Garrison Keillor: Man of the North finds bliss, becomes incoherent
I sit here, under my canopy, blissing out, and as a true Minnesotan, I suspect that joy goeth before a fall and that a cerebral event is a few hours away, one so extraordinarily unique that it will be named for me, and after my fifty years as a hardworking writer, my name will come to stand for numbness and memory loss. It's okay. God bless you all. Carry on the work you were put here to do. Some January, sit by a pool in the sunshine but don't feel you need to write about it, I already did.
Jesse Tisch: "History of Mel Brooks: Both Parts" (Jewish Review of Books)
In the 1940s, when Mel Brooks launched himself into comedy, he invented a persona: "Crazy Mel." Perhaps you remember Crazy Mel: He was exuberant, reckless, loud-a wild, comedic id. Carson loved him. So did his audience. When Crazy Mel wasn't vamping on TV, he was mugging in photos, including one gloriously zany shot in which he appears wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a zoo animal hit with a tranquilizer dart. Silently, he conveys shock, fear, and aggression. "Tragedy is when I cut my finger," Brooks once said. "Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."
Zarla Gorvett: The medications that change who we are (BBC)
They've been linked to road rage, pathological gambling, and complicated acts of fraud. Some make us less neurotic, and others may even shape our social relationships. It turns out many ordinary medications don't just affect our bodies - they affect our brains. Why? And should there be warnings on packets?
Michael Gregor, MD: Arthritis (nutritionfacts.org)
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease affecting millions. It is characterized by persistent pain and stiffness, along with progressive joint destruction, particularly in the hands and feet, leading to crippling deformities. What can we do to prevent it and treat it?
Simon & Garfunkel's biggest hit single won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the 1971 ceremony. What is the title of this song?
"Bridge over Troubled Water" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. Produced by the duo and Roy Halee, the song was released as the follow-up single to "The Boxer" in January 1970. The song is featured on their fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). Composed by singer-songwriter Paul Simon, the song is performed on piano and carries the influence of gospel music. The original studio recording employs elements of Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" technique using L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew.
The song won five awards at the 13th Annual Grammy Awards in 1971, including Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
The song became Simon & Garfunkel's biggest hit single, and it is often considered their signature song. It was a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks, and it also topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Canada, France, and New Zealand. It was a top five hit in eight other countries as well, eventually selling over six million copies worldwide, making it among the best-selling singles.
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Randall wrote:
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Alan J answered:
Bridge over Troubled Water.
Dave said:
Bridge Over Troubled Water. That I didn't have to look up. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is a single released January 1970 off the duo's 5th and final studio album of the same name. At Paul Simon's insistence, his childhood friend Art Garfunkel sang it solo with Simon adding some harmony at the end. Simon soon regretted his decision, and bitterly resented it when he believed Garfunkel got all the credit even though Simon wrote the song. Simon's simmering jealousy and other disagreements, such as Garfunkel delaying recording sessions and tours while Art pursued his short lived film acting career, caused the duo to split up. Over the years they have occasionally reunited for single concerts and tours, but they still can't get along and are currently on the outs again.
Photos: Art Garfunkel starred with Jack Nicholson and Candice Bergen in "Carnal Knowledge" (1971) | The duo's first group, Tom and Jerry | Late 1960s, Simon was insecure about his short stature and receding hairline | Right before they broke up | They reunited briefly for "The Concert in Central Park" (1981) which was shown on HBO and made a very successful album, both with music critics and the public
zorch responded:
Their biggest hit was 'Bridge over Troubled Water.'
Mac Mac replied:
Bridge over Troubled Water
Jon L wrote:
Well, it was gratifying to have company being wrong yesterday. Let's see if I can be wrong again today. I'm guessing Bridge Over Troubled Waters.
Kevin K. in Washington, DC,
"Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Dave in Tucson responded:
Guessing "Bridge Over Troubled Water"?
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
bridge over troubled water
Rosemary in Columbus wrote:
Bridge Over Troubled Water
David of Moon Valley said:
gotta move myself back up the list…
the answer is that notorious earworm
Bridge Over Troubled Waters (gawd i hate that song…)
eeeesh!
Daniel in The City answered:
Bridge Over Troubled Water
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• Often, people said to Enrico Caruso's wife, Dorothy, "It must be wonderful to be married to the greatest singer in the world." She always replied, "Yes, it is." In her biography of her husband, she added, "And it was, but only because he happened to be Enrico. He was the greatest person in the world - and he sang, too." By the way, Mr. Caruso's vocal cavities were extraordinary. His wife reports that he could put an egg in his mouth, then close his lips, and no one would know the egg was in there.
