you couldn't get their work mixed up though: Bacon the nightmare distorted face man and Freud the pubic hair and skin specialist!
― calzino, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 12:33 (three years ago) link
I looked at the Bacon on this week’s University Challenge and said “Freud” at my TV. Can’t explain it, it happens all the time.
― Madchen, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 12:52 (three years ago) link
I think they were acquaintances in the 40's/50's bohemian set in London
― calzino, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 12:55 (three years ago) link
That’s right - they painted pictures of each other too.
― Tim, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
I can't remember what the Bacon one looked like. but I recall the Freud one as very stylised and quite unlike intense painterly flesh that became his signature style.
― calzino, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 14:26 (three years ago) link
Nick Nolte Gary Busey
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
omg yea
― siffleur’s mom (wins), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
As it turns out:
Jean-Paul BelmondoJean-Pierre Leaud
― jaymc, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 19:04 (three years ago) link
fiber broadbandfibre broadband
― calzino, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 12:15 (three years ago) link
Elizabeth HolmesKatie Holmes
― Alba, Thursday, 9 September 2021 01:28 (three years ago) link
^Good one
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 September 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
Randy NewmanRandy Crawford
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 9 September 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
SpoonSponge
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 04:23 (three years ago) link
Jason Isaacs Sam Neill
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 05:02 (three years ago) link
Mort GarsonMort Walker
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
What about Mort Shuman?
― Notes on Scampo (tokyo rosemary), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
so recently whenever i've read the name "abel ferrara" i've thought in my head "that is the weeknd"
he is not.
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link
Trevor HornTrevor Rabin
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 21:41 (two years ago) link
megan foxolivia munn
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 October 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
I know this is absurd, but I just confused KMD, Young Black Teenagers, and Urban Dance Squad
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
it's weird to me that there are two famous blonde New Yorkers named Lindsay Crouse
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
Tompkins Square RecordsChatham Square Productions
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 23:15 (two years ago) link
xp and to make it even more confusing, the one who's a journalist is not the one who's the sister of journalist Timothy Crouse.
― Lily Dale, Thursday, 21 October 2021 03:12 (two years ago) link
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Sayers
Cost me a question on University Challenge the other day...
― Sam Weller, Thursday, 21 October 2021 08:18 (two years ago) link
RADAPRADAPRAVDA
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 21 October 2021 09:06 (two years ago) link
I don't really confuse these, just trying to pitch some lyrics to Plastic Fantastic if they're still going.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 21 October 2021 09:17 (two years ago) link
Nikki SixxNikki Sudden
― Alba, Friday, 22 October 2021 08:58 (two years ago) link
Black BeautyThe Black Stallion
― peace, man, Friday, 22 October 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
John HughesJohn Cusack
― aegis philbin (crüt), Saturday, 23 October 2021 02:38 (two years ago) link
Norman LewisTed Lewis
― Ward Fowler, Saturday, 23 October 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
Rachel ReevesRachel Riley
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Monday, 25 October 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
The Castle of OtrantoThe Mysteries of Udolpho
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 25 October 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
pretty sure both of these books were covered in a college class I took that dealt with gothic horror
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 25 October 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
Peter ScolariPeter RiegertPeter Coyote
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Monday, 25 October 2021 18:03 (two years ago) link
Lebanon HanoverTelefon Tel Aviv
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 25 October 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
Don FardonDon Partridge
― Des Weerelds Dool-om-berg ont-doold op Dool-in-bergh (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 November 2021 22:07 (two years ago) link
Meatloafthat actor guy who looks like Meatloaf
― Chicks and Ducks and Geese better scurry (Ste), Friday, 5 November 2021 10:05 (two years ago) link
steven erikson and neal stephenson
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
^
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 12 November 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
Edwin HubbleFred Hoyle
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Sunday, 14 November 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
Fred HoyleGeoffrey Hoyle
Collaborated on bad SF novels, can never remember which is the father and which the son.
― foley track out of sync (Matt #2), Sunday, 14 November 2021 16:11 (two years ago) link
Which one wrote the bridge book?
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 November 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
The movie Drugstore Cowboy and the band Cowboy Junkies
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 04:06 (two years ago) link
Midnight CowboyMidnight Express
― weregoats of boston (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 11:56 (two years ago) link
Bradley Walsh & Brian Conley are on the same show right now. That's breaking my brain somewhat.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Saturday, 20 November 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link
Tales to AstonishTales of Suspense
― Ward Fowler, Saturday, 20 November 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
i always have to take a beat to remember that elizabeth holmes and former teen abductee elizabeth smart are different people
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Monday, 22 November 2021 14:43 (two years ago) link
Sir John Soane, Englishman of long ago, known for his collection of items now in a museum;Sir Hans Sloane, Englishman of long ago, known for his collection of items now in several museums.
― anatol_merklich, Monday, 22 November 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
OTM
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 08:08 (two years ago) link
second appearance here for John & Hans, there.
― fetter, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 12:35 (two years ago) link