Archive for October 12th, 2020

“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 196

Monday, October 12th, 2020

I had a late night last night, and I have a doctor’s appointment this afternoon, so I’m being a little lazy today.

“Magic Highway, USA”, an episode of “Wonderful World of Disney” from 1958.

This episode from 1958 mostly looks back at the history of roads and travel in America, from the time that America was discovered right up through the creation of the super highways in the 1950s. It shows how slow progress was back when pioneers such as Daniel Boone moved west in the 19th century, how the railroad nearly sounded the deathnell of the highway, and how the creation of the automobile and it’s popularity just after the dawn of the 20th century changed things.

Bonus: the reason I had a late night last night was that Andrew and I went to see Greg Gutfeld at the HEB Center in Cedar Park. Spoiler: it was a lot of fun, like a giant tailgate party. But the staff (the HEB Center staff, not Mr. Gutfeld’s staff) were curiously obsessed with “the box”. You had to park squarely in the box. You had to back into the box (even though that put your car facing away from the stage, so you couldn’t sit in the front seats and watch). You could take off your mask if you were in the box, but if you left the box you had to mask up. You couldn’t jump boxes (move up to a closer box if your friends were there). You couldn’t get too close to the box surrounding the stage or they’d chase you back.

But I did get a free book and an autographed coffee pod out of it.

Why do I bring this up? No particular reason…

Noted.

Monday, October 12th, 2020

1. I was looking over some old blog posts, and ran across this quote from a 2014 “Tuesday Morning Quarterback” column on ESPN:

TMQ Vows: By 2020, I Will Reduce Factual Errors 17 Percent Compared to 2005 Columns

Credit where credit is due: TMQ has certainly met – as a matter of fact, exceeded – that goal. Hats off to Easterbrook.

2. I wanted to highlight this blog post (by way of Hacker News): I think it’s a nice bit of writing, but it also is a good illustration of the kind of thing I was talking about in this post.

Obit watch: October 12, 2020.

Monday, October 12th, 2020

It is the stated policy of this blog that, if you were a Bond girl, you get an obit.

Margaret Nolan. She was “Dink” in “Goldfinger” (she was also the model in the title sequence), appeared (uncredited) in “A Hard Day’s Night”, and appeared in various other UK movies and TV shows (including “Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?” and some of the “Carry On” series). She has a small role in Edgar Wright’s upcoming “Last Night in Soho”, and the THR obit reprints some of his tweets.

Tom Kennedy, most famous as a game show host. He doesn’t have many non-game show credits, but he did appear on both “Cannon” and “Hardcastle and McCormick”.

Your loser update: week 5, 2020.

Monday, October 12th, 2020

NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:

Atlanta
New York Football Giants
New York Jets