That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for January 27, 2022

My original post in 2018:

Jean-Pierre’s 2 mistresses were dressed for mourning but his widow was in celebratory mood.

Flash mob protest dance, circa 1879

Exactly what message is this church trying to send by covering all the sharp & pointies on top of the wrought iron fence in gold?

Paris, 1849

/// For the funeral of F. Chopin,

to be held at the church Madeleine,

he’d instructed l’église,

“Sing a sad Mozart piece.”

(Some parts couldn’t be done by a man.)

/// Though the Requiem, females, required,

women never before had been hired.

Behind black velvet curtain

girls were placed, to be certain

that no mourners, the chorus, desired.

/// Three girl choristers leaving the Church,

had been singing in that darkened perch.

From crouching down low

through the very long “show,”

they now walked with a Groucho-esque lurch.

(Based on a true story.)

One woman staggers out of church and turns to the next: “Thank god and praise Jesus. I thought that sermon was never going to end.”

Every Thursday the gates were opened and the old maids were let out on the off chance they might find a mate.

David Letterman enjoying his rear view!

“Down on the corner

Out in the street

Poor girls is dancin’….

“Girls just wanna have fun..”

Hortense out showing a little leg, very little leg…

The birth of break dancing.

Martin’s second idea for a book, Where’s Waldina?, didn’t sell quite as well.

Very Nice ladies. If you’ll follow me Mr. K.C. will see you now.

They are practicing the new rage in street dancing, “Hustle your Bustle.”

“The Assman Cometh.”

Hoochie Coochie Girls trying to drum up some business for tonight’s show at the Folies Bergère. Those were the good times heh?

♪ tous les garçons et les filles…se proménent par les rues…

She took “hip-hop” a bit too literal.

Just look at those clothes- male and female! Beraud is considered the artist of record for the Belle Époque, and he has the “Belle” part down well indeed. It was only for the few, of course. Like the Côte d’Azur today. As it morphed into “fin de Siecle”, and on to pre WWI, something beautiful was lost. I never knew it, I never lived it. I know it’s illusory. Yet I miss it.

On a totally irrelevant front, and presuming shamelessly lolon your good nature, I need to share this with someone. There is an Xray team unleashed upon us every morning, and they move swiftly and decisively. They are large and machine is huge. They charge up to your bed , hoist you by the sheets , jam a plate behind your back, zap you, and are gone. Puts me in mind of Viking raiders Viking raiders descending upon an Irish coastal village ca.800 A.D. – but with salubrious intent. I’m still dazzled by their work..

From what event are these ladies all hobbling with cricks in their backs!?

Old man is thinking, “Who sharted!”

The old man noticing the seductive movements of the young lady thought to himself, “Whoohoo, Mildred will be so happy, I won’t even need the viagra tonight.”

It’s really a difficult tussle / For a lady to don a good bustle. / But it’s purpose is clear, / Note the gent with the beard, / Who is certainly about to be hustled.

“Alright, alright! I’ll put some cushions on the pews! Drama queens, the lot of you.”

And only one person masked in the whole bunch. Tsk.

Leaving La Madeleine, Paris: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean_B%C3%A9raud_Sortant_De_La_Madeleine,_Paris.jpg 

has info and links that point to more info about this roughly A10 booklet envelope size painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image at 

http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2018/02/masterpiece-1877.html 

I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. So far, 11 works by this artist, have been used here (16 times total, including this Throwback Thursday repeat, and 4 earlier repeats, including another Throwback Thursday). 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2018/02/02?comments=visible 

has the first time this was used here (my comment there included the artist info URLs pointed to by the entry link in the blog comment).

As sir Mix-A-lot was leaving church, he was struck by inspiration.

Quite suspicious when the only wind is moving the women’s dresses.

/// Near the chapel, that white-bearded fella

now recalls the wild dance: “Tarantella.”

Did a spider bite cause

these sans music faux pas

where girls lit’rally dance a cappella ?

morning after big raid at the “house of no repute” the gang will appear at triallater in week. turns out Susey was undercover by the police.

This new “high heels” shoe style forces the girls into a grotesquely distorted posture and may cause permanent injury. It’s going to be such a big hit! Where can I invest?

If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck …

I see that we are at least halfway there.

Though the leaves on the trees are still green

the sidewalk sports an icy sheen

and the gentlemen gather

looking down, for they rather

hope something ‘up-skirt’ might be seen.