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Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Edgy MD Jan 22 2013 08:13 AM

The Baltimore Sun has a sportswriter named Peter Schmuck. Has actually authored a column called "The Schmuck Stops Here."

sharpie Jan 22 2013 08:28 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

If memory serves he was a longtime Sporting News columnist.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 22 2013 08:30 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

The Schmuckster has been with the Sun since the early 90s at least. I may be wrong but I think he replaced Mike Littwin on the O's beat. Littwin was a very funny writer who I liked to rip off in the old days.

Mets – Willets Point Jan 22 2013 08:47 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

He should collaborate on the memoirs of J.J. Putz.

TransMonk Jan 30 2013 08:12 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/2080 ... le-partner Jim Nabors, alive and gay. Not that there's anything wrong with either of those two things.

Mets – Willets Point Jan 30 2013 03:41 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

TransMonk wrote: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/20805642/exclusive-actor-jim-nabors-marries-his-longtime-male-partner Jim Nabors, alive and gay. Not that there's anything wrong with either of those two things. I never watched Andy Griffith but I feel like I remember him from 70s era variety shows where gayness would be the first assumption. Perhaps I'm thinking of someone else.

TransMonk Jan 30 2013 04:02 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

I remember him from Gomer Pyle and from singing a bunch of Lord-praising hymnals. YMMV, I guess.

Edgy MD Jan 30 2013 04:54 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Yeah, the gayness has been pretty out there if you're lookin'. He stayed at the Regency when my dad was the security director there. Daad had an open invitation to come visit Gomer at his macadamia ranch.

metirish Jan 30 2013 05:00 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Mets – Willets Point wrote: He should collaborate on the memoirs of J.J. Putz. Bravo

Mets – Willets Point Jan 30 2013 07:00 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

The Cosby Show had a different opening credits sequence for every season it was on the air. I think I stopped watching after season 2 or 3 because I don't remember most of these. [youtube]8C5qg7Nrnmk[/youtube]

Frayed Knot Jan 30 2013 07:37 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Actress Katharine Ross (Butch Cassidy, The Graduate, Stepford Wives) turned 73 y/o today. Damn! Haven't seen her for a while so have no idea how she's looking these days as her acting resume is rather sketchy since the '90s. Hell, it's pretty thin since Stepford Wives back in 1975. But the TIDK (Thing I Didn't Know) part was that she has been married for the last 28 years to actor Sam Elliott--he of the great voice and mustache--whose career seemed to have taken off just as hers was petering out. He's 4-1/2 years younger than she but, get this, also made his film debut in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid although his bit part in that flick (as 'Card Player #2') did not bring him into contact with star Ross. They met on the set of 1978's 'The Legacy' (yeah, I don't know it either), married six years later and have one child. The marriage is apparently his first. It's her fifth.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 30 2013 08:02 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Mets – Willets Point wrote: The Cosby Show had a different opening credits sequence for every season it was on the air. I think I stopped watching after season 2 or 3 because I don't remember most of these. [youtube]8C5qg7Nrnmk[/youtube] Not only that, but the Season 7 one featured a mural that looked very similar to one in Harlem created by homeless children as a creative-workshop project... and led to legal wrangling over the credit (and temporary usage of a heavily-edited version of the sequence that, by-and-large, omitted the mural).

Mets – Willets Point Jan 31 2013 02:14 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Snopes covers a long-ago (false) rumor that Nabors was married to ... Rock Hudson. Kind of fascinating, and sad.

MFS62 Jan 31 2013 02:20 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

The first people to do crossword puzzles were Editors. I got that from a crossword puzzle I did yesterday. Later

Edgy MD Jan 31 2013 02:33 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

How do they leave The Lost Saucer out of Jim Neighbors' credits?

Frayed Knot Jan 31 2013 03:19 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Edgy MD wrote: How do they leave The Lost Saucer out of Jim Neighbors' credits? Probably by request.

metirish Feb 01 2013 11:18 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Didn't know this until now! 'I think they would rather not know. Wouldn't it be better to have a happy successful flight and die unexpectedly during entry than know there was nothing to be done, until the air ran out?' How Columbia crew died in ignorance

TheOldMole Feb 06 2013 09:22 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

When Harry Belafonte made his New York club debut, the band backing him up included Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Max Roach.

Edgy MD Feb 06 2013 10:01 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

metirish wrote: Didn't know this until now! 'I think they would rather not know. Wouldn't it be better to have a happy successful flight and die unexpectedly during entry than know there was nothing to be done, until the air ran out?' How Columbia crew died in ignorance I'm in ignorance too. I figured during most of the Space Shuttle era, a backup crew is always on standby in case a rescue mission becomes necessary.

