Garrison Keillor: The old man manages a Manhattan Lenten meditation
I buy a carton of dandelion tea. We used to consider dandelions an enemy and now it's a comfort. Progress is made. I can text a photograph of us to our daughter at her school and she texts back, "Awwww. Sweet." Pharmaceuticals that didn't exist for my uncles enabled me to reach 76, an age when if I jump up on the couch, the woman I love will grab me. I can give up crankiness for Lent and bad grammar - I will not ask her to lay beside me but to LIE beside me - but I won't give up heedless pleasure. It has been my ambition for many years.
Helaine Olen: The Special Olympics imbroglio once again reveals Betsy DeVos is the worst member of Trump's Cabinet (Washington Post)
The question of who is the worst member of President Trump's administration could keep a dinner party entertained for hours. Is it Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, the multimillionaire who felt impelled to lie about being a billionaire? Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator and schnorrer extraordinaire Scott Pruitt? Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, who, when he was a U.S. attorney, let billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein off with a mere slap on the wrist? Or could it be acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who has gone from turning the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into a joke to attempting to end the Affordable Care Act?
"My Life" is a song by Billy Joel that first appeared on his 1978 album 52nd Street. A single version was released in the fall of 1978 and reached #2 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart. Early the next year it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"My Life" was used as the theme song for the ABC television series Bosom Buddies (1980-82), albeit in a re-recorded version with a different vocalist. However, due to licensing issues it does not appear on the VHS and DVD releases of the series, nor is it used in the show's syndicated airings; in both cases, it is replaced by a vocal version of the show's closing instrumental theme, "Shake Me Loose", sung by Stephanie Mills, who, like Joel, also originated from New York City.
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Randall was first, and correct, with:
My Life
Alan J answered:
My Life
zorch said:
"My Life" by Billy Joel.
Dave wrote:
My Life. "My Life" was a 1978 single from Billy Joel's album, "52nd Street." The single peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the album, fueled by the popularity of singles "My Life," "Honesty," and "Big Shot" topped the Billboard album chart and earned 2 Grammy Awards.
As far as Bosom Buddies goes, I don't think I ever watched it. The series' cross dressing concept seemed stupid to me, although I generally admire Tom Hanks acting. "My Life," was replaced as the opening credit song when "Bosom Buddies" was released for syndication after Hanks' movie career took off. Royalties and all that.
Deborah wrote:
The song was "My Life." I didn't own a tv when that show aired, thus I've never seen it.
I feel your computer woes. My husband until recently had to use 2 laptops to balance the bank accounts. His Acer was ancient and had to be plugged in all the time to work, and the Toshiba was absurdly slow. A couple weeks ago he purchased an HP from Costco, put everything on it, and all's well with the world. Now I have no excuse not to balance the bank accounts, dammit.
I hope you get back running efficiently soon.
Billy in Cypress U$A said:
I do not believe that I ever watched an episode of that series, but Wiki says that the answer today is "My Life".
Dave in Tucson responded:
Never watched Bosom Buddies so I have no idea. Perhaps it was Captain Jack?
Kevin K., in Washington, DC, replied:
"My Life"
David of Moon Valley replied:
sorry to be so late hope your computer issues are getting worked out
I'm saying My Life from Billy Joel, the composer of many earworms of the late 70s to early 80s .
In the early 1600s, Ana de Osorio, Countess of Chinchon, went to South America with her husband. Quickly, they began suffering from malaria. Because her home remedies didn't work, the Countess of Chinchon decided to try a local remedy and sent people out looking for a certain species of tree - from whose bark quinine is made. The cure worked. In 1638, the Countess and her husband returned to Spain. Fortunately, the Countess took along some of the bark and used it to cure some cases of malaria in Spain. A century later, Swedish botanist Linnaeus began giving plants scientific names, and he gave the genus name Chinchonato the trees that produce quinine in their bark.
Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated his Concerts pour Plusieurs Instruments to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg, who apparently thought very little of them, because he did not include them in a catalogue of his works and there is no evidence that he ever had them played. After the Margrave died, the ownership of the works passed from person to person, until eventually they came into the possession of the Royal Library in Berlin. Finally, the works were played in 1850 - 100 years after Bach's death. They were highly successful, and today they are known as the Brandenburg Concertos.
In 1713, Giuseppe Tartini had a dream in a monastery where he was staying. In the dream, the Devil offered to buy Tartini's soul for whatever price he wanted. Tartini made request after request, all of which the Devil granted, then, being a composer, Tartini requested that the Devil provide him with a sonata. The devil played a beautiful sonata on a violin, and Tartini fainted. In the morning, he did his best to recreate the Devil's sonata, but felt as if he had recreated only part of it. Because of the inspiration he had received, Tartini called the sonata The Devil's Trill.
While in Tel Aviv, West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt visited the Mann Auditorium and said that it was a very forgiving gesture on the part of the Jews to name such an impressive building after a German writer. On hearing that the building was not named after Thomas Mann, author of The Magic Mountain, but was instead named in honor of Frederic R. Mann, the Jewish philanthropist from Philadelphia, Mr. Brandt asked, "What did he write?" His host answered, "A check."
When the Marx Brothers' classic A Night at the Opera was finished, humor writer Al Boasberg didn't get any credit for his gags (which was standard procedure for many humor writers who improved other people's scripts). Therefore, the Marx Brothers sent Mr. Boasberg an autographed picture of themselves with this inscription: "To our pal, Sorry, but we couldn't get your name on this picture either."
Alan Brady's original name on the pilot that became the basis of The Dick Van Dyke Show was Alan Sturdy, chosen by creator Carl Reiner because it sounded strong. The name was changed because executive producer Sheldon Leonard and actor Morey Amsterdam (who played Buddy Sorrell) both thought the name sounded like "Alan's Dirty."
