Harry Stephen Keeler
@harryskeeler.bsky.social
A million stories are trembling to be crystallized on the black ribbon of the typewriter. Located in Chicago, London of the West. Portrait by Al Hirschfeld. Join the Keeler Society: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/keeler/join.html
Pinned
Me, I’m jest a dumbdora, I guess, makin’ her livin’ anklin’ over a waxed floor with all th’ apple-knockers, brush-apes, brooksies an’ sponge-cakes in th’ whole world, but I ain’t a clothesline. A snitcher. See? Never was--an’ ain’t beginnin’ now.
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I firmly believe you should not do “of all time“ unless you mean it, and Best Pop Songs of All Time could only be improved by Akkadian and Sumerian
youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs
youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs
The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian
YouTube video by Peter Pringle
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November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I firmly believe you should not do “of all time“ unless you mean it, and Best Pop Songs of All Time could only be improved by Akkadian and Sumerian
youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs
youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs
MAKES YOU VIEW LIFE THROUGH GLORIOUS COLOURS
GIVES TONE TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
IS NOT COMPOUNDED MYSTERIOUSLY
MAKES YOU SING A SONG INSTEAD OF MOPE
MADE OF HEALTHFUL HERBS — NOT DRUGS
GIVES TONE TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
IS NOT COMPOUNDED MYSTERIOUSLY
MAKES YOU SING A SONG INSTEAD OF MOPE
MADE OF HEALTHFUL HERBS — NOT DRUGS
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
MAKES YOU VIEW LIFE THROUGH GLORIOUS COLOURS
GIVES TONE TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
IS NOT COMPOUNDED MYSTERIOUSLY
MAKES YOU SING A SONG INSTEAD OF MOPE
MADE OF HEALTHFUL HERBS — NOT DRUGS
GIVES TONE TO YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
IS NOT COMPOUNDED MYSTERIOUSLY
MAKES YOU SING A SONG INSTEAD OF MOPE
MADE OF HEALTHFUL HERBS — NOT DRUGS
DIGBY MIDDLETON’S OFFERING SUPREME
THE AMAZING TONIC
ON SALE AT ALL GOOD CHICAGO DRUG STORES FROM
THE LAKE TO OAK PARK. HAVE YOUR DRUGGIST
WRAP YOU UP A BOTTLE.
THE AMAZING TONIC
ON SALE AT ALL GOOD CHICAGO DRUG STORES FROM
THE LAKE TO OAK PARK. HAVE YOUR DRUGGIST
WRAP YOU UP A BOTTLE.
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
DIGBY MIDDLETON’S OFFERING SUPREME
THE AMAZING TONIC
ON SALE AT ALL GOOD CHICAGO DRUG STORES FROM
THE LAKE TO OAK PARK. HAVE YOUR DRUGGIST
WRAP YOU UP A BOTTLE.
THE AMAZING TONIC
ON SALE AT ALL GOOD CHICAGO DRUG STORES FROM
THE LAKE TO OAK PARK. HAVE YOUR DRUGGIST
WRAP YOU UP A BOTTLE.
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[Chai Hong, Korean-American silent comedian, billed as "Charlie of the Orient," was born November 26, 1885. I don't know if any of his starring shorts have survived; he's glimpsable in Larry Semon's THE STAR BOARDER.]
November 26, 2023 at 5:35 PM
[Chai Hong, Korean-American silent comedian, billed as "Charlie of the Orient," was born November 26, 1885. I don't know if any of his starring shorts have survived; he's glimpsable in Larry Semon's THE STAR BOARDER.]
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“Should we like to live for ever?” said Hamish
“Yes, if we did so,” said his brother. “Our being would be adapted to it.”
“Yes, if we did so,” said his brother. “Our being would be adapted to it.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“Should we like to live for ever?” said Hamish
“Yes, if we did so,” said his brother. “Our being would be adapted to it.”
“Yes, if we did so,” said his brother. “Our being would be adapted to it.”
Miss Nipperhouse made the faintest ghost of a moue, as of one who was a little tired, at times, of such adjectives as “bally” and “bloomin.’”
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Miss Nipperhouse made the faintest ghost of a moue, as of one who was a little tired, at times, of such adjectives as “bally” and “bloomin.’”
[Artist and writer P. D. Eastman, BOTD in 1909, worked on Disney and WB cartoons, and Private Snafu, and Mr. Magoo, and Gerald McBoing-Boing, and Tom Terrific, and went on to create Go, Dog, Go! His son Tony animated Beavis and Butthead.]
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
[Artist and writer P. D. Eastman, BOTD in 1909, worked on Disney and WB cartoons, and Private Snafu, and Mr. Magoo, and Gerald McBoing-Boing, and Tom Terrific, and went on to create Go, Dog, Go! His son Tony animated Beavis and Butthead.]
[Happy Evacuation Day!]
This is a Very Good Time to Revive Evacuation Day
Happy Evacuation Day! You may be surprised to learn that its has nothing to do with promoting colon health. November 25, 1783 was the day that the British finally departed from New York City, and h…
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November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
[Happy Evacuation Day!]
