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I walked the length of the westbound Lake Shore Limited as it left Albany last Sunday, six crowded coaches, and counted three Twitterers and a couple of phone texters, six laptoppers (two of whom were watching movies), four video gamers, and 27 people reading books. Books made of paper!
zEN mAN (observing with giddy giggles and glorious glee Sarah Palin's shocking announcement today that she is "Quitting" her job as Governess of Alaska....of course when you release this kind of a bombshell on the friday before a holiday weekend...you invite wild speculation.....We know that Sarah already has a 7 figure book deal....she may want her own talk show...she will make millions doing guest appearances....but one thing is certain...she will never ever run for president of the United States...."Winners never Quit....and Quitters never win......I just love Sarah Palin)
McHale's nickname for Binghamton was "Old Leadbottom".
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On July 19, 1974, just after completing his voice-over work on the Disney animated movie "The Rescuers," Joe Flynn, who played Capt. Wallace B. 'Leadbottom' Binghamton, died of a heart attack in the swimming pool of his Beverly Hills home.
Apparently, he had gone into the pool with a cast on his broken leg. His body was found at the pool's bottom, held down by the weight of the cast. He was 49 years old.
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mj was first, and correct, with:
I seem to recall
That was Captain Binghamton.
BGRDDAD responded:
I think his name was spelled Captain Binghamton
Charlie said:
It was, of course, Captain Binghamton, played by Joe Flynn, who, somewhat ironically, and maybe suspiciously, was found dead in a swimming pool with a cast on his leg.
Alan J responded:
Captain Binghampton, played by Joe Flynn
Jim from CA replied:
Old Leadbottom was Captain Binghamton
Sally said:
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!
I awoke this morning to overcast sky's, so, expecting the noon-on rain, I decided to hop online while I can today.
That being said, McHale's commander is Captain Wallace Burton Binghamton was AKA (behind his back) "Old Leadbottom." Apparently, he received this nickname after being shot in the derrière...
PS: Anyone else remember the, "Pledge of Allegiance BEFORE "Under God" (AKA "Christian God") was ADDED beside me? I ask this, because I am receiving a dastardly email about the 4th of July and the "Under God" clause, threatening me that if I don't, "pass it on," I hate America! These people just don't know their history!!
PPS: OMG, the SUN just peeked out from behind the clouds - I'm verclamped...
MAM replied:
"Old Leadbottom" was McHale's perpetually frustrated commander, Captain Wallace Burton Binghamton, played by actor Joe Flynn, known behind his back as "Old Leadbottom" (a nickname he received from a bullet wound to the posterior).
Joe Flynn as Captain Wallace Burton Binghamton
aka as "Old Leadbottom"
Tom B answered:
That was Captain Binghampton, wasn't it?
And, Joe S wrote:
Captain Wallace Burton Binghamton, played by Joe Flynn.
No, this isn't Joe Flynn, this is me, a SAC trained killer 40 years and 60 pounds ago, keeping America free through MAD.
Happy Independence Day!
CBS begins the night with '48 Hours', followed by a RERUN'Harper's Island', then the FRESH'Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular'.
NBC opens the night with a FRESH'Kings', followed by the FRESH'Macy's 4th Of July Fireworks Spectacular', then a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Of course, 'SNL' is a RERUN with Tim McGraw hosting, music by Ludacris and T-Pain.
ABC starts the night with a RERUN'Wipeout', followed by a RERUN'Castle', then a FRESH'Eli Stone'.
The CW offers an old 'Friends', followed by another old 'Friends', then an old 'Sex In The City', followed by another old 'Sex In The City'.
Faux has 'Cops', followed by another 'Cops', then another 'Cops', and yet another 'Cops'.
MY fills the night with the movie 'Far From Home: The Adventures Of Yellow Dog'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', another 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'CSI: The 3rd One', and 'The Sopranos'.
AMC offers the movie 'Commando', followed by the movie 'True Lies', then the movie 'Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 15
[12:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 16
[1:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 9
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 2 Walnut Tree
[3:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 The Fenwick Arms
[4:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[5:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[6:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 8 A Day in the Death
[7:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 12 Fragments
[8:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 3
[9:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 4
[10:00 PM] 11:00 PM Primeval - Episode 3
[12:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 4
[1:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 9 Reese Witherspoon, Paul O'Grady
[2:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 3
[3:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 4
[4:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 9 Reese Witherspoon, Paul O'Grady
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 3 Hinton
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 4 Guest
[6:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 23 Paling (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has the movie 'Outbreak', followed by the movie 'Crimson Tide', then the movie 'Crimson Tide', again.
Comedy Central has 'Kevin Hart: I'm A Grown Little Man', 'Jeff Dunham: Spark Of Insanity', 'Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly', and 'Dane Cook: Isolated Incident'.
