That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 15, 2019

After the news broke about how the producer “auditioned” actresses for “Taming of the Shrew,” Shakespeare decided to go with an all male cast.

Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him mama, a fellow of infinite jest. For a laugh,I gift-wrapped him for you! (huge apologies to the Bard!)

“You mean this door. There’s no need to look behind this door. There’s nothing behind this door. Is it hot in here?”

But your Majesty, the king doesn’t want to be interrupted on the throne.

“I urge you to consider the benefits of a really good set of encyclopedias.”

“Brown shoes with black and silver clothing? How gauche!”

“I’m just going into the wardrobe to change into a Super Man!”

In 1855, an English painter would have just lived through the Great Stink.

“They’re a tough audience tonight!”

My dear, allow me to congratulate you on your exquisite puffy, striped sleeves!

“WHEW.. got it, and he’s still asleep. Here, find the his debit card while I figure out his pin number.. it’s probably 1234 lmao…”

Yeah, you’re right; the painting will be dull. But think how much we’re saving by only having to pay for brown and white.

David Niven stars in the smash hit Puffy Sleeves.

" Say, you wouldn’t be interested in a learning a couple of new madrigal moves, would you ? "

Brown shoes don’t make it

Quit school, why fake it?

Beans and sauerkraut you know when I mean

Woman: Whatever you say, I will not believe.

I didn’t have time to shave my legs, so I put on these stockings.

“This unisex washroom thing doesn’t seem to be working. There’s a sanitary napkin on the basin..” (True story)

Why thank you, Ma’am. I got them at Payless

You didn’t say the magic words…”Open sesame”!!

“Are those your legs, or are you smuggling BBQ skewers?”

Ace Ventura knock off

Taco Bell, just saying.

Katherine and Petruchio: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Braithwaite_Martineau_-_Katherine_and_Petruchio.jpg 

has info and links that point to info about this roughly B1 paper size painting.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/martineau_robert_braithwaite.html 

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=5440 

http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/martineau/index.html 

https://www.pictorem.com/profile/Robert.Braithwaite.Martineau 

https://books.google.com/books?id=_sBBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA163#v=onepage&q&f=false 

http://www.avictorian.com/Martineau_Robert_Braithwaite.html 

all have info (that last has the wrong date for this painting), or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. This is the first work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2139 (February 13, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Why, yes, these legs do go all the way up.

“But the WC is a detached building. Whatever were you doing in there?”

Lord Robert (the gay) talks to gene the transvestite about up comming party on the lawn

’Tis a pity to see such a beautiful visage cloaked in disdain.

“My lady, what you call skinny legs I prefer to think of as drumsticks on a beefcake.”