Now smoking Amphora Virginia in a 2003 straight grain Karl Erik Ekstravagant A medium bend freehand sitter with a black acrylic stem. Ice tea and bergs is my drink.
I am smoking Peter Rasmussen Black Label in a corn cob with 6mm home-made balsa filter while reading the story of Spyros Skouras:
In May 1935, Spyros Skouras is the founder of the merge Fox with Twentieth Century Pictures. He served as president of the merged company 20th Century Fox from 1942 to 1962. Skouras was also a major stockholder of 20th Century Fox.
In the 1950s he, together with his brothers, controlled 20th Century Fox, National Theaters, Fox West Coast Theaters, United Artists Theaters, Skouras Theaters, Magna Corp, and Todd AO. Skouras' assets in 1952 amounted to $108,000,000, greater than any other theater or movie mogul, including the Schencks, Warners, Shuberts, or his countryman Alexander Pantages.
He signed a young model named Norma Jean Baker to 20th Century Fox who, after changing her name to Marilyn Monroe, rose to fame as the most famous Hollywood *** symbol of the 20th century. Skouras had a special relationship with Monroe, who often called him "Papa Skouras".
During Skouras' tenure, the longest in the company's history, he worked to rescue the faltering movie industry from the lure of television. 20th Century Fox's advertising slogan, Movies are Better than Ever, gained credibility in 1953 when Spyros introduced CinemaScope in the studio's groundbreaking feature film The Robe.
The wide screen CinemaScope increased the appeal of movies, helping them maintain audiences against television. This new technology soon became the standard of the whole industry.
A quarter of the way through this bowl of G&H Bright CR Flake Coconut in a 2013 bent MM Missouri Pride Legend with a yellow stem. Ice water and bergs is my evening drink.
2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight Lane era Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad.
Cup O’ Joes#4 Yeti Flake in a smooth 2002 medium bend eight sided panel top straight grain Rinaldo Collection Silver Line F Egea 05 Titania bulldog with a black acrylic stem.
Earlier, Scotch Blend in a Lee van Cleef meer. Tonight, it was a beautiful clear sky after a day of on and off rain, and I enjoyed viewing Orion and Sirius with the last of a tin of War Horse Bar in a Cobbit Shire
A quarter of the way through this bowl of Motzek Type 7 Curly Mixture in a 1987 Peterson first series Sherlock Holmes full bend with a silver band with a black vulcanite stem and p-lip.