TheOldMole Feb 09 2013 03:38 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

The original American Legion was the army of deserters who enlisted to fight for the British under Benedict Arnold.

d'Kong76 Feb 10 2013 10:27 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

I'm older than Michael Jordan who turns fifty today. Ouch.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 13 2013 11:38 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Sea slugs have "disposable" penises.

metirish Feb 13 2013 11:44 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Sea slugs have "disposable" penises. "Slugger O'Tool " ?

Mets – Willets Point Feb 13 2013 11:45 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Sea slugs have "disposable" penises. [youtube]VDss8V2OME4[/youtube]

Benjamin Grimm Feb 14 2013 07:21 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Gary Cooper's mother's name was "Alice Cooper."

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 15 2013 03:32 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 15 2013 08:18 PM

Bridesmaids ladyCandy Melissa McCarthy is the first cousin of wacky sexpot/wacky-vaccine-autism-rumor-perpetrator Jenny McCarthy.

Ashie62 Feb 15 2013 06:44 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

I know nothing, nothing.

cooby Feb 15 2013 08:28 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Glitter nail polish is hard to get off.

Frayed Knot Feb 17 2013 10:36 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Kong76 wrote: I'm older than Michael Jordan who turns fifty today. Ouch. You were actually a week early as he turns fifty Today. I know this because ESPN has spent most of the week seemingly trying to get the day turned into a national holiday.

SteveJRogers Feb 17 2013 11:28 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Frayed Knot wrote: Kong76 wrote: I'm older than Michael Jordan who turns fifty today. Ouch. You were actually a week early as he turns fifty Today. I know this because ESPN has spent most of the week seemingly trying to get the day turned into a national holiday. I don't know if they were shammed into it or what based on all the national media coverage of it, but MLB's official Facebook page posted an update about it! When was the last time a living sports icon, even Ali, got this type of coverage for a milestone birthday?

Frayed Knot Feb 17 2013 01:22 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

SteveJRogers wrote: When was the last time a living sports icon, even Ali, got this type of coverage for a milestone birthday? The difference is that media outlets don't treat stuff like this as news these days but rather as programming. In this case there's the acknowledgment of the milestone itself, but that's then augmented, particularly as it conveniently falls during the NBA's ASG weekend, with a barrage of Top-Ten lists, past ASG & Slam-Dunk highlights films, renewed discussions about how LeBron and/or Kobe measure up, and a host of related topics just perfect for time-fillers in this otherwise slow portion of the sports calendar. Couple all that with many of the talking heads being just of the right age for MJ to have been their first idol and you've got a perfect storm for media-gasms.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 17 2013 01:34 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Frayed Knot wrote: Kong76 wrote: I'm older than Michael Jordan who turns fifty today. Ouch. You were actually a week early as he turns fifty Today. I know this because ESPN has spent most of the week seemingly trying to get the day turned into a national holiday. Granted, but the Wright Thompson ESPN.com flagship article is a hell of a writing job, and far from uncomplicated encomium. There's a shudder in every child of the '80s and '90s who does the math and realizes that Michael Jordan is turning 50. Where did the years go? Jordan has trouble believing it, difficulty admitting it to himself. But he's in the mood for admissions today, and there's a look on his face, a half-smile, as he considers how far to go. "I … I always thought I would die young," he says, leaning up to rap his knuckles on the rich, dark wood of his desk. He has kept this fact a secret from most people. A fatalist obsession didn't go with his public image and, well, it's sort of strange. His mother would get angry with him when he'd talk to her about it. He just could never imagine being old. He seemed too powerful, too young, and death was more likely than a slow decline. The universe might take him, but it would not permit him to suffer the graceless loss and failure of aging. A tragic flaw could undo him but never anything as common as bad knees or failing eyesight. Later that night, standing in his kitchen, he squints across his loft at the television. His friend Quinn Buckner catches him. "You gonna need to get some glasses," Buckner says. "I can see," Jordan says. "Don't be bulls----ing me," Buckner says. "I can see you struggling." "I can see," Jordan insists.

Fman99 Feb 17 2013 08:41 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

In addition to the eight Chicago White Sox players banned from baseball in the "Black Sox" scandal, a second basemen from the St. Louis Browns named Joe Gedeon was also banned, as he was a friend of Swede Risberg and had used knowledge of the fix to profit.

Swan Swan H Feb 17 2013 08:45 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Fman99 wrote: In addition to the eight Chicago White Sox players banned from baseball in the "Black Sox" scandal, a second basemen from the St. Louis Browns named Joe Gedeon was also banned, as he was a friend of Swede Risberg and had used knowledge of the fix to profit. I think Roy Scheider played him in the movie.

Mets – Willets Point Feb 20 2013 12:49 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

The song "Trapped" was originally written and recorded by Jimmy Cliff before being popularized by Bruce Springsteen. [youtube:2mhn23e3]zXJQlO-IuJ8[/youtube:2mhn23e3] [youtube:2mhn23e3]K2eE9H7Nzww[/youtube:2mhn23e3]

Edgy MD Feb 20 2013 07:15 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Legolas' last name is "Greenleaf."

