• In 1966, two runaway best-selling books were The Adventurers by Harold Robbins and Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann — depressing news for anyone who loves literature. One person who loved literature was Newsday columnist Mike McGrady, who decided that he and his friends could write a book of that “quality.” He said to his fellow Newsday employees: “Why don’t we all do one? A novel. Everyone could do one chapter and each would write about one specific perversion ….” After coming up with the idea and getting the cooperation of his friends in writing it, Mr. McGrady sought a publisher. He went to the office of Lyle Stuart and explained the project. Mr. Stuart said, “I’ll publish it.” Mr. McGrady answered, “It should be ready in a year or so. You can read it then.” Mr. Stuart then said, “I mean I’ll publish it sight unseen.” In fact, he did publish the novel, and it became a best seller: Naked Came the Stranger, which was supposedly written by housewife Penelope Ashe.
Humor
• As a comic book writer for Marvel Comics, Stan Lee wrote many good stories, but because of his heavy workload, once in a while he wrote a story that he felt wasn’t up to the level he wanted and he didn’t have time to make it better. Once, when that happened, he wrote these words that appeared on the cover of the comic book: “Look, this may not be one of the best stories we’ve ever done, but we’ve given you enough good ones so that you owe it to us to buy this lemon anyway.” The response was phenomenal, as the comic book sold very, very well. In addition, lots of readers wrote in to say, “You guys are the greatest. Nobody else would have been that honest — and, y’know what, the story wasn’t all that bad!”
• Satirist Stan Freberg is known for his use in humor in advertisements — humor that is very effective in increasing sales. (Mr. Freberg once wrote an advertisement that had this message: “Nine out of 10 doctors recommend Chun King chow mein.” The ad featured 10 doctors — nine of them Oriental.) When another renowned ad writer, David Ogilvy, wrote 10 rules for creating advertisements, he wrote, “Humor in advertising doesn’t work.” Yet another ad writer, Howard Gossage, asked him, “What about Freberg?” Mr. Ogilvy was forced to backtrack: “Oh, well, I didn’t mean Freberg.”
• The New Yorker started out as a humor magazine, but in times of war and its aftermath the magazine was more serious. One woman read John Hersey’s famed article about the bombing of Hiroshima in The New Yorker, then complained, “I’ve just read that long Hiroshima article from beginning to end, and I just wish you’d tell me what was funny about it!”
Husbands and Wives
• Author Studs Terkel was married to Ida for 60 years in a marriage that ended only with her death in 1999. Both she and her husband were social activists, and she used to tease him because her FBI file was bigger than his. In her old age, she was advised to use a cane, but she declined, giving as her reason, “I fall over so gracefully.” Of course, she and her husband knew everyone, and everyone knew them. At age 95, Studs was still telling stories about the many people he knew. For example, Nelson Algren, writer of The Man with the Golden Arm, once made extra money by selling the typewriter on which he had written that world-class novel. Actually, that’s not the entire story. Mr. Algren had many typewriters, and each time he wanted or needed extra money, he sold a typewriter, telling the purchaser that it was the typewriter on which he had written The Man with the Golden Arm.
Grunion are two fish species of the genus Leuresthes: the California grunion, L. tenuis, and the Gulf grunion, L. sardinas. They are sardine-sized teleost fishes of the New World silverside family Atherinopsidae, found only off the coast of California, USA, and Baja California, Mexico, where the species are found on both the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California coasts. Many people enjoy catching grunion at events called "grunion runs."
Grunion are known for their unusual mating ritual wherein at very high tides, the females come up on to sandy beaches where they dig their tails into the sand to lay their eggs. The male then wraps himself around the female to deposit his sperm, and for the next 10 days the grunion eggs remain hidden in the sand. At the next set of high tides, the eggs hatch and the young grunion are washed out to sea.
In the 1920s, recreational fishing of grunion caused definite signs of depletion resulting in a regulation passed in 1927 that established a closed season of three months from April until June. Grunion stocks improved and in 1947 the closed season was shortened to the months of April and May. This closure is still in effect to protect grunion during their peak spawning period.
