Weirdness: February 2021

Happy Birthday to Your Show of Shows!

Premiered on this date in 1950.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042173/

Happy Birthday Yes, Minister!

Premiered on this date in 1980.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/yesminister/

Happy Birthday Zeppo!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppo_Marx

Happy Birthday Carroll Borland!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0096968/

Happy Birthday Jim Backus!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000822/

Happy Birthday George Harrison!

https://www.georgeharrison.com/

Happy Birthday Benjamin Tallmadge!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Tallmadge

Happy National Chili Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-chili-day-fourth-thursday-in-february/

The capitol Records Building Morse Code

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/capitol-records-building-morse-code?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c880723ef8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_02_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-c880723ef8-64536349&mc_cid=c880723ef8&mc_eid=9337bd4ceb

Zephyrhills Museum of Military History

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/zephyrhills-museum-military-history?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c880723ef8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_02_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-c880723ef8-64536349&mc_cid=c880723ef8&mc_eid=9337bd4ceb

Was not familiar with this place.

Happy Birthday Mitch Hedberg!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Hedberg

Happy Birthday Nicky Hopkins!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Hopkins

Happy Birthday Chester Nimitz!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_W._Nimitz

Happy Birthday Barry Bostwick!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000960/

Happy Birthday Franz von Stuck!

http://www.artnet.com/artists/franz-von-stuck/

Happy Birthday George Thorogood!

https://www.georgethorogood.com/

Happy National Tortilla Chip Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-tortilla-chip-day-february-24/

The "Mads" of MST3000 have a new channel on Youtube!

https://www.pastemagazine.com/comedy/mst3k/the-mads-mst3k-youtube-riffs-trace-beaulieu-frank-conniff/?fbclid=IwAR3CcQ9ci_a8WKFW94M1QQKE8rb-ZDAnDnTB7LSLAec5sQigz9s06yXcoUE

Where the vorpal bunny is

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tomnadashan-mine?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=10eaa4fbdf-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_02_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-10eaa4fbdf-64536349&mc_cid=10eaa4fbdf&mc_eid=9337bd4ceb

Haitians fighting in the American Revolution!

https://allthingsliberty.com/2021/02/black-haitian-soldiers-at-the-siege-of-savannah/

Fascinating, I was unaware of this unit.

The Collected Works of Jim Morrison due out this Summer!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/massive-new-collection-of-jim-morrison-writings-to-see-release-in-june/ar-BB1dWtS0?rt=0&ocid=Win10NewsApp&referrerID=InAppShare

Am very much looking forward to this!

(Thanks for the link, Tom!)

Happy Birthday Majel Barrett!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000854/

Happy National Banana Bread Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-banana-bread-day-february-23/

Happy Birthday James Hong!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393222/

Happy Birthday to Kick Out The Jams!

Released on this date in 1969.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_Out_the_Jams

Happy Birthday Jeri Ryan!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005394/

250 Days Until Halloween!

Happy Birthday Sheldon Leonard!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Leonard

Happy Birthday Edward Gorey!

https://edwardgoreyhouse.org/

Happy Birthday Dwight Frye!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296859/

Happy Birthday George Washington!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington

Today is the anniversary of the first self-propelled locomotive on rails being demonstrated (In Wales in 1804)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Trevithick

Happy Birthday Erma Bombeck!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Bombeck

Happy Birthday Mary Chapin Carpenter!

https://www.marychapincarpenter.com/

Happy Chalk Sunday!

https://thefadingyear.wordpress.com/2017/03/05/chalk-sunday/

Happy National Love Your Pet Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-love-your-pet-day-february-20/

Happy Birthday Instant Karma!

Released in the U.S. on this date in 1970.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Karma!

Today is the anniversary of John Glenn orbiting the earth

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/mercury_mission.html

Happy Birthday Anthony Stewart Head!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372117/

Happy Birthday William Prescott!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Prescott

Happy National Ravioli Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-ravioli-day-march-20/

Happy Hoodie Hoo Day!

http://www.holidayscalendar.com/event/hoodie-hoo-day/

Happy Birthday Sidney Poitier!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001627/

Happy Birthday Richard Matheson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Matheson

Happy Birthday Joel Hodgson!

https://mst3k.fandom.com/wiki/Joel_Hodgson

Happy Birthday Sis Cunningham!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sis_Cunningham

Happy Birthday Moll Dyer!