Jon StewartColbert Report
FX has the movie 'Underworld: Evolution', followed by the movie 'X-Men: The Last Stand'.
History has 'The Mysteries Of The Freemasons', 'The Presidents', another 'The Presidents', and still another 'The Presidents'.
IFC -
[7:30 AM] The Battle of Shaker Heights
[8:55 AM] The Old Woman's Step
[9:15 AM] My Life as a Dog
[11:05 AM] Kill the Poor
[12:35 PM] The Battle of Shaker Heights
[2:00 PM] My Life as a Dog
[3:45 PM] IFC Shorts
[4:05 PM] Kill the Poor
[5:30 PM] Land of Plenty
[7:35 PM] World Traveler
[9:25 PM] Naked in New York
[11:00 PM] Ideal
[11:30 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[12:00 AM] Eaten Alive
[1:35 AM] Awakening of the Beast
[3:15 AM] World Traveler
[5:05 AM] The Battle of Shaker Heights (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the annual 'Twilight Zone' marathon continues.
Sundance -
[04:30 AM] Shotgun Stories
[06:00 AM] Eco Documentaries - Season 2: Escape From Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream
[07:15 AM] Tanghi Argentini
[07:30 AM] The Page Turner
[10:00 AM] Man Push Cart
[11:30 AM] In Between Days
[02:00 PM] This is England
[03:45 PM] Tanghi Argentini
[04:00 PM] Eco Documentaries - Season 2: Escape From Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream
[05:15 PM] Kokua Festival 2008
[06:00 PM] Ashes Of American Flags
[07:30 PM] Architecture School: Episode 6
[08:00 PM] Blood, Sweat + Gears
[09:35 PM] Heavy Metal Jr.
[10:00 PM] Choking Man
[11:30 PM] Man Push Cart
[01:00 AM] In Between Days
[02:30 AM] Sex and Lucia
[04:45 AM] Choking Man (ALL TIMES EDT)
Actor Jack Nicholson stands for the national anthem before the New York Yankees' baseball game against the Seattle Mariners on Thursday, July 2, 2009, at Yankee Stadium in New York.
Photo by Bill Kostroun
When a tiny French town destroyed during the Second World War needed help rebuilding, "Gone With the Wind" author Margaret Mitchell came to the rescue.
Mitchell's efforts on behalf of Vimoutiers are little known, even to those who have studied her life and papers. Like other aspects of Mitchell's life, her penchant for charitable giving has been overshadowed by the best-selling book and subsequent film, said Hillary Hardwick, spokeswoman for the Margaret Mitchell House museum.
There is no mention of Mitchell's connection to Vimoutiers at the museum, said Hardwick, who said she hadn't heard the story until an Associated Press reporter called. There's a brief mention on a timeline of Mitchell's life on the museum's website: "Helped to rebuild French town of Vimoutiers after World War II."
The story of how Mitchell came to donate enough money to rebuild the town's hospital begins in mid-1944, when she got a letter from Denis Barois, a French Air Force pilot stationed in southwest Georgia. He wrote to tell her how her book had resonated with him.
Czech director Milos Forman (R) and his wife Martina arrive at the opening ceremony of the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary July 3, 2009.
Photo by David W Cerny
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon could leave Myanmar empty-handed after apparently failing to win any concessions Friday from the country's top military ruler or to gain permission to visit opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in jail.
Ban talked for two hours with reclusive Senior Gen. Than Shwe in an ornate reception hall - complete with an indoor waterfall - in Naypyitaw, the junta's remote, newly built capital.
It was a rocky start to what the U.N. chief predicted would be "a very tough mission" to win freedom for Aung San Suu Kyi, the 64-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate who has been detained by the junta for nearly 14 of the past 20 years and is now on trial charged with violating her house arrest.
The U.N. chief will press again Saturday in another private meeting, a U.N. spokeswoman said. He also will continue to seek various other reforms that include democratization, fair elections, economic cooperation and freedom for her and all other political prisoners.
What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists?
Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow where spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert a group of non-believers.
The prize for converts will be a pilgrimage to a holy site of their chosen religion -- Mecca for Muslims, the Vatican for Christians, Jerusalem for Jews and Tibet for Buddhists.
But religious authorities in Muslim but secular Turkey are not amused by the twist on the popular reality game show format and the Religious Affairs Directorate is refusing to provide an imam for the show.
Claude Nobs, founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival, poses for photographers after a news conference during the opening day of the music festival in Montreux July 3, 2009.
Photo by Valentin Flauraud
Art lovers looking for a way to mark U.S. Independence Day may want to consider a rare bust of George Washington being auctioned by Sotheby's in London.