The periodic appearance of the grunion on Southern California beaches, and the act of catching them, is locally known as a "grunion run". A fishing license is required for persons 16 years and older to catch grunion, and they may be taken by sport fishermen using their hands only. No appliances of any kind may be used to catch grunion, and no holes may be dug in the beach to entrap them. Grunion may be taken on specified dates between March and the end of August, but not during the months of April and May. There is no limit, but fishermen may take only what they can use, as under Californian law it is unlawful to waste fish. With these regulations, the resource seems to be maintaining itself at a fairly constant level.
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
Grunion.
Billy in Cypress U. $. A. said:
Grunion
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grunion
Alan J answered:
Grunion.
Jacqueline replied:
The Grunion fish.
zorch responded:
Purple sea urchins and green meanies.
Randall wrote:
grunion
Dave said:
Beats the hell out of me. Google says it is the California Grunion, a sardine sized fish I had never heard of, and unless you happen to be on the beach on certain nights when they leave the water to breed and lay their eggs you would never see one.
Adam answered:
Flathead Catfish? No idea, really...
Daniel in The City replied:
Grunion
Deborah, the Master Gardener responded:
I don’t fish, so I don’t know, but I’ll take a WAG: Abalone. And even if I’m wrong it’s still a delicious fish to eat.
Cal in Vermont wrote:
The California grunion which are much more hip than, say, Alabama ones.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
done it.........the grunion runs at San Luis Obisbo
Joe ( -- Vote Blue, No Matter Who -- ) wrote:
Grunion, I think that's the way to spell it. Anyway I knew that.
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Headed up to Culver City on the 405 around 8:30am and was at the office before 9.
Never in the 'before times' would I have thought that was possible.
Tonight, Tuesday:
CBS fills the night with LIVE'NFL Football', followed by a FRESH'The FBI Declassified', then pads the left coast with local crap.
On a RERUNStephen Colbert (from 10/2/20) are Dr. Jon LaPook and John Dickerson.
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 9/9/20) are Gabrielle Union and Nick Cave.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Weakest Link', followed by a FRESH'Ellen's Game Of Games', then a FRESH'Transplant'.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 9/8/20) are Joel McHale and Big Sean.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 9/23/20) are Sarah Paulson and H. Jon Benjamin.
On a RERUNLilly Singh (from 12/17/19) is Leslie Odom Jr.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'The Bachelorette', followed by a FRESH'Celebrity Family Feud'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Patrick Dempsey, Clare Crawley, and OneRepublic.
The CW offers a RERUN'Swamp Thing', followed by a RERUN'Tell Me A Story'.
Faux has a FRESH'Cosmos: Possible Worlds', followed by a FRESH'NeXt'.
MY recycles an old 'Chicago PD', followed by another old 'Chicago PD'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Last House On The Left', followed by the movie 'Ghost Ship', then the movie 'Friday The 13th'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - THE ADVERSARY
[7:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR
[9:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - HIPPOCRATIC OATH
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - THE VISITOR
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - INDISCRETION
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - STARSHIP MINE
[1:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - LESSONS
[2:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - THE CHASE
[3:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - FRAME OF MIND
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SUSPICIONS
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - RIGHTFUL HEIR
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SECOND CHANCES
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - TIMESCAPE
[8:00PM] SPACEBALLS
[10:00PM] SPACEBALLS
[12:00AM] TOTAL RECALL
[2:30AM] ELYSIUM
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - HIPPOCRATIC OATH (ALL TIMES ET)
Bravo has 3 hours of old 'Chrisley Knows Best', followed by a FRESH'Don't Be Tardy ...', then another FRESH'Don't Be Tardy ...', followed by a FRESH'Watch What Happens: Live'.
Comedy Central has 2 hours of old 'The Office', an hour of old 'Tosh.0', followed by a FRESH'Tosh.0', and another 'Tosh.0'.
Scheduled on a FRESHThe Daily Show it's The Daily Social Distancing Show.
FX has the movie 'Spider-Man: Homecoming', followed by the movie 'Skyscraper'.
History has 'Americas Book Of Secrets: Special Edition', followed by a FRESH'Americas Book Of Secrets: Special Edition'.