• Dancer Isadora Duncan once propositioned playwright George Bernard Shaw, saying that they should have a child together because he had a wonderful brain and she had a wonderful body. Mr. Shaw turned her down, saying, "Suppose it has my body and your brain?" She also propositioned Maurice Maeterlinck, who also turned her down, saying, "I am honored, Madame, but you must consult my wife."
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• Early in his career Rudolf Bing auditioned many opera singers as part of his job, and all of the opera singers thereafter felt entitled to stop by his office and ask if there was any work for them. This led to a problem because Europeans have a custom of shaking hands when they enter or leave a room, and in the summer Mr. Bing was shaking hundreds of sweaty hands a day. To combat this problem, he put up a sign on the door of his office: "During the summer months, it would be appreciated if you refrained from handshaking." However, the union he worked with regarded his attitude as undemocratic, and the sign came down.
• Colonel James H. Mapleson once received word that mezzo-soprano Sofia Scalchi was ill and unable to sing in an opera scheduled that night. He and a physician therefore went to Ms. Scalchi's hotel apartment to ask what they could do for her, but just before they arrived at her door, a dinner of roast duck and lobsters was delivered to her apartment. Colonel Mapleson waited for the dinner to get started and after hearing the sound of laughter, he and the physician entered her apartment. No longer able to claim that she was ill, Ms. Scalchi sang that night.
• In Havana, Pasquale Brignoli was disappointed with the audience's applause one night and therefore decided that he would claim that he was ill and so could not sing the following night. A physician examined him, saw that he was not ill, and to teach him a lesson, looked very serious and told him that he had yellow fever. Frightened, Mr. Brignoli immediately said that he was not ill, and he went on stage and put on an electrifying performance that resulted in the kind of applause that he most desired.
• In 1992, Barneys window dresser Simon Doonan created a controversy when he used Magic Johnson as the subject of one of his celebrity windows. Magic had recently been diagnosed with HIV, and so the window focused on safe sex. People objected because a small Christmas tree used in the display was decorated with miniature basketballs and gold-wrapped condoms. Mr. Doonan defended the exhibit by saying that he and Magic were trying to save lives.
• Margot Fonteyn once was surprised to find out that a man she had thought was half-Oriental was actually 100% Panamanian. It turned out that as a boy he had lived in Japan. His face was injured in an earthquake, and the Japanese doctors performing plastic surgery on him had given him an Oriental appearance.
• In 1953, the National Institute of Fine Arts gave Mexican artist Frida Kahlo a one-person show - a great honor. She was ill at the time of the exhibit, but she attended anyway, arriving in an ambulance. Once inside the building where the exhibit was located, she lay on a bed.
• Dancers often are able to dance with injuries through a kind of mind-over-matter discipline. Oleg Tupine once had a broken kneecap as he danced the Prince in Swan Lake. During the performance, he felt no pain; after the performance, he couldn't walk.
What a lousy job they did slathering the make-up on his face today. A toddler appears to have troweled orange stuff on the right side of his hideous visage and the left side wasn't much better.
Linda >^..^<
We are all only temporarily able bodied.
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'Young Sheldon', followed by a FRESH'The Unicorn', then a FRESH'Mom', followed by a FRESH'Carol's Second Act', then a FRESH'Evil'.
Scheduled on a FRESHStephen Colbert are Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Penn Badgley.
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 10/9/19) are Adam DeVine, Kieran Culkin, and Ismo.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Superstore', followed by a FRESH'The Good Place', then a FRESH'Will & Grace', followed by a FRESH'Perfect Harmony', then a FRESH'L&O: SVU'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Will Smith and Patti Smith.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers are Larry David and Caitlin Kalafus.
Scheduled on a FRESHLilly Singh are Brett Gelman and Rosanna Pansino.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Jeopardy!', followed by the FRESH'Truth & Lies: The Jeffrey Epstein Story'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Michael B. Jordan, January Jones, and Cigarettes After Sex.
The CW offers a RERUN'Supernatural', followed by a RERUN'Legacies'.
Faux has a FRESH'Last Man Standing', followed by a FRESH'Deputy'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: CI', followed by another old 'L&O: CI'.
A&E has 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH'The First 48', then a FRESH'Alaska PD', followed by a FRESH'60 Days In'.
