http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/03/02/hand-signals-at-the-stork-club/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:12:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/03/02/hand-signals-at-the-stork-club/#comment-3723 Eduardo Corrochio Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:06:31 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=6452#comment-3723 What a douche. What a douche.

]]> http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/03/02/hand-signals-at-the-stork-club/#comment-3721 Reader Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:32:37 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=6452#comment-3721 The Stork Club was a live TV show in the '50's. It was on every night and my parents and I used to watch it together. Sherman B. would go from table to table greeting and chatting with the special ones at selected tables. We'd see the waiters pour champagne and the ladies adjust their purple orchid corsages. Everyone was well dressed and charming (on the air). It was a slice of life as it was then and maybe still is in some circles. The Stork Club was a live TV show in the ’50’s. It was on every night and my parents and I used to watch it together.
Sherman B. would go from table to table greeting and chatting with the special ones at selected tables. We’d see the waiters pour champagne and the ladies adjust their purple orchid corsages. Everyone was well dressed and charming (on the air).
It was a slice of life as it was then and maybe still is in some circles.

]]> http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/03/02/hand-signals-at-the-stork-club/#comment-3722 Junior Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:54:17 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=6452#comment-3722 Wow, what a great find. Really interesting and quite funny that he always has a Coke :) Wow, what a great find. Really interesting and quite funny that he always has a Coke :)

]]> http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/03/02/hand-signals-at-the-stork-club/#comment-3720 stumbler Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:13:49 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=6452#comment-3720 wow. this is an amazing find for cultural anthropologists inside us all! woot wow. this is an amazing find for cultural anthropologists inside us all! woot

]]> http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/03/02/hand-signals-at-the-stork-club/#comment-3718 Andrew Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:41:02 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=6452#comment-3718 What in the... I couldn't quite possibly imagine myself working for him. With all those hand gestures I would've screwed up a long, long time ago. What in the…
I couldn’t quite possibly imagine myself working for him. With all those hand gestures I would’ve screwed up a long, long time ago.

]]> http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/03/02/hand-signals-at-the-stork-club/#comment-3719 clarissadalloway Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:09:44 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=6452#comment-3719 Why would he give guests perfume? To be nice or because they smell? Why would he give guests perfume? To be nice or because they smell?

]]> http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/03/02/hand-signals-at-the-stork-club/#comment-3717 Josh Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:08:40 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=6452#comment-3717 I just read a great article on the Stork Club (last article Damon Runyon ever wrote for publication) and it mentioned this very photoshoot. The assistant in this photo was fired because he became too famous as a result of the article and started mugging for other photos instead of actually keeping up with the hand signs. Additionally, Billingsly gave away something like $400,000/yr in gifts which he justified by never spending a dollar on traditional advertising I just read a great article on the Stork Club (last article Damon Runyon ever wrote for publication) and it mentioned this very photoshoot. The assistant in this photo was fired because he became too famous as a result of the article and started mugging for other photos instead of actually keeping up with the hand signs. Additionally, Billingsly gave away something like $400,000/yr in gifts which he justified by never spending a dollar on traditional advertising

]]> http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/03/02/hand-signals-at-the-stork-club/#comment-3716 Mike van Dike Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:24:03 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=6452#comment-3716 great link and another one for ' http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com/page/1 ' great link and another one for ‘ http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com/page/1 ‘

]]> http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/03/02/hand-signals-at-the-stork-club/#comment-3715 Coolahan Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:09:37 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=6452#comment-3715 Gives some inspiration that some things can actually spawn out of Oklahoma and can be represented well and remembered.. Gives some inspiration that some things can actually spawn out of Oklahoma and can be represented well and remembered..

]]> http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/03/02/hand-signals-at-the-stork-club/#comment-3714 Mandi Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:48:03 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=6452#comment-3714 I am just wondering why you mentioned "Coca-Cola" as many times as you did. Since it was outside the quotes, I assume it was you, and not part of the photo captions. If it was part of the captions, how much money did Life make off of that? I am just wondering why you mentioned “Coca-Cola” as many times as you did. Since it was outside the quotes, I assume it was you, and not part of the photo captions. If it was part of the captions, how much money did Life make off of that?

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