Night (and nickel beer night) on the South Side. 50,000 fans brought disco records to be blown up in the outfield between games of a White Sox/Tigers doubleheader. After the explosion, inebriated fans rushed the field and rioted. The Sox forfeited Game 2.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
You can tell MAGA is terrified of Zohran Mamdani because they already are calling him a "dangerous socialist" and "muslim extremist" (I saw both on social media today). Attention Democrats: This is the guy and the message you should be promoting. The status quo is dead.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The Constitution was enshrined as the foundation of American Democracy on June 21, 1788. It endures because its ideas are more powerful than anyone who seeks to destroy it.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Thank you Brian Wilson. Baton Rouge 1964. The radio plays "Fun, Fun, Fun" and "I Get Around", followed later by "California Girls" and "Good Vibrations". A young boy dreams of escaping a stultifying place into a life in the sunshine. Been here 40 years now.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Today marks the 90th anniversary of the founding of AA. June 10, 1935 -- the first day of Dr. Bob's sobriety -- is the occasion. The work of these two men saved millions of lives.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
55 years ago today - May 2, 1970 - national guard soldiers opened fire on unarmed Vietnam protesters at Kent State, ending these four promising lives. The soldiers later faced no discipline and zero consequences. Never forget.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Severance fans: Check out this picture by German Casper David Friederich (1818) and Kier on the mountaintop. Coincidence?
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Padres on top, and look at who's in 3rd place. Savoring the moment. Go Pads!
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Happy 100th birthday The Great Gatsby! What many consider The Great American Novel was a flop back in 1925, but it beat on, a boat with the current, borne ceaselessly into the future.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
You know it's gonna be a good day when the Dodgers are in third place.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Hey @phoefsutton.bsky.social, caught this little gem last night and thought of you. Franchot Tone is a Marlowe clone in a caper with crackling dialogue and too many dames to keep track of. The end is a real hoot. Do you know it?
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This is appropos of nothing, but his father Charles "Chuck" Chamberlain is a legendary figure in the growth of 12-Step Recovery in Southern California. "A New Pair of Glasses", a book compiling some of his talks, was almost required reading among newcomers for decades.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
On Opening Day, let's remember the great Dizzy Dean, blazing fastballer and all-around goofball for the Cardinals. Game 4 of the 1934 World Series, Dean on the mound gets beaned by a comebacker. Cleared after tests at the hospital, the next day's headline was "X-Rays Of Dean's Head Show Nothing".
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Now that DeJoy has flown the coop, who will the next Postmaster be?
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Bill Mauldin's WWII cartoons celebrated the ordinary GI and were beloved by infantrymen. Despite Patton calling him an "unpatriotic anarchist", he won two Pulitzers. Thanks for posting!
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
As opening day nears, let's remember the tale of Clarence "Climax" Blethen. Playing for the Knoxville Smokies in 1933 Blethen singled, and on the way to 1st he put his dentures in his back pocket. Trying to steal 2nd he slid and the dentures bit him so deeply he had to leave the game. Play ball!
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Eugene Pallette is one of those actors that, if he didn't exist, someone would have to invent him. In his early (and more svelte) career he was a great silent movie villain.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Bickford is one of my all-time favorites. From 1953-55 he hosted "The Man Behind The Badge" on CBS. "Woman on the Beach" (1947) with Robert Ryan and Joan Bennett is a gem.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Today is my sobriety birthday. 13,515 days, one day at a time. Life is good.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
I did! Put me in mind of the Get Smart episode where Smart and 99 travel to Mexico to rescue the Tequila Mockingbird.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
They'll open it Christmas Day.
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Emile Barrios @emilebee.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Happy 75th birthday Tom Waits. Too many great songs and lyrics to name, but I think my favorite is from "Grapefruit Moon: "Now I'm smoking cigarettes And I strive for purity." Please post your favorites here.
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