Happy 123rd, 122nd, 121st, 120th, 119th, or 118th birthday to my lodestar, true north, spiritual advisor, and personal stylist! #TCMParty #JoanCrawford

Ann-Margret fans of a certain age will remember, with some trauma, the time she fell off the stage during her Vegas show and crushed one side of her face, requiring reconstructive surgery. I, a little kid, was riveted by the weekly tabloid updates in the checkout lane at Kroger. #TCMParty #Tommy

If it's an early-to-mid-1930s romantic comedy or comedy-drama about the lives of rich folk, THERE MUST BE A PEKINGESE. Them's the dramaturgical rules. #TCMParty #LoveBeforeBreakfast

Diahann Carroll has entered the chat! I assume she was in Paris for the filming of Paris Blues (also released in 1961) and was like, "Sure, I'll do this cameo. It's a paycheck." #GoodByeAgain #TCMParty

He's gay, Ingrid! GAAAAY! You're Swedish. You should know better. #TCMParty #GoodbyeAgain

As my granny used to say, every time Celest Holme appears on your TV screen, you lose a piece of your soul to the devil. How many pieces do you have left? #TCMParty #HighSociety

True fact (of the gay-centric variety): Charles Walters, the director of High Society, was the life partner of actor John Darrow, who played the male lead in The Lady Refuses, which TCM aired early today. Well done, TCM. #TCMParty #HighSociety

My Illinois roots, maternal and paternal, reach back nearly 200 years, and I have never heard of gravy bread.This map is lying to you.

Thoughts: 1) I prefer stache-less George Brent to stache-éd George Brent. 2) I'm always surprised by how tall he is relative to his costars, male or female. 3) I suspect he was far more fun in bed than he is on screen. 4) Bette liked him. Good enough for me. #TheRichAreAlwaysWithUs #TCMParty

Hoo boy. Left-identifying antisemites, whose sole talent in life is hijacking the discourse on this site, are out in full force tonight. I need a shower.

"Tell me: Are you any relation to these asparagus people?" "Why would you ask?" #TCMParty #SoBig

Bette: Sooo big! George: And now you know why I packed a bottle of Corn Huskers Lotion in my beach tote. #SoBig #TCMParty

"The first Protégé I ever had." Seriously! Stick shift, no power steering, no AC. I liked it so much that I traded it in for a '97 Protégé, which is the last car I ever owned. #MyManGodfrey #TCMParty

Amazing but true: Susan Sarandon was 63 years old when she made Bull Durham. #BullDuham #TCMParty

1) LOL 2) My mom's downward physical and cognitive spiral coincided with COVID. I had to manage crisis after crisis from 700 miles way. 3) My #1 barrier? My cognitively declining mom's rapidly decreasing inability to use technology... like smart phones, for example. Honestly, FUCK THIS SHIT.

Liza, honey, you're not the only one who still talks to her every day. P.S. Happy birthday to my newly minted favorite octogenarian!

You can tell that Illinoisans didn't write SLIH: The script makes several references to Urbana as being Joe and Jerry's destination for a gig at the University of Illinois. Sure, Urbana is the U of I's mailing address. But Illinoisans say Champaign or Champaign-Urbana. #SomeLikeItHot #TCMParty

Surely, somewhere, at some time, there's been a restaurant cheeky enough to include a selection called Prognosis Negative on its menu? #TCMParty #DarkVictory

"What does 'prognosis' mean?" Honey, you're rich. You presumably went to the best school that money could buy. You never opened a fucking dictionary? Nurses are not your Google. #TCMParty #DarkVictory

My dog is resisting entering the elevator after his evening walk because he knows that Dark Victory is on TCM and he is *not* fond of the scene where Bette says goodbye to Daffy and Don on the staircase landing. Especially since I make him re-enact it over and over again. #DarkVictory #TCMParty

"I'm going through a period of my life when I just can't be around people." Come sit by me, Mr. von Sydow. And your sickle-wielding friend from The Seventh Seal is most welcome to join us. #HannahAndHerSisters #TCMParty

It's funny—I saw Moonstruck in its first run, but if you'd asked me at the time if I loved it, I'd've shrugged and said, "It's good but not great." Didn't help that my first attempt to see it was cut short by a fire alarm at the multi-plex. Now, it's a sacred text to me. #TCMParty #Moonstruck

I'll be in my office.

I've noted this before, but one of my few peeks into the interior life of my loving but stern maternal grandma, Oleta (farmwoman), was when I discovered "Sweetie Pie" penciled in her handwriting across Hoagy Carmichael's face on the sheet music for Star Dust. Stud. #TheBestYearsOfOurLives #TCMParty

Maternal grandpa: Lifelong tenant farmer. Paternal grandpa: Tenant farmer, bouncer at the Bloody Bucket, used furniture dealer, auctioneer (but not the high-class kind). FWIW, my dad was a fireman, brakeman, and conductor for the Illinois Central. I have opinions about class in America!

