The Daily Dose/August 15, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
Editor’s Note: Lauren Daigle’s song ‘You Say’ is at #2 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart this week. It will return to its usual home at #3 if/when it returns to #1 for a Billboard all-chart record 133rd non-consecutive week. The Morman Tabernacle Choir sends regards.
1. COVID Non-Vaccinators – GET VACCINATED DAMMIT!!!…We can only herald the wonders of personal choice so long before accommodation becomes appeasement…Quit being contrary…Besides, Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” microchip insertion is only so Google can better target ads into our brains.
2. Andrew Cuomo – New York governor resigns – as he should have – despite having only roughly half the number of sexual assault allegations as Donald Trump…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” they have some zero clue why Trump – who admits to grabbing women by the pussy – continues to get a free pass.
3. Donald Trump Supporters – Once and future 3-hole staple, former president remains a lying sexual predator who believes the moon is part of Mars…And that the Revolution was won by the securing of British airports…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters remain “pretty sure” asking Trump supporters which of these elements continues to solidify their support still reasonable question.
4. Afghanistan – You’re on your own, now guys…After 20 years you probably would’ve been better off submitting to Soviet Union…America’s longest war – undeclared by Congress, of course – ends with Afghanistan once again poised to be brought kicking and screaming into stone age by Taliban.
5. Major League Baseball – Field of Dreams not a completely hokey, cornball affair, though Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters remain “pretty sure” if you guys really wanted to make an impact you should hold a Bed-Sty Classic or a Watts Weekend, with players entering field from county jail buses instead of cornfields.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Q: Is it Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary?
A: Damn straight it is.
The Diary of a Nobody – Someone’s been farting around with the sundry stand and Sparrow does not approve. Today’s Diary.
Some wizard has changed the way the ice cream sandwiches – Klondikes, Reece’s, M&Ms – are displayed….Before, they were all laid on their backsides, rather sensibly if you ask me…This wasn’t good enuff for some up-and-coming marketing wizard here – there are no suspects – and now the ice cream sandwiches are standing on their bottom edge…Actually, there were only Klondike and M&M sandwiches out there because the Reece’s sandwiches were replaced by those infernal Push-Up while I was gone for two nites…I was going to change them, but it was pretty slammed tonite, so perhaps I’ll get to it tomorrow when we’re sold out again.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1939 – The movie The Wizard of Oz premieres in Hollywood – following several test screenings around the country – at Grauman’s Chinese Theater. Except for some quibbling over the special effects, the movie opened to almost universal acclaim. Despite this, high production and other costs originally resulted in a loss for MGM and the studio didn’t start turning a profit on the film for ten years. It was nominated for five Oscars and won two, for Best Original Score and Best Original Song.
In 1886 – Guy Hecker of the Louisville Colonels (American Association) establishes new major league records for most runs and total bases in a game and ties the single-game marks for home runs and hits in a 22-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the second game of a doubleheader. Hecker scored seven runs and had 15 total bases, along with three home runs and six hits. The seven runs scored remains the major league record and everything remains records for pitchers.
In 1953 – Les Paul and Mary Ford are at #1 on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart – a predecessor to the Hot 100 – for the second of eleven consecutive weeks with Vaya con Dios. It was the third and final #1 song on a Billboard pop chart for the duo in a chart career that lasted from 1945-61. The song also peaked at #7 in Great Britain and was Billboard’s second-biggest song of the year behind Percy Faith’s The Theme From Moulin Rouge, which also spent eleven weeks at #1.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Vision without action is delusion.
Wes Watson
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Billboard’s #1 song of 1982 was Physical by Olivia Newton-John, which spent ten weeks at #1, then tied for the Hot 100 record.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the actress who turned down the wicked witch of the west role that went to Margaret Hamilton? – Answer next time!
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