AMC offers the movie 'I Am Legend', followed by the movie 'Safe House', then the movie 'A Walk Among The Tombstones'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Bonding
[7:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Booby Trap
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Enemy
[9:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Price
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Vengeance Factor
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Defector
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Hunted
[1:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The High Ground
[2:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Deja Q
[3:00PM] THE LAST STAND (2013)
[5:30PM] X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (2009)
[8:00PM] THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1 (2014)
[10:30PM] THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1 (2014)
[1:00AM] ENDER'S GAME (2013)
[3:30AM] ENDER'S GAME (2013) (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Project Runway', another 'Project Runway', followed by a FRESH'Project Runway', then a FRESH'Watch What Happens: Live'.
FX has the movie 'Ted', followed by the movie 'Bad Moms'.
History has 'American Pickers', another 'American Pickers', followed by a FRESH'American Pickers', and another 'American Pickers'.
IFC -
[7:30A] Java Heat
[9:45A] The Purge
[11:45A] Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
[1:45P] Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
[3:45P] Tropic Thunder
[6:15P] GoodFellas
[9:30P] Gladiator
[1:00A] Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Bride of the Monster
[3:10A] Toast of London - Match Fit
[3:41A] Toast of London - Desperate Measures
[4:12A] Pee-wee's Playhouse - Luau for Two
[4:42A] Pee-wee's Playhouse - Rainy Day
[5:12A] Pee-wee's Playhouse - Now You See Me, Now You Don't
[5:42A] The Three Stooges - Mummy's Dummies (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:20am] The Andy Griffith Show
[6:55am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:05am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:40am] The Andy Griffith Show
[9:15am] The Andy Griffith Show
[9:50am] The Andy Griffith Show
[10:25am] The Andy Griffith Show
[11:00am] Juno
[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] Law & Order
[1:00am] Law & Order
[2:00am] The Firm featured
[5:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[5:35am] The Andy Griffith Show (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Mad Max: Fury Road', followed by the movie 'Power Rangers'.
TBS:
On a RERUNConan (from 11/6/19) are Willem Dafoe and Emily Catalano.
For the second year in a row, the Oscars will go hostless.
ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke made the announcement Wednesday during her time before press at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour in Pasadena. ABC will again broadcast the ceremony as part of its long-term agreement with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.
"Let me confirm it now, together with the Academy, that there will be no traditional host this year," Burke said, stressing the ceremony would repeat what worked last year.
Last year's kudocast, which saw Green Book win for best picture, averaged nearly 30 million viewers, up a whopping 11.5 percent year-over-year, and a 7.7 rating among the all-important adults 18-49 demographic, up 13 percent from a year ago. That bucked a downward spiral for the awards show, which in 2018 hit an all-time low of 26.54 million viewers and a 6.8 in the 18-49 demo.
As for the 2020 ceremony, it will be produced by Oscar-nominated producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain, in their first involvement with the Academy Awards.
After the success of Grease, Hairspray, Rent, The Little Mermaid, and others, you could say the live TV musical has come back from the dead. Now, for its next trick, it'll do exactly that.
ABC announced Wednesday that it's teaming with comedy legend Mel Brooks to bring Young Frankenstein back to life. The iconic 1974 film starring Gene Wilder was adapted into a Broadway musical in 2007 and that musical version will be performed live on ABC. No air date or cast was announced.
Unless you follow Broadway, the fact a Young Frankenstein musical even exists might shock you, let alone the fact you'll be able to watch a live production of it on your TV in the near future. Well, its roots go back almost 20 years.
In 2001, Brooks' 1967 comedy The Producers was turned into a musical. The result was one of the biggest hits Broadway had seen in years, winning a record 12 Tony Awards out of 15 total (the only three it "lost," it lost to itself). So, of course, Brooks set out to make another one of his famous comedies into another musical. He chose his favorite film, Young Frankenstein, and it opened in late 2007. Unfortunately, the show didn't enjoy the same success as The Producers and it closed in early 2009.
Joaquin Phoenix will wear the same tuxedo throughout this year's awards season.
The Joker actor has partnered with fashion designer Stella McCartney to wear the same custom suit he wore at the 2020 Golden Globes for all upcoming awards shows in effort to cut down on waste.
McCartney, who emphasizes sustainability in her luxury brand, tweeted a pic on Monday of Phoenix in the tux and the caption, "This man is a winner… wearing custom Stella because he chooses to make choices for the future of the planet. He has also chosen to wear this same Tux for the entire award season to reduce waste. I am proud to join forces with you... x Stella."
Phoenix accepted the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture -- Drama on Sunday night. In addition to praising his fellow nominees, thanking Joker director Todd Phillips and briefly doting on his fiancee, Rooney Mara, the 45-year-old star's speech focused on environmental impact -- expressing a plea for help to fight the devastating Australia bushfires and calling out actors who take private jets.
