The Daily Dose/March 14, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy

Leading Off
Leading Off is officially on hiatus. It will return, though we are not sure when.

Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow falls one room short of selling out at the hotel, and in what must be regarded as the Upset of the Year, The Wife’s estimate of how much snow is in the driveway actually turns out to be accurate. Today’s Diary.

I said of course and was actually surprised when her estimate turned out to be accurate: there was, more or less, six inches of snow in the driveway…Usually, The Wife can be counted on to inflate any figure or estimate by about a third…So I parked underneath the carport, ostensibly so I could use the snowblower on the entire driveway, but really so our neighbor Jerry would have free reign should he decide to move our snow for us.

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On This Date
In 1964 – Jack Ruby is found guilty in Dallas, Texas of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, who had killed John F Kennedy the previous November. Ruby’s conviction and death sentence would be overturned on appeal, an appeals court finding Ruby’s confession should have been ruled inadmissible. Ruby would die in January 1967 of natural causes while awaiting a second trial in the same hospital that Oswald and Kenndy had died in.

In 1960 – Wilt Chamberlain, then a rookie with the Philadelphia Warriors, scores an NBA playoff record 53 points in a 132-112 win over Syracuse Nationals – now the Philadelphia 76ers – in the decisive third game of Eastern Conference Semifinals. The record was broken in 1962 when Elgin Baylor scored 61 points in a playoff game for the Los Angeles Lakers and the record is now held by Michael Jordan, who scored 63 for the Chicago Bulls in an April 1986 playoff game.

In 1981 – Guitar Man by Elvis Presley is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for its only week. Guitar Man had originally been released in 1967 when Jerry Reed, who wrote the song, had a minor country hit and Elvis had a minor pop hit with it. It was Elvis’ eleventh #1 song on the country chart and Guitar Man also went to #28 on Billboard’s Hot 100. It was Elvis’ penultimate hit on the country chart and his final Hot 100 hit.

Quotebook
We are always getting ready to live, but never living.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
The previous Trivia question is withdrawn.

Today’s Stumper
Who holds the record for highest points-per-game average in the NBA playoffs? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/March 13, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy

Leading Off
Leading Off is officially on hiatus. It will return, though we are not sure when.

Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: At the hotel, one of the coffee pots is filled with poison, and Sparrow interviews for the county’s vacant veteran service officer postion. Today’s Diary. 

The two women interviewing me were my age and I was funny and affable as if we were enjoying drinks at a singles bar…Most of the time I’ve interviewed for work it was because I needed the job, but not only do I not need this job, I didn’t particularly want it, recall I only applied because Stanko and Rick at the Legion thought I’d do well at it and, of course, our vets deserve top-notch service.

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On This Date
In 1862 – The US government prohibits the army from returning fugitive slaves, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1950. This leads directly to President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Also on this date in the Civil War, in 1865, the Confederacy – desperate, and a month away from surrendering – announces they will induct slaves into their army, promising them their freedom in exchange for their service. 

In 1983 – Randy Smith’s NBA record of 906 consecutive games played ends after scoring four points in a 111-102 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Smith, who wasn’t playing very much, asked for an was granted his release and he later signed with the Atlanta Hawks. Smith had broken the record the previous November when he played in his 845th consecutive game, breaking Johnny Kerr’s record, and the mark is now held by A.C. Green with 1,192. 

In 1965 – The Beatles are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two weeks with Eight Days a Week. It was the group’s seventh #1 song I Want To Hold Your Hand was at #1 from Feruary 1 to March 14, 1964, making the Beatles the only act in Hot 100 history to have seven #1 songs in a 365 day period. The group was not particularly fond of the song, never sang it concert, and it was not released as a single in their native Great Britain. 

Quotebook
For the first time, Seward understood the nature of Lincoln’s political genius. He had been able to make himself absolute dictator without ever letting anyone suspect that he was anything more than a timid, joking backwoods lawyer.
Gore Vidal
Lincoln

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Every Breath You Take by the Police, with eight weeks at #1, was Billboard’s biggest song of 1983. 