[Happy 99th birthday to Terry Kilburn, who said "God bless us, every one" in A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938) and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" in GOODBYE MR. CHIPS (1939). In 1958 he appeared in FIEND WITHOUT A FACE.]
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
[Happy 99th birthday to Terry Kilburn, who said "God bless us, every one" in A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938) and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" in GOODBYE MR. CHIPS (1939). In 1958 he appeared in FIEND WITHOUT A FACE.]
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yo, this rocks so far
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
yo, this rocks so far
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Some of you seem to have failed to cultivate a thirst for vengeance. It's not how I raised you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Some of you seem to have failed to cultivate a thirst for vengeance. It's not how I raised you.
[David Alexander Newell, Mr. McFeely on Mister Rogers, celebrates his 87th birthday today. Speedy delivery!]
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
[David Alexander Newell, Mr. McFeely on Mister Rogers, celebrates his 87th birthday today. Speedy delivery!]
[RIP Jimmy Cliff, 81]
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
[RIP Jimmy Cliff, 81]
[The first episode of Sneak Previews, starring Harry Stephen Keeler fan Roger Ebert, was broadcast 50 years ago today.]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI9E...
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Sneak Previews Introduction (1978)
YouTube video by Blake Patterson
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November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
[The first episode of Sneak Previews, starring Harry Stephen Keeler fan Roger Ebert, was broadcast 50 years ago today.]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI9E...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI9E...
[And two bottles of Smirnoff. HONK! Make that three bottles of Smirnoff.]
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
[And two bottles of Smirnoff. HONK! Make that three bottles of Smirnoff.]
[Harpo Marx was born Adolf (later Arthur) Marx on this day in 1888. Circa HORSE FEATHERS he was handing out nude photographs of himself as a gag; one was auctioned recently for $5,760. You can see it here, but I've warned you. (Thanks Teakagee!)]
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November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
[Harpo Marx was born Adolf (later Arthur) Marx on this day in 1888. Circa HORSE FEATHERS he was handing out nude photographs of himself as a gag; one was auctioned recently for $5,760. You can see it here, but I've warned you. (Thanks Teakagee!)]
bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/...
bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/...
Read and weep--for George T. Clarvoe! Standing this day between Scurilla and Charybibydis.
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Read and weep--for George T. Clarvoe! Standing this day between Scurilla and Charybibydis.
[For the birthday of William Henry Pratt. The Red Skelton Hour, with Vincent Price and Boris Karloff, unseen since 9/24/1968. With months to live, Boris is active and even does a Frankenstein walk. Introducing Spanky Wilson!]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKE0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKE0...
Red Skelton Hour 1968-09-24 with Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and introducing Spanky Wilson
YouTube video by Red Skelton Museum
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November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
[For the birthday of William Henry Pratt. The Red Skelton Hour, with Vincent Price and Boris Karloff, unseen since 9/24/1968. With months to live, Boris is active and even does a Frankenstein walk. Introducing Spanky Wilson!]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKE0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKE0...
["Which murderer whistled in anticipation of the crime?" Boris Karloff gets this question in a filmed 1941 game show, "Information Please."]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcUJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcUJ...
INFORMATION PLEASE: SERIES 2, NO. 12 [1941] - Boris Karloff
YouTube video by Geno's House of Rare Films
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November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
["Which murderer whistled in anticipation of the crime?" Boris Karloff gets this question in a filmed 1941 game show, "Information Please."]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcUJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcUJ...
[When winter comes with snow and sleet
And me with hunger and cold feet
Who says, "Here's twenty-five cents, go ahead and get somethin' to eat?"
Nobody!]
And me with hunger and cold feet
Who says, "Here's twenty-five cents, go ahead and get somethin' to eat?"
Nobody!]
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
[When winter comes with snow and sleet
And me with hunger and cold feet
Who says, "Here's twenty-five cents, go ahead and get somethin' to eat?"
Nobody!]
And me with hunger and cold feet
Who says, "Here's twenty-five cents, go ahead and get somethin' to eat?"
Nobody!]
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With its various and playful explorations of authenticity — "found documents", metafictional games with readers, etc. — The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824) by James Hogg, anticipates some of postmodernism's best trickery: http://buff.ly/2p3UZIt
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
With its various and playful explorations of authenticity — "found documents", metafictional games with readers, etc. — The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824) by James Hogg, anticipates some of postmodernism's best trickery: http://buff.ly/2p3UZIt
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Of all the lost genres of fiction, I truly believe it's zeppelin stories that most deserve another shot in the limelight.
["For all my seemingly sometimes rattlebrained manner, I am actually deathly sincere and serious about my writing... Am only happy--my only real happiness--at the machine." Noir author Gil Brewer was BOTD in 1922. His father, also Gil Brewer, wrote "The Gorilla of the Gasbags" for Zeppelin Stories!]
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Of all the lost genres of fiction, I truly believe it's zeppelin stories that most deserve another shot in the limelight.
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I’ve posted this before. One of my favorite paragraphs / panels ever.
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I’ve posted this before. One of my favorite paragraphs / panels ever.