SteveJRogers Feb 22 2013 08:19 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Apparently an author doesn't have to be notified and give the green light for his or her work to appear in a different medium, even if it's to make an audiobook version of it. [url]http://www.amazon.com/Faith-Fear-Flushing-Intense-Personal/dp/B00BEXNISI/ref=la_B001QV49F4_1_1_title_2_audd?ie=UTF8&qid=1361589404&sr=1-1 This was news to Greg!

themetfairy Feb 26 2013 01:45 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Christian Bale's stepmother is Gloria Steinem.

Mets – Willets Point Feb 26 2013 02:07 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

A soccer game was played at Ebbets Field in 1957 between a club from Israel and a US all-star team. Marilyn Monroe was there for on-field ceremonies and she kicked the ball.

Edgy MD Feb 26 2013 02:19 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Stop moving your head to the left because it doesn't work.

Mets – Willets Point Feb 26 2013 02:37 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Edgy MD wrote: Stop moving your head to the left because it doesn't work. I guess you're not a young man who sees her as something more than sexual, more than just our Marilyn Monroe.

MFS62 Feb 26 2013 09:41 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

I saw the Israeli soccer team at Randalls Island Stadium. It was probably that year. And if Marilyn Monroe was there, I didn't see her. Later

Edgy MD Feb 27 2013 08:28 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Actor Peter Boyle was BFF with John F. Lennon. Boyle met his wife, Loraine Alterman, when as a reporter for Rolling Stone magazine she visited the Young Frankenstein set for a story. Through Alterman's friendship with Yoko Ono, Boyle became best friends with her husband, John Lennon, who was the best man at their 1977 wedding.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 27 2013 08:45 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

I think I may have heard this the other way around, that Peter Boyle was the best man at Lennon's wedding. Or I may be confused.

Farmer Ted Feb 27 2013 09:07 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Crisco was originally called Krispo and, at one time Cryst (didn't go over well with the religious types, apparently).

Edgy MD Feb 27 2013 09:20 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Lennon's marriage to Yoko, documented in "The Ballad of John and Yoko," was in Gibraltar in 1969, before the reported BFF-ness. Peter Brown, former personal assistant to Brian Epstein, served as best man. But I think John and Yoko had a renewal of vows in the seventies when they reconciled, so you may be right.

RealityChuck Feb 27 2013 07:39 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

SteveJRogers wrote: Apparently an author doesn't have to be notified and give the green light for his or her work to appear in a different medium, even if it's to make an audiobook version of it. [url]http://www.amazon.com/Faith-Fear-Flushing-Intense-Personal/dp/B00BEXNISI/ref=la_B001QV49F4_1_1_title_2_audd?ie=UTF8&qid=1361589404&sr=1-1 This was news to Greg! That's infringement right there (assuming you didn't sign away the copyright). Get a lawyer.

sharpie Feb 28 2013 07:08 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

What's the infringement? Presumably Greg signed a publishing contract which gave the publisher the right to publish in standard publishing formats: print, ebook and, unless it was stricken from the contract, audio. While it is standard that they notify him that they are exercising or licensing audio rights there is no need for his approval. Before people go about suggesting lawsuits maybe Greg should weigh in.

RealityChuck Feb 28 2013 07:54 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Depends on the contract. But the impression I got was that he had not assigned those rights. Maybe he just didn't read the contract closely (always read your publishing contract).

MFS62 Feb 28 2013 08:09 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

The Yankees bought YS II from the city of New York for $11.5 million. Then, when it was torn down, entered into an agreement with Steiner Sports to sell off the collectables. Later

Mets – Willets Point Feb 28 2013 12:06 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Burlesque dancers rehearse without pasties.

SteveJRogers Mar 01 2013 03:50 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

RealityChuck wrote: Depends on the contract. But the impression I got was that he had not assigned those rights. Maybe he just didn't read the contract closely (always read your publishing contract). Speaking of which... [url]http://www.amazon.com/Mets-Numbers-Complete-History-Uniform/dp/B00BK6MDMG/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1362178124&sr=8-10&keywords=mets+by+the+numbers You know, that book never struck me as something needed for an audio medium.

Ceetar Mar 01 2013 03:58 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

SteveJRogers wrote: RealityChuck wrote: Depends on the contract. But the impression I got was that he had not assigned those rights. Maybe he just didn't read the contract closely (always read your publishing contract). Speaking of which... [url]http://www.amazon.com/Mets-Numbers-Complete-History-Uniform/dp/B00BK6MDMG/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1362178124&sr=8-10&keywords=mets+by+the+numbers You know, that book never struck me as something needed for an audio medium. This needs to be read by the Count from Sesame Street.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 01 2013 07:27 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

I think that's a robot! Also comes with the rare "rejected" cover art.

