My birthday song, my happy world (Part 390)...

 Badass Birthday

On this date, in 1947 in New York, New York, Michael McKean was born. 

Michael McKean is best known for and will always be known for the roll of Lennie Kosnowski on Laverne & Shirley in the late 70s/early 80s.   He is, in fact, the last surviving member of the original 7 member main cast. 

He's also was on two forgettable seasons of Saturday Night Love and in a particularly stupid and pointless episode of Star Trek Voyager (and with that series, that's really saying something!).  He also appeared in 4 episodes of The X-Files, a bunch of episodes of Better Call Saul, and 5 episodes of the fabulous The Diplomat. 

On film, he's of course played Mr. Green in the hilarious Clue: The Movie, as well as playing parts in This Is Spinal Tap!, Best In Show, The Brady Bunch Movie.  

Even on stage, he's been Edna Turnblad on Hairspray among other roles. 

He's been nominated for an Emmy and an Oscar and won a Grammy (the last two for a song he wrote for a movie). 

His multiple talents show him to be a badass!

POLT

My baby's got a secret (Part 1015)....

 Secret Saturdays

These come each week from www.postsecret.com 

This week we have Golf Secrets!

POLT

I would not sell my collection, for if I did, I would cry (Part 131)....

 Today In The History of Polt's Comic Book Collection

Today, we travel back 51 years to October of 1975 and the first issue of Marvel's short-lived series The Champions!

I did not buy this one off the rack (I was only 7 years old) I either didn't see this issue or the cover didn't appeal to me.  At the time I was mainly getting Lil Archie or Scooby Doo comics books and sometimes, I get some DC comics that had member of the Super Friends TV shows on the cover.  

I did acquire all 17 issues of the series over the years, mainly just to have them all.  The Champions were always a weird team.  First, it's the membership: 2 former X-Men (Angel and Iceman), 2 former second tier Avengers (Black Widow and Hercules) and for whatever reason, Ghost Rider as well!   It didn't make a lot of sense as most of these characters hadn't even been seen together before. 

Also, the team was based in Los Angeles, the first team in Marvel Comics to NOT be in the New York City area.  And also, the creative teams were not stable.  Writers and artists came and went, sometimes only doing one issue and moving on.  It's difficult to get any kind of continuity or characterization when you have different people working on it month by month.  And that was evident when you read the issues in the series. 

The group HAD potential, and they were in the process of increasing their membership (the Russian heroine Darkstar and the size changing Black Goliath had guest starred in latter issues), but the series was canceled before they officially joined.   

But I got them because I liked the mutant members and all the series wasn't popular so the individual issues weren't expensive to get. 

POLT

Ring my ears and sting my eyes, you're Spanish lullaby (Part 16)...

 Hispanic Heroes Month

Ghost Rider

Roberto "Robbie" Reyes was a mechanic in a gang infested region of Los Angeles.  He 'borrowed' a car from work to enter in a race and while driving it, he was gunned down by gang members.  He was revived by a spirit who told him he, the spirit, had been killed by gang members too, and he offered to help Robbie bring justice to them.  Robbie agreed.  He was actually the fifth person to go by the name Ghost Rider.

The spirit possessed the car and would, as needed, possess Robbie too.  He granted all kinds of power to Robbie, including magical hellfire, toughness, strength, enhanced senses, among others.  Robbie, and his car, have traveled Los Angeles handling gang members, as needed. 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5756)...

 Check This Out!

BWAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

But he only "hires the best people" remember? 

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 4216)...

 MAPS!

Today we have an isometric map show the Mausoleum of Broken Hopes.

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4610)...

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by an unknown artist, we have a bunch of the Legion Of Super-Heroes, and Superboy, right around the time he joined the team. 

In back: Colossal Boy, all three bodies of Triplicate Girl, Invisible Kid

Middle: Cosmic Boy, Brainiac 5, Lightning Lad

In front; Saturn Girl, Superboy, Phantom Girl

Missing: Chameleon Boy, Supergirl, Star Boy

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And today we also have a Gambit cosplayer, complete with quarterstaff and energized playing card.

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 1910)...

 Where To Put It? 

And so this sexy gym goer, where should he go?  Fetching Faces?  Shirtless Mondays?  Thursday Thighs?  Check This Out!? 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5755)...

 Check This Out!

Yep, it's just about that time.....

POLT

Out of control, cause this dog ain't new (Part 706)...

 Heavenly Hounds

He's such a smart, good boy!

POLT

Latex thongs, licorice whips, strap it on (Part 267).....

 Mankini Men

POLT

That night in Toronto, with it's checkerboard floor (Part 151)...

 Toronto Time

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5754).......

 Check This Out!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4609)...

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by someone named Bob Haines, we have the founding members of the Avengers!

The Hulk, Wasp, Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man

POLT

It's so cool to be uncool (Part 815)...

 What's Cool? 

You think you're cool?  Well you'll never be as cool as...Rocky Graziano....Maharishi....Yogurt....album? 

WTF???

No, no, I think I'm wrong, you are OBVIOUSLY cooler than whatever the fuck THIS is!

POLT

The truth is I never left you (Part 1814)...

 TRUTH In Spite Of Convicted Felon Mar-A-Taco tRump

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5753)...

 Check This Out!

Yep, looks about right to me.  And that's just the piles in my living room! 

POLT

My birthday song, my happy world (Part 389)....

 Badass Birthday 

On this date, in 1854 in Dublin, Ireland, Oscar Wilde was born.

