Friday, October 29, 2021

Quips and Quotations (Halloween Hipster Edition)

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        Live people ignore the strange and the unusual. I myself am strange and unusual. --Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988) (Winona Ryder, ...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Headlines and Punchlines

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    In 1953, the hungry i--no, you didn't accidentally just stumble upon some e e cummings web site--was one of those San Francisco base...
Saturday, October 23, 2021

Under the Radar: Peter Scolari

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  I'll let you guess which one is Peter In 1980, a situation comedy by the name of Bosom Buddies made its debut. Yes, the title was a d...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

Vital Viewing (Oral Choreography Edition)

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Movie star Rita Hayworth was born on this day in 1918 (she died in 1987.) The daughter of two professional dancers, she herself became a pro...
Monday, October 11, 2021

Quips and Quotations (Vegetation Variations Edition)

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  I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: "No good in a b...
Monday, October 4, 2021

Vital Viewing (Keeping a Straight Face Edition)

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  Film comedian Buster Keaton was born on this day in 1895 (he died in 1966.) I almost wrote "silent film comedian" as if that...
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Awesome Audio (Delta Demons and Divinities Edition)

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   Early rock 'n' roller and country music star Jerry Lee Lewis was born on this day in 1935 (he died in...Oh, wow, he's still a...