Cardi B's announcement that she wants to seek Nigerian citizenship has set off a Twitter feud between her West African fans in friendly rivals Nigeria and Ghana.
The Grammy-winning rapper visited both countries last month on her African tour.
Her announcement in a tweet on Friday criticized the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and sent Middle East tensions soaring.
"Its sad this man is putting Americans live in danger. Dumbest move Trump did till date ... I'm filing for my Nigerian citizenship," she tweeted.
Ghanaians were quick to point out the pitfalls of living in Africa's most populous nation, where traffic jams and power cuts are more visible than opulent nightclubs and luxury hotels.
Barry Diller's InterActive Corp. is selling CHMedia, parent of CollegeHumor and a portfolio of related brands, to CH chief creative officer Sam Reich. The transaction will result in more than 100 layoffs.
All but a handful of employees at the once-pioneering satire and online video purveyor were told Wednesday they are being let go, according to emails from employees and tweets from Reich. In a Twitter thread, Reich signaled optimism about keeping CollegeHumor afloat, along with sister brands like Dropout and Dorkly, but he indicated the scale and economics would be quite different at first.
The flood of streaming video players and the bruising challenge of competing with Google and Facebook for online advertising took a toll on CH Media, as it has with a range of other digital companies. In the humor space alone, Funny or Die has downsized its staff and The Onion has changed hands twice in recent years. Onion staffers have watched anxiously as sister site Deadspin imploded after an epic clash between editorial staff and its new hedge-fund-backed owners.
CollegeHumor was founded in 1999, ahead of the curve in providing Web 1.0 audiences satirical content and a mix of cartoons, text-based humor posts and video. IAC acquired a controlling interest in the property in 2006 and plans to retain a small stake.
Ricky Van Veen, who co-founded CollegeHumor as a student at Wake Forest and rode its early success to a high-visibility stint as a digital entrepreneur. He is now head of global creative strategy at Facebook and worked on the launch of the social giant's Watch video platform.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R-End Timer) said on Wednesday that Washington's backing for Israel's settlements in the occupied West Bank will advance Israeli-Palestinian peace, angering Palestinian leaders who seek the territory for a state.
In a reversal of four decades of U.S. policy, Pompeo in November announced that the United States no longer viewed Israel's settlements on West Bank land it captured in the 1967 Middle East war as "inconsistent with international law".
Palestinians and the international community view the transfer of any country's civilians to occupied land as illegal under the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and U.N. Security Council resolutions. Many countries condemned the announcement.
But the move delighted Israel and provides important U.S. support amid a potential International Criminal Court (ICC) inquiry into alleged war crimes in Palestinian areas, including the West Bank.
Speaking by video link at a Jerusalem policy forum dubbed "The Pompeo Doctrine", Pompeo, in a pre-recorded statement, said the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump returned to a "balanced and sober" approach to Middle East peace by changing its position.
Two of the sharpest minds in women's chess are doing battle this week in Shanghai with a world champion title on the line and a record prize fund as the game seeks to close the gender gap.
The 500,000 euros on the table in the showdown between holder Ju Wenjun and challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina is the largest prize fund in the nearly 100-year history of the Women's World Championship.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) says it is a significant moment for women's chess, which has long lagged behind the publicity, pay packets and participation of men.
The winner between the grandmasters from China and Russia -- which will be determined over 12 game days in Shanghai and Vladivostok -- takes home 300,000 euros.
The total purse is a 150-percent hike on the previous women's championship match, according to FIDE, and the format of the competition has been changed to mirror the World Chess Championship, which is theoretically open to all but has been dominated by men.
One of the world's most famous runestones is now believed to have been erected by Vikings fearing a repeat of a previous cold climate crisis in Scandinavia, a new study said Wednesday.
The Rok stone, raised in the ninth century near the lake Vattern in south central Sweden, bears the longest runic inscription in the world with more than 700 runes covering its five sides.
It is believed to have been erected as a memorial to a dead son, but the exact meaning of the text has remained elusive, as parts are missing and it contains different writing forms.
Researchers at three Swedish universities now suspect the inscriptions are more of an allusion to an impending period of extreme winter, as the person who erected the stone tried to put their child's death into a larger perspective.
The sixth century crisis is believed to have been caused by a series of volcanic eruptions which dramatically influenced climate with lower average temperatures, ruined crops and ensuing hunger and mass extinctions.
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