Oscar Wilde was a poet, playwright and bon vivant known for his wit and flamboyant style and personality.    In addition to his numerous poems he wrote several stage plays, including Salome and The Importance Of Being Earnest and also wrote novels like The Picture Of Dorian Gray.   Despite his success, his career was overshadowed by a criminal conviction for gross indecency (aka being a homosexual) and sentenced to imprisonment and exile.   While in jail and later exiled, he continued to write and publish his works. 

He died in 1900 from meningitis, at the age of 46.  He died famous, a gay icon and forefather and a badass. 

POLT

Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me (Part 929)...

 Frenching Fridays

This week, we have Kisses While Shirtless And Holding Hands!

POLT

Ring through my ears and sting my eyes, your Spanish lullaby (Part 15)...

 Hispanic Heroes Month

Gangbuster

Jose Delgado was a teacher in "Suicide Slum" of Metropolis.  He participated in boxing and martial arts while in college and continued after gradation.  Fearing for his students being menaced by gang members, Jose donned a costume and used his physical skills to take on the gangs to keep his students safe. 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5752)...

Check This Out!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4608)...

 Superhero Anydays

No idea of the artist, but it's a great rendition of The Watchmen!

Clockwise from front: Rorschach, Ozymandias, Comedian, Dr. Manhattan, Nite Owl (with the Owl ship in the upper right), and Silk Spectre. 

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And today we have some mutant Marvel cosplayers at a convention somewhere: Gambit, Rogue, Wolverine and Magik. 

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 4216)....

 MAPS!

I'm not usually a fan of these small houses and their floorplans, but this one, I'm okay with I think. 

I'd still prefer a larger house, but if I HAD to have a smaller home, this would be a good one. 

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 1909)....

 Where To Put It? 

So, this hottie stuck in the sliding glass doors, where does he go?  Fetching Faces?  Shirtless Mondays?  Thursday Thighs?  Check This Out!? 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody knows (Part 5751)....

 Check This Out!

Ahhhhh, well NOW it all makes sense!

Makes complete sense!

POLT

Keeping it together, all in the family (Part 931)....

 Gemini Guys

A pair of cute twins with sweet DSLs.  They're so similar they even have their caps at the identical angles!

POLT

Now we're living separate lives (Part 101)...

 Separated At Birth? 

So tell me, Kimberly Guilfoyle, tRump family hanger-on, possessor of a Mar-A-Lago Face and soon to be, if not already, EX-ambassador to Greece, and this....fish, were they....

Separated At Birth? 

So let's see, oversized lips, a bit slimy, a brain the size of a pea, zero personality or common sense, a bottom-feeder...yep, they're practically TWINS!

POLT

A people, a tongue and a nation (Part 1056)...

 Luscious Licks

Today's tongue is curtesy of internet celeb Kayes Hurricane!

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5750)...

 Check This Out!

POLT

Latex thongs, licorice whips, strap it on (Part 266)....

 Mankini Men

Not technically a mankini, but close enough to count. 

POLT

Not just where you bump and grind it (Part 313)...

 Hookup Humor

POLT

I need to be dazzling, I need to be rainbow high (Part 823)....

 Pride Prisms

Today we have a cute, muscley twink in a pair of what could be swimming trunks made of the stripes in the color of the various pride flags. 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5749)...

 Check This Out!

A little girl knew this 80 some years ago, and yet, a bunch of adults NOW seem to have forgotten it.

POLT

My birthday son, my happy world (Part 388)....

 Badass Birthday

On this date, 75 years ago, in 1951, the greatest sitcom of all time was "born": I Love Lucy!

That night, 75 years ago, was the first look the world got Lucy, Fred, Ethel, and Ricky.   And from that beginning, we got the chocolate conveyer belt, Vitameatavegimin, grape crushing in a vat, the loaf of bread the length of the kitchen, getting locked in a freezer, the tango dance with several dozen eggs in a shirt, stealing John Wayne's footprints, stopping the train three times, missing the boat to Europe and having to be helicoptered onto it, and of course, the birth of Little Ricky. 

The 7 seasons of this shows made the foundation, set the ground rules, and still stands head and shoulders above all the sitcoms that have come since. 

I Love Lucy...badass after all these years!

POLT

You'll have to pay, which leg do you want (Part 628)....

 Thursday Thighs

POLT

Ring through my ears and sting my eyes, you're Spanish lullaby (Part 14)....

 Hispanic Heroes Month

Firebird

Bonita Juarez is a Mexican-American woman born outside Albuquerque, NM.  She was walking through the deserts outside her town when she stumbled upon a radioactive meteor fragment and was doused in it's radiation, which altered her DNA and gave her the power to generate fire and fly. 

Being a devout Catholic and a social worker, she thought the powers were a gift from God, so she donned a costume and proceeded to go 'God's work', fighting crime and protecting the weak. 

She initially teamed up with the Rangers a group of Southwestern heroes who didn't really work together too often.  It was later she worked beside and later joined the West Coast Avengers.   Since she's left the team and rejoined several times. 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5748)...

 Check This Out!

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 4215)...

 MAPS!

I can't see what year this is for, but it should be rather consistent through the years. 

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4607)....

 Superhero Anydays

Once again, by the great NeverKnew_Lane, we have the West Coast Avengers!

Top: Tigra, Iron Man, Human Torch, Wonder Man, Vision

Middle: Mockingbird, Spider-Woman II

Bottom: Dr. Pym, USAgent, War Machine, Hawkeye

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And today we have a cosplayer doing Nightcrawler in his uniform. 

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 1908).....

 Where To Put It? 

So, where should these two....cheeky fellas go?  Wifebeater Wednesdays?  Tooshie Tuesdays?  Thursday Thighs?  Luscious Licks?  What's The Story Here?  Check This Out!? 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5747)....

 Check This Out!

POLT