IFC -
[6:00am] Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Corpse Vanishes
[8:15am] Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Stranded In Space
[10:30am] Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Time Of The Apes
[12:45pm] Bad Words
[2:45pm] A League Of Their Own
[5:45pm] Caddyshack
[8:00pm] Tommy Boy
[10:15pm] Caddyshack (ALL TIMES ET)
Sundance -
[6:15am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[6:45am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[7:15am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[7:45am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[8:15am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[8:45am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[9:15am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[9:45am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[10:15am] hogan's heroes
[10:45am] hogan's heroes
[11:15am] hogan's heroes
[11:45am] hogan's heroes
[12:15pm] the running man
[2:30pm] total recall
[5:00pm] gladiator
[8:30pm] gladiator
[12:00am] columbo - Swan Song
[2:15am] columbo - Negative Reaction
[4:30am] the andy griffith show
[5:00am] the andy griffith show
[5:30am] the andy griffith show (ALL TIMES ET)
SyFy has the movie 'The Purge: Anarchy', followed by the movie 'Zombieland'.
TBS:
On a RERUNConan (from 9/14/20) is Ralph Macchio.
TCM "improved" their website & I can no longer access it.
Antenna TV - Johnny Carson (from 10/13/87) - Alexandra Paul, Patrick Swayze, and A. Whitney Brown.
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the U.S. government has been hiding key details about UFOs for years.
“Why the federal government all these years has covered up, put brake pads on everything, stopped it, I think it’s very, very bad for our country,” Reid said in the new documentary “The Phenomenon” from director James Fox.
“Are you saying that there’s some evidence that still hasn’t seen the light of day?” asked Fox.
“I’m saying most of it hasn’t seen the light of day,” Reid replied.
Reid, who was among the lawmakers behind a classified but since-closed U.S. government UFO program, has become increasingly outspoken about the phenomena since leaving office. However, he stopped short of confirming evidence of other-worldly activity, writing in August on Twitter that he wants the issue studied and that “we must stick to science, not fairy tales about little green men.”
Reacting to a tumultuous 2020 and looking to establish a corporate structure suited to the transformations to come, the Walt Disney Co. has introduced a major streamlining of its media and entertainment businesses.
Under the new structure, the focus will be on developing and producing original content for the company’s streaming services as well as for legacy platforms. Distribution and commercialization will be centralized into a single global unit called Media and Entertainment Distribution. It will be led by Kareem Daniel, a 14-year company veteran and former president of consumer products, games and publishing.
COVID-19 has ravaged Disney more than any other media company, given its direct impact on theme parks, travel, theatrical moviegoing, TV advertising, live sports and other longtime income sources. Streaming has been a bright spot, but it is thus far a money-losing endeavor for Disney, by design. In the spring of 2019, the company advised investors that it would be years before Disney+ and other streaming platforms turn a profit. Disney+, which launched last November, has already reached the threshold of the company’s five-year subscriber forecast, with 60.5 million paying customers as of August.
The MED group will be responsible for all monetization of content—both distribution and ad sales—and will oversee operations of the company’s streaming services. It will also have sole P&L accountability for Disney’s media and entertainment businesses. In the official announcement of the reorg Monday, Disney said it has scheduled an investor day for December 10 when it will lay out further details about its new structure and plans for 2021 and beyond.
Under the new plan, content creation will be managed in three distinct groups: Studios, General Entertainment and Sports. They will be headed by current execs Alan Horn and Alan Bergman, Peter Rice, and Jimmy Pitaro. Along with Daniel, they will report directly to Disney CEO Bob Chapek.
All five seasons of Narcos, one of Netflix’s most prominent original series, will premiere next week on Pluto TV in the show’s first streaming run on a free, ad-supported U.S. platform.
The distribution plan, which involves a partnership with Gaumont, will kick off on October 20. Narcos will be streamed across four different linear channels on Pluto, whose ad-supported service now has 26.6 million monthly active users. There will be multiple airtimes in both English and Spanish.
Narcos will stream on Pluto TV’s Crime Drama and Narco Novelas channels and its own branded single-series, marathon-style channels – Narcos and Narcos en Español. Spanish-speaking versions of Narcos will stream with English subtitles, and respectively, English-speaking versions of Narcos will stream with Spanish subtitles catering to multi-lingual audiences.
