That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for September 01, 2023

The artist couldn’t even get his wife to pose nude for him.

When she woke up, June needed help to untangle herself.

/// Walther asked his wife Greta to pose.

She said, “OK, but this time in clothes.

And the stance, for God’s sake,

better not make me ache.

I’ll re-pose on the couch in repose.”

This reminds me of a story Roz told Frazier, during the first episode of the series, to illustrate that life doesn’t always go as planned, but it can still work out. Here it is: In December 1944, 36 year old Hollywood actress Lupe Velez decided that if she wasn’t going to be remembered for her life, she’d be remembered for her death. She filled her house with flowers, had her hair, nails, and makeup done perfectly, put on a gorgeous gown, took an overdose of Seconal, and arranged herself on her bed, thinking how beautiful she’d look in the newspaper photos the next day. But … the pills and booze she consumed didn’t mix well with what she had for dinner. She got up and ran to the bathroom, which is where she was discovered in the morning by her secretary. When Roz finished the story, Frazier asked how this worked out for Lupe, “last seen with her head in the toilet.” Roz answered: “All she wanted was to be remembered. Are you ever going to forget Lupe Velez?”

Yes, I have a headache again.

I’m inconsolable! They had no boysenberry margaritas at the club tonight.

As a former Girl Scout,Emma could do semaphore in her sleep.

Winifred was relieved to find an empty bedroom at the party where she could work on her hip flexor issues.

Ish, Solstice, check out today’s “Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal” comic.

Pffft…“Ahh that’s so much better. Now where’s that air freshener.”

That “Blah” feeling you get when you’ve reach September and no one wants to see your tan lines.

OK Billy, just flip the water balloons down onto the terrace below.

This was Walther’s “Blue Period”.No, he’s not just a poser copying Pablo Picasso. He really did feel Blue. Immensely, overwhelmingly blue.

When Winifred Winnifred dreams of the gala/

She dreams that she drives an impala/

But the tragical truth/

Is that Winnie’s uncouth:/

She’s from Brooklyn – her fathah’s a tailah.

Optional (no extra charge!)

When Winnifred dreams of the gala/

she dreams that she dates Norman Mailah:

But the tragical truth/

is that Winnie’s uncouth/

And her boyfriend is only sailah…///

" … heartache on heartache".

Can I just say, that outfit is way too normal for the Met Gala. Or any other red carpet event in NYC or Hollyweird, for that matter.

Carmen Miranda, just not really “feeling it” today.

Directed dreaming?

Oh not tonite Homer, I have a head ache……..

She’s doing the Fandango in her sleep.

This comic ends on Friday. // It’s return is a two day delay. // So I’ll lie here supine, //while I weep, moan and whine, // for it’s return next Monday.

Walther Gamerith was known as the slowest painter around.

Grete Gamerith On A Blue Couch: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:1936 oil on canvas paintings" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Couch, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using Google Chrome, which can translate most webpages if necessary) about this painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3180 (September 1, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. Only work by him used here so far.

That seems like an uncomfortable way to sleep. She’s laying flat on her back with her trunk swiveled completely to one side.

Samantha needed a quick nap before her weeding. this was her 3rd and she knew the benefit of it.

“Grete Gamerith on a Blue Couch,” 1936

Walther promised her that he’d never take another photo of her sleeping.

But may I say .. that is one of the most beautiful paintings I have seen. I would love this on my wall.

She was seething. Those blue pills were not to be used to make paint! The idiot!

Greta couldn’t stay long, so Walther made a model out of Lego.

Big sale at Kunstwerk—buy any size Ultramarine, get free Cerulean!

After struggling to fit into her girdle, Winnie was ready for a rest!

I’m one of those doddering codgers/

Who remember the BROOKLYN Dodgers//

My mental acuity/

Pursues perpetuity:/

I even remember Roy Rogers!

Tuesday:

“ Do I have any Grey Poupon?”

I’m afraid that the answer’s ‘mais non’../

But I hasten to add/

That if you may be ‘ad/

I am buying, my leetul ‘bonbon’!”