RealityChuck Mar 02 2013 08:43 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

The Rheingold Beer* Theme song was taken from The Estudiantina Waltz by Emile Waldteufel [youtube:3pu99z8d]q6R5M52lqlw[/youtube:3pu99z8d] *Older Mets fan know it well. :)

Mets – Willets Point Mar 03 2013 06:36 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

DOODIES is a valid Scrabble word. Good to know if you're playing a six year-old.

MFS62 Mar 03 2013 11:38 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

MFY GM Brian Cashman is in the Irish Baseball Hall of Fame. Later

d'Kong76 Mar 03 2013 11:42 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

RealityChuck wrote: The Rheingold Beer* Theme song was taken from The Estudiantina Waltz by Emile Waldteufel Cool find! Pretty waltz too.

MFS62 Mar 05 2013 08:19 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

In those police shows when someone says, "Put out a Bolo on that car", it stands for "Be On the Look Out" for it. Later

TransMonk Mar 07 2013 08:16 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Peter Wolf was part of the writing team that came up with the horrible Starship song "We Built This City".

Edgy MD Mar 07 2013 08:38 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

First you look at the purse.

Chad Ochoseis Mar 08 2013 10:18 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

In England, a pacifier is called a "dummy".

Mets – Willets Point Mar 10 2013 07:43 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

There is an Irish Mother's Day celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent, which is today. So if you have an Irish mother, send her some flowers.

HahnSolo Mar 14 2013 03:51 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Until yesterday I didn't know Pi Day was a thing.

Ceetar Mar 14 2013 03:59 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

HahnSolo wrote: Until yesterday I didn't know Pi Day was a thing. just fyi on the nerdy science days, Mole Day is 10/23.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 14 2013 04:02 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

How do you celebrate Mole Day? With a visit to the dermatologist?

Ceetar Mar 14 2013 04:06 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Benjamin Grimm wrote: How do you celebrate Mole Day? With a visit to the dermatologist? with guacamole.

Fman99 Mar 17 2013 08:27 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

In Japanese MLB, the staff ace traditionally wears number 18.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 18 2013 04:53 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Does that mean that they don't retire numbers?

Fman99 Mar 18 2013 06:00 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Does that mean that they don't retire numbers? Sorry, that question should be posted in the companion thread, "Things I Still Don't Know - 2013."

themetfairy Mar 18 2013 06:11 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Fman99 wrote: In Japanese MLB, the staff ace traditionally wears number 18. Giving them chai, for good luck?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 18 2013 07:42 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

In Japanese MLB, the staff ace traditionally wears number 18. Giving them chai, for good luck? Deets here: [url]http://mbtn.net/more-japan and here: [url]http://mbtn.net/why-igarashi-was-issued-no-18

TheOldMole Mar 20 2013 03:53 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Mole day???

TheOldMole Mar 20 2013 03:53 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Eating chicken can make you gay.

Fman99 Mar 20 2013 04:25 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

TheOldMole wrote: Eating chicken can make you gay. See, I would have guessed that if eating a certain food made you gay it would most likely be hot dogs, or sausages.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2013 06:57 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

No, I'd say it would be bananas.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 20 2013 06:59 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

I think the answer is pudding pops.

MFS62 Mar 20 2013 07:18 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Eating chicken can make you gay. See, I would have guessed that if eating a certain food made you gay it would most likely be hot dogs, or sausages. Old joke: Don't eat the hot dogs at the Gay Rights parade. They taste like s**t. Later

TheOldMole Mar 20 2013 08:22 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Benjamin Franklin used to like to get up in the middle of the night, sit in a chair, and read naked.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2013 08:25 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

He also suggested that somebody invent a dietary supplement that would make farts smell good. That would have the effect of changing farting from something that is embarrassing to something that your companions would be grateful for. "Oooh! I smell chocolate cake and bacon! Who can I thank for that fart?"

Mets – Willets Point Mar 20 2013 09:47 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Michelle Shocked thinks that "God hates fags!" I'd thought she was lesbian. She probably is, but having become a born-again Christian seems to have channeled that into self-loathing.

Mets – Willets Point Mar 27 2013 10:10 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Mr. T is a hockey fan.

metirish Mar 27 2013 10:14 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Michelle Shocked thinks that "God hates fags!" I'd thought she was lesbian. She probably is, but having become a born-again Christian seems to have channeled that into self-loathing. Michelle Shocked, the folk singer who became famous in the late ’80s/early ’90s as the one who isn't Meshell Ndegeocello, went off on a homophobic tirade at a recent San Francisco concert, leaving thousands surprised that Michelle Shocked is still playing concerts. The incident occurred at a venue called Yoshi’s, which featured the unthinkable act of a Michelle Shocked headlining gig in the year 2013, interrupted by the somewhat more predictable anti-gay vitriol from a born-again Christian, which Shocked has claimed to be since the mid-’90s. The opening paragraph is a gem, perfectly smarmy for such idiocy.