Season 1 of Narcos will stream weeknights at 10PM ET, with catch-up episodes the following day beginning at 8PM ET. Bonus weekend marathons will be offered following the series premiere. Pluto TV will debut a new season each month through February 2021.
Last month, Greg Schott, a lifelong Republican disgusted by President Donald Trump (R-Porcine), decided it was time to speak out in a meaningful way.
Schott, who sold his business software company to Salesforce in 2018 for a reported $6.5 billion, decided to spend $1 million of his own money to start a new group, Reclaim Our Party, a super PAC targeting right-leaning independents and soft Republicans and telling them it was OK to vote against Trump.
Schott is entering an increasingly crowded space.
The two biggest groups that dominate the anti-Trump Republican landscape, the Lincoln Project and Republican Voters Against Trump, have both become multimillion-dollar operations that conduct their own sophisticated data research and polling.
Then there’s the Bravery Project, led by Joe Walsh, a former Republican congressman from Illinois; Stand Up Republic, which recently introduced a spinoff, Christians Against Trumpism & Political Extremism; the Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform, known as REPAIR and led by two former top Trump administration officials; and 43 Alumni for Joe Biden, which consists of alumni from President George W. Bush’s administration.
California’s Republican Party on Monday acknowledged owning unofficial ballot drop boxes that state election officials said are illegal.
California election officials received reports over the weekend about the boxes in Fresno, Los Angeles and Orange counties.
On Sunday, the secretary of state issued a memo telling county registrars the boxes were illegal and that ballots must be mailed or brought to official voting locations.
State GOP spokesman Hector Barajas said that the party owns the boxes. He declined comment on how many exist and where they are located. Barajas said the state’s law governing so-called ballot harvesting allows an organization to collect and return groups of ballots.
Researchers on the world's biggest mission to the North Pole returned to Germany on Monday, bringing home devastating proof of a dying Arctic Ocean and warnings of ice-free summers in just decades.
The German Alfred Wegener Institute's Polarstern ship returned to the port of Bremerhaven after 389 days spent drifting through the Arctic trapped in ice, allowing scientists to gather vital information on the effects of global warming in the region.
Mission leader Markus Rex said he and his team of 300 scientists from 20 countries had witnessed "a place of truly fascinating and unique beauty".
Underlining how much of the sea ice has melted away, Rex said the mission was able to sail through large patches of open water, "sometimes stretching as far as the horizon".
The Polarstern mission, dubbed MOSAIC, spent more than a year collecting data on the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice and ecosystems to help assess the impact of climate change on the region and the world.
After decades locked away in a basement, some of the finest sculptures from antiquity have been pulled from the gloom and returned to public view in Rome.
Busts of Roman emperors, intricate sarcophagi and an ancient Greek relief carved 2,500 years ago are just some of the 92 pieces on display in the city's Palazzo Caffarelli.
The marbles belong to the aristocratic Torlonia family and represent a fraction of their 620 sculptures, believed to be the largest such private collection in the world.
"We could do seven, eight, 15 more exhibitions," said art historian Salvatore Settis, who was picked by the family to help curate the show and had the difficult task of deciding which works should see the light of day.
Like many leading Rome families, the Torlonias initially put their huge collection on display in a museum. But after 101 years, they locked its doors in 1976, looking to convert the building into private apartments.
Peru opened the ruins of Machu Picchu for a single Japanese tourist after he waited almost seven months to enter the Inca citadel, while trapped in the Andean country during the coronavirus outbreak.
Jesse Takayama's entry into the ruins came thanks to a special request he submitted while stranded since mid-March in the town of Aguas Calientes, on the slopes of the mountains near the site, said Minister of Culture Alejandro Neyra on Monday.
Takayama, his entry ticket on hand since March, entered the ruins of the citadel built more than 500 years ago on Saturday, and became the first visitor in seven months to be able to walk through the world heritage site. His original plan had been to spend only a few days in Peru to take in Machu Picchu.
Minister Neyra said that in November the stone ruins of Machu Picchu will be reopened for national and foreign tourists, without specifying the date. The site will permit 30% of its normal capacity of 675 people per day.
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