The Daily Dose/October 27, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.

1. Israel – Hey guys, kudos on spreading the war to the rest of Middle East…With luck, maybe you can make these genocides, too…Maybe – and SB5 pollsters know they’re dreaming here –  just maybe you can all nuke each other back to the Stone Age before the US gets involved. 

2. Los Angeles Times – Hey guys, way to not endorse a presidential candidate…A bunny rabbit should earn an endorsement over Donald Trump – still a lying, sexual predator who believes the moon is part of Mars – but a bastion of liberal journalism is unwilling to endorse Kamala Harris is wrong…Yay for the editorial board endorsing Harris, boo for the owner overriding them. 

3. USA! USA! – The 3-hole staple…A hundred years from now all new people – perhaps Americans, if there are any left – will look back at the Donald Trump Era and conclude that America tolerated the three-time nomination of a man of zero moral and intellectual substance because America herself was no longer a nation of any moral or intellectual substance.  

4. New York Yankees – Hahahahahahaha!!!…A devastating, utterly crushing 10th-inning loss on a game-ending grand slam home run could not happen to nicer people…The remaining three (3) games are a formality now…#Ooopsies!!!…Two (2) games as the Yankees lost Game 2, as well. 

5. Fact Check: Special Election Edition – Click here for assorted lies, misinformation, and inaccuracies from the 2024 election. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow likes a chick at the gym. Today’s Diary.

Back then, we were asking because we wanted to know how much older than me she was…Now, we would be asking to avoid a morals charge…(Altho, honestly, a scandal this close to Election Day couldn’t hurt.)…

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On This Date
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In 1962 – Air Force pilot Major Rudolf Anderson becomes the only US fatality by enemy fire in the Cuban Missile Crisis when his spy plane is shot down by a Soviet-supplied ground-to-air missile over southeastern Cuba. Anderson had taken off from an Air Force base near Orlando and was flying his seventh mission. He was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross, the nation’s second-highest award for valor. 

In 2002 – The Anaheim Angels win the World Series, defeating the San Francisco Giants 4-1 in Game 7 in Anaheim. It remains the only World Series appearance for the Angels and was the twelfth and most recent World Series loss for the Giants franchise, to go with eight titles. It was the first World Series since divisional play began in 1969 that did not feature a division champion and remains the most recent World Series played without a future member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. 

In 1979 – Herb Alpert is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with Rise. The song also peaked at #13 in Great Britain, at #4 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 80th-biggest song of the year, its 54th-biggest of 1980, and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. It was the second and most recent #1 for Alpert (This Guy’s In Love With You, four weeks, 1968) and Alpert remains the only act to top the Hot 100 with a vocal and an instrumental song. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

If to please the people we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair.
George Washington

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Steven Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins has the most assists by an active NHL player with 1,010. It’s good for 14th on the all-time list.

Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.

What instrumental has spent the most weeks at #1 on the Hot 100? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/October 25 & 26, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

We neglected to post Friday’s crap, so today we are doubling up. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody/October 24
The Diary of a Nobody/October 25

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On This Date
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This is from October 25:
In 1760 – George III ascends the throne of Great Britain following the death of his father, George II. Mixed results in war marked his reign; he defeated the French twice, in the Seven Year’s War (1756-63) and defeated Napoleon in 1815, but lost the American Revolution in 1783. He died in 1820 and his reign of 59 years, 96 days remains the longest by a British king. His son, George IV, succeeded him.

In 1884 – The first postseason series between major league baseball league champions concludes when the Providence Grays of the National League defeat the New York Metropolitans 12-2 in the third game, a game called after six innings because of cold. The Grays had won all three games of the best-of-three series, with the third game played for money. The entire series was played at the Polo Grounds in New York. Postseason series between the two leagues would be played until the American Association folded after the 1891 season.

In 1969 – Credence Clearwater Revival is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the fourth and final consecutive week with Green River. The album also peaked at #20 in Great Britain and at #26 on Billboard’s soul albums chart. The album produced two Top 40 hits, including the title track and Bad Moon Rising, both of which peaked at #2. It was the third chart album for the group and their first of two #1s.

This is from October 26
In 1774 – The First Continental Congress adjourns at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia. The Congress had convened in September after Britain had passed what Americans called the Intolerable Acts. Among other things, the Congress drew up a petition to King George III seeking repeal of the Intolerable Acts. The appeal was ignored, leading the formation of the Second Continental Congress in May. 

