• Jane Cummings and George Clarke lived in the house of the parents of poet E.E. Cummings; they were E.E.’s aunt and uncle. Frequently, Jane would read aloud novels such as Treasure Island or The Old Curiosity Shop to the family in the evening. One volume about the Tower of London, where important political prisoners were imprisoned — and sometimes tortured, murdered, or executed — was especially popular with George. After they had eaten dinner, he would request, “Jane, let’s have some ruddy gore!”
• Humor writer H. Allen Smith once went to a dude ranch, where a friend of his bragged to all present that Mr. Smith was a best-selling author. A cowboy (not a dude) listened to the talk about Mr. Smith’s books, then said, “Never read but one book in all muh life … book called Riders uh the Purple Sage … never gonna read another’n long as I live.”
• One of the advantages of cheap paperback books is that they are disposable. On a long journey by car, Peg Bracken and a friend got bored as someone else was driving, so her friend started reading a paperback thriller, and as she finished each couple of pages, she tore them out of the thriller and handed them to Ms. Bracken to read.
Bores
• Playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan once was given a great deal of advice on a theatrical production by a bore who spoke at great length, finally winding up by saying, “But I fear I’ve been intruding on your attention.” Mr. Sheridan replied, “No, no — I’ve not been listening.”
• The philosopher Aristotle, many of whose lecture notes have come down to us, had a sense of humor. When a long-winded bore told him a long-winded story, then asked him if he were bored, Aristotle replied, “No, indeed, for I was not listening to you.” (Some good anecdotes are attributed to more than one person.)
Censorship
• Occasionally, one of young people’s author Bruce Coville’s books is challenged in a school or library — that means that someone wants the book not to be assigned reading for a class or wants the book to be removed from the library bookshelves. Often, people think that these attempts at censorship will result in an increase in book sales because of the resultant publicity; however, Mr. Coville disagrees because of what he calls “gray censorship” — censorship that is not noticeable and does not make headlines. He acknowledges that the publicity will result in more sales in the town in which the attempt at censorship occurred, but he says that for 100 miles around that town, teachers will think twice before teaching that book and librarians will think twice before ordering the book for their bookshelves. He is afraid that often teachers and librarians will avoid using or ordering his book because they want to avoid controversy. By the way, Mr. Coville had an early experience with controversy when he was his high school’s salutatorian at the time when Martin Luther King, Jr., and John F. Kennedy were assassinated and the Vietnam War was going on. He wrote a passionate speech and submitted it for approval, but he was told by his advisor to write another speech, which he did. This tame speech was approved. However, when Mr. Coville stood up in front of the high school students, he delivered his original, passionate speech. No one stopped him, and afterward, a different class advisor shook his hand and told him, “That was a h*ll of a speech!”
The first animated series to receive an Emmy as "Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming" featured a fictional blue anthropomorphic cartoon character with a Southern drawl and a relaxed, well-intentioned personality. In Finland he's called "Hakki-koira", in France he's "Roquet Belles-Oreilles", and the Italians know him as "Braccobaldo Bau". By what name is he known in the US?
Huckleberry "Huck" Hound is a fictional cartoon character, a blue anthropomorphic coonhound that speaks with a North Carolina Southern drawl and has a relaxed, sweet, and well-intentioned personality. He first appeared in the series The Huckleberry Hound Show. The cartoon was one of six TV shows to win an Emmy Award in 1960 as an "Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming"; the first animated series to receive such an award.
Huckleberry's name is a reference to classic American novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain. Hanna and Barbera almost named Yogi Bear "Huckleberry Bear".
Finnish: Hakki-koira
French: Roquet Belles-Oreilles
Italian: Braccobaldo Bau
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
Huckleberry Hound.
Billy in Cypress U. $. A. said:
"Huckleberry Hound"
Randall wrote:
Huckleberry Hound
Alan J answered:
Huckleberry Hound.
Cal in Vermont replied:
Huckleberry Hound. He could often be found in the Hanna-Barbera commissary with the likes of Queeks Draw McGraw, Baba Looey and El Kabong, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy and Snagglepuss and Magilla Gorilla and many others. Different time in a different world...