Hedda Hopper's real name was Elda Furry. When she married De Wolf Hopper, she was his fifth wife. His previous wife's names had been Edna, Ella, Ida, and Nella. Because her first name was so similar to theirs, she decided it was no longer suitable: "I changed it to Hedda, because I was afraid he wouldn't know who I was."
Ian Fleming fell in love with Jamaica, and he built a house there, naming it "Goldeneye" after a wartime mission he had led during World War II. Mr. Fleming and his men had crossed the English Channel to occupied France, where they had destroyed any enemy outlook posts they could find.
The name "Quaker" came from an English judge named Bennet. When George Fox told Mr. Bennet to "tremble at the name of the Lord," Mr. Bennet called him a Quaker. For a long time, the name was used to mock the Quakers, but they eventually took pride in the name.
In the 1960s TV series Get Smart, the audience never learns Agent 99's real name. At her wedding to Maxwell Smart, the audience could have learned it, but when the preacher pronounces her name, a loud snore from Max's best man, the elderly Admiral, drowns it out.
Sydney Smith believed that anyone who had the last name of Smith should have an unusual first name. He named his own daughter Saba, which was the name of a king in the 72nd psalm.
People who are intensely devoted to ballet are known as balletomanes; people who are intensely devoted to melodic Italian opera are known as melomanes.
George Balanchine once joked that all ballets should be named Swan Lake- that way, they would be guaranteed a large and interested audience.
Anton Dolin was actually an Irish dancer of ballet. His real name was Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendale Healey-Kay.
Trying to borrow a computer has become more difficult each day.
So, short page, early night.
Tonight, Thursday:
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'Big Bang Theory', followed by a FRESH'Young Sheldon', then a FRESH'Mom', followed by a FRESH'Fam', then a FRESH'SWAT'.
Scheduled on a FRESHStephen Colbert are Snadra Oh, Zachary Levi, and Nina Nesbitt.
Scheduled on a FRESHJames Corden, OBE, are Matthew McConaughey, Reba McEntire, and Jimmy Buffett.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Superstore', followed by a FRESH'AP Bio', then a FRESH'Will & Grace', followed by a FRESH'Abby's, then a FRESH'L&O: SVU'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Kit Harington, Elle Fanning, and Khalid.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers are Sen. Kamala Harris Henry Winkler, Conleth Hill, and Aaron Comess.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Penn & Teller, Durand Jones & the Indications, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Grey's Anatomy', followed by a FRESH'Station 19', then a FRESH'For The People'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Seth Rogen, Mike Tyson, and Iggy Azalea.
The CW offers a FRESH'Supernatural', followed by a FRESH'In The Dark'.
Faux has a RERUN'Gotham', followed by a RERUN'The Orville'.
MY recycles an old 'The Good Wife', followed by another old 'The Good Wife'.
A&E has 'the First 48', followed by a FRESH'The First 48', and another 'The First 48'.
AMC offers the movie 'Total Recall', followed by the movie 'Men In Black', then the movie 'Men In Black II'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] HIDDEN HABITATS - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 5-Canada's Coastal ForestsExplore Episode
[6:30AM] STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 2-The Gift
[7:30AM] STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 3-Day of Honor
[8:30AM] STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 4-Nemesis
[9:30AM] STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 5-Revulsion
[10:30AM] STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 6-The Raven
[11:30AM] STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 7-Scientific Method
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[1:30PM] STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 9-Year of Hell, Pt. 2
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[8:30PM] STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982)
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[12:00AM] STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982)
[2:30AM] STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (1979) (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Project Runway', followed by a FRESH'Project Runway', and 'Get A Room With Carson & Thom'.
Comedy Central 3 hours of old 'The Office', 'Broad City', and 'The Other Two'.
Scheduled on a FRESHThe Daily Show is Sen. Bernie Sanders.
FX has the movie 'Guardians Of The Galaxy', followed by the movie 'Jurassic World', then a FRESH'Better Things', and another 'Better Things'.
History has 'Swamp People', another 'Swamp People', followed by a FRESH'Swamp People', then a FRESH'The American Farm'.
IFC -
[6:00A] The Three Stooges-Hoi Polloi
[6:10A] The Three Stooges-Idiots Deluxe
[6:35A] The Three Stooges-Idle Roomers
[7:00A] Why Stop Now?
[9:00A] Clue
[11:00A] The Pick-Up Artist
[1:00P] Sixteen Candles
[3:00P] Coneheads
[5:00P] Planes, Trains and Automobiles
[7:00P] Summer Rental
[9:00P] National Lampoon's European Vacation
[11:00P] National Lampoon's European Vacation
[1:00A] Planes, Trains and Automobiles
[3:00A] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
[5:00A] Night Flight-NY Punk & Spaceman
[5:15A] Night Flight-Avant-Garde Experimenters and the Blues
[5:30A] Pee-wee's Playhouse-Miss Yvonne's Visit (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[6:35am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:10am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:45am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:20am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:55am] The Andy Griffith Show
[9:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[10:00am] Annie
[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] Unspeakable
[1:01am] Law & Order
[2:00am] Law & Order
[3:00am] Law & Order
[4:00am] The Mary Tyler Moore Show
[4:35am] The Mary Tyler Moore Show
[5:10am] The Mary Tyler Moore Show
[5:45am] The Mary Tyler Moore Show (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans', followed by the movie 'Underworld: Awakening'.
TBS:
On a RERUNConan (from 2/12/19) is Daniel Radcliffe.
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