"One dog goes one way and the other dog goes the other way."
August 5, 2015 8:08 PM Subscribe
It starts with one of cinema's most famous paintings (you may have seen it before), but it doesn't end there. Guardian contributor Alex Godfrey does a little investigating into a famous movie prop and discovers the life of its subject, John Weaving.
That just made me deliriously happy.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 8:57 PM on August 5, 2015
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 8:57 PM on August 5, 2015
This was a really good rabbit hole.
And Morrie's Wigs!
posted by mazola at 11:22 PM on August 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
And Morrie's Wigs!
posted by mazola at 11:22 PM on August 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
That was great! And a special shout out to Brocky (West) and Twiggy (East).
For $2 you can buy the back issue of National Geographic where "Where the Shannon River Flows" appears; a bargain for Goodfellas fans.
I also found a great page collecting pictures of women who featured in the magazine back in 1978 - including this picture of a women at Ballinasloe fair - from the from the River Shannon article and also taken by Adam Woolfitt.
posted by rongorongo at 3:02 AM on August 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
For $2 you can buy the back issue of National Geographic where "Where the Shannon River Flows" appears; a bargain for Goodfellas fans.
I also found a great page collecting pictures of women who featured in the magazine back in 1978 - including this picture of a women at Ballinasloe fair - from the from the River Shannon article and also taken by Adam Woolfitt.
posted by rongorongo at 3:02 AM on August 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
I also found a great page collecting pictures of women who featured in the magazine back in 1978.
I'm not this guy -- I'm a huge nerd and enthusiast of all things digital -- but looking back at old issues of NatGeo, I have to say that I think we may be losing something in the move away from film SLRs.
posted by The Bellman at 6:14 AM on August 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm not this guy -- I'm a huge nerd and enthusiast of all things digital -- but looking back at old issues of NatGeo, I have to say that I think we may be losing something in the move away from film SLRs.
posted by The Bellman at 6:14 AM on August 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
Does anyone want to take a stab at what breed of dog these are? They resemble my mutt pretty closely.
posted by oneironaut at 6:34 AM on August 6, 2015
posted by oneironaut at 6:34 AM on August 6, 2015
Brocky and Twiggy! Very good looking dogs.
Some kind of Staffordshire bull terrier and lab mix that hasn't been over-bred for stockiness?
posted by Squeak Attack at 7:22 AM on August 6, 2015
Some kind of Staffordshire bull terrier and lab mix that hasn't been over-bred for stockiness?
posted by Squeak Attack at 7:22 AM on August 6, 2015
"Oh, I like this one... One dog goes one way, the other dog goes the other way, and this guy's sayin', "Whadda ya want from me?'"
I'll show myself out.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 7:39 AM on August 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
I'll show myself out.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 7:39 AM on August 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
Alonzomosleyfbi - thanks so much for posting this. I love 'down the rabbit hole' web discoveries and this was a doozy of one. And rongorongo, thanks for your link because I feel like starting my own rabbit hole trail, finding out what has become of some of the other people featured in that 1978 National Geographic.
posted by SA456 at 7:25 PM on August 6, 2015
posted by SA456 at 7:25 PM on August 6, 2015
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