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Bridget Loves Bernie was a CBS sitcom that ran for just one 24-episode season in 1972-73. Starring Meredith Baxter and David Birney, it was based on the long-running Broadway play Abie's Irish Rose. The show's premise was that a young school teacher from a well-to-do Irish-American family falls in love with and marries a poor Jewish cab driver. The show was given an excellent time slot--Saturdays at 8:30 PM, between All in the Family and Mary Tyler Moore--and finished fifth in the overall ratings for the season. Why was the show cancelled? It was widely reported that Jewish groups opposed to inter-religious marriages inundated CBS with hate mail! (Officially, CBS claimed the show's ratings were disappointing.) Bridget Loves Bernie remains the highest-rated show ever to be cancelled after just one season. Birney and Baxter were later married in real life.
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Added: 21st February 2012
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Hal March, born Harold Mendelson, was best known as the host of the popular 1950s quiz show The $64,000 Question from 1955 to 1958. This TV Guide cover is from August 1955 when the show was ascending to the top of the TV ratings after just three months on the air. Although no scandal was ever associated with the show, The $64,000 Question was axed in 1958 when rigging scandals involving other prime time game shows soured the public's appetite for them. March was also an actor. He appeared on a 1966 episode of The Lucy Show as a comedian whose partner was a very large monkey (played by a man in a monkey suit). March was hoping to make a comeback as a game show host in the fall of 1969 with It's Your Bet, but ill health quashed those plans. After completing about 13 weeks of tapings, March complained of weakness and tiredness. A medical exam confirmed the worst: March, a lifelong heavy smoker, had an advanced case of lung cancer. He died on January 22, 1970 at the age of 49.
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Added: 11th March 2012
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Herbert Hoover was a brilliant orgtanizer of relief supplies for Europe during and after the First World War. Unfortunately for him, he is mostly remembered as the man who was president of the United States when the stock market crashed in 1929. The resulting Great Depression crippled the economy. Hoover's administration largely chose to wait things out, believing that the economic downturn would be short, and that government intervention was not necessary. He famously predicted in 1932 that, "Prosperity is just around the corner." Of course many grim years followed and it took pretty much until the end of the 1930s for the United States and the rest of the world to extricate itself from the Great Depression. This political cartoon (from 2005!) lampoons Hoover's unwarranted optimism.
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Added: 13th March 2012
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Alright, I know I have grossly neglected the games recently. I guess you can tell by me being days away. I got so many assignments to complete. Too many! And with this, I know some of the games appeal to those who find fault in my openly awkward comments - but I'm not to blame. Now, I am just skipping outta work to sheepishly add something for all of you. I hope on the off-chance that maybe one or two may know it. Am I trying to insinuate something here? I doubt it. As to myself, I hope you have had a pretty good rest since the last brainteaser I blew on you. I had so much on my mind, I had taken little time to focus on it properly with the right disposition. My full briefcase is kinda disassociating myself from gaming these days. I wish I could be an overgrown kid every day. Sadly, it is only here with you. I still can't imagine mistaking a face I had seen too many times in that last picture. I was taken back with that. And I should be more patient with the PC. Typographical fix-ups was my specialty just a few years back. I made a good livin' at it. Yes, I am losing my edge from that. I need another mug of Maxwell House before I see another drawback with myself.
UPDATE: Angora has done it again! So, did you know it?
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Added: 13th March 2012
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Well, I do think it is time to start talk'n of something that began from over a quarter century of time. You and I know, it really moved increasingly forward back in the day. It was fortunate for Walter, if he had really listened to his father, it all would never of happened for the New Yorker. I want to point out, it was the brass sounds, immediately evoking a good feeling, and with that, brought the eclectic treatment commercial appeal immediately around-the-world. These days, it doesn't feel any different than when it came out. It added to the N.Y. urban scene back then. It wasn't something you would expect from such a classical piece of material. It was complex. The response was amazing to the rearrangement. Did you know that Mr. Walter was responsible for the array of instruments, which was very true. He alternated always with mixing it up. A true independent. There was nobody else that filled in at the time when he worked on it from scratch. Everything, all on his own. He was just 24 years of age when Beethoven was suggested to him. It really opened doors, adding more to his growing reputation. He had always dabbling with instruments and other required equipment that he famously used to his advantage. And with that, he was given always the chance in the industry with his knowledge. It was what it took to make something happen. So, after a few changes with a creative approach with the classical material, it really became quite cool, and soon went to the charts that late spring; where it touched the top position within a short 4 month period. More of the same kind of classical combinations came right after that. Even those in Michigan and New York's suburban areas, together bought it to the top. A different kind of audience had caught its emergence. More luck came as it was then brought to a gritty story of a dream on a Saturday night. That's just kind of wonderful, as more people could hear it's impact with re-discovering it. It now was earmarked by a mass-marketing campaign associated with the cross-over. For that time, an old piece of sheet music had became greater for all the right reasons. It sounded entirely current, and was poised to be remembered by us. Man, how the years have changed since. Did you know that Mr. Walter is still drawn into the business. Do you have any idea where he can be found these past years? He has been busy.Chances are there are more than a few of you who know it. *E*
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Added: 19th March 2012
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Okay, let us explore another one. I am not going to encourage you though, it may be tougher than the previous. What kind of difference does it make these days, right. I just want to get U involved. Puzzled over it, or are you just shy at letting me know how smarty-smart you are.By the way, know some German?
