Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Monday, December 1, 2025

Under the Radar: Dick Shawn

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  Shawn was born on this day in 1923. However, it's his death in 1987 that remains noteworthy (albeit in a morbid sort of way): Apparent...
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Sunday, February 16, 2020

Quips and Quotations (Ecological Comeuppance Edition)

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It costs me never a stab nor squirm To tread by chance upon a worm. “Aha, my little dear,” I say, “Your clan will pay me back one day.”  --D...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Quips and Quotations (Comics Continuity, or Lack Thereof Edition)

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I decided it was time to let somebody die. --Milton Caniff, writer-artist of the once-popular (it ended in 1973) comic strip Terry and the ...
Tuesday, March 5, 2019

This Day in History

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On March 5, 1953 , Joseph Stalin, the 74-year old leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--hmm...You know what?  I think I'll...
Saturday, February 23, 2019

Not Ready for Prime Time Players

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John Belushi and Gilda Radner, circa 1975. No, they're not lovers, just two friends clowning around in a make-up (not make-out) room at...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Strange New World Just Ahead, or: How to Make a Vulcan Feel at Home (Part 10 of 15)

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10. Vulcan Rising, or: Can't See DeForest for the Trees  Said to have been 1,933 years before Star Trek first went on the air. ...
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Friday, September 4, 2015

Strange New World Just Ahead, or: How to Make a Vulcan Feel at Home (Part 9 of 15)

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9. Hail the Conquering Hero After Paramount Pictures told Gene Roddenberry that his services, other than that of a consultant/f...
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