• Walter Damrosch pioneered the playing of classical music in American towns where classical music had never been played. In one town, he was conducting a Beethoven symphony when someone in the audience loudly requested that the orchestra play "The Arkansas Traveler." Mr. Damrosch conducted his orchestra in "The Arkansas Traveler," then resumed conducting the Beethoven symphony.
Auditions
• Early in his career, Douglas Colvin was not musically sophisticated. At an audition to join the New York band the Neon Boys, he was asked to play a C. He knew how to play a few musical notes, so Douglas played a note, then looked at the Neon Boys. But he had played the wrong note, so they shook their heads. This went on for a few notes, and Douglas failed the audition. Later, Douglas, who was then well known as Dee Dee Ramone of the Ramones, became a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• Tenor Richard Tucker scored a huge success at his 1944 audition for the New York Metropolitan Opera. After Mr. Tucker had sung, from the darkness of the theater came the voice of conductor Emil Cooper: "I will assume full responsibility for this man's career."
Bathrooms
• John Lennon could behave erratically at times. He and fellow musician Harry Nilsson once spent a drunken evening together. After getting kicked out - with good reason - of a Smothers Brothers concert in Los Angeles, they went to the Lost on Larrabee restaurant. John disappeared into a bathroom, and then he reappeared with a feminine-hygiene product on his forehead. He asked the waitress, "Do you know who I am?" The waitress looked at him and said, "Yes, you're some a**hole with a Kotex on his forehead."
• Sarah Johns moved to Nashville, sang, and to support her singing, washed tour buses. A few years later, she had a contract with a music company, and she was touring in her own tour bus. Does that mean she doesn't have to clean tour buses anymore? No. She has to clean her own tour bus. She says, "I clean the toilet every morning, because, you know, I'm on there with a bunch of guys, and they always miss."
Blues
• Joe Williams became famous singing the blues, but for a long time he was paid more to sing popular songs such as ballads - which he and others called "pretty songs" and "pretty tunes." In 1941, Mr. Williams was being paid $45 a week to sing the blues. In between the blues shows, he remembers, he would sing "all kinds of pretty tunes of the day." Coleman Hawkins listened to the pretty tunes, liked what he heard, and told him, "I want you to come with me and travel as my vocalist. I don't want you to sing the blues. I want you to sing the pretty songs, and I'm gonna give you $80 a week." Mr. Williams jokes, "I lost my allegiance to the blues just like that!" The same thing kept happening. Andy Kirk wanted him to sing the pretty songs and let Beverly White sing the blues. And Lionel Hampton wanted him to sing the pretty songs and let Dinah Washington sing the blues. In 1954, Mr. Williams started singing with Count Basie's band. He sang "Everyday I Have the Blues" and kept singing the blues after that.
Hosted by Jack Bailey, this American radio and TV game show featured contestants with sad stories who were then judged by the audience, using an applause meter, in an effort to win 'big prizes'. What is the name of this game show that ran from 1945 to 1964?
Queen for a Day is an American radio and television game show that helped to usher in American listeners' and viewers' fascination with big-prize giveaway shows. Queen for a Day originated on the Mutual Radio Network on April 30, 1945, in New York City before moving to Los Angeles a few months later and ran until 1957. The show then ran on NBC Television from 1956 to 1960 and on ABC Television from 1960 to 1964.
The show opened with host Jack Bailey asking the audience-mostly women-"Would YOU like to be Queen for a day?" After this, the contestants were introduced and interviewed, one at a time, with commercials and fashion commentary interspersed in between.
Each contestant was asked to talk about the recent financial and emotional hard times she had been through. The interview would climax with Bailey asking the contestant what she needed most and why she wanted to win the title of Queen for a Day. Often the request was for medical care or therapeutic equipment to help a chronically ill child, or might be for a hearing aid, a new washing machine, or a refrigerator. Many women broke down sobbing as they described their plights.
The winning contestant was selected by the audience using an applause meter; the harsher the contestant's situation, the likelier the studio audience was to ring the applause meter's highest level. The winner, to the musical accompaniment of "Pomp and Circumstance", would be draped in a sable-trimmed red velvet robe, given a glittering jeweled crown to wear, placed on a velvet-upholstered throne, and handed a dozen long-stemmed roses to hold while her list of prizes was announced.
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
Would you like to be "Queen for a Day"?
Randall wrote:
Queen For a Day?
mj said:
It was actually quite cruel
And the prizes were often pretty poor (like a sewing machine to help in
doing piece work to eke out a living). Queen for a Day hardly treated
it's winners like royalty.
Alan J answered:
Queen For A Day.
