The Daily Dose/December 9, 2021
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience
Leading Off is running intermittently for the time being.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has a busy day and goes out to lunch. Today’s Diary.
Lunch was at the dining hall of the local JC because yours truly was in the mood for some all-you-can-eat access to really average food served at incorrect temperatures…
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1935 – American newspaperman Walter Liggett is shot to death in a gangland-style shooting behind his Minneapolis home. Liggett had returned to his home state after a long career in New York City and was shot while leaving his car in front of his wife and daughter. Despite the shooter being identified by four witnesses as Twin Cities mobster Isadore Blumenfeld, Blumenfeld was acquitted at his trial.
In 1935 – The Heisman Trophy – awarded to college football’s best player and then known as the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy – is awarded for the first time to Jay Berwanger, a halfback for the University of Chicago. The award would become the Heisman Trophy the following year, named after a director of the Downtown Athletic Club. Berwanger was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles but declined to play professional football.
In 1967 – Daydream Believer by the Monkees is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of four consecutive weeks, the third and final #1 song for the group. The song went to #1 in four other countries including Canada and Ireland, peaked at #5 in Great Britain and because it charted in both the 1967 and 1968 survey periods was Billboard’s 94th biggest song of 1967. In 1980 a version by Anne Murray peaked at #12 on the Hot 100 and at #3 on Billboard’s country chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
In this emergency, he consulted his native common sense, and found it a good guide.
Dorothy L Sayers
Murder Must Advertise
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Styx has had one #1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, Paradise Theater, which spent three non-consecutive weeks at #1 in 1981.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many players have won the Heisman Trophy twice? – Answer next time!