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Huckleberry Hound
zorch said:
Huckleberry Hound.
Dave wrote:
Huckleberry Hound. I guessed it this time. I don’t remember much about that show, so I don’t remember anything about it that deserved an Emmy.
Deborah, the Master Gardener replied:
The southern drawl hint reminded me of Foghorn Leghorn, but I’m pretty sure you’re referring to Huckleberry Hound.
Seasonal and pleasant lately. Great weather for dog-walking and bike-riding (for which I’m grateful, given these stressful and just weird-ass times).
Dave in Tucson wrote:
That suspiciously sounds like Huckleberry Hound.
Huckleberry Closet Case/Huckleberry Butch Me Up (h/t Charles Pierce)
Barbara, of Peppy Tech fame said:
The answer is Huckleberry Hound. I looked it up on YouTube and found this: . No question about who the sponsor was! (Cartoon characters representing various Kellogg's cereals appear in the opening and closing credits.) It was a different era, wasn't it?
Daniel in The City answered:
Huckleberry Hound
DJ Useo replied:
Huckleberry Hound is a fave of mine. They don't call him "Blue Dog" for no reason!
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CBS begins the night with a FRESH'The Greatest #AtHome Videos', followed by a RERUN'Magnum PU', then a RERUN'Blue Bloods'.
On a RERUNStephen Colbert (from 11/3/20) are "The Late Show" Showtime Election Night Special, featuring Alex Wagner, John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Charlamagne Tha God, Jena Friedman, Maz Jobrani, and Arcade Fire.
Scheduled on a FRESHJames Corden, OBE, are Henry Golding and Ella Mai.
NBC starts the night with a RERUN'American Ninja Warrior', followed by 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Milo Ventimiglia, Marc Maron, and Oneohtrix Point Never.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 10/28/20) are Bette Midler and Bryan Washington.
On a RERUNLilly Singh (from 4/20/20) are Phoebe Robinson.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Shark Tank', followed by '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Charlie Hunnam and Why Don't We.
The CW offers a RERUN'Masters Of Illusion', followed by another RERUN'Masters Of Illusion', then a FRESH'World's Funniest Animals', followed by a RERUN'World's Funniest Animals'.
Faux fills the night with a FRESH'WWE Friday Night SmackDown'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: CI', followed by another old 'L&O: CI'.
A&E has 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH'Live Rescue'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers', followed by the movie 'The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - TAKE ME OUT TO THE HOLOSUITE
[7:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - CHRYSALIS
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER
[9:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - THE SIEGE OF AR-558
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - COVENANT
[12:00PM] ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
[2:30PM] WHITE HOUSE DOWN
[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 - GALAPAGOS (ALL TIMES ET)
Bravo has the movie 'How To Be Single', followed by the movie '13 Going On 30',, then the movie '13 Going On 30', again.
Comedy Central has an hour of old 'The Office', followed by 3 hours of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Kevin Hart: Laugh At My Pain'.
FX has the movie 'Fast & Furious 6', followed by the movie 'BlacKkKlansman'.
History has 'MonsterQuest: Mystery Of Chupacabra', 'MonsterQuest: Real Vampires', followed by the FRESH'MonsterQuest: Gators In The City', and 'Ancient Aliens'.
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[6:00am] Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Mighty Jack
[8:15am] Grindhouse Presents: Planet Terror
[10:30am] Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof
[1:00pm] Run All Night
[3:30pm] The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
[6:00pm] The Dark Knight Rises
[10:00pm] Inglourious Basterds
[1:30am] The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
[4:00am] Run All Night (ALL TIMES ET)
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[6:20am - 12:30am] the andy griffith show
[1:00pm - 2:00am] law & order
[3:00am] columbo
[4:45am - 5:55am] the andy griffith show (ALL TIMES ET)
SyFy has the movie 'The Fifth Element', followed by the movie 'Death Wish'.
Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont precisely predicted the uncertainty of the 2020 presidential race weeks before November 3. In an October interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that since has made its rounds on the internet, Sanders predicted all that would and wouldn’t happen on Election Day – from President Donald Trump’s false declaration that he has won the election to the millions of mail-in ballot still to be counted later in the week.
“My view is, every vote must be counted,” Sanders told Fallon. “You’re going to have a situation, I suspect, in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, other states, where they are going to be receiving huge amounts of mail-in ballots. Unlike states like Florida and Vermont, they’ll not be able to process these ballots until Election Day or until the polls close. That means you’re going to have states dealing with millions of mail-in ballots.”
The Tonight Show interview began resurfacing Tuesday night as poll numbers started showing Biden leads in Michigan and Wisconsin, both which Trump won in 2016. As of Wednesday morning, Biden continues leading in Michigan, and AP has projected the former vice president as the winner in Wisconsin.
However, Sanders’ accuracy wasn’t applicable only to the voting numbers but also to Trump’s behavior. On Tuesday night, Trump announced premature victory in the aforementioned states, claiming “we already won” – a statement news outlets and anchors were quick to rebuke.
“It could well be that at 10 o’clock on Election Night, Trump is winning in Michigan, in Pennsylvania, he’s winning in Wisconsin and he gets on television and he goes, ‘Thank you, Americans, for re-electing me — it’s all over, have a good day,'” the senator said. “But then the next day and the day following, all those mail-in ballots start getting counted and it turns out that Biden has won those states, at which Trump says, ‘See? I told you the whole thing was fraudulent. I told you that those mail-in ballots were crooked. So now we’re not going to leave office.'”
Schitt’s Creek, the Pop TV show whose run on Netflix helped it pull off an historic Emmy sweep in September, for the second straight week topped Nielsen’s rankings of streaming titles.
Viewing of the sitcom totaled 1.46 billion minutes in the U.S. from October 5 to 11.
The rankings, which lag almost a month behind when the viewing actually happens, capture viewing only through a television set, so not on mobile devices. With the global picture increasingly vital for Netflix, Amazon and others, knowing what’s hot in the U.S. is also just a piece of the overall puzzle.
The rest of the list was dominated by Netflix, though Amazon’s The Boys made a repeat appearance in the rankings, finishing fifth for the week. It was the only non-Netflix show in the top 10.
Elsewhere on the chart, The Haunting of Bly Manor performed well, with its nine episodes racking up just shy of 1.2 billion minutes of viewing. Feature film Hubie Halloween, starring Adam Sandler, racked up 969 million viewing minutes to capture the No. 3 spot.
Jimmy Fallon is sticking with The Tonight Show. The comedian has signed a contract extension with NBC to continue hosting the late-night show.
His current contract runs through to the end of 2021 after the network extended the deal in August 2015 for an additional three and a half years.
This comes after a showrunner change on The Tonight Show with Jamie Granet-Bederman taking charge of the show and Gavin Purcell stepping down to return to his development deal with Universal Television.
Fallon, who told staff today, according to a report in The New York Times, began hosting the show in February 2014, taking over from Jay Leno. He followed in the footsteps of Conan O’Brien, Johnny Carson, Jack Paar and Steve Allen to front the show, which is produced by Universal Television and Broadway Video.
However, The Tonight Show is no longer the ratings leader that it used to be. Recently, Fallon’s show has been beaten in the overnights by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel Live!
In a throwback to the sponsor segments of television’s earliest days, Late Night With Seth Meyers bandleader Fred Armisen will star in a Cadillac-branded segment during Thursday night’s show.
Meyers will toss to the segment featuring Armisen in the role of an agent in Cadillac’s “digital showroom,” touting the features of the 2021 Escalade. A blended “bumper” between the ad segment and the show will combine NBC and Cadillac branding.
Like all businesses, automakers have had to make dramatic adjustments to their retail presence during the coronavirus pandemic. Cadillac’s “live” showroom setup enables customers in all 50 states to have one-on-one video conversations with company reps via desktop or mobile devices.