Libtard Roy, still socially distancing in Tyler, TX replied:
Queen For a Day was a game show that became very popular for that time period. It was a part of the craze and obsession of quiz/game shows. I suppose you could also consider it to be "reality" TV, as the host, Jack Bailey, interviewed four different women about how horrible their lives were and why they deserved to win the prizes. My Mom loved the show and rarely missed an episode. In fact, she and I were in the audience for one show, during a day trip into the big city when we were living in Brooklyn. I think the big winner that day won a brand new washer and dryer!
Mac Mac responded:
Queen for a day
Cal in Vermont wrote:
That would be Queen For A Day in which women would tell their tales of woe to Emcee Jack Bailey. A studio audience would register their opinion regarding the most wretched tale via an Applause-O-Meter and the winner would would be crowned and enrobed and given an armful ot roses and a TV and a refrigerator and a stove or maybe a night out on the town with all the fixin's. Coming right after World War 2, it signaled the promise of a care-free world of plenty and happiness where where any problem could be overcome. It ran from 1945 to 1964 and was a staple of daytime TV.
Somebody should tell the Tangerine Tyrant about this. Or not.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Queen for a Day
John I from Hawai`i says,
Queen for a Day
Dave wrote:
Queen For a Day. No recollection of that show at all. From the description of the show it was trash. The kind of show that our Short Fingered Vulgarian was born to host. Kind of a Jerry Springer Show vibe with the crass audience being entertained by the sad stories of people worse off than themselves. Anyway the applause meter decided which of the women won the big prize, with the losers getting nothing- because what could be more cruel? In fact the losers got a trivial participation prize which wasn't revealed on air.
Dave in Tucson said:
That sounds like Queen for a Day.
Billy in Cypress U$A answered:
Queen for a Day, although it was really Sob Stories of the Day.
Deborah, the Master Gardener, responded:
Was it "Queen for a Day?" Just a WAG; I have no idea.
Heat is abating some, and now I see that thunderstorms are forecast in the coming days. This weather is giving me whiplash.
DJ Useo replied:
My sad story is I never heard of such a show. I enjoy classic radio shows of all kinds. Today, I am the loser. lol
( At least I get some turtle wax )
Barbara, of Peppy Tech fame wrote:
The answer is "Queen for a Day," a contest to see who can get the greatest amount audience sympathy for their hard luck story. I didn't question things very much as a kid, but the whole concept behind the show seem pretty creepy from my current perspective!
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CBS begins the night with a RERUN'MacGyver', followed by a RERUN'Magnum PU', then a RERUN'Blue Bloods'.
On a RERUNStephen Colbert (from 4/20/20) are Trevor Noah, and Willie, Lukas & Micah Nelson.
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 11/25/19) are Jamie Lee Curtis, Thomas Middleditch, and Pardison Fontaine featuring Offset.
NBC starts the night with a RERUN'World Of Dance', followed by 'Dateline'.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon it's "Tonight Show" Staff Favorites, including Miley Cyrus, Barack Obama, and Steve Carell.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 1/21/20) are Aidy Bryant, Rep. Eric Swalwell, the Jonas Brothers, and Adam Marcello.
On a RERUNLilly Singh (from 5/6/20) is Christina Hendricks.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN'Shark Tank', followed by '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel is Sean Penn.
The CW offers a FRESH'Masters Of Illusion', followed by a RERUN'Masters Of Illusion', then a RERUN'Whose Line Is It Anyway?', followed by another RERUN'Whose Line Is It Anyway?'.
Faux fills the night with a FRESH'WWE Friday Night SmackDown'.
MY recycles an old 'CSI: Miami', followed by another old 'CSI: Miami'.
A&E has 'Live PD', followed by a FRESH'Live PD: Rewind', and 'Live PD'.
AMC offers the movie 'Tombstone', followed by a FRESH'Friday Night In With The Morgans', then the movie 'US Marshals'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Outrageous Okona
[7:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Loud as a Whisper
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Schizoid Man
[9:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Unnatural Selection
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - A Matter of Honor
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Measure of a Man
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Dauphin
[1:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Contagion
[2:00PM] MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II
[5:00PM] MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III
[8:00PM] TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
[11:00PM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Katy Perry, Steve Carrell, Dakota Johnson and John Legend.
[11:40PM] TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
[2:42AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Measure of a Man
[3:43AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Dauphin
[4:44AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Contagion
[5:44AM] HIDDEN HABITATS - Serengeti (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 3 hours of old 'Below Deck', followed by the movie 'Easy A'.
Comedy Central has an hour of old 'South Park', 2 hours of old 'Key & Peele', and 'Kevin Hart: Laugh At My Pain'.
FX has the movie 'Spider-Man 2', followed by the movie 'Spider-Man: Homecoming'.
History has all old 'The Secret Of Skinwalker Ranch' all night.