In 1997 – Wayne Gretzky of the New York Rangers establishes a new NHL record for most career assists in a 3-3 tie with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. Gretzky had two assists, giving him 1,851 for his career, breaking the record of 1,849 established by Gordie Howe between 1946-80. Gretzky retired in 1999 with 1,963 points, a record that still stands. 

In 1991 – Mariah Carey is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third and final consecutive week with Emotions. It was the third chart single for Carey, her third of 19 #1 songs, and her third of five consecutive #1s, which would break the Hot 100 record for consecutive #1s at the start of a career established by the Jackson 5. The song also peaked at #17 in Great Britain and at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart.  

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

…it makes no difference at all who wins. The world goes on.
Gore Vidal
Creation

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

From October 25
Seven Americans have won the Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medal. One has won the super heavyweight gold medal.

From October 26
The Providence Grays were in the National League from 1878-85. They won National League titles in 1879 and 1884. 

Today’s Stumper
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What active NHL player has the most career assists? – Answer next time!

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Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 9

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In 1648 – The Holy Roman Empire signs peace treaties with France and Sweden, ending the Thirty Years War and the Eighty Years war. Negotiations were long and convulted, beginning in 1836 and involving as many as 109 delegations represented by  kings, dukes, counts, and other diplomats. History refers to the treaties collectively as the Peace of Westphalia and both wars resulted in the deaths of an estimated 8 million people. The treaties would be rejected by Pope Innocent X, who declared them to be, among other things, “null, void..empty of meaning and effect for all time.

In 1968 – Debbie Myer of the US becomes the first swimmer to win three individual gold medals at the Mexico City Olympics. Myer won the gold in the inaugural 800-meter race defeating Pam Krause (US) by eleven seconds and Maria Teresa Ramirez (Mexico). Previously, Myer had won the 200- and 400-meter races and later in the year won the Sullivan Award, given to the nation’s top amateur athlete and remains her only Olympic appearance.

In 1992 – Boyz II Men is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for a record-breaking eleventh of the 13 consecutive weeks with End of the Road. The broke the Hot 100 record of ten weeks at the top established by Debby Boone with You Light Up y Life in 1977 and Physical by Olivia Newton-John in 1982. The record is now 19 weeks by Old Town Road by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus in 2019. It was the first of five #1 songs for the group, and the first of two times they would hold the record most weeks at #1 (One Sweet Day, with Mariah Carey, 15 weeks, 1995

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The Daily Dose/October 23, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

Leading Off will return.

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has some shocking Coke order news. Today’s Diary. 

As a practical matter, of course, the FDS is still working the three nites we’re not and he’s not here to do the CO, so it’s appropriate to have someone else do it…Still, tho, we had some zero clue Keenan was on the fast track here…My goodness, he’s only been here a few months and already he’s the Relief Coke Order Guy (RCOG)…

Editor’s Note: the Week 9 NFL Bottom Ten will move on Thursday.

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In 4004 BC – This is the date of creation according to a chronology published by Irish archbishop James Ussher in 1650. Ussher used a variety of sources to come up with this date, and his chronology is, more or less, in line with dates offered by others who attempted to fix the date of creation. According to Ussher, time had actually begun at 6 pm the night before with “…the entrance of night”. Influential at the time, Ussher’s chronology began to fall into disrepute in the 19th century.

In 1964 – Joe Frazier of the US wins the heavyweight boxing gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, defeating Hans Huber of the United German Team on points. It was the only Olympic appearance for Frazier, who would later turn pro and was the undisputed heavyweight champion from 1970-73. This would be the last time a united German team would participate in the Olympics until the 1992 Albertville Winter Games. 

In 1982 – Tainted Love by Soft Cell establishes a new Billboard Hot 100 record for most weeks on the chart. The song is at #97, its 41st week on the chart, breaking the record established by I Go Crazy by Paul Davis the year before. The song would spend 43 weeks on the chart before dropping off, and the record is now 91 weeks by Heat Waves by Glass Animals, from January 2021 and October 2022. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

She had a way of leading you, of showing you how to be a male.
Saul Bellow
Ravelstein

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The first song to spend at least ten weeks at #1 on a Billboard pop chart was I’ll Never Smile Again by Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers, which spent twelve weeks at #1 on the National Best Selling Retail Records chart in 1940. It was the first #1 song on a Billboard chart. 

The most recent song to do it is A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey, currently in its 14th non-consecutive week at #1 on the Hot 100.  

Today’s Stumper
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How many Americans have won the heavyweight boxing gold medal at the Olympics? – Answer next time!

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