A famous 17th century Maryland witch.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g41227-d3351240-Reviews-Moll_Dyer_Rock-Leonardtown_Maryland.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moll_Dyer

Happy Birthday Tony Iommi!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Iommi

Happy Birthday Lee Marvin!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001511/

Happy Birthday Sounds of Silence!

The first acoustic version of the song was completed on this date in 1964 by Simon and Garfunkel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Silence

Today is the anniversary of the patenting of the tintype camera

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintype

Happy Birthday to the Bowman Body Show!

Premiered on this date in 1971.

https://www.thebowmanbody.com/

Today is the anniversary of the patenting of the phonograph by Edison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph

Happy Birthday Copernicus!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus

Happy Birthday Smokey Robinson!

https://smokeyrobinson.com/home/

Happy Pully Lug Day!

Once popular in Cumberland & Westmoreland counties. Allowing folks to pull another's ears with impunity.

Happy Birthday Gahan Wilson!

https://gahanwilson.net/

Happy Birthday Bobby Hart!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyce_and_Hart

Happy Birthday Jack Palance!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001588/

Happy National Drink Wine Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/national-drink-wine-day/#:~:text=National%20Drink%20Wine%20Day%20%E2%80%93%20February%2018%2C%202021

Happy Birthday to Hello, My Name Is Blotto!

Released on this date in 1980.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blotto_(band)

Happy Birthday Sonia Rutstein!

https://www.soniadisappearfear.com/

Happy Random Acts of Kindness Day!

https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/

Happy Birthday Kathleen Freeman!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293466/

Happy Bannock Night!

https://www.cooksinfo.com/bannock-nicht

Happy Birthday Edgar Bergen!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bergen

Happy Birthday Lisa Loring!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521006/

Happy National Almond Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-almond-day-february-16/

Happy Birthday LeVar Burton!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton

Happy Birthday Christopher Gadsden!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Gadsden

Happy Birthday Hairspray! (the first film)

Premiered on this date in 1988.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095270/

Happy Birthday Sonny Bono!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Bono

Today is the anniversary of Big Joe Turner recording the original "Shake, Rattle & Roll" in 1954

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9wTQsAgktg

Happy Burger Lovers Day!

https://www.cooksinfo.com/burger-lovers-day

Happy Birthday Matt Groening!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Groening

Happy Birthday Harvey Korman!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Korman

Happy Presidents' Day!

https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/presidents-day#:~:text=Presidents'%20Day%20is%20a%20federal,occur%20on%20Monday%2C%20February%2015.

Happy Nickanan Night!

https://www.cornwallforever.co.uk/year/nickanan-night

For serious fans of Silence of the Lambs...

https://triblive.com/local/regional/silence-of-the-lambs-turns-30-celebrate-by-spending-the-night-in-buffalo-bills-house/?fbclid=IwAR00k0Degcym5sSLLan4Yp85ZpVYqv3S6zNsMgCsZSItIpAJIL3se5FIuJQ

Happy Birthday Bill Campbell!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Campbell_(illustrator)

Happy Birthday ENIAC!

Dedicated on this date in 1946.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC#:~:text=ENIAC%20(%2F%CB%88%C9%9Bni,of%20numerical%20problems%22%20through%20reprogramming.

Today is the anniversary of the international debut of the Stars & Stripes

In 1778 - The Stars and Stripes was carried to a foreign port, in France, for the first time. It was aboard the American ship Ranger

Happy Birthday Edward Platt!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686857/

Happy Birthday Andrew Robinson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Robinson_(actor)

Happy Birthday Ray Teller!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teller_(magician)

Happy Birthday Robert Shea!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shea

Happy Birthday Jack Benny!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Benny

Happy Birthday Emperor Norton!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton

Happy Valentine's Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day

Happy Lupercalia!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupercalia#:~:text=Lupercalia%20was%20an%20ancient%2C%20possibly,city%2C%20releasing%20health%20and%20fertility.

Happy National Cheddar Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-cheddar-day-february-13/

Happy Birthday Stockard