Sunday, March 30, 2014

Blondes vs. Brunettes #24 - Head Scissors#1


Thanks for checking out this week’s Blondes vs. Brunettes blog. 

 
There is SOOOO MUCH to cover ………….

First, just in the way of breaking news, tomorrow starts the 4th annual Blonde vs. Brunette Chess Tournament that has been held in Moscow as part of the World Chess Tournament since 2011. The first match was won by the brunettes; the blondes came back to win in 2012 and last year’s tournament was a draw.  So the blondes and brunettes are in a dead heat with each other.  Hopefully, this year one of the teams will charge ahead and take the lead.  I won’t go on any further because this is already on our blog schedule in a couple of weeks.

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You recall last November there were two blog posts regarding the Washington D.C. Blondes vs. Brunettes Powderpuff football game which is a fund raising event in support of the Alzheimer’s Association.  Well, over the holiday, the official photos were posted on line – they’re obviously much better than the rinky-dink pictures that I took at the event – so I have put some of these up for you.  Also, the game raised $96,000 which is pretty darn good since it just one out of maybe ~ 25 cities in the country that host the game.  I realize that many of you live near these cities so I encourage you to support the event … take a few buddies and tailgate with the blondes, the brunettes or both!!

Recent news and/or upcoming events:

  • Bakersfield, California.  The first Bakersfield Blondes vs. Brunettes football game was played on March 8th.  No word on who the won the game, but $17,332 was raised in support of the Alzheimer’s Organization.
  • Boston, Mass.  The Boston chapter held their preseason party at Boston Beer Works on Canal Street, February 20th.
  • Charlotte, North Carolina.  Draft party announced for April 3, 2014 @ The Tavern on Morehead Street in Charlotte.
  • Cleveland, Ohio.  Blondes vs. Brunettes Cleveland's 2014 game will be held on Saturday, June 7 at 11 a.m. on Cleveland State University’s Krenzler Field.
  • Houston, Texas.  Game time is 12 noon, April 26th, at the Carl Lewis Field, University of Houston.
  • Jackson, Mississippi. The Alzheimer's Association, Mississippi Chapter, held their 2014 Kick-Off Party on March 6th at the Parlor Market in Jackson.  The Draft Party is scheduled for April 10th at the Iron Horse Grill.
  • Lubbock, Texas.  The Alzheimer's Association is working to hold Blondes vs. Brunettes game on Saturday, June 21, at the Jones AT&T Stadium.  They are also holding a draft party Tuesday, Apr. 1, at Buffalo Wild Wings on 19th Street. It's an opportunity for girls to learn more information.
Lubbock News Story

  • Raleigh, North Carolina.  The Raleigh Blondes vs. Brunettes chapter held their draft party at the Cornerstone Tavern on March 29.  Photos of the event:
Raleigh News Story

OK, that’s enough for now, but I do plan to provide weekly updates on this very worthwhile charity.  If you live near one of these cities, please support the girls of your choice:  Blondes or Brunettes!
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been a leg man.  Breasts are nice too, but great legs drive me nuts. 

Years ago it was easier to appreciate the fine lines and forms of the female leg, but short skirts have become less popular as time passes. Indeed, of the many changes society has gone through over the years few things have torqued me off like the migration of female wait staffs from skirts to slacks.

Yup, that’s right.

I get livid just thinking about it. Having waitresses wear black slacks is a national tragedy just short of Pearl Harbor and 9-11.

Hard for younger folks to believe it, but right up through the early 90s almost all female wait staffs wore skirts, often quite short. In some fancy places, they wore dresses slit all the way up the side. As an example, Boston had a restaurant called “The Top of the Hub” which was on the top floor of the Prudential Building. The entire dining room staff was outfitted in gowns slit on both sides all the way to the top of their thighs.

The Top of the Thighs at the Top of the Hub – those were the good old days!

