tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4507876697648252121..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Weekend PostBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18910709447477480642021-06-02T09:37:51.692-07:002021-06-02T09:37:51.692-07:00Other side of the coin, maybe, but here in the UK ...Other side of the coin, maybe, but here in the UK we get Owen Wilson doing ads for a cheap furniture chain, and Kevin Bacon has been doing ads for a mobile phone provider (whose name escapes me - money well spent, eh?) for far too long.<br /><br />Now when you catch Wilson or Bacon in a movie/TV you think, 'Oh yeah, the cheap furniture/mobile phone guy'.blogwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07362291687463326731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-79949084933369137882021-05-30T08:57:46.968-07:002021-05-30T08:57:46.968-07:00Another vote for DiMaggio being known as Mr. Coffe...Another vote for DiMaggio being known as Mr. Coffee. That's what my mother would call him.<br /><br />@Jahn Ghalt<br /><br />> Tommy John may have the most wins (288) of all players NOT in the hall of fame.<br /><br />You may not want to count him, but Roger Clemens has 354 wins. Bobby Mathews has 297, but he played 1871-1887, so you may not want to count him, either. But otherwise TJ has the record, with Jim Kaat behind him at 283.<br /><br />---<br /><br />As a Yankee fan, of course I remember Tommy John well, as Bob Lemon famously pulled him from Game 6 of the 1981 World Series, pinch-hitting in the bottom of the 4th with the score 1-1.<br /><br />He was also famous for committing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bub07gwRgzY" rel="nofollow">three errors</a> on one play, with future NL president Bill White on the pxp and Phil Rizzuto on color.ScarletNumbernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-88040636063538612722021-05-25T10:08:18.385-07:002021-05-25T10:08:18.385-07:00Tommy John may have the most wins (288) of all pla...Tommy John may have the most wins (288) of all players NOT in the hall of fame. He pitched 26 years until he finally retired at age 46. This is Hoyt Wilhelm and Jamie Moyer territory. Career ERA = 3.34 - that might be close to a record (say with 200 wins minimum) for a non-HOF player, too. <br /><br />Arnie is said to have liked the ladies, too - of course this was mostly pre-People magazine - 'nuff said about that. Jahn Ghaltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72464189382953712202021-05-24T12:49:22.061-07:002021-05-24T12:49:22.061-07:00BTW I saw a video this weekend of Tony Kubek inter...BTW I saw a video this weekend of Tony Kubek interviewing Tommy John during the 1974 World Series. John, still recovering from the procedure, sported a full plaster cast covering his entire left arm, as if every broken bone was being healed.<br /><br />Viva la Medicine these days for leaving a mere scar on the elbow...Saburohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075733019914312218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-54687291750490117082021-05-24T12:45:45.222-07:002021-05-24T12:45:45.222-07:00DiMaggio, of course. It was a revelation to see ol...DiMaggio, of course. It was a revelation to see old-timey photos/movies of him with jet-black hair.Saburohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075733019914312218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62991428179803027602021-05-24T10:20:38.236-07:002021-05-24T10:20:38.236-07:00How many reading this when hearing the name "...How many reading this when hearing the name "Long John Silver" would first think of the seafood restaurant chain before remember him as a character in the novel, Treasure Island? Furthermore, how many seeing that title would think more of the various movies made from that novel, from the 1934 Jackie Cooper-Wallace Beery version to the 1950 Disney live-action one to Orson Welles 1972 one?tavmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3946594617475967602021-05-24T10:10:03.623-07:002021-05-24T10:10:03.623-07:00Nice Arnie trivia: When Vin Scully joined CBS, he ...Nice Arnie trivia: When Vin Scully joined CBS, he was to do The Masters, and Clifford Roberts, who ran Augusta National, wanted to meet him. The problem was that first Vin had some ballgames to do. He wound up going to Augusta on Palmer's private plane, met Roberts, and flew back. Exactly how Vin wound up on his plane, I'm not sure!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05266475919252239220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34502505251871011762021-05-24T09:57:34.453-07:002021-05-24T09:57:34.453-07:00Antoinette Perry
Broadway's Tony Award is name...Antoinette Perry<br />Broadway's Tony Award is named after her.<br /><br />Another one from baseball:The Mendoza Line<br />Given what it means, maybe Mario is happy few people remember where it came from?<br />Jack Terwilligernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90286924571156417832021-05-24T06:56:41.406-07:002021-05-24T06:56:41.406-07:00I’m sitting on my Ethan Allen furniture right now....I’m sitting on my Ethan Allen furniture right now. He must have been a hell of a carpenter!Unkystanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14561636366494227519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11791652877563150002021-05-24T00:22:20.877-07:002021-05-24T00:22:20.877-07:00Oh, and Wikipedia, as it will, has a list of compa...Oh, and Wikipedia, as it will, has a list of companies named for people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_named_after_people<br />Yamaha, Wrigley, Chevrolet, Kellog, Macy, Sears...Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-22921924390935613202021-05-23T21:04:06.421-07:002021-05-23T21:04:06.421-07:00Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips. Heavily ad...Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips. Heavily advertised fast-food seafood restaurant chain years ago. According to Wikipedia, "at the peak of its popularity in the late 1970s, it had about 800 stores. As of 2020, there are believed to be only ten locations remaining." While he was an actor in Shirley Temple movies, most people knew him as the announcer and sidekick on The Merv Griffin Show. Treacher died in 1975.