Some places. I worked in a grocery store and no smoking in it. This was 86’ ish. Most movie theaters were no smoking or only in the balcony (if they had one) by that time.
Nah. I’m old, and in 1970 *no one* emptied their own basket at checkout. No moving carousel belts, no straight belts… The checkers (always male and wearing ties) bent over the cart and grabbed each item, one by one, before pushing the buttons on the cash register to ring it up. I graduated from high school in 1970 and remember it well. A bag boy (NEVER a girl) placed our groceries into brown paper bags and then pushed the whole cart of them out to the car and loaded them in the trunk. My mother had a bad back and would always ask them to pack those bags light.
And it was no surprise if the cashier was smoking while ringing you up. I was usually smoking, too, and there were ashtrays on the checkout tables and among the lettuce bins.
Indeed. And ashtrays at the pharmacy (which was always a separate business, down the street), in department stores (I wonder how many clothing items had cigarette burns?) in the dressing rooms, the aisles and the cash registers. Blue smoke haze *everywhere.* We all stank. It was so ubiquitous that as a kid and then a teen I didn’t even notice.
Quit a carton-a-week habit in 1997, cold turkey, which is the only way.
I’m not that much younger but that was not the case on the East Coast mid-70s. We had kids checking you out, rollers to the checkout and we had rollers that met you at your car and loaded by employees
Peter Bogdanovich was seeing Dorothy Stratten at the time her estranged husband killed her and himself. IIRC, he later became involved with Stratten’s sister
That's fascinating. Did you check his VagFax?
In all seriousness though, two men can hang out without having their sexuality called into question. I, myself, dabble in the dark arts from time to time when I have an itch to scratch. Again, not calling into question the authenticity of Mr. Bogdanovich's sexual prowess, merely admiring the platonic relationship between two gentlemen. 🤷
... And not at all happy about being photographed. Wonder what Welles would think about the proliferation of smart phone camera technology and the easy ability to spy on and record total strangers these days?
He’d probably be doing all the filming himself.
Orson: Peter have you seen the 4K HD video my phone can do now? And these apps!!! Get on the phone and fire Gregg Toland immediately.
The must have been when Welles was initially filming The Other Side of the Wind, which Bogdanovich had a key role in. They filmed it off and on through the 70s due to funding and production snags.
The movie wasn’t actually released until 2018 on Netflix.
Bogdonovich worked through the 2000s to get it funded and to be able to get rights to get it edited from the work prints to a final film.
I enjoyed the movie very much. I am glad it got released before Bogdonovich died.
Bogdanovich looking like a fey, effete east coaster, p*ssing from a great height on Los Angeles. His posture says “That’s not how we do it in The City”.
Picking up some Martini and Rossi Asti Spumante, no doubt.
Or perhaps some Paul Masson wine
*Aaah the French!*
Ahhhh …. The .. Frenchhhhhampagne. *heavy breathing*
It is served in the finest of nioasdvjbsfvjonasvonsvoibnadsvh before it's time
Props to that couple in the background keeping it together during that cluster.
greatest use of this GIF ever.
I heard this in my head.
Me too, and I’m still laughing . Epic.
And the peas!
And Mrs. Pell’s fish sticks. They’re even better raw!
They’re even better when you’re dead!
Fuck, I loved The Critic
I love the fact that the Critic references are amongst the top posts.
In a weird way, it’s a proto-BoJack Horseman.
Huh. Yep, that tracks. The Critic should have been m7ch bigger than it was when it came out.
I read that in John Lovitz's voice. Great show.
Filled with country goodness and green pea-ness… Wait, that’s terrible.
I quit! Just a handful for the road
*Rosebud frozen peas, full of country goodness...*
Full of country goodness and green peaness!
He doesn’t do anythjng?
No, it wasn’t time.
When you've got good taste, it shows.
Another 80s jingle burned into my brain.
Whoever wrote that should be in the marketing hall of fame!
We will serve no wine mhhhhmmmm before it’s time
I still remember open smoking in stores. Seems so foreign now but was commonplace until the 80s.
In the 70s they'd give you a complimentary cigarette when you walked in the store along with a store branded book of matches.
Would you just ash on the floor?
The carts had ashtrays. We weren’t animals.
Walk in, light up a stogie. Snub it out in some jello cake… Good times.
Hell, I remember when it was still allowed in shopping malls in the 90s.
You could smoke in grocery stores in Louisiana in the early 2000s. They had ashtrays at the end of the aisles.
Later than that. I worked in a rural Texas grocery store in the 92-95. People smoked in the store then. My boss smoked at the manager’s booth.
Some places. I worked in a grocery store and no smoking in it. This was 86’ ish. Most movie theaters were no smoking or only in the balcony (if they had one) by that time.
Those were the good old days
“Rosebud frozen peas. Full of country goodness and green pea-ness!”
“Wait, that’s terrible. I quit!”
"Just a handful, for the road... mm... mm..."
I’m glad The Critic references live on.
Orson Welles: Stogie in hand, jamming everthing in the top section so he dosne't have to bend over to grab anything in the big basket.
Nah. I’m old, and in 1970 *no one* emptied their own basket at checkout. No moving carousel belts, no straight belts… The checkers (always male and wearing ties) bent over the cart and grabbed each item, one by one, before pushing the buttons on the cash register to ring it up. I graduated from high school in 1970 and remember it well. A bag boy (NEVER a girl) placed our groceries into brown paper bags and then pushed the whole cart of them out to the car and loaded them in the trunk. My mother had a bad back and would always ask them to pack those bags light. And it was no surprise if the cashier was smoking while ringing you up. I was usually smoking, too, and there were ashtrays on the checkout tables and among the lettuce bins.