Edgy MD Mar 27 2013 11:24 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

I don't know. The snark doesn't serve the story. Marginalizing her career to date and her relative relevancy (and Meshell Ndegeocello's for that matter) is engineering your story backwards, and hardly seems a productive (or even fair) response to her tirade. Nobody should care what you think because you're a laughably forgettable act seems like a card Rush Lindbaugh would play. If Tanya Donelly makes a bold and articulate stand for legalization of same-sex marriage, I'd hate to the response be, "Ha! People are still paying money to see her?! She hasn't had a hit since 1994!"

TransMonk Mar 27 2013 11:50 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Nice Tanya Donelly reference...my favorite Rhode Island rocker. (Yup, I'd take her body of work over The Cowsills')

SteveJRogers Mar 28 2013 07:39 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Edgy MD wrote: I don't know. The snark doesn't serve the story. Marginalizing her career to date and her relative relevancy (and Meshell Ndegeocello's for that matter) is engineering your story backwards, and hardly seems a productive (or even fair) response to her tirade. Nobody should care what you think because you're a laughably forgettable act seems like a card Rush Lindbaugh would play. If Tanya Donelly makes a bold and articulate stand for legalization of same-sex marriage, I'd hate to the response be, "Ha! People are still paying money to see her?! She hasn't had a hit since 1994!" I've always found the hypocrisy of saying "who cares what you think, shut up and go away" to someone not known for their political and social ideologies, while saying "right on, good for him/her" for the same whom think the same that you do reason enough to tune it all out and be "whatever" whenever seeing such declarative statements from entertainers and athletes. Especially when memes are made out of their quotes or standup bits...well maybe if I saw a bmfc1 quip in a meme I wouldn't mind! =;)

MFS62 Mar 28 2013 07:52 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Jenna Wolfe is pregnant. And I wanted to be the father. Then I found out she is gay. I still would have gladly been the donor - the old fashioned way. Later

Benjamin Grimm Mar 28 2013 08:13 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

People from Cyprus are called "Cypriots".

MFS62 Mar 28 2013 08:23 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Benjamin Grimm wrote: People from Cyprus are called "Cypriots". Are people from Crete called Cretins? Later

metirish Mar 28 2013 08:27 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Edgy MD wrote: I don't know. The snark doesn't serve the story. Marginalizing her career to date and her relative relevancy (and Meshell Ndegeocello's for that matter) is engineering your story backwards, and hardly seems a productive (or even fair) response to her tirade. Nobody should care what you think because you're a laughably forgettable act seems like a card Rush Lindbaugh would play. If Tanya Donelly makes a bold and articulate stand for legalization of same-sex marriage, I'd hate to the response be, "Ha! People are still paying money to see her?! She hasn't had a hit since 1994!" on reflection I agree with you..... Didn't know Jenna Wolfe was gay and just found our her partner is Stephanie Gosk the NBC on air correspondent....congrats to both Would have bet that Grim knew people from Cyprus are called Cypriots.

Frayed Knot Mar 28 2013 10:12 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

I knew all about Cypriots. Now I just need to find out who Jenna Wolfe and Stephanie Gosk are.

RealityChuck Apr 08 2013 07:39 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

The last words of Moe Berg -- MLB catcher/US spy -- were "What did the Mets do today?" (They won.)

Frayed Knot Apr 20 2013 03:10 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 20 2013 07:00 PM

Willie Mays, Willie Howard Mays Jr. in full, was named for Willie Howard May Sr. OK, no surprise there. But I certainly did not know that Willie Howard Mays Sr. was named for William Howard Taft. Willie in the news today as his wife (his second - although neither of the obit notices I read mentioned that) died yesterday.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 20 2013 05:27 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

rip Mae Mays

TheOldMole Apr 20 2013 06:20 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Lena Nyman ("I Am Curious Yellow") and Maria Schneider ("Last Tango in Paris") died within one day of each other.

Mets – Willets Point Apr 30 2013 02:59 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

The director of Star Trek II and the tv movie The Day After were the same person - Nicholas Meyer.

HahnSolo May 20 2013 02:27 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

The Stones' mostly forgettable "One Hit to the Body" features backing vocals from Patty Scialfa and a guitar solo from the Jimmy Page.

Frayed Knot May 20 2013 02:41 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

QANTAS Airlines was named for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service Y'know, just in case you ever wondered why there was no U in the spelling.

Edgy MD May 20 2013 02:55 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

I like "One Hit to the Body." The rhythm guitar restraint-and-then-EXPLOSION (Wood on the acoustic/Keef on the electric) feels a little like AC/DC. Video shot on the Stones' massive tour set. Mick and Keith were fighting at the time, so the director decided to use that tension as the theme of the video. [youtube:32xft5u2]dx2WRQLSIew[/youtube:32xft5u2] Pull a trick like that, Nicholas Meyer!