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36094634619641390342021-05-23T20:55:53.618-07:002021-05-23T20:55:53.618-07:00Madden, not as a Super Bowl winning coach or TV an...Madden, not as a Super Bowl winning coach or TV analyst, but as a video gamePwentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10336932325973606218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23361368772927080312021-05-23T20:49:38.607-07:002021-05-23T20:49:38.607-07:00In theatre, "doing a Judy" means coming ...In theatre, "doing a Judy" means coming downstage, sitting on the edge with legs dangling over, and singing or speaking directly to the audience--in the way Ms. Garland practically patented.mike schlesingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824197221204862706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65712432036188477542021-05-23T17:59:23.913-07:002021-05-23T17:59:23.913-07:00The kiddie cocktail reference reminds me of the ti...The kiddie cocktail reference reminds me of the time not that long ago when parent would take their kids with them to the corner cocktail lounge. JoeyHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710864245535772665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25995372966642424472021-05-23T17:13:33.091-07:002021-05-23T17:13:33.091-07:00While googol is indeed a number, Google is a chara...While googol is indeed a number, Google is a character in the Snuffy Smith comics and the hit song he inspired.Kosmo13noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-84128864992010651682021-05-23T15:35:35.029-07:002021-05-23T15:35:35.029-07:00For the geeks out there, google was a number first...For the geeks out there, google was a number first:<br /><br />A googol is 10 to the 100th power (which is 1 followed by 100 zeros).<br /><br />and even more than that, googolplex is equivalent to ten raised to the power of a googol.<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880646894752760905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81280487308657782972021-05-23T13:37:19.731-07:002021-05-23T13:37:19.731-07:00I'd say that Dionne Warwick is best known by t...I'd say that Dionne Warwick is best known by the youngest generation for her recent presence on Twitter. (I think the psychic friends ads have been reduced to a footnote in her career...) Still, her music is her true legacy, and I still enjoy listening to her recordings.Philly Cinephilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882199549298409881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39798911535197051342021-05-23T12:37:55.407-07:002021-05-23T12:37:55.407-07:00Tesla is just the name for an automobile to many.
...Tesla is just the name for an automobile to many.<br /><br />And hardly anybody knows why they used to call a telephone "The Ameche".Frederic Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092073035980930082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2921279395487089872021-05-23T11:50:10.468-07:002021-05-23T11:50:10.468-07:00Here & There:
- I'm pretty sure that Seb...Here & There:<br /><br /> - I'm pretty sure that Sebastian Cabot the actor was born with that name, perhaps in honor of the Venetian explorer.<br /><br />- On the other hand, the singer Arnold Dorsey had to be persuaded to adopt the name of the German composer Engelbert Humperdinck.<br /><br /> - But the practice continues today:<br /> The other evening, Rachel Maddow was talking about medical workers who had to improvise protective devices for themselves in emergencies, when they ran low on the real thing.<br />Rachel called this practice <i>"McGyvering"</i>.<br />Here's hoping that she (or MSNBC) had the presence of mind to trademark this ...Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1357825414109603812021-05-23T10:13:36.979-07:002021-05-23T10:13:36.979-07:00Some of the examples that first pop into my mind a...Some of the examples that first pop into my mind are from the world of fashion:<br /><br />Cardigan sweaters, named after the British Earl of Cardigan, who fought at Balaclava during the Crimean War.<br /><br />Raglan sleeves, named for Lord Raglan, who lost his arm at Waterloo and also fought in the Crimean War.<br /><br />Nehru jackets, named after Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.<br /><br />I imagine that folks today who think of these fashion terms do so with little recognition of the historical/military/political source of their eponyms.Tommy Raikonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66080309664427037262021-05-23T08:54:05.364-07:002021-05-23T08:54:05.364-07:00At some point in the future, Michael Jordan will n...At some point in the future, Michael Jordan will not be known by his full name, or even that he played basketball. Or maybe not known at all, when they origins of Air Jordans and the logo are lost to history.<br />Don't believe it? How many people know who Chuck Taylor is?John (formerly) in NE Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-22220198955869027522021-05-23T07:13:07.326-07:002021-05-23T07:13:07.326-07:00Dionne Warwick, who is better known to the younger...Dionne Warwick, who is better known to the younger generation as the psychic network lady rather than the singer.hollphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15998196087052081810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14425394593614285312021-05-23T05:07:35.781-07:002021-05-23T05:07:35.781-07:00Before playing Giles on Buffy Anthony Head starred...Before playing Giles on Buffy Anthony Head starred in a long running series of UK TV commercials for a brand of instant coffee, and I'm sure that many British people know him best for that. If you want see some of those ads, do a search for anthony head coffee ads.David Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068901363608328766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87714439636476045702021-05-23T02:51:40.821-07:002021-05-23T02:51:40.821-07:00@Kevin from VA
Sideburns are only the second most ...@Kevin from VA<br />Sideburns are only the second most famous term that was associated with a Civil War General.<br />The term may have predated General Joseph Hooker but his libertine ways certainly popularized a common word for something or other. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53653297638226355952021-05-22T23:11:25.097-07:002021-05-22T23:11:25.097-07:00I remember trying to buy a Honda at Penske Honda a...I remember trying to buy a Honda at Penske Honda and got a bit of attitude when I divulged not knowing who Roger Penske, race car driver, was. Penske Truck Rental belongs to him as well.<br /><br />Errol Flynn was an actor and he was also known as what was politely called a "Ladies Man"(or perhaps "girl's man", according to two women that brought statutory rape charges against him), but his name lives on in the slang phrase, "In like Flynn".<br /><br />The Frisbie Pie Company according to https://www.frisbiepie.com/our_story/ of Bridgeport, CT, founded by William Russell Frisbie, certainly didn't know that his name would become better known for plastic flying discs than pies, when local college students would eat pies delivered on campus and then throw the empty pie plates upside down. The Wham-O! Corporation changed the name to "Frisbee" to avoid legal entanglements. Now the revived company lends its name to local Disc Golf competitions.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17850672682992802562noreply@blogger.com