Charles Addams

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^^^^^ (I'm told there are galleries like that in N. America.)

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_{There's a comedy film with a similar scene to this, can't think which it is.}

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She was a forerunner for heroes like this:

Michael Forbes Got Under The Skin And In The Way Of Donald Trump

Back when Donald Trump was just a famous real estate developer, he gave everyone a little preview of what it's like for people that get in his way when Michael Forbes, a farmer in Scotland, refused to sell his mother's farm to Trump, who was building a golf course outside of Aberdeenshire.

Trump, of course, broke out all his greatest hits. He called Forbes "disgusting," he called the farm "a slum," and "pig-like," and complained the view from his new hotel would be ruined by the farm.

Forbes, for his part, told Trump he'd never sell, no matter what.

The Vera Coking House

Before Donald Trump got into a row with Scottish Farmer Michael Forbes, he had another legendary standoff with a holdout in Atlantic City, NJ. The story starts well before Trump though.

In 1978, the publisher of Penthouse Magazine, Bob Guccione, set about building a Penthouse Hotel and Casino on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. In the way was one Vera Coking, whose house he would need to build his casino. Vera didn't care. She wasn't going to sell her home, a former boarding house, just feet from the beach and the famous boardwalk.

It is rumored that Guccione offered as much as million dollars to sell, but she still said no.

As a result, like many other holdouts on this list, construction started and soon Vera's house was surrounded by steel and scaffolding. Then, in 1980, Guccione's project went broke, and the construction stopped. The bones of the buildings stood for another 13 years, with Vera's house plum in the middle. The half-completed project was finally torn down in 1993. But Vera's fighting wasn't over.

That same year, Donald Trump bought the property and intended to expand his casino, located next door.

His plan was to build a driveway and parking lot for his Trump Plaza Casino. And you guessed it, Vera still refused to sell.

In 1998 Trump took her to court in an attempt to take the house by eminent domain, but the courts sided with Vera. And yes, Trump attacked her in the press, call her house "slum-like," which is one of his favorite terms in these situations it seems. The Trump Plaza went broke in 2014 and closed, and shortly after, the house, which had been auctioned off the previous summer, was demolished.

https://www.brainjet.com/places/2376430/the-11-greatest-real-estate-holdouts-of-all-time/

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wot, no M62 farmhouse ?

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Nope. Got nothing. Hint?

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Nope. Got nothing. Hint?

The gallery is built like a Labyrinth. What did Theseus find in The Labyrinth?

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I love those ones that take a fairly well-worn idea (though possibly not at the time the cartoon was drawn) and puts a slightly different spin on it

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I haven't a clue what this is about and will be amazed if anyone else does either, except possibly Attila. Worth a try though. From the '40s.

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I haven't a clue what this is about and will be amazed if anyone else does either, except possibly Attila. Worth a try though. From the '40s.

Googled

"white rock" charles addams

and some way down page 1 i found this startling page

http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2011/03/oddball-ad-campaigns-of-1940s-white.html

which seems highly relevant, especially the third image down. oh and also the 1st, 4th and 7th onwards if you look closely.

would be fun to know if Attila or anyone else sussed it without that help though.

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meanwhile i dont really get the 'thousands of kings at the races' one

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Sport of Kings

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REALLY ?

gosh ok then, suppose i should have thought of that but not heard the term in about 40 years hehe.

ty btw.

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Googled

"white rock" charles addams

and some way down page 1 i found this startling page

http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2011/03/oddball-ad-campaigns-of-1940s-white.html

which seems highly relevant, especially the third image down. oh and also the 1st, 4th and 7th onwards if you look closely.

would be fun to know if Attila or anyone else sussed it without that help though.

Excellent work! Thanks. I had googled "white rock" and found nothing.

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One of Brian Cant's darker moments

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The gallery is built like a Labyrinth. What did Theseus find in The Labyrinth?

Jamiroquai?

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[FredNurke]

[tag]Charles Addams pre-empts The Goodies[/tag]

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_{Yes I know, another little person.}

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[Mini]

_{Yes I know, another little person.}

I'm guessing Scott "Dilbert" Adams was a fan.

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