Mets – Willets Point May 20 2013 04:49 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

I never got around to it but I once considered putting up a Desert Island Mixtape poll for Stones songs from the 1980s. To make things more challenging I would've disqualified "Start Me Up" because it was actually recorded in the mid-70s.

TheOldMole May 26 2013 06:26 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

The first organized wife swapping group in America was World War Two fighter pilots and their wives on military bases.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 31 2013 09:51 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Andrew "Lonely Boy" Gold and 10cc's brilliant Graham Gouldman collaborated on a really 80s sounding record from the 80s. [youtube:1msqwzmo]E0g5gKp2BHg[/youtube:1msqwzmo]

Frayed Knot Jul 01 2013 09:38 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 01 2013 03:07 PM

Due to two natural deaths, one assassination, and a string of one-term and partial-term presidencies, there was a stretch in the mid-19th century where ten Presidents covered just eight terms or 32 years. The years running from March of 1837 through March of 1869 were served, at varying lengths, by Van Buren, W. Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, & A Johnson - and it would have been even shorter had the impeachment of Johnson not fallen short by just a single vote. Lincoln's four years plus about six weeks represented the longest time in office during that span. By contrast the most recent eight-plus terms have been covered by only five Presidents which, assuming Barack finishes out his run, will become nine terms and 36 years for the quintet of Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Obama.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 01 2013 02:41 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Chilliwack's 1981 album WANNA BE A STAR (including the big hit "Gone Gone Gone (My Girl)") is actually a kind of concept album, um, about wanting to be a rock star. The hit is sung from the perspective of titlular "star" who'd left his hometown behind in pursuit of starness, and can only reach his peeps now by sending them songs they might hear on the radio. (maybe not) Happy Canada Day.

Edgy MD Jul 01 2013 02:54 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Every Canadian kid wanted to be in Chilliwack. [youtube:3butvtbw]ZaHfWqmC18A[/youtube:3butvtbw]

Edgy MD Jul 27 2013 09:39 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

There's a possible living descendant (but probably not) of Abraham Lincoln, walking around West Palm Beach, Florida. Abe's son Robert's daughter Jesse's son Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith was likely the last of the president's line when he died in 1985, but his wife did bear a son, Timothy Lincoln Beckwith, whose parentage he disputed, claiming to have had a vasectomy years earlier. His wife, for her part, refused to submit the son for a paternity test when the couple divorced in 1976, and the son, upon trying to claim his father's inheritance in 1994, settled for a big chunk o' cash with the trust that instead was the beneficiaries of the will, as well as the beneficiaries of the trust, including the Red Cross, the First Church of Christ Scientist, and Iowa Wesleyan College. As much as I think it's nice to see the Red Cross and the Christian Scientists working together, if I was an historian trying to make a name for himself, I'd be following that guy around Florida, trying to get a DNA sample off the straw of his discarded frappuccino.

MFS62 Jul 30 2013 05:57 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Hutto, TX is the only town in the US that has a Hippo for its team mascot. Later

Benjamin Grimm Jul 30 2013 06:36 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

"Grote" is the Dutch word for "great" or "big".

Edgy MD Jul 31 2013 10:53 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

The guy who did the cover for The Great Gatsby was the older brother of Xavier Cugat.

Frayed Knot Jul 31 2013 11:46 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Benjamin Grimm wrote: "Grote" is the Dutch word for "great" or "big". I bet Mrs. Grote knew that.

MFS62 Sep 30 2013 07:48 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Abraham Lincoln was a vampire hunter. Later

HahnSolo Oct 01 2013 08:57 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

"Family Matters" (aka The Urkel Show) was a spinoff of "Perfect Strangers."

soupcan Oct 01 2013 10:26 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

HahnSolo wrote: "Family Matters" (aka The Urkel Show) was a spinoff of "Perfect Strangers." Now THAT'S interesting. Who was the character on 'Perfect Strangers'? The dad/cop?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 02 2013 06:14 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Mom Harriet. IIRC, she was the elevator operator at Cousin Larry/Balki's newspaper (The Trib?). No, I did not have to look this up.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 02 2013 09:33 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Mom Harriet. IIRC, she was the elevator operator at Cousin Larry/Balki's newspaper (The Trib?). No, I did not have to look this up.

Edgy MD Oct 03 2013 08:00 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Buildings had elevator operators in the eighties/early nineties? No wonder print journalism is dying.

Frayed Knot Oct 03 2013 08:26 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Edgy MD wrote: Buildings had elevator operators in the eighties/early nineties? I know some government buildings did. Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

Mets – Willets Point Oct 03 2013 08:57 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

We went to a Trader Joe's in Manhattan last month that has an elevator operator. Since my son had never seen an elevator operator before, he asked her "Why are you sitting there?"

