The Stooges Take the Census

In 1940, the Three Stooges were recruited as census takers. Hilarity ensued.

Celebrity Rubbings

I really like artist Scott Covert's choice of medium, and his choice of subjects. He traveled more than 14,000 miles in less than a month to create celebrity headstone rubbings for his new show at the Craig Smith Gallery in Harbert, Michigan.

[M]any of Covert’s most popular paintings mix the names of dead celebrities who had only a tenuous connection in life. The pairings can be funny, poignant or just plain weird.

One of Covert’s personal favorites is a painting that combines the grave rubbings of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Kennedy family matriarch Rose Kennedy, who share a loose link through Cold War politics. A painting, called “Screaming with Laughter,” mingles names of dead comedians with famous murder victims. Another pairs red-baiting Sen. Joseph McCarthy with the Three Stooges. [Link]