Today’s Stumper
Who holds the NBA record for most consecutive games played by an active player? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/March 12, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy

Leading Off
Leading Off is officially on hiatus. It will return, though we are not sure when.

Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has the latest on the scratch paper front at the hotel, plus Sparrow has tips on how to get a manager to approve your return of used tire chains. Today’s Diary.

Now, initially she’ll go thru the motions of enforcing store policy and tell you no, but she always yields…You don’t even have to say anything, just stand there with an expectant puppy look on your face and eventually she’ll allow your return…

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On This Date
In 1933 – Franklin Roosevelt addresses the United States for the first time as president, eight days after his inauguration, the first of his fireside chats. Mired in the Great Depression and facing the failure of many American banks, Roosevelt had closed all American banks on March 6 and on the 9th Congress had passed the Emergency Banking Act.  Roosevelt spoke for 13 minutes from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in front of assorted members of the press. Between 1933 and 1940 Roosevelt would give 30 such fireside chats.

In 1992 – Don Nelson, then in his first sting as head coach of the Golden State Warriors, becomes the first person to participate in 2,500 NBA games as a player and a coach when the Warriors lose to the Detroit Pistons 119-112. Nelson would retire in 2010 having played and coached in 3,451 NBA games, 2,398 as a coach and 1,53 as a player.

In 1983 – Billie Jean by Michael Jackson is at # on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of seven weeks. It was the first of two #1s from the album Thriller and the fourth of 13 #1 songs Jackson had as a solo act. The song went to #1 in nine other countries, including Great Britain and was also in its fifth of nine weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart. Billie Jean was Billboard’s second biggest hit of 1983.

Quotebook
It is remarkable how little concern men seem to have for logic, statistics and, even, indeed, survival: we live by emotion, prejudice, and pride.
Dwight Eisenhower

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Elisha Gray filed a patent caveat for the telephone later the same day that Alexander Graham Bell filed his patent application A caveat had much the same information as an application and was formal notice of intent to file an application at a later date.

Today’s Stumper
What as Billboard’s biggest hit of 1983? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/March 10, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy

Leading Off
Leading Off is officially on hiatus. It will return, though we are not sure when.

Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: It’s a busy, sold out night at the hotel, as Sparrow fields a noise complaint and reports on the morning’s creamer usage at the coffee station. Today’s Diary.

The big news at the 0600 Coffee Service Check was the French vanilla creamers got virtually most of the action!!!…There are three creamers available: French vanilla, hazelnut and regular and regular is the workhorse, frankly, but not today.

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Click here to read excerpts and a sample chapter.

On This Date
In 1876 – The first telephone call is made in Boston when Alexander Graham Bell, talks to his assistant Thomas Watson, who is in another room. The two then swapped places and Bell listened while Watson read some passages from a book. Three days earlier Bell had received a patent for the telephone from the United States, his application titled Improvement in Telegraphy.

In 1920 – Joe Malone of the Quebec Bulldogs scores six goals in a 10-4 win over the Ottawa Senators. On January 21, Malone had established the NHL record with seven goals in a game, and he remains the only NHL player to score at least six goals in an NHL game twice. Malone finished the year leading the NHL in both goals (39) and points (49).

In 1962 – Bruce Channel is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 with Hey! Baby. The song would spend three weeks at the top and while Channel would follow this up with four more appearances in the Hot 100, Channel  – pronounced Shu-NELL – remains one of the few acts whose only Top 40 hit went to #1. Channel would later tour Europe, backed at one show by a little-known group called the Beatles.

Quotebook
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all His laws.
John Adams
Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand was Billboard’s #1 song for 1974.

Today’s Stumper
Who else filed a patent for a telephone on the same day as Alexander Graham Bell? – Answer next time!

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