Mark Morford: Velveeta at the End of the World (SF Gate)
Do you know what this means? This means, of course, that millions of deteriorating Americans are more desperate than ever to ignore the fundamentals of reality and instead pour large, simmering buckets of revolting liquid cheese straight into their self-hating colons.
Ex-California policemen cleared in beating death of homeless man (Associated Press)
Thomas, 37, died five days after a violent confrontation with six officers in July 2011. A surveillance camera at the busy transit center where the incident unfolded captured him screaming for his father again and again and begging for air as the police kneed him, jolted him with an electric stun gun and used the blunt end to strike him around the face and head.
Nick Lezard: "The Hatchet Job award: payback for critics" (Guardian)
AA Gill on Autobiography by Morrissey in the Sunday Time: "This is a book that cries out like one of his maudlin ditties to be edited. But were an editor to start, there would be no stopping. It is a heavy tome, devoid of insight, warmth, wisdom or likeability. It is a potential firelighter of vanity, self-pity and logorrhoeic dullness. Putting it in Penguin Classics doesn't diminish Aristotle or Homer or Tolstoy; it just roundly mocks Morrissey, and this is a humiliation constructed by the self-regard of its victim."
Tom Terrific was an early animated series on American television, presented as part of the Captain Kangaroo children's television show.
Drawn in a simple style, it featured a gee-whiz boy hero, Tom Terrific, who lived in a treehouse and could transform himself into anything he wanted thanks to his magic, funnel-shaped "thinking cap," which also enhanced his intelligence. He had a comic lazybones of a sidekick, Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog, and an arch-foe named Crabby Appleton, whose motto was, "I'm rotten to the core!" Other foes included Mr. Instant, the Instant Thing King, Captain Kidney Bean, Sweet Tooth Sam, the Candy Bandit and Isotope Feaney, The Meany.
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Charlie was first, and correct, with:
Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog.
Lois (Wishing for a Wayback Machine) Of Oregon said:
Ohmygodohmygodohmygod, I KNOW this one!!! That is none other
than Mighty Manfred The Wonder Dog. I have NO IDEA how I
remember this, but am sure I watched it on our black and
white TV in the blond wood cabinet when I was a wee bairn so
VERY many years ago. Yes, and Captain Kangaroo! I remember
it all. Oh, how I miss Mr. Moose.
@Joe. You look just like Peter Pan in that photo!
mj wrote:
A terrific question
That's Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog. I saw him courtesy of Captain
Kangaroo.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Manfred
Rob P replied:
I believe my long term memory is just as bad as my short, but isn't that Tom Terrific and his wonder dog Fred? I keep thinking of Simon Bar Sinister as the rotten schemer in that cartoon, or am I mixing memories?
Simon Bar Sinister (who bears a striking resemblance to Rudy Guiliani) was the nemesis of Underdog.
Tom Terrific's resident bad-guy was Crabby Appleton. ~marty
Adam answered:
Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog
STEPHEN F said:
Manfred.
Kenneth B wrote:
Mighty Manfred...the wonder dog!!!
John A. answered:
That is Manfred the Wonder Dog.
Marian responded:
Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog from the cartoon Tom Terrific
DJ Useo replied:
What a welcome picture to see. I know the answer is Mighty Manfred, The Wonder Dog, from the Tom Terrific cartoon.
My Mom apparently regarded the television as my baby-sitter, as she always stuck me in front of it just as the Captain Kangaroo show came on.
My slight memories of Tom Terrific were favorable, but distant, so a couple months back I looked some of the episodes up on the You of Tubes.
Both me and the Missus thought they were funny.
Sally said:
I'm thinking that the dog is, "Manfred, the Wonder Dog."
I could be wrong...
MAM wrote:
Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog ~ From the cartoon 'Tom Terrific' on the original "Captain Kangaroo Show". It was about a man that could change into whatever he wanted to. Along with Mighty Dog Manfred they fought villains.
Dale of Diamondy Spring, Nowatercali, responded:
Why that's Tom Terrific 's dog, Manfred. Tom's funnel hat was the giveaway. I vaguely remember the cartoon because it was on Captain Kangaroo. I didn't watch the Captain, it came on when I was in 1st grade and I was way into Popeye by that time.
Alan J answered:
Manfred, the Wonder Dog.
BttbBob replied:
"Tom Terrific's Dog"... Damn'd if'n I remember exactly other than it was some kinda dagnab 'Wonder Dog' (not to be confused with "Under-Dog", mind you now)...
Left the house at 6:30am to keep a luncheon date in Folsom, then had dinner in Santa Nella. Short page today.
