• Nick Carter, the youngest Backstreet Boy, started entertaining at an early age. When he was a very small child, his mother caught him standing on a tree stump and entertaining an audience consisting entirely of flowers, so she decided to quickly enroll him in singing lessons.
• Even as a young child, artist Andy Warhol was different. He once disappeared from a neighborhood baseball game, as the other players discovered when someone hit the baseball to where Andy was supposed to be. Later, John, his brother, found him drawing flowers.
• Young people in love do silly things. When Mark Twain was five years old, he fell in love with Laura Hawkins, who was the model for Becky Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Young Mark had an apple, and he so loved Laura that he gave her the apple core.
• Growing up with two totally blind parents can lead to odd situations. For example, Etta Reid decided that 11-year-old Julie, her sighted daughter, needed a bra after feeling Julie’s breasts. Back then, Julie was horribly embarrassed, but today she thinks it’s funny.
• Being a famous opera singer in the days before quick and easy travel was quite rough. After Ernestine Schumann-Heink came back home in Europe after spending her first year singing in America, Ferdinand, her little son, asked her, “Is your name Mama?”
• In St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Onalaska, Wisconsin, Bill Bader gave a children’s sermon on the proper use of time. At one point, he asked for examples of a waste of time, and a three-year-old girl said, “How about taking a bath?”
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• When she was a young girl, children’s book author Marion Dane Bauer was infuriated when her parents lied to her — as parents did at that time (the 1940s and early 1950s) when they didn’t want their children to know about such things as divorce. For example, young Marion had not seen her godfather’s wife for a long time, and so she asked about her. Her mother told her that her godfather had never had a wife. Because of such lies and the way they made her feel, Ms. Bauer has been very honest with her own children — in fact, her daughter tells her that she is “pathologically honest.” For example, when her three-and-a-half-year-old son asked about Santa Claus and whether he had really put gifts in the stockings, she told him the truth. That was fine, but it had the unintended effect of never allowing her daughter, who was two years younger than her son, to believe in Santa Claus because her older brother told her the truth. Today, the daughter, a grown woman, usually tells the truth, but is not “pathological” about it.
• In grade 5, young adult author Chris Crutcher got into trouble with a Christian teacher. It was almost Christmas, and the teacher had assigned the students the task of seeing how many words they could create from the phrase “Merry Christmas.” The young student had written first “Chris,” then “Christ” on his list. His teacher ordered him to change the list and put “Christ” first, then his name. Frequently rebellious, Chris refused, and the teacher said that when Chris put his own name before the name Christ, he was committing the sin of pride.
• Many very young children don’t realize that what happens on stage is not real. At Christmas, Ernestine Schumann-Heink played the role of the Witch in the opera Hansel and Gretel while her children were very small, and when her character was put in the oven, her young son Ferdinand cried out, “They’re putting my mother in the oven and burning her up!” Fortunately, Ms. Schumann-Heink came out of the other side of the oven quickly, and little Ferdinand saw that she was all right.
• Tennis star Arthur Ashe valued education. When Camera, his daughter (her mother and his wife was the photographer Jeanne Moutoussamy), read to him for the first time a whole book out loud, he cried. Camera was raised well — each Christmas her father would take her to visit less fortunate families, to whose children they gave toys, including some that Camera had been given that day.
Edward Mayhoff 'Ed' Grimley is a fictional character created and portrayed by Martin Short. Developed amongst The Second City improv comedy troupe, Grimley made his television debut on the sketch comedy show SCTV in 1982, leading to popular success for both Short and the persona. Short continued to portray Grimley on Saturday Night Live and in various other appearances. The character also starred in Hanna-Barbera's 1988 animated series The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, and appeared in Short's 2012 comedy special I, Martin Short, Goes Home.
Ed Grimley is an excessively cowlicked, voluble, hyperactive manchild who is obsessed with banal popular culture, particularly Wheel of Fortune and its host, Pat Sajak. He also loves to play the triangle, which for him consists of playing a recorded musical piece, striking the triangle once, and then wildly dancing to the recording. His catchphrases include "I must say", "let's face it", "totally decent", "makes me completely mental," and "give me a break".
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Billy in Cypress U.S.A. was first, and correct, with:
Edward Mayhoff 'Ed' Grimley
Doug in Albuquerque, New Mexico, wrote:
Ed Grimley was the Geeky character Martin Short played on SNL who kept saying “I must say” as he twisted as he walked.
Mark. said:
Ed Grimley.
Alan J answered:
Ed Grimley
Dave responded:
Ed Grimley. I couldn’t remember the name without looking it up. During those years I didn’t watch that much SNL or SCTV, unless I thought to set the VCR, during that period because I was working a lot of Saturdays on the night shift.
Deborah, the Master Gardener replied:
I’m not much of a mensch of SNL history, as for many of its early years I either owned no television or lived overseas, where is wasn’t shown. But a quick search revealed Mr. Short’s rich history with the show. I think this character is Ed Grimley. Other than that, I got nothin’.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Ed Grimley
Rosemary in Columbus wrote:
Ed Grimley
Dave in Tucson said:
Martin Short's character was named Ed Grimley. Seems Ed had a Pat Sajak fetish.
