1914 – In London, the first full-color film, “The World, The Flesh & the Devil,” was shown.
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“Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy.” – Callahan’s Law
Monday
1947 – The first illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company.
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“Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy.” – Callahan’s Law
Sunday
1970 – John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in “True Grit.” He had been in over 200 films.
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“Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy.” – Callahan’s Law
Saturday
1983 – U.S. Interior Secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from the 4th of July celebration on the Washington Mall. He said rock ‘n’ roll bands attract the “wrong element.”
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“Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy.” – Callahan’s Law
Whew, that was fun!
And, you people are demented. In the nicest way, of course.
For your viewing pleasure, please enjoy these rugged rugby guys until tomorrow morning:
And we’ll be back with more Captioning next Friday (provided the management doesn’t lock me out)!
(Voting will be this Sunday, if I can figure out how to do that in this brave new environment.)
Holy Frijoli, It’s Captioning Time!
It’s Friday Night Captioning!
Y’know what’s worse than a tanked economy and shaky banks? Worse even than some leathery bint from the IMF teaming up with the UN to try to disarm every-damn-body except for celebrities and politicians? This is worse than that:
A fat boy in a starving land full of No Dongs.
Still, there must be some laughter even in the Hermit Crab Shack Kingdom, and you’re just the men/women/gerbils to let the world have a giggle when you CAPTION THAT.