But this is not a July 4 knick-knack. Experts believe it will fetch more than 300,000 pounds (C$568,000) when it is auctioned July 9. Until then it will be on display at Sotheby's.
The bust of America's first president comes from the workshop of Jean-Antoine Houdon, a French sculptor who was commissioned by the U.S. Congress and the Virginia Legislature to produce a life-size sculpture of Washington.
Houdon travelled from France to Philadelphia in 1787 to make a series of studies of Washington, then produced a small series of sculptures when he returned to his Paris studio.
Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory.
Beijing's decision this week to delay the requirement that the filtering software - known as Green Dam - be pre-installed or supplied on disk with all computers sold in China averted a possible trade clash with the United States and Europe. But the move by some makers to include the software anyway could re-ignite complaints by Chinese Web users.
Also Thursday, a government newspaper said regulators will revive the plan to make Green Dam mandatory at some point, a move that would disappoint opponents who hoped the government would drop the effort.
Taiwan's Acer Inc. - the world's No. 3 PC maker - Sony Corp. and China's Haier Group said they were shipping Green Dam on disks with computers for sale in China. China's Lenovo Group, the No. 4 producer, said it would offer the software pre-installed or on disk. Taiwan's Asus Inc. said it was preparing to supply Green Dam disks with PCs. Taiwanese laptop maker BenQ Inc. said the system was on the hard drives of its computers.
Two Tibetan monks make a sand painting of Avalokiteshvara's (Mercy Buddha's) mandala (a Hindu or Buddhist graphic symbol of the universe), in front of a portrait of the Dalai Lama during the Tibetan Culture Exhibition at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Friday, July 3, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan, to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1959 unsuccessful revolt against China that sent the Dalai Lama into exile. This exhibition include Tibetan antique, sculpture, Norbulingka Buddhist art, sand mandala painting, image and movie broadcasting during July 3-30 at the memorial hall.
Photo by Chiang Ying-ying
Algerian singer Cheb Mami was sentenced on Friday to five years in a French prison after being found guilty of forcing an attempted abortion on his former lover.
The 42-year-old star of Algeria's popular rai music, whose real name is Mohamed Khelifati, was tried for complicity in kidnapping, group assault on a vulnerable person, threatening a victim and administering harmful substances.
His agent, Michel Le Corre, was sentenced to four years in prison. Two other men, Hicham Lazaar and Abdelkader Lallali, were sentenced to three and six years respectively although neither man was in court and arrest warrants have been issued.
Known globally for "Desert Rose," a duo with pop star Sting in 2000, Mami was arrested on his arrival in France on Monday night, having fled to Algeria two years ago.
The owner of the nightclub where Michael Jackson first performed professionally with the Jackson 5 wants to sell the building to fans of the King of Pop brick by brick.
Andrew Young, a businessman in Gary, Indiana -- the Jacksons' home town -- said he bought the now shuttered "Mr. Lucky's Lounge" one year ago, with the idea of revitalizing it.
That plan has changed since the international pop icon's death last week.
"If we have enough interest, we will take it apart by hand, piece by piece, being very careful to preserve every single thing," Young said on Friday.
A sand sculpture is displayed during the international sand sculptures festival in the Bulgarian town of Burgas east of the capital Sofia, Thursday, July, 2, 2009. The town holds the festival for the second time.
Photo by Petar Petrov
Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.
The beast was a 1,100 pound (500 kilogram) meat-eating predator with three slashing claws on each of its powerful forelimbs that stalked the Outback 98 million years ago, researchers said in a report published Friday.
Fossilized remnants of its limb bones, ribs, jaw and fangs were found - along with bones of two other new species of gigantic, long-necked herbivores weighing up to 22 tons (20 metric tons) - in Queensland state over the past three years.
The discovery, analyzed in a 51-page report published in the peer-reviewed online science journal PLoS ONE, was the first substantial find of large dinosaurs in Australia to be revealed in 28 years.
Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.
Late blight - the same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s - occurs sporadically in the Northeast, but this year's outbreak is more severe for two reasons: infected plants have been widely distributed by big-box retail stores and rainy weather has hastened the spores' airborne spread.
The disease, which is not harmful to humans, is extremely contagious and experts say it most likely spread on garden center shelves to plants not involved in the initial infection. It also can spread once plants reach their final destination, putting tomato and potato plants in both home gardens and commercial fields at risk.
Meg McGrath, professor of plant pathology at Cornell University, calls late blight "worse than the Bubonic Plague for plants."
"People need to realize this is probably one of the worst diseases we have in the vegetable world," she said. "It's certain death for a tomato plant."
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On the old TV series McHale's Navy, who was "Old Leadbottom"?
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