One of my first jobs when I was teenager was at a Sheraton hotel that had a lobby bar and a regular bar attached to the dining room.  Every cocktail waitress, of which there always seemed to be 5-10 on shift at any given time, wore a mini skirt, dark nylons, and heels. As a 14 year old cleaning guy, I loved working the lobby and watching the gals strut back and fro with flashing their legs. These days you have to go to a casino to find these outfits, but they were much, much more common ‘back in the day.’
 
 
The maids were dressed nice too, all in mid thigh skirts, sans heels of course. One of the first truly serious make out sessions I had in my life was with one of those maids, a gal who was three years older than me.  An olive skinned, brown eyed brunette.

** I was helping her clean a room.**

:)

Man, I was in heaven. Blondes and brunettes in minis and heels. I used to grade their legs on a scale of 1-10; seems that blondes almost always came out on top.  Blondes always, and I mean always, had better calves. But I told myself, “Well, the brunettes had better thighs.”

Mmmmmm ... really?

But whose legs were stronger?  

Of course, I always thought the brunettes had stronger, more powerful legs.  Even after that famous conversation I had with my baby sitter (October’s blog entry) and despite the fact that I had seen some brunettes come out on the losing end of a few battles with blondes, I always thought the brunettes were physically stronger.

But let’s get back to those female waitresses. To give you an idea of what I’m talking about, check out this clip from Honey West episode “A Million Bucks in Anyone’s Language”.  Now I’m not suggesting that every fast food place back in the mid 60s featured waitresses that looked this good or were so scantily attired and even if they were, the mid 60s were before my time so how the hell would I even know?  But certainly in the 70s you would see wait staffs skimpily dressed such as the girls that worked in the Sheraton.
By the way the brunette in this clip is a lady by the name of Judy Kane.  Her character’s name was “Dottie.” 
I’ve looked her up on the internet every which way and it seems that she only has one appearance in her illustrious TV/movie career and that would be this episode of Honey West.
I’m not kidding.  That’s it
There are dozens of Judy Kanes out there selling real estate, raising families and such and several have died in the past couple of decades, but I have no idea which one is which.
http://www.mediafire.com/watch/w4l3xchzipqfai9/Now_That's_a_Waitress!.wmv
The scene with her standing next to Ann Francis is great. Admittedly there’s no **tension** between them and after all since the name of this blog is Blondes vs. Brunettes so it would have been delicious if the brunette was tied in with the bad guys and it all led to Kane-Francis slugfest, but just to see them next to each other is a real bell ringer for me even if nothing really happens.
And speaking of great Blonde vs. Brunette scenes where nothing really happens, in last week’s blog entry there was this really perfect scene in the movie “Back From Eternity” where blonde Anita Ekberg blows cigarette smoke in the face of a brunette showgirl. No response from the gorgeous brunette which was too bad because the brunette was the same size as the Amazonian Ekberg so it would have been one hell of a battle.

But it did get me thinking about the brunette showgirl.

“Who exactly is this dark haired stunner?  She’s drop-dead gorgeous  … perfect … why that’s exactly what a woman is supposed to look like!!!”
After some poking around, I determined that her name is Marilyn Hanold and she was in a number of films, mostly B-grade, during the 50s and 60s. 
She was also a Playboy centerfold.  No surprise there !!!
AND … she has her own Wikipedia page

Lots of pics on the internet.  Wow!

The interesting thing about Hanold is that although she never became a major star like Ekberg, she did well, apparently married a nice guy, an oil executive , and lived happily in the Salt Lake City area raising three children and tending to her family.  After her husband passed away, she remained active in the Salt Lake Community. 

