The Daily Dose/November 26, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience…
Friends, Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has the latest from the back office at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
In scratch paper news…
It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life.
The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 14: ggggg
Here are some funny lines from this week’s NCAA Bottom Ten:
63-penalty-yards, five (5) rushing yards give Zips 12.6-to-1.0 Penalty-Yards-To-Rushing-Yards ration, with B-10 pollsters “pretty sure” this is “like, one of the worst ever or something”.
Though Monarchs show token early interest with 7-7 first-quarter tie, offense tightens things up with twelve (12)-play drive that results in punt, 17-play marathon that results in missed field goal….
Rice offense tries to save face by punting of final five (5) drives, but damage had already been done.
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On This Date
In 1942 – The movie Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, makes its world premiere in New York City. Despite the fact few associated with the film expected too much out of it, Casablanca was nominated for eight Oscars, winning three, including Best Picture and has long been considered a classic of American cinema. The movie was based on an unproduced play called Everybody Comes to Rick’s.
In 1999 – A.C. Green of the Los Angeles Lakers establishes a new professional basketball record playing in his 1,042nd consecutive game in a 103-80 win over the New Jersey Nets. Greene broke the record that had been established by Ron Boone, who had played in both the ABA and the NBA from 1968-81. Green ultimately played in 1,192 consecutive games and had established the all-time NBA record when he played in his 907th consecutive game in 1997. Both of Green’s records still stand.
In 1966 – The Supremes are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second and final week with You Keep Me Hanging On. It was the eighth of twelve #1 songs for the Supremes and the song was also in its first of four consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, where it was their fifth of eight #1s. The song has been covered many times, including a version by Kim Wilde who hit #1 with it on the Hot 100 in 1986
Quotebook
…a nation so furiously dedicated to peace that it was almost never not at war to ensure ultimate peace for all time.
Gore Vidal
The Golden Age
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Moe Roberts’ record as the youngest player in NHL history, 19-years-old, was broken on Dec. 19, 1943, by goalie Harry Lumley, 17. Lumley was the player Roberts replaced for the final period in a 1951 game to become the oldest player in NHL history. Roberts’ record of oldest player in NHL history was broken on Oct. 11, 1979, by Gordie Howe, who was 51 when he returned to the NHL with the Hartford Whalers.
Today’s Stumper
Who are the acts who have had more #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 than the Supremes? – Answer next time!