Tonight, Thursday:
CBS opens the night with a RERUN'Big Bang Theory', followed by a RERUN'The Millers', then a RERUN'The Crazy Ones', followed by a RERUN'2½ Men', then a RERUN'Elementary'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Brian Williams are Rosanne Cash.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Kenneth Branagh and Christian Finnegan.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Community', followed by a FRESH'Parks & Recreation', then a RERUN'Sean Saves The World', followed by a RERUN'The Michael J. Fox Show', then a FRESH'Parenthood'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Mark Harmon, Gracie Gold, and Kristin Chenoweth.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Drake, Ana Gasteyer, and Neon Trees.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Patton Oswalt, Icona Pop, and Dominic Cooper.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'The Taste', followed by a RERUN'Shark Tank'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Chris Pine, Kevin O'Leary, and Gregory Porter.
The CW fills the night with a FRESH'The 19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards'.
Scheduled on a FRESHArsenio Hall are Diahann Carroll and T-Pain.
Faux fills the night with a FRESH'American Idol'.
MY recycles an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
A&E has 'Duck Dynasty', another 'Duck Dynasty', 'Crazy Hearts: Nashville', another 'Crazy Hearts: Nashville', followed by a FRESH'Crazy Hearts: Nashville'.
AMC offers the movie 'Batman Begins', followed by the movie 'The Dark Knight'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 8 - The Hungry Earth
[9:00AM] TORCHWOOD - Season 1 - Ep 1 - Everything Changes
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 21 - The Drumhead
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 22 - Half a Life
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 23 - The Host
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 6 - The Granary
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 1 - Ep 1 - Revisited: Glass House
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 4 - Luigi's D'Italia
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 16 - Episode 1
[5:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 08-09 - Episode 1
[6:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 10 - Park's Edge
[7:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 11 - Spin-A-Yarn Steakhouse
[8:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 7 - Levanti's Italian Restaurant
[9:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 8 - Sam's Mediterranean Kabob Room NEW
[10:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 10 - Park's Edge
[11:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 7 - Levanti's Italian Restaurant
[12:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 8 - Sam's Mediterranean Kabob Room
[1:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 11 - Spin-A-Yarn Steakhouse
[2:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 10 - Park's Edge
[3:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 6 - The Granary
[4:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 1 - Ep 1 - Revisited: Glass House
[5:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 4 - Luigi's D'Italia (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Millionaire Matchmaker', another 'Millionaire Matchmaker', followed by a FRESH'Millionaire Matchmaker', then a FRESH'Courtney Loves Dallas', then a FRESH'Toned Up'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', '@midnight', 'Workaholics', another 'Workaholics', 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', 'Tosh.0', and another 'Tosh.0'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Steven Brill.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Naquasia LeGrand.
FX has 2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Transformers: Dark Of The Moon'.
History has 3 hours of old 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'Appalachian Outlaws'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] The Spoils of Babylon-The Foundling
[6:30AM] The Spoils of Babylon-The War Within
[7:00AM] Robin Hood: Men in Tights
[9:15AM] High Fidelity
[11:45AM] Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
[2:15PM] Robin Hood: Men in Tights
[4:30PM] Shanghai Noon
[7:00PM] American Pie
[9:00PM] The Spoils of Babylon-The Foundling
[9:30PM] The Spoils of Babylon-The War Within
[10:00PM] The Spoils of Babylon-Kicking the Habit
[10:30PM] The Spoils of Babylon-The Foundling
[11:00PM] The Spoils of Babylon-The War Within
[11:30PM] The Spoils of Babylon-Kicking the Habit
[12:00AM] The Spoils of Babylon-The Foundling
[12:30AM] The Spoils of Babylon-The War Within
[1:00AM] The Spoils of Babylon-Kicking the Habit
[1:30AM] American Pie
[3:30AM] Broken Lizard's Club Dread
[5:45AM] Whitest Kids U'Know (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Law & Order-Severance
[7:00AM] The Spanish Prisoner
[9:15AM] The Big Kahuna
[11:15AM] The Freshman
[1:30PM] You've Got Mail
[4:00PM] Bulworth
[6:15PM] Carnage
[8:00PM] Law & Order-Sisters of Mercy
[9:00PM] A Single Man
[11:15PM] An Education
[1:30AM] Mr. Brooks
[4:00AM] Among Giants (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines', followed by the movie 'Drive Angry'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emmy Rossum, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings.
Having an unusual personality structure could be the secret to making other people laugh, scientists said on Thursday after research showed that comedians have high levels of psychotic personality traits.