Ekberg’s life, by comparison, has turned into a sad story.  Multiple divorces, no children and anger that the Swedish people never appreciated her work.  More recently she was hospitalized in Italy where she lives, her house was broken into and then burned down and she was reduced to living on charity.  A sad journey.
Well, that just goes to show you why polls always say that men prefer to date blondes but would rather marry brunettes. Marilyn Hanold, a smart, stable and secure brunette has led an enviable life.  Ekberg, alone in her 80s, is destitute. 
I do feel bad for her.
Back to that gorgeous brunette, Hanold.  Since she’s living in the USA, Salt Lake City, perhaps I should try to contact her. Hmmm, I wonder what her response might be ….
Anyway, back to legs …

Many moons ago, I had a gym teacher that had girls leg wrestle each other.  Sadly, I can’t remember the match ups and in general, the boys were shooed away and sent to the basketball courts.  But the matches were, maybe still are (?) called “Indian Leg wrestling” matches. I plan to scout around the web and look for some good blonde vs. brunette match ups!

In any event, in a strange roundabout way, that brings us to today’s blog entry on Head Scissors.

I know what you’re thinking:  “Yessss!!!! Finally we get to the catfight part of this week’s blog!!”

My interest in this as a standalone topic was generated by an old California Supreme video titled, appropriately enough, “Head scissors”.

Once again we get to meet our friend Ron Dvorkin, busy doing the Lord’s work, matching blondes against brunettes in a wrestling contest. I first saw this on an old Crystal Films tape about 10 years ago. Naturally, I expected the dark haired girls to easily wrap up the blondes and pop their heads with their powerful leg muscles. 

Nope, wrong again.  There are two matches featuring three girls. The blonde is a girl called “Little E” and although she doesn’t look very powerful, she seems to be a great fighter.  The two brunettes are Dixie, a very powerfully built gymnast and Sherry Whitlow, one of Southern California’s legendary apartment / bikini wrestlers from the 1960s.  Slim and fit, Sherry was not one to trifle with. 


But somehow blonde haired Little E manages to not only beat the two brunettes but she makes it look so easy!  She’s actually laughing at Dixie and Sherry as she holds them helplessly in a leg lock.

You have to wonder if the *fix* was in on these matches – there’s no way these brunettes should have gone down so easily.  So and so didn’t even put up a fight, she just went straight down. 

Looks like bag job to me. Maybe someday I’ll drop a note to Dvorkin and ask him.

Next up is a short clip.  I have no idea where this is from and it’s been on my hard drive, no pun intended, for so long I can’t remember where I downloaded it from.  But I’d like to see more, that’s for sure.

This clip is pretty humiliating for the brunette.  The blonde is laughing at her and taunting her … oh my, what I wouldn’t give to watch the brunette slap that blonde!!

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Whew!! That was a lot.  As the weather gets better and I’m outside planting flowers and such, I probably won’t have enough time to bang out blog entries as long as this one. But the weather today was crappy, so I thought I’d do as much as possible.

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The schedule:

Apr
6 – The Real Deal, The Girl across the Street
13 – Checkmate!
20 – Easter Sunday break; no blog entry – sorry!!

27 – Athleticism

May
4 -- Cruising around Wikipedia
11 -- Westerns, part 1
18 -- The Warring Tribes
25 -- Who were these people in the photo?

Jun
1 – Ron & Jeff
8 -- The Real Deal, Thumb Fight!
15 -- Kansas City Here I Cum, part 1
22 -- Kansas City Here I Cum, part 2
29 -- Kansas City Here I Cum, part 3

July
6 -- Foreign movies, various spy flicks
13 -- The Real Deal, Miss Edy
20 -- The Awesome Martine Beswick
27 -- SUMMER BREAK

Aug
3 -- SUMMER BREAK
10 -- SUMMER BREAK
17 -- Secretaries
24 -- Classic B&W
31 -- Don't Get into a Knife Fight with a blonde

Sep
7 -- Total Recall
14 -- The Real Deal again
21 -- Various peplum
28 -- Dr. Woodruff

Oct -- it's been a year now
6 -- Action flicks
13 -- More oaters
20 -- Don't Get Into a Swordfight with a blonde
27 -- The survey says ...

Nov
9 -- The Real Deal once more
23 -- Football rematch

Dec
7 -- The Real Deal in a Ring
21 -- Scissors

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