Hip Hops: It’s hoptimism Wednesday, so ring those Sterling bells

Hip Hops: It’s hoptimism Wednesday, so ring those Sterling bells

The Spring 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online.

To paraphrase the great Indianapolis sports commentator Kent Sterling, a New Albany High School graduate, let’s talk about beer—beer is who we area and it’s what we do.

However, first a digression into century-old movies.

“Duck Soup” is the cinematic masterpiece bequeathed to us by the four Marx Brothers. Groucho Marx plays Rufus T. Firefly and Harpo Marx is Pinkie, a prospective spy. Film reviewer Tim Dirks picks up the story, as quoted by Carter B. Horsley.

To identify himself to Firefly, Pinkie rolls up his sleeve and shows him:

    • a tattoo of his curly-haired face on one forearm
    • a bikinied dancing lady on his other flexing forearm
    • her phone number tattooed on his right side
    • his residence – a dog house tattooed on his stomach. When Firefly looks closely and meows, a live barking dog emerges

Firefly is incredulous: “I bet you haven’t got a picture of my grandfather?” Pinkie is ready to turn around and pull down his drawers, but Firefly has had enough and suggests he’ll see it some...Read more