IFC -
[6:00A] The Three Stooges
[6:15A] Monty Python and the Holy Grail
[8:15A] Argo
[11:00A] Black Mass
[2:00P] That '70s Show
[2:30P] That '70s Show
[3:00P] That '70s Show
[3:30P] That '70s Show
[4:00P] That '70s Show
[4:30P] That '70s Show
[5:00P] That '70s Show
[5:30P] That '70s Show
[6:00P] Two and a Half Men
[6:30P] Two and a Half Men
[7:00P] Two and a Half Men
[7:30P] Two and a Half Men
[8:00P] Two and a Half Men
[8:30P] Two and a Half Men
[9:00P] Two and a Half Men
[9:30P] Two and a Half Men
[10:00P] Two and a Half Men
[10:30P] Two and a Half Men
[11:00P] Two and a Half Men
[11:30P] Two and a Half Men
[12:00A] Two and a Half Men
[12:30A] Two and a Half Men
[1:00A] That '70s Show
[1:30A] That '70s Show
[2:00A] That '70s Show
[2:30A] That '70s Show
[3:00A] That '70s Show
[3:30A] That '70s Show
[4:00A] That '70s Show
[4:30A] Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Escape 2000 (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:15am] The Andy Griffith Show
[6:50am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:25am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:00am] Rear Window
[10:30am] Psycho
[1:00pm] Law & Order
[2:00pm] Law & Order
[3:00pm] Law & Order
[4:00pm] Law & Order
[5:00pm] Law & Order
[6:00pm] Law & Order
[7:00pm] Law & Order
[8:00pm] Law & Order
[9:00pm] Law & Order
[10:00pm] Law & Order
[11:00pm] Law & Order
[12:00am] The Split - Episode 4
[1:22am] Law & Order
[2:21am] Law & Order
[3:20am] Law & Order
[4:20am] The Split
[5:40am] The Andy Griffith Show (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'The Hitman's Bodyguard', followed by the movie 'Wanted'.
The Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Nick Anderson has described Donald Trump (R-Crass) as an "adolescent wannabe authoritarian", after the US president's re-election campaign failed to pull one of Anderson's cartoons mocking Trump's inaccurate suggestion that injecting disinfectant could protect against Covid-19.
Anderson put his cartoon The Trump Cult up for sale on the online retailer Redbubble this month. The illustration shows Trump with supporters in Maga hats, serving them a drink that has been labeled "Kool-Aid", then "Chloroquine" and finally "Clorox", a US bleach brand. The cartoon is a reference to the 1978 Jonestown massacre, where more than 900 people died after drinking cyanide-laced punch at the order of cult leader Jim Jones, and to Trump's widely denounced idea of injecting bleach to protect against coronavirus. Trump has also been taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a protection against Covid-19, despite a study showing it has been linked to increased deaths in patients.
But Redbubble pulled Anderson's illustration from sale following a trademark infringement claim made by Trump's campaign organisation, Donald J Trump for President Inc. Writing on the Daily Kos, Anderson said that he believed the claim was made due to his depiction of Maga hats, and described the situation as "absurd".
"We live in a strange time when the #POTUS can falsely accuse someone of murder with impunity (violating @Twitter's terms of service), while at the same time bully a private business into removing content it doesn't like," Anderson added on Twitter.
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) and other free speech organisations subsequently got involved, sending a group letter to Redbubble that accused Trump's campaign of having "misused Redbubble's reporting mechanism to suppress protected political expression in the form of parody, critique, and satire", and arguing that the work and those who publish it are protected by the first amendment.
Japanese theme parks have requested visitors refrain from screaming while on rides as the parks move to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The new rule is part of a wide-ranging set of guidelines released by an association of theme park operators in Japan which aim to minimise risks of spreading the virus and ensure the safety of visitors and staff.
Many of the new guidelines, proposed by the East Japan and West Japan Amusement Park Associations, are expected, with guests and employees encouraged to frequently use hand sanitiser, wear face masks and pass temperature checks prior to admittance. The parks will also be operating at reduced capacity and undergo increased cleanings.
While most of the safety measures are ones put in place in many other parts of the world, the amusement parks are unique in asking that visitors riding rides "refrain from speaking loudly".
Park employees have also been advised to limit speaking to customers even "if there is a shortage of so-called customer service" and to instead rely on non-verbal clues such as hand gestures.
The cast of Lord of the Rings are back together, and transporting themselves back to the days of hairy feet and second breakfasts.
Elijah Wood (Frodo), Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee), Billy Boyd (Peregrin Took) and Dominic Monaghan (Meriadoc Brandybuck) all got together on Zoom, only to be joined by veteran thesp Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf the Grey).
The get-together is another orchestrated by actor and comedian Josh Gad, who has been bringing together iconic movie casts in his online lockdown series Reunited Apart.
The Lord of the Rings reunion will happen this Sunday, with a host of other A-listers joining the chat.
