Printed 110 years ago today in The Day Book of Chicago Illinois: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/iune/batch_iune_golf_ver01/data/sn83045487/00280761291/1914090701/0164.pdf

Besides the two posted so far, the Library of Congress has another two E. True cartoons printed September 7, 1914:

• in The Seattle Star, he smacks down a lawyer: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/wa/batch_wa_lacamas_ver01/data/sn87093407/0020029063A/1914090701/0276.pdf
• in The Detroit Times, he outbursts against rich people stuck in Europe due to the war: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/mimtptc/batch_mimtptc_ingalls_ver01/data/sn83016689/00279552039/1914090701/0739.pdf

This was printed 110 years ago today, in the Tacoma Times: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/wa/batch_wa_fir_ver01/data/sn88085187/00211108381/1914090701/0687.pdf

It was a Monday, Labor Day for that year. Elsewhere on that page is a cartoon referencing the war in Europe that had just started:

That war would eventually be called World War I. People killed or wounded: around 40 million.

Via !fullmoviesonyoutube@lemm.ee, from the movie Road House:

• https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x90a14g
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_House_(1989_film)

Intro by Rolando: I recently compared Jim Woodring to @pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org's work on !unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org, and @JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee suggested I post something here about it, since pmjv's European. So here is a cross-post of one of pmjv's more accessible pieces. For more info about what's going on, see: https://analognowhere.com/log/2022-04-30/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/21198712

This is a TV movie about a high-school girl who has a problem with alcohol. It's not a bad example of the "after school special" genre, but it's mainly interesting because of the actors in it.

Mark Hamill plays the boyfriend of the main character. This was a couple years before Star Wars (and far, far away from the abominations that Disney would later produce).

Linda Blair plays the main character; she'd recently starred in The Exorcist, had been doing a number of supporting roles in films, and would go on to make a series of horror films.

Other actors of interest include Larry Hagman who had a number of other successful TV roles such as "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Dallas", and William Daniels who did the voice of KITT the talking car in Knight Rider.

Other than that, the "70s mood" abounds...

• The link from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvcXvkJwORY It has Italian subtitles, but they're not embedded, you can turn them off.
• Look for an Invidious instance: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=EvcXvkJwORY
• For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_T._%E2%80%93_Portrait_of_a_Teenage_Alcoholic

edit: BONUS FILM: "Cocaine: One Man's Seduction" (1983 480p) - another TV movie, this time about the perils of powder cocaine. James Spader plays a supporting character in an early role.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToLYAzOwiqY
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine:_One_Man%27s_Seduction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insane_Clown_Posse

Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. ... The film, based on Stone's experience from the [Vietnam] war, follows a new U.S. Army volunteer (Sheen) serving in Vietnam while his Platoon Sergeant and his Squad Leader (Berenger and Dafoe) argue over the morality in the platoon and of the war itself. ...

...On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 89% based on 120 reviews, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Informed by director Oliver Stone's personal experiences in Vietnam, Platoon forgoes easy sermonizing in favor of a harrowing, ground-level view of war, bolstered by no-holds-barred performances from Charlie Sheen and Willem Dafoe."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon_(film)

• English dub (the link from above): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8qqdwf
• Spanish dub? (I haven't watched it): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8r6zo2
• German dub? (I haven't watched it): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x93kduo

This was printed in "The West Virginian" of Fairmont West Virginia 104 years ago today.

I don't know how cartoon syndication worked back then, but the Library of Congress has four E-Tru comics that came out on Sept 2 1920:

• Daily Graphic of Pine Bluff Arkansas https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/arhi/batch_arhi_littlefeat_ver01/data/sn89051168/00393343552/1920090201/0725.pdf posted here earlier today.
• The West Virginian of Fairmont West Virginia https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/wvu/batch_wvu_rollins_ver01/data/sn86072054/00415660522/1920090201/0020.pdf this one here. The original as scanned in the LOC is kinda faded, so I messed with the Contrast and Brightness a bit.
• The Daily East Oregonian of Pendleton, Oregon https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/oru/batch_oru_cooper_ver01/data/sn88086023/00295868831/1920090201/0859.pdf took me a while to figure out what this one meant
• Imperial Valley Press of El Centro California https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/curiv/batch_curiv_noblefir_ver01/data/sn92070146/00414189635/1920090201/0447.pdf a nice initial illustration, and E-Tru's post-Outburst contemplation has a fascinating grammatical structure, but I think most people would not like it. The page has a bunch of classifieds, which are always interesting.

I don't know how cartoon syndication worked back then, but this was printed in the Daily Graphic of Pine Bluff Arkansas on September 2, 1920, exactly 104 years ago today.

According to the rest of the newspaper page, there was a 49 cent sale on cloth for making kid's "back to school" clothing:

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/arhi/batch_arhi_littlefeat_ver01/data/sn89051168/00393343552/1920090201/0725.pdf

This cartoon was printed 110 years ago today on September 1, 1914.

World War 1 was in progress, though it wasn't called that yet. On the Western Front, Imperial Germany's invasion was underway and the French and British armies had been in retreat for almost a week. Among the engagements of this day was a skirmish near Néry, where a dismounted British cavalry division fought a dismounted German cavalry division. The outnumbered British forces prevailed, and three British soldiers were later awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross. The French and British forces continued to retreat, but they were doing so in an orderly manner, and in a few days they would be ready to counterattack in one of the most significant battles of the century.

Meanwhile, in rapidly-urbanizing America, Everett True was beginning to wonder if cars were a good idea after all.

Rocky III holds a score of 66% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 44 reviews, with an average of 5.7/10. The film's consensus reads, "It's noticeably subject to the law of diminishing returns, but Rocky III still has enough brawny spectacle to stand in the ring with the franchise's better entries". ... Gene Siskel gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "Sorry to say this, but there's not anything new in Rocky III, and we sit there wondering why it exists."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_III

OK, I'll tell you why it exists.

A. Hulk Hogan. Sure, the guy's made racist, homophobic, and pro-Trump comments. But this movie came out before any of that, and every second he's on screen is magic.

B. Mr. T. I pity the fool who hasn't seen him in action. Playing a character with as much personality as Clubber Lang takes effort, hard-earned skill, and raw talent.

C. Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed, teaming up with Rocky, lending him his boxer shorts, taking him to train in LA and dropping some fundamental knowledge including:

D. The Eye of the Tiger. The king of all training montage sountracks. If you're preparing for something and this comes on, you know you can't fail.

There's also a fun "Rocky being successful" montage where he goes on the Muppet Show and poses with motorcycles while Clubber Lang prepares to beat him down. And some great supporting roles from Burt Young and Burgess Meredith. Besides that, sure, it's a formula Rocky film but there's nothing wrong with that.

When someone praises Reddit on Lemmy:

• https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x91wziq - the link from above
• https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x902lne - Spanish dub
• https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8vkam4 - Portuguese dub

BONUS FILM

Over the Top (1987) - Stallone plays a trucker single father who bonds with his kid over the sport of arm-wrestling

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyVokX7JnEU (360p)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-BBgKzcWO8 (1440p) - another link, this one's higher-res visually but the other one has better sound, go figure
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Top_(1987_film)

I know this much is True: https://www.loc.gov/collections/chronicling-america/?qs=outbursts+of+everett+true&ops=%7E5&searchType=advanced&dl=page&start_date=1905-01-01&end_date=1963-10-31&sb=date