Slog - Comments on Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime The economy seems to be collapsing around us, which makes me a tad nostalgic. Are we going to be seeing former titans of Wall Street wearing barrels and selling apples? I'd like to be there to see the bankers and other money launderers flying out the windows of their offices when the crash takes place. Despair in dark suits, plummeting to the street below! But the rain of suicides probably won't happen. I mean, does any self-respecting financial predator keep their money in the U.S.? I suppose that depends on whether you think Ken Lay is alive or dead. The... Copyright 2008 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:26:15 -0800 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:29:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Skip Hold the presses! That dame's got crackerjack pins! Holy mackerel!

]]> Skip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1075917 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1075917 Life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:41:44 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Ginger Rogers' opening number to Golddiggers of 1933 is the most entertaining thing white people have ever done.

And the pig latin makes my brain melt.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1075941 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1075941 Life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:44:52 -0800 Comment by Fnarf What an adorable face! Ginger Rogers was a goddess.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1075968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1075968 Life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:47:30 -0800 Comment by tiffany it seems like i've see a lot more pregnant women and/or babies lately. i heard this is because when the economy is bad, people loose their jobs and spend more time having sex.

verifiable?

]]> tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076001 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076001 Life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:52:08 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball All those gir...oooops!...WOMEN are so pretty. And you can bet getting cast in that movie meant they could actually eat that month. 1933 fucking sucked for millions of people.

I wish someone would do a Hump that had a tribute to this...

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076014 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076014 Life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:54:07 -0800 Comment by w7ngman So... bankers are money launderers, then?

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076106 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076106 Life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:16:41 -0800 Comment by Amelia Lovely!... Is that Rita-Hayworth-style electrolysis at 1:37?

]]> Amelia http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076134 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076134 Life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:20:41 -0800 Comment by lostboy MM's second photo is the best cheesecake I've seen on Slog in awhile.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076146 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076146 Life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:24:09 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways Ginger Rogers was a very talented lady.

She was also a Red-hunting, right wing, hard line Conservative.

And hairy as a peach.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076261 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076261 Life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:51:21 -0800 Comment by elswinger That's a great picture of Joan Blondell. I grew up remembering her as the old lady bartender on Here Comes The Brides, but back in the 30s she was HOT!

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076366 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076366 Life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:17:34 -0800 Comment by MichaelPgh Golddiggers of 1933 is a classic. Must watch!

]]> MichaelPgh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076758 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076758 Life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:32:45 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore i think the guy with the barrel models for john galliano.

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076939 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1076939 Life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:02:54 -0800 Comment by elswinger #8 That's Joan Blondell. Look her up on the Imdb.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1077111 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1077111 Life Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:05:56 -0800 Comment by GK It won't be as funny when 30% inflation kicks in. (Oh wait! It already has!)

Put all your money in Gold. And no, I'm not a whack-job libertarian, just someone that understands economics.

]]> GK http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1077757 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/buddy_can_you_spare_a_dime#c1077757 Life Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:29:42 -0800