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Thursday, December 15, 2022

THE TWELVE DAYS OF CARDMAS: LAUNDRY EDITION - DAY 3

HERE WE GO, NO SMALL TALK, JUST POSTS. MY FAVORITE RELIC CARDS ARE NON-SPORTS RELIC CARDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN I PULL A SWEET ONE OUT OF A DOLLAR TREE PACK


A FEW YEARS AGO BACK WHEN DOLLAR TREE STILL SOLD TRADING CARDS THE ONES NEAR ME GOT A GIGANTIC PILE OF PANINI NON-SPORTS CARDS. THE PACKS THEY HAD WERE 2015 AMERICANA AND A BEACH BOYS SET. THESE WERE NOT SKIMPY DOLLAR TREE PACKS WITH FOUR BASE CARDS IN THEM EITHER, THEY WERE FULL SIZED HOBBY PACKS. I CARE ABOUT THE BEACH BOYS ABOUT AS MUCH AS I CARE ABOUT HALLMARK HOLIDAY SPECIALS WHICH IS NOTHING. SOME MAY FIND THIS BLASPHEMOUS, AND I ACCEPT THAT. THE BAND DOES NOTHING FOR ME. A CELEBRITY SET WITH LAURA DERN AND ROGER MOORE AND BELA LUGOSI INSERTS IN IT? YEAH, THAT'S MY JAM. I BOUGHT AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF DOLLAR PACKS AND STILL NEVER COMPLETED THE SET. BUT I PULLED A RELIC CARD OF BETTE FRICKIN' DAVIS WITH A LOVELY BLUE SWATCH OF A DRESS THAT PROBABLY SHE WORE SOMETIME SOMEWHERE MAYBE


PULLING A RELIC CARD OF ONE OF THE BEST ACTORS IN THE HISTORY OF EVER FROM A PACK FROM DOLLAR TREE IS ABSURD. EVEN THOUGH I AM A TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES JUNKIE I'M ASHAMED TO SAY I HAVEN'T SEEN MANY OF BETTE'S FLICKS OTHER THAN HER CRAZY OLD LADY ROLES LIKE WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE, HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE AND RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN. I AM A BAD FILM NERD, I SHOULD AT LEAST CHECK OUT NOW, VOYAGER SINCE IT HAS CLAUDE RAINS IN IT. OR HER OSCAR WINNING FILM JEZABEL WHERE SHE CAUSES A GIGANTIC SCANDAL FOR WEARING A RED DRESS. NO, SERIOUSLY. THE HAYES CODE DID SOME WEIRD THINGS TO FILM. ALTHOUGH THE GUARANTEE FROM PANINI ON THE BACK IS WORRYINGLY VAGUE IT'S STILL SOMEWHAT ODD THAT I MIGHT BE HOLDING A PIECE OF BETTE DAVIS' DRESS. THAT'S BASICALLY THE GOLDEN AGE FILM EQUIVALENT OF A LOU GEHRIG JERSEY SWATCH. I WONDER IF GREER GARSON HAS ANY RELIC CARDS? HOLY CRAP SHE DOES



SURELY BETTE DAVIS HAS NATURALLY CURLY HAIR

4 comments:

Brett Alan said...

Wow. A relic of material worn by Bette Davis is insanely cool.

night owl said...

That's bizarre the Dollar Tree would yield something like that. ... But I'd probably be more interested in a Beach Boys relic.

Jafronius said...

Funny, there's no mention of naturally curly hair in that Kim Carnes song.

Fuji said...

I immediately thought of the Carnes song. I'm more familiar with it than I am the actress. Didn't realize she was in Return to Witch Mountain. Loved that movie as a kid and it's nice to now be able to put that famous name to a face.