Benjamin Grimm Oct 03 2013 09:14 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

When I was at NYU (from 1981 through 1985) the elevator in the Main Building, where most of my classes were held, was operated by a human. (This building, by the way, is most famous for being the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911.)

Ceetar Oct 03 2013 09:17 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Citi Field has an elevator operator.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 03 2013 09:24 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Cheapass Wilpons couldn't even afford to pay for an automatic elevator!

Fman99 Oct 03 2013 10:07 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Ceetar wrote: Citi Field has an elevator operator. It has many, in fact. I assumed they were there to help visiting YLDBs who don't know their numbers.

MFS62 Oct 03 2013 11:05 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Fman99 wrote: Ceetar wrote: Citi Field has an elevator operator. It has many, in fact. I assumed they were there to help visiting YLDBs who don't know their numbers. Or get confused on a ramp. Later

RealityChuck Oct 03 2013 03:13 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

6-12% of the soldiers fighting for the Colonists during the American Revolution were black. George Washington had some trouble dealing with this, but he welcomed the manpower.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 03 2013 03:16 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

This is the latest viral music video. [youtube:2phfo2mr]jofNR_WkoCE[/youtube:2phfo2mr] Didn't know about it until about five minutes ago.

RealityChuck Oct 03 2013 04:59 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Monday, I had never heard of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Then there was this: [youtube:w89qcakb]r8IphEDhhhs[/youtube:w89qcakb] I'm in love.

metsmarathon Oct 03 2013 09:51 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

themetfairy wrote: It goes back to the MOFO, back when I posted as Cookie Mom (which had to do with the fact that I was in charge of Girl Scout cookie sales when my daughter was in the Brownies). so that's where that came from...

RealityChuck Nov 06 2013 06:26 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

When I was growing up, our grade school reading series was the Alice and Jerry books, which told the adventures of Alice, Jerry, and their dog, Jip ("See Jip Jump!"). I always thought "Jip" was a stupid name for a dog. I just discovered the origin: in Dicken's David Copperfield, there's a dog named "Jip" -- short for "Gypsy." At least I know where the name came from.

Edgy MD Nov 07 2013 06:03 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

The guy who played Holling in Northern Exposure was Edward Rutledge in 1776.

Mets – Willets Point Nov 08 2013 07:42 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

People write fanfic about the Folger's coffee holiday commercial.

Ceetar Nov 08 2013 07:51 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Mets – Willets Point wrote: People write fanfic about the Folger's coffee holiday commercial. and you didn't link it?! actually, this sounds like a great creative writing class exercise. Pick a commercial, and write the backstory.

Mets – Willets Point Nov 08 2013 08:04 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Google "folgers fanfiction" and you'll have all you'll ever want.

Ceetar Nov 08 2013 08:24 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Google "folgers fanfiction" and you'll have all you'll ever want. Googling..but I don't think I should read those at work. There's a lot of incest/oral sex inferences.

metsmarathon Nov 08 2013 11:02 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

i think the better question here is how exactly did you [crossout:19ya2vls]come across[/crossout:19ya2vls] encounter this.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 08 2013 11:05 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Ceetar wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: Google "folgers fanfiction" and you'll have all you'll ever want. Googling..but I don't think I should read those at work. There's a lot of incest/oral sex inferences. Oh, so it's a lot like this forum?

Mets – Willets Point Nov 08 2013 11:31 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

This is the commercial in question, btw: [youtube:7vvqr9sb]zZnqBL6iYjA[/youtube:7vvqr9sb]

Frayed Knot Nov 08 2013 12:49 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Things I didn't know until recently: - that people write fanfiction about a Folgers holiday commercial - that there's a genre of writing known as fanfiction - that there's a Folgers holiday commercial Sometimes the more out of touch I am, the happier I am. I still long for the day when I didn't know who the Kardashians are. Now I just need to find out WHY they are.

Ceetar Nov 08 2013 01:14 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Frayed Knot wrote: Things I didn't know until recently: - that people write fanfiction about a Folgers holiday commercial - that there's a genre of writing known as fanfiction - that there's a Folgers holiday commercial Sometimes the more out of touch I am, the happier I am. I still long for the day when I didn't know who the Kardashians are. Now I just need to find out WHY they are. well, I imagine there's always been fanfiction, but when you don't have the internet it's hard to share it, and it remains a half written mess in a book of a writer. (and I imagine there are more amateur writers, just like photographers, thanks to the Internet) Of course, since the Internet brings out all extremes, legitimately interesting fanfiction is lost amongst all the slash fiction. Basically, for any TV show that exists, there are people that have written fanfiction episodes where (pick two characters) have sex.

metsmarathon Nov 08 2013 01:31 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

you should see the many variations on the "dance of joy" they have over on the perfect strangers board...

Mets – Willets Point Nov 08 2013 02:09 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

metsmarathon wrote: you should see the many variations on the "dance of joy" they have over on the perfect strangers board... Don't be ridiculous.