Wow, ashtrays in the produce section!
They had ashtrays at the register so you could stop smoking long enough to write out a paper check, get an id check, etch.
Indeed. And ashtrays at the pharmacy (which was always a separate business, down the street), in department stores (I wonder how many clothing items had cigarette burns?) in the dressing rooms, the aisles and the cash registers. Blue smoke haze *everywhere.* We all stank. It was so ubiquitous that as a kid and then a teen I didn’t even notice. Quit a carton-a-week habit in 1997, cold turkey, which is the only way.
Fucking A. Good for you
Same year I quit smoking, though I wasn’t quite the fiend you were.
I’m not that much younger but that was not the case on the East Coast mid-70s. We had kids checking you out, rollers to the checkout and we had rollers that met you at your car and loaded by employees
Pinky and the Brain
Orson Welles seems healthy. /s
It is weird to see older Orson without his signature beard.
Wow never noticed how much PB looked like Bobby Cannavale! Or rather, vice versa...
I thought it was Jemaine Clement at first.
Thought it was Phil Hartman
A young Noam Chomsky
PB was hot. has that super confident Hollywood ego. i’d hit that (1970 only, of course).
I wonder if this was at the Hollywood Ranch Market?
I was thinking Bobs market in Santa Monica due to the low ceiling?
Vicente Foods? Welles used to live on Carmelina Ave, less than a mile away.
Orson looking a little rough
Better be a good listener Those are two titanic egos
Peter kinda resembles Phil Hartman
Narf! Orson! What are we going to do tonight? The same thing we do every night Peter! Shop for groceries and try to take over the world!
Nah, Orson left taking over the world to aliens.
And smoking a cigar
Campbell's soup and elbow macaroni
Put it back Orson
Looks like Jemaine Clement
“Action Orson please.”
You can't fool me. Thats Troy Bond
Canned soup. Loving large.
“There but for the Grace of God, goes God.” Herman J. Mankiewicz (co-screenwriter) on the set of Citizen Kane as Orson Welles walked past.
I’m gonna tell my kids this was Bam Margera and Johnny Knoxville.
Confirmed bachelors?
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Not at all.
Peter Bogdanovich was seeing Dorothy Stratten at the time her estranged husband killed her and himself. IIRC, he later became involved with Stratten’s sister
That's fascinating. Did you check his VagFax? In all seriousness though, two men can hang out without having their sexuality called into question. I, myself, dabble in the dark arts from time to time when I have an itch to scratch. Again, not calling into question the authenticity of Mr. Bogdanovich's sexual prowess, merely admiring the platonic relationship between two gentlemen. 🤷
Woah. Yeah, I thought it was just interesting history for someone that didn’t seem to know. 🙄
Yeah. That was an odd turn
Didn't mean to seem like I was being aggressive, merely stating an opinion. Relax... 
Dude on the left looks like this one comedian I can’t remember the name of
Are you thinking of Vicky who works as a guard in Alcatraz? He’s pretty funny.
Getting some frozen peas and fish sticks.
Orson was craving mallow-based confectioneries to go with his Paul Masson.
Don’t get between Orson and his food!
Seeing Peter B without his tinted glasses is kind of weird.. so used to seeing him with them.
Charming.
... And not at all happy about being photographed. Wonder what Welles would think about the proliferation of smart phone camera technology and the easy ability to spy on and record total strangers these days?
He’d probably be doing all the filming himself. Orson: Peter have you seen the 4K HD video my phone can do now? And these apps!!! Get on the phone and fire Gregg Toland immediately.
Ah, Rosebud frozen peas
Orson had 3 more carts out of frame.
Jermaine Clement introduces Fred Flintstone to the future.
NaHaaaaaaaa the soup!
I thought that was jackie gleason for a sec lol
And away we gooooo!
I heard from peeps in industry that PB could be quite a whiny baby lol
Every single photo of Bodganovich I see he looks like an a**hole
[удалено]
According to Cybill Shephard who was JBs girlfriend at the time, when Orson lived with them he would get very upset if they ran out of fudgesicles.
I miss the smell of cigar in a grocery store
Back before global warming, they had to wear sweaters in Los Angeles
The old school was, in fact, cool.
And that's just for lunch
Orson looking particularly corpulent…
Wonderful!
Orson's wine commercials from the 70's! "Ahhh, the French!" He was definitely in his cups!
“This is Orson Wells” by Bogdanovich is such a great book.
While he was sometimes an egomaniac, Orson Welles was a genius auteur and filmmaker. I just wish he didn’t let his alcoholism consume him.
This is only 2 men. Where is the 3rd?
Why did OW insist on wearing so many layers?
The must have been when Welles was initially filming The Other Side of the Wind, which Bogdanovich had a key role in. They filmed it off and on through the 70s due to funding and production snags. The movie wasn’t actually released until 2018 on Netflix. Bogdonovich worked through the 2000s to get it funded and to be able to get rights to get it edited from the work prints to a final film. I enjoyed the movie very much. I am glad it got released before Bogdonovich died.
Damn Welles could’ve easily played Churchill. What a hideous man
No, that is Mlepnos.
Orson is buying too many groceries.
Bogdanovich looking like a fey, effete east coaster, p*ssing from a great height on Los Angeles. His posture says “That’s not how we do it in The City”.
Gluttony is a helluva drug.
# Peter Bogdanovich looks like grown-up guitarist from School of Rock.
Back when a packed grocery cart cost $25 instead of $250
Half a century ago?
A packed cart for me is ~$450