TV networks have similarly grappled with major shifts in the advertising marketplace in 2020, with live sports and programming being wiped out by COVID-19. The upfront, typically wrapped up in late spring or early summer, has transformed into an open-ended process.
Critics say by letting armed agents into vote centers, Attorney General William Barr (R-Bully) could be intimidating people.
The U.S. Department of Justice sent an email to federal prosecutors this week asserting that armed federal officers are legally allowed to be present at ballot-counting locations to investigate potential voter fraud.
U.S. Code 592: Troops at Polls declares that “any groups or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held, unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; and be disqualified from holding any office of honor profit, or trust under the United States.”
However, according to reporting by The New York Times, the DOJ is interpreting the statute to mean that armed federal officers could go to polling stations and ballot counting locations after the election has ended.
An email, sent at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the report, says that the law “does not prevent armed federal law enforcement persons from responding to, investigate, or prevent federal crimes at closed polling places or at other locations where votes are being counted.”
For some Africans, President Donald Trump's actions in the aftermath of the U.S. election have been a cause for dark humour, while others reacted with dismay or disbelief.
In countries whose own recent elections were marred by accusations of cheating and violence, some expressed concern about what signal Trump's premature declaration of victory, allegations of fraud and flurry of lawsuits might send to their own leaders.
"Trump is setting a bad example for Africa and a country like ours. You cannot proclaim yourself in an election where you are a candidate when justice exists," said Mory Keïta, a car parts dealer in Guinea.
"It's a total disgrace," said Bachir Diallo, a Guinean mining executive. "Such a mess is worthy of a banana republic."
"A soothsayer does not need to tell us that the America we are looking at as a model in everything is not even a model when it comes to electioneering," said Agbor Elemi, a consultant in Lagos.
A tiny amphibian that lived 99 million years ago had a secret weapon: A tongue that shot out of its mouth like a bullet to snatch its prey. It’s the earliest known example of this “ballistic tongue” style of predation, researchers say.
The amphibian is a new species, represented by a few tiny bits of skeleton and soft tissue discovered in chunks of Myanmar amber. The centerpiece of these finds is a newly discovered complete skull, exquisitely preserved in 3-D, that includes a long thin bone connected to the creature’s neck, with some remnants of tongue attached to the end.
The creature, which measured just 52 millimeters long from snout to pelvis (not including a tail), used this bone to shoot its tongue out of its mouth and catch prey. This “sit-and-wait” style of predation is similar to that of a modern chameleon, researchers report in the Nov. 6 Science.
Led by paleontologist Juan Daza of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, the team dubbed the creature Yaksha perettii. “Yaksha” is a type of nature spirit in Myanmar folklore, thought to protect the roots of trees, and “perettii” is in honor of Swiss mineralogist Adolf Peretti, who discovered the fossil.
Y. perettii has a lot in common with chameleons, including its scaly skin and tongue-flicking feeding style, Daza says. In fact, in a previous study, he and Edward Stanley of the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville described a separate fossil, also preserved in amber, of what they now know to be a juvenile Y. peretti as one of those reptiles. At the time, “we agreed that it was a chameleon,” says Stanley, who is also a coauthor on the new study.
When psylocybin - the hallucinogenic compound in magic mushrooms - is used during supportive psychotherapy, there appear to be rapid, substantial and enduring antidepressant effects, according to a new clinical trial.
The randomised study is small and there was no traditional control group, but lead researcher Alan Davis from Johns Hopkins University says he and his team are "really excited about the results."
"We found a statistically significant and very large effect," Davis said in a recent podcast.
Among 24 volunteers with major depressive disorder, researchers found psilocybin-assisted therapy was at least twice as effective as psychotherapy on its own, and more than four times as effective as available antidepressant drugs.
The drug also doesn't require taking a pill every single day, nor does it come with nearly as many side effects as antidepressants or ketamine. Apart from occasional mild to moderate headaches and a few emotional moments, volunteers in the study tolerated psilocybin quite well and there were no serious dangers.
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