President Donald Trump (R-Churl) has had a wild week on Twitter, but it would be hard to tell if you have only been following the president's official account.
Trump's main newsmaking tool is his longstanding personal account, @realDonaldTrump.
But few of the president's most controversial tweets - including his recent false claims about voting by mail, which Twitter fact checked, and his baseless insinuations that MSNBC's Joe Scarborough is a murderer - can be found on the official POTUS account.
Under then-President Barack Obama, the @POTUS account was used for official administration communiqués and announcements, while Obama's personal account was used more sparingly for campaign and family-related content.
Under Trump, the @POTUS account is mostly reserved for selective retweets of @realDonaldTrump.
A campaign group formed by anti-Trump Republican operatives has launched a TV commercial against the party's leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, who is up for re-election this November.
Deriding him as "Rich Mitch", the ad is being broadcast in the senator's home state of Kentucky. It is the work of the Lincoln Project, an operation founded by veterans of various Republican campaigns united in their disgust for Donald Trump (R-Prissy), as well as for their party's acquiescence to him and his agenda.
"What will history say about Mitch McConnell?" asks the ad's voiceover. "Well, he's spent most of his time making deals for himself. Not so much for Kentucky.
"Mitch didn't have money when he went to Washington 35 years ago. Today, he's one of the richest guys up there. So what did Kentucky get in the bargain? Well, we're 40th in job opportunity, 45th in education, 43rd in healthcare. Getting the picture?"
"After 35 years, Kentuckians are still waiting for the kinds of opportunities Mitch worked so hard to give himself. With another six years of Mitch McConnell, from the hollow to the horse farm, we'll still be waiting. And Mitch? He'll just be richer.
Dormant "zombie fires" scattered across the Arctic region -- remnants of record blazes last year -- may be coming to life after an unusually warm and dry Spring, scientists warned Wednesday.
"We have seen satellite observations of active fires that hint that 'zombie' fires might have reignited," said Mark Parrington, a senior scientist and wildfire expert at the European Union's Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service.
The hotspots, which have yet to be confirmed by ground measurements, are particularly concentrated in areas that burned last summer.
The year 2019 was marked by fires unprecedented in scale and duration across large swathes of Siberia and Alaska.
In June -- the hottest on record, going back 150 years -- the blazes are estimated to have released 50 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, equivalent to Sweden's annual emissions.
Migratory birds may be particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change compared with birds that stay put during the winter, scientists reported May 26 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers found that residential birds in North America have expanded their ranges into warming northerly areas since the 1970s, while the breeding grounds occupied by migratory birds have shrunk.
The new paper "shows that what happens during migration or the winter can have these carryover effects that constrain or enable responses to climate change," says Julie Heath, a professor of biological sciences at Boise State University who was not involved with the research.
In recent decades, many bird species have become less abundant across North America. A study published last fall in the journal Science found that the adult bird population has dropped by nearly 3 billion since 1970, with migratory species hit particularly hard. Habitat loss is the primary reason for this decline, although other threats such as pesticides and feral and outdoor cats are also taking a toll on birds.
While climate change is not the main culprit, however, the new findings suggest that it might act as a "threat multiplier," says Clark Rushing, an assistant professor of ecology at Utah State University in Logan and coauthor of the new study. "These species that are already facing habitat loss and [other] types of threats are going to have a harder time adapting to changing conditions in the future if they have trouble shifting where they can breed," he says.
They saw that over the course of 43 years, birds that remain in place year-round or only migrate short distances have pushed the boundaries of their ranges northward by about half a degree in latitude (roughly 35 miles). By contrast, the total areas where long-distance migrants were spotted became smaller, with the southern boundaries of their breeding grounds edging northward.
Around the country and the world, coronavirus lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are being lifted as the rate of new infections begins to slow. That shouldn't be interpreted as humans having suddenly beaten the virus; local outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 are going to be something we contend with until there's an effective vaccine or widespread immunity. For public health officials, having as much notice as possible about those outbreaks will be vital. And it's possible that sewage sludge might be able to provide that notice.
The idea is pretty simple. We know that infected humans shed SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in feces, so you can take samples of sewage sludge, look for the virus's genetic materials, and thereby get an idea of the viral load of the pooping population.
In fact, the idea of using our sewers for biosurveillance isn't a new one. I first heard the concept at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology meeting in 2011, when biotechnology companies like PacBio and Oxford Nanopore proposed using their advanced new platforms to sequence the DNA in sewage for public health intelligence. But the idea was old hat even then-Israel has been monitoring sewage for signs of polio outbreaks since 1989, and it detected outbreaks in 1991, 2002, and 2013.
What makes the approach here all the more useful is the fact that changes in the amount of detectable virus in sewage sludge appears to mirror changes in the number of new cases-in fact, they give advanced warning. Those are the findings in a recent preprint from a group of researchers at Yale.
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