Thanks.
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UPDATED: Answered by a true pro.
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Added: 29th March 2012
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On May 4, 2012 Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was on hand at the Royal Canadian Mint to see the last penny roll off the line. Six weeks earlier he had announced that Canada's one-cent coin would be discontinued. An overwhelming majority of Canadians applauded the government's decision. Most felt the move was long overdue.
Citing low purchasing power and rising production costs, the government decided to phase the penny out of existence starting in the fall of 2012, when the Royal Canadian Mint will stop distributing the one-cent coin to financial institutions.
Over time, that will lead to the penny effectively becoming extinct, although the government noted that one-cent coins will always be accepted in cash transactions for as long as people still hold on to them.
The value of the penny has decreased to about 1/20th of its purchasing power in the last 100 years. Indeed, the lowly penny has fallen so far that Ottawa described it as a "burden to the [Canadian] economy" in a pamphlet explaining the change.
In part because of rising prices for the metals it's made of, it actually costs 1.6 cents to produce every penny. The government estimates it loses $11 million a year producing and distributing the penny, and that doesn't include the costs and frustrations for businesses and consumers that use them in transactions.
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Added: 29th March 2012
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A young female streaker, wearing a big smile and little else, pranced across Centre Court moments before the men's 1996 Wimbledon final.
The 23-year-old streaker's name was Melissa Johnson. With her courage bolstered by a few drinks, Johnson climbed over a barrier at one end of the court and dashed the length of its periphery--passing in front of finalists Richard Krajicek and MaliVai Washington as they posed near the net for photographs.
Johnson, who had been working at a Wimbledon pizza stand, wore only a tiny maid's apron. She was quickly escorted off the court near the Royal Box by two policemen.
Both players broke into laughter, as did most of the 14,000 fans.
Washington paused a moment and then doubled over trying to contain his laughter. Walking back to the baseline to begin his warmup, the American lifted up his tennis shirt to bare his own chest and received a large ovation.
"I look over and I see this streaker ..." said Washington, who lost to Krajicek in straight sets. "Gee, she smiles at me. She had on an apron. She lifted it up and she was still smiling at me. I got flustered, and three sets later I was gone. ... That was pretty funny."
Johnson was taken to Wimbledon police station where she was held until the end of the match. A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said "no further action" would be taken.
Usually stiff and proper, The All England club was unexpectedly light-hearted regarding the moment.
"Whilst we do not wish to condone the practice, it did at least provide some light amusement for our loyal and patient supporters, who have had a trying time during the recent bad weather," a club statement said.
A Centre Court spectator, 57-year-old travel agent Peter Goord, said Johnson's streak even drew a humorous reaction from the royals in attendance.
"When she got in front of the Royal Box, she lifted it up and showed everything off," Goord said. "The Duke of Kent was laughing like mad. She then ran into the policemen's arms. There was no way she was trying to get away."
Wimbledon officials had expressed concern before the opening of the tournament that a streaker might appear--coaxed on by several of Britain's large bookmakers offering odds on it happening.
Before the tournament, William Hill bookmakers reduced the odds on a streaker interrupting Centre Court play during the final to 4-1. John McEnroe, doing commentary for NBC, apparently approved of the goings-on. "We need a replay from every possible angle!" he excitedly exclaimed. His broadcast partner, the distinguished Dick Enberg, reminded McEnroe that it was "a family show." Replied McEnroe, "My family would love it!!!"
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Added: 30th March 2012
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A first for them, as it was an inevitable attempt at tapping into being original, with the confident narrative details being brought about of not being clearly bitter about having one woman unable to break his swaddled heart.
Sure, most of you think it is timeless,and it did help them grow to be who they are today.
They went the extra mile since arriving in 1962 looking dapper, and due to that, it become the men's career launcher. And with today, it really still stands out as a lone number all in itself. The good thing about it then, it wasn't filled with the wrong message, unlike their other numbers that were yet to be heard. It still got a lot of succeeding attention that allowed it to reach a higher part of the chart (19). And the two undisciplined, partying partners, their attitudes would later toss them into the controversial world we would soon know them for. As well, being accountable for actions that in some ways made them dominate the scene even more then. As you'd expect, I bet some parents tucked away their liking for the boys from their own teens.
Nevertheless, I have it on good authority now, it's so tame to modern standards. You know that.*E*
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In 2004 entertainer Bill Cosby found himself in hot water for speaking his mind. During an NAACP celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education school-desegregation decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, Cosby upbraided poor black parents for buying their children expensive sneakers but not teaching them proper English.
"These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education--and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around," Cosby said at the event.
"I can't even talk the way these people talk: 'Why you ain't,' 'Where you is' ... and I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk," Cosby continued. "And then I heard the father talk. ... Everybody knows it's important to speak [proper] English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth."
After his comments sparked a nationwide debate, Cosby was surprised at some of the negative reactions. He said in a statement that he meant for his remarks to be a call to action to improve the overall English skills of black students.
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Added: 10th April 2012
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