Vic Sage Nov 08 2013 02:28 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Of course, since the Internet brings out all extremes, legitimately interesting fanfiction is lost amongst all the slash fiction. Basically, for any TV show that exists, there are people that have written fanfiction episodes where (pick two characters) have sex. Just to clarify: I don't think all erotic fanfic is "slash fiction"... the way i understand it, "slash" only refers to same-sex fanfiction. Like Kirk/Spock stories, for example. If its just boy/girl action, i don't think it's called "slash", just "erotic fanfic". subcultures within subcultures.

Mets – Willets Point Nov 08 2013 02:32 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Vic Sage wrote: Of course, since the Internet brings out all extremes, legitimately interesting fanfiction is lost amongst all the slash fiction. Basically, for any TV show that exists, there are people that have written fanfiction episodes where (pick two characters) have sex. Just to clarify: I don't think all erotic fanfic is "slash fiction"... the way i understand it, "slash" only refers to same-sex fanfiction. Like Kirk/Spock stories, for example. If its just boy/girl action, i don't think it's called "slash", just "erotic fanfic". subcultures within subcultures. And if it's a sister/brother in a coffee commercial, it's just WTF.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 12 2013 12:18 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Peter Frampton and David Bowie went to the same high school (Bowie was 3 years older, but they knew one another).

Frayed Knot Dec 04 2013 02:45 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Baseball writer Roger Angell (still going at age 93 btw) is the step-son of writer E.B. White (Elements of Style, Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, ... ) Both wrote for The New Yorker

Edgy MD Dec 11 2013 01:58 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Rilke's mother dressed him as a girl. Between him and Hemmingway, it seems to cross-dressing your infant may give you an edge in the raising-a-literary-giant race.

RealityChuck Dec 11 2013 03:34 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Edgy MD wrote: Rilke's mother dressed him as a girl. Between him and Hemmingway, it seems to cross-dressing your infant may give you an edge in the raising-a-literary-giant race. That's misleading. All boys in that era wore dresses until they were as old as eight.

Edgy MD Dec 12 2013 07:56 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Hey, it's certainly reported as if it's unusual. The poet entered a world without moorings that allowed him no place to rest. Rene Karl Wilhelm Johann Joseph Maria Rilke, born prematurely on December 4, 1875, was at first so weak that his parents had to wait a fortnight before they dared take him to the Church of St. Heinrich down the street for his christening. The previous year a daughter had died a week after her birth, and Phia now watched over this newborn with excessive care. In fact, during Rilke's early years she acted as if she sought to recover the lost girl through the boy. Two of his names--Rene and Maria--make plain the mother's attempt to lend him a female identity. For five years, until he went to school, she dressed him like a girl against his father's ineffectual opposition. "I had to wear beautiful long dresses," Rilke recalled many years later, "and until I started school I went about like a little girl. I think my mother played with me as though I were a big doll." Hemmingway, whatever the truth about his childhood, wasn't really a Victorian child.

RealityChuck Dec 12 2013 08:30 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

But the practice continued until WWI. Hemingway was born in 1899.

Edgy MD Dec 12 2013 08:42 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

"It did not entirely disappear until World War I" isn't the same as "All boys in that era wore dresses."

Edgy MD Dec 13 2013 08:16 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

For a time in the late sixties through the early seventies, Sammy Davis, Jr. was billed as "America's Most Versatile Star." I knew he was in an up period while the rest of the Rat Pack was relatively down. And I knew he brung it to one degree or another as an actor, comic, singer, dancer, impressionist, raconteur, director, writer. What I didn't know about Sammy? Quick draw artist! [youtube:4bkc2rhe]L6aNzFYHyz8[/youtube:4bkc2rhe]

dgwphotography Dec 13 2013 10:53 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Edgy MD wrote: For a time in the late sixties through the early seventies, Sammy Davis, Jr. was billed as "America's Most Versatile Star." I knew he was in an up period while the rest of the Rat Pack was relatively down. And I knew he brung it to one degree or another as an actor, comic, singer, dancer, impressionist, raconteur, director, writer. What I didn't know about Sammy? Quick draw artist! [youtube]L6aNzFYHyz8[/youtube] He was also an accomplished photographer.

MFS62 Dec 20 2013 08:32 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Just listened carefully to all the words today, and learned that Marvin Gaye's song Mercy, Mercy Me is a plea for us to stop polluting the Earth. That was back in the 70's, before many became concerned with the environment. Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 21 2013 06:18 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

Dude, we've dissected that in a college class*. That it's "self-ef-FACE-ing," not "self-eff-uss-ing." *A college class where I also had to compare and contrast Sweet Sweetback's Badaaaaass Song and early-'90s gangsta rap. So, pretty sweet class.

cooby Dec 21 2013 03:27 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know 'til Recently - 2013

I really like Patti Page