Mildly ashamed to admit that I didn't know that Van Heflin was Erica Kane's uncle until I was well into my 30s. Mona looks like Van in a wig. I should've figured out the connection way earlier. #Shane #TCMParty

I love, love, love TCM's interstitial about Hollywood extras, and I especially love the lip-reader. Genius! I want more! Nonetheless, it kinda bugs me that one of the "nameless" extras featured (twice) is actually a very young and uncredited Beverly Garland, in A Life of Her Own. #TCMParty

The first album I ever bought. For real. Never underestimate my lifelong love for bulldogs, pop songs with extremely catchy hooks, and bowl cuts. #RIPNeilSedaka

The expression of the face balks account, But the expression of a well-made man appears not only in his face, It is in his limbs and joints also, it is curiously in the joints of his hips and wrists, And, if the man is eternal daddy Donald Crisp, also in his moobies. #MutinyOnTheBounty #TCMParty

I semi-watched Mrs. Thalberg's version of Marie Antoinette today. Although I'd seen the film a few times before, this was the first time I experienced it as aspirational porn. It was like Sex and the City but with tumbrels and guillotines. #TCMParty #MarieAntoninette

My great-grandparents Medie and Claudie, whom I actually knew, had to get married. The child, a son, died soon after birth. Medie and Claudie HATED each other for the next 65 years. Medie spent her last years in a nursing home bed hollering, "Bring me my baby boy!" #TCMParty #ComeBackLittleSheba

True fact: I went to law school with a guy whose mother knitted him a sweater from "wool" she'd made from the fur shed by the family collie. No, he did not wear it to class. But he reported that the sweater was best avoided on rainy or damp days. #TCMParty #LassieComeHome

The Edmund Gwenn sequence is my favorite part—well, up until that awful thing happens. I am reduced to a 5-year-old kid when a dog or cat dies on film. Human characters, not so much. Because I know they're actors. #LassieComeHome #TCMParty

When other friendships have been forgot Ours will still be hot A-lottle-dottle-dottle-dig-dig-dig… #TCMParty #LassieComeHome

Just showed my dog TCM's lineup for tomorrow night. After a weekend of suffering through bloated epics and war films, he and his tongue are like, "It's about fucking time!" #TCMParty #OscarGoesToTheDogs

PLU.* And she makes the absolute most of her small role. #TCMParty #GoneWithTheWind *An initialism from the 1980s. I will forever be an 80s lady.

Oh look. The breeders are trying to pin fascism on gay men again. Same as it ever was.

Like, no one involved in the production of #DrivingMissDaisy ever considered taking Patti aside and whispering, "Honey, there aren't any balconies in this movie. Maybe tone it down a smidge"? #TCMParty

The semi-automatic transmissions on 1940s cars, such as Miss Daisy's 1947 Chrysler, are anything but intuitive. No wonder she didn't know which gear she was in. Also, a woman of Miss Daisy's wealth would've driven a New Yorker, not a mid-range Royal. But why quibble? #DrivingMissDaisy #TCMParty

The thing about banners is that they are very easy to set on fire Especially the ones hung vertically Like wicks, welcoming the match Where are the heroes?

Just saw that TCM's Saturday daytime schedule consists of Ben-Hur, Lawrence of Arabia, and Cleopatra, back-to-back. Pick one of the following. This programming is: A) Lazy B) Sadistic C) Reason to resign my position as secretary-treasurer of the Dave Karger Fanclub D) All of the above #TCMParty

"We were there at the beginning, little fella, and we'll be there at the end." #TCMParty #OnTheBeach 🏳️‍🌈

My driver's ed teacher was a gruff but smart man who'd been demoted to the position for having sued the school district. If you failed to follow one of his commands (e.g., right instead of left), he'd bong you over the head with his clipboard and holler, "Whaddya think I'm speaking? Swahili?"

There is no prison in or near Springfield, IL, matching the description of the one in this film. But classic cinema enthusiasts will be interested to know that Dame Elizabeth Taylor's father was born in Springfield, IL. Yours sincerely, Central Illinois Native/Old Movie Fan #WhiteHeat #TCMParty

My late mother behind the wheel of her Honda CRV, shortly after we told her we'd have to take her keys away. #TCMParty #WhiteHeat

Do you own 1) a red bandana that you purchased at the 7-Eleven when you were higher than a kite and 2) a black mock turtleneck from the GAP or (if you're fancy) J.Crew? Yes, you do! The only thing stopping you from morphing into Leslie Caron is your imagination. #AnAmericanInParis #TCMParty

I shall wear my trousers rolled: I am old enough to have brushed my teeth with tooth powder (Colgate, in fact, just like in the movie). My dad liked powder. We kids emphatically did NOT. #TCMParty #Charade

"Face it, Mama. I was the slut of all time!" If you've never constructed a Father of the Bride/Butterfield 8 mashup in your mind, I advise you to take immediate corrective action. #FatherOfTheBride #TCMParty

Dr. ZZZzzzhivago, more like it. #TCMParry #DrZhivago

The Hunchback of Notre Dame was retitled Harry Davenport's Moobies for release in European markets. #TCMParty #TheHunchbackOfNotreDame P.S. I can't type "Harry Davenport" without giggling.