Daniel in The City answered:
Ed Grimley
Jacqueline responded:
Ed Grimley
Cal in Vermont replied:
Ed Grimley.
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CBS fills the night with LIVE'March Madness', then pads the left coast with local crap.
On a RERUNStephen Colbert (from 3/2/21) are Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Jon Batiste.
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 1/12/21) are Liam Neeson, Annaleigh Ashford, and Pillow Queens.
NBC starts the night with a RERUN'The Blacklist', followed by 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Matthew McConaughey, Megan Rapinoe, and Morris Day featuring Trinidad Jame$.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 3/8/21) are Eddie Murphy, Guy Fieri, and Josh Herndon.
On a RERUNLilly Singh (from 2/22/21) is Bob the Drag Queen.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN'Shark Tank', followed by '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 3/1/21) are Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Alan S. Kim, and Madison Beer.
The CW offers a FRESH'Whose Line Is It Anyway?', followed by a RERUN'Whose Line Is It Anyway?', then a FRESH'Penn & Teller: Fool Us'.
Faux fills the night with FRESH'WWE Friday Night SmackDown'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: CI', followed by another old 'L&O: CI'.
A&E has 3 hours of old 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH'Rescue Cam', and another 'Rescue Cam'.
AMC offers the movie 'Back To The Future', followed by the movie 'Back To The Future Part II'.
BBC -
[6:00AM - 11:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
[12:00PM - 2:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
[3:00PM] GHOSTBUSTERS
[5:30PM] BAD BOYS
[8:00PM] BAD BOYS II
[11:00PM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW
[12:00AM] BAD BOYS
[2:30AM] BAD BOYS II
[5:30AM] HIDDEN HABITATS (ALL TIMES ET)
Bravo has 'Below Deck Mediterranean', another 'Below Deck Mediterranean', followed by the movie 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith'.
Comedy Central has an hour of old 'The Office', followed by 3 hours of 'Schitt's Creek'.
FX has the movie 'How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World', followed by the movie 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'.
IFC -
[7:45am] Eight Legged Freaks
[10:00am] Evil Dead
[12:00pm] The Devil's Rejects
[2:30pm] Scream 4
[5:00pm] Battle: Los Angeles
[7:30pm] Cloverfield
[9:15pm] 2012
[12:45am] Cloverfield
[2:30am] 2012 (ALL TIMES ET)
Sundance -
[6:00am - 12:30pm] the andy griffith show
[1:00pm - 1:00am] law & order
[2:00am] columbo
[3:45am] columbo
[5:30am] the andy griffith show (ALL TIMES ET)
SyFy has the movie 'Robin Hood', followed by the movie 'Salt', then a FRESH'Wynonna Earp'.
Donald Trump’s detractors appear to be taking out their frustrations on a wax replica of the former president.
The San Antonio Express-News reports that the replica had to be placed in storage after multiple visitors attacked it. The statue is located at Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio, Texas, a branch of the Ripley Entertainment Corp.
“When it’s a highly political figure, attacks can be a problem,” Clay Stewart, the regional manager of the museum told the publication. After realizing that patrons had an issue with the statue, employees first moved it to the front lobby so security could watch over the replica. However, that didn’t prevent visitors from “punching” and “scratching” the model, which left deep cuts on its face. Ultimately, the museum was forced to remove it from the floor altogether, where it’s been for the last four years.
In fact, wax replicas of Trump haven’t been welcome in other Tussaud museums. In October 2020, Madame Tussaud’s Berlin location got rid of its Trump statue, tossing the replica when it changed its exhibits as a way to condemn his administration’s politics. After Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, the museum’s London branch put its Trump statue in golf attire to signal “his potential 2021 wardrobe.”
Marvel Comics has unveiled a first look at a new Captain America.
The new character, Aaron Fischer, represents the first LGBTQ character to pick up Cap's shield in the comic's 80-year history.
Fischer is described as "the Captain America of the Railways — a fearless teen who stepped up to protect fellow runaways and the unhoused. Marvel Comics is proud to honor Pride Month with the rise of this new LGBTQ+ hero."
The limited series is titled The United States of Captain America and follows "Steve Rogers teaming up with Captain Americas of the past — Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson and John Walker — on a road trip across America to find his stolen shield. Throughout the group’s journey, they’ll discover everyday people from all walks of life who’ve taken up the mantle of Captain America to defend their communities." The series is written by Christopher Cantwell with art by Dale Eaglesham.
The other new Captains will be introduced at a later date. The United States of Captain America hits stores June 2.
Much like they did with cable in the 1980s and satellite television in the 1990s, the NFL on Thursday made another significant transition in the way its games are viewed.
The league’s new rights agreements, worth $113 billion over the 11 seasons of the new deals that begin in 2023, include a streaming service receiving an exclusive full season package for the first time when Amazon Prime Video will be the home of 15 “Thursday Night Football” games.
The new contracts also mean the NFL will nearly double its media revenue to more than $10 billion a season. The league took in $5.9 billion a year in its current contracts.