In a study in the British Journal of Psychiatry, researchers analyzed comedians from Australia, Britain and the United States and found they scored significantly higher on four types of psychotic characteristics compared to a control group of people who had non-creative jobs.
The traits included a tendency towards impulsive or anti-social behavior, and a tendency to avoid intimacy.
"The creative elements needed to produce humor are strikingly similar to those characterizing the cognitive style of people with psychosis - both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder," said Gordon Claridge of the University of Oxford's department of experimental psychology, who led the study.
Although the traits in question are known as "psychotic", Claridge said, they can also represent healthy equivalents of features such as moodiness, social introversion and the tendency to lateral thinking.
New York City agreed Wednesday to pay $18 million to settle a civil rights claim from 1,800 people who were detained during mass demonstrations against the 2004 Republican party convention.
Police conducted massive sweeps ahead of the event at which George W. Bush was nominated for a second term as US president a year after starting the controversial war in Iraq.
A carefully-worded joint statement released to the media stopped short of blaming either side for what happened despite nine years of protracted legal wranglings to settle the dispute.
Pending approval from US district judge Richard Sullivan, the settlement will award $10.4 million to individual plaintiffs and to class members, and $7.6 million in lawyers' fees.
The vast majority of those held in the dramatic events outside the convention faced minor charges, such as parading without a permit or disorderly conduct, and were later dropped.
Hillary Clinton won't be on the ballot in 2014, but Republicans are wasting no time in laying the groundwork for a prolonged attack on her and other prominent Democrats with presidential ambitions.
With nearly three years before Election Day 2016, the Republican National Committee is investing in a campaign to ensure that the reputation of high-profile Democrats are "tarnished," a party official bluntly told reporters during a briefing in the group's Capitol Hill headquarters on Wednesday. Clinton and Vice President Joseph Biden will hold the primary focus, but other potential presidential hopefuls such as Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper won't escape their radar.
"Tearing down those brands is important to us," the RNC official said.
To accomplish this, the RNC is building opposition research files on each potential candidate and making preparations to bracket their travel with GOP talking points by dispatching its nationwide network of 14,000 Republican surrogates.
Actor Scott Bakula and wife Chelsea Field pose at the premiere of the new HBO comedy series "Looking" at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California January 15, 2014. The television show debuts on January 19.
Photo by Jonathan Alcorn
A lawsuit over the payout of a $17.5 million policy related to Michael Jackson's planned comeback concerts has been settled, attorneys told a judge on Wednesday.
Lawyers for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London and for Jackson's estate announced the settlement before a hearing that would have altered what evidence could be presented at trial.
Howard Weitzman, an attorney for Jackson's estate, and Paul K. Shrieffer, who represented Lloyd's, said both sides were pleased the case was resolved. Weitzman said.terms were confidential.
The case, if it had gone to trial, would have put the focus once again on Jackson's health in the weeks and months before he died. A trial had been scheduled for Feb. 24.
Archaeologists in Egypt believe they have discovered the remains of a previously unknown pharaoh who reigned more than 3,600 years ago.
The skeleton of King Senebkay were uncovered at South Abydos in Sohag province, about 500 km (300 miles) south of Cairo, by a University of Pennsylvania expedition working with the government, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said.
Never before heard of in ancient Egyptian history, King Senebkay's name was found inscribed in hieroglyphics written inside a royal cartouche - an oval with a horizontal line at one end signaling a royal name, the ministry said in a statement.
The statement dates King Senebkay's rule to 1650 BC during a time known as the second intermediate period when central authority collapsed and small kingdoms sprung up between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom.
Items to be auctioned at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Auction to Benefit the SAG Foundation are displayed during preparations for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, January 15, 2014.
Photo by David McNew
The next time you see birds flying in a V, consider this: A new study says they choreograph the flapping of their wings with exquisite precision to help them on their way.
That's what scientists concluded after tracking a group of large black birds - each equipped with a tiny GPS device - that had been trained to follow an ultralight aircraft. One expert in animal flight said just gathering the data, which included every wing flap, was a remarkable accomplishment.
Scientists have long theorized that many birds like these rare northern bald ibises adopt a V formation for aerodynamic reasons.
When a bird flies, it leaves a wake. The idea is that another bird can get a boost from an updraft of air in that wake by flying behind the first bird and off to the side. When a bunch of birds use this trick, they form a V.
It's been difficult to study this in the wild, but researchers from the University of London's Royal Veterinary College and elsewhere met that challenge by partnering with a conservation program that is trying to reintroduce the endangered wading bird in Europe.
For about a decade, the program has hand-reared ibises from zoos and taught them their migration route by leading the way with a piloted ultralight craft. Normally, the leader of a V-formation would be a parent bird.
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