The total of $113 billion is an increase of 80% over the previous such period, a person with direct knowledge of the contracts told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the money figures were not made public.
Amazon has partnered with the league to stream 11 Thursday night games since 2017, but it will take over the entire package from Fox, which has had it since 2018. Amazon streamed a Week 16 Saturday game between the 49ers and Cardinals last year that was seen by an estimated 11.2 million total viewers and had an average minute audience of 4.8 million. That was the largest audience to stream an NFL game.
Every year, the Motion Picture Association — the top lobbying organization for Hollywood studios — compiles a detailed report analyzing the performance of the global box office.
It was a thankless task in 2020, a year that saw moviegoing devastated because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, which resulted in theater closures across the U.S. and globe. On the other hand, digital viewing boomed.
For the first time, subscribers of online services crossed 1 billion to top out at 1.1 billion, a 26 percent gain over 2019 (that included 306.8 billion subscriptions in the U.S., a 32 percent spike). All told, the global mobile/home entertainment market generated revenue of $68.8 billion in 2020, a 23 percent jump over 2019 (that excludes cable subscriptions).
According to the MPA, the U.S. box office fell to $2.2 billion in 2020, an unprecedented 80 percent decline, while global box office revenue tumbled to $12 billion, a 72 percent dip (the recovery of China and other Asian markets helped slow the devastation overseas). Movies entering production also plummeted by 46 percent.
For the first time ever, China ($3 billion) passed up North America to rank as the world's largest box office market. North America was No. 2, followed by Japan ($1.3 billion).
Over half of Republicans and Republican-leaning adults said they believe the Capitol riots are getting too much attention, according to a new Pew Research Center survey on Americans' views on the January 6 insurrection.
In the poll, 54% of Republicans said they think too much attention is being paid to the riots, while 33% said they think the right amount of attention is paid and 11% thought that too little attention is being paid.
Among Democrats and Democratic-leaning respondents, 40% think too little attention is being paid to the deadly violence and only 8% think the riots are receiving too much attention.
And among all Americans surveyed, 27% think too little attention is being paid to the riots, 44% said they think about the right amount of attention is being paid to them, and 28% believe too much attention is being paid.
Among all Americans, 87% said they believe it's very or somewhat important to prosecute the rioters, compared to 79% of Republicans and 95% of Democrats.
The conservative network Newsmax said Thursday it is hiring Jason Miller, a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump as a contributor who will provide commentary on a variety of issues.
Newsmax also says it is also hiring Andrew Giuliani, an ex-Trump aide and son of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, for a similar contributor’s role.
Hiring former politicians and government officials to provide commentary is hardly unusual for television news networks. Hiring somebody when he’s still working for a prominent politician is, although Newsmax has made no secret of its support for Trump.
Miller will be a paid contributor and his deal is non-exclusive, meaning he can still speak freely to other news outlets, said Brian Peterson, a spokesman for the network.
Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said Miller and Giuliani “have been Washington insiders without becoming part of the problem. Both of these gentlemen have tremendous track records in media and government, making their analysis of news events even more insightful for our viewers.”
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade objected to those arguing that the Atlanta spa shootings, which killed six Asian women and two others, were clearly a hate crime.
On Thursday, Fox & Friends covered statements from Atlanta police on the initial interviews they conducted with shooting suspect Robert Aaron Long, and their finding he had visited the spas before and was motivated by a potential “sexual addiction.” Police said it was still early in the investigation but the suspect himself did not lead them to believe the motive was racial bias — a statement that drew outrage, given the shooter targeted Asian spas amid a reported surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans.
Kilmeade said the killings “might be” an anti-Asian hate crime, “but so far there’s no indication of that.”
“It doesn’t seem to have any link, according to the police, to any type of hate crime, even though they haven’t made formal changes yet,” Kilmeade said. “I’m just astounded that people are jumping to that scenario, from the White House on down, when the investigation is not revealing that. Do we have to create it?”
After breaking down public reaction to the shootings, Kilmeade added, “It just seems it’s an all-out race to make it a hate crime. Isn’t it bad enough?”
In a new study, scientists from the University of Oslo say one side of Earth’s interior is losing heat much faster than the other side—and the culprit is practically as old as time.
The research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, uses computer models of the last 400 million years to calculate how “insulated” each hemisphere was by continental mass, which is a key quality that holds heat inside instead of releasing it. The pattern goes all the way back to Pangaea.
Earth has a red hot liquid interior that warms the entire planet from inside. It spins, too, generating both gravity and Earth’s magnetic field. This holds our protective atmosphere close to Earth’s surface.
Over the extremely long term, this interior will continue to cool until Earth is more like Mars. The surprise in the new study is how unevenly the heat is dissipating, but the reason makes intuitive sense: Parts of Earth have been insulated by more landmass, creating something of a Thermos layer that traps heat.
This contrasts with how Earth loses most of its heat: “Earth’s thermal evolution is largely controlled by the rate of heat loss through the oceanic lithosphere,” the study authors write. Why is this the site of the greatest loss? For that, we need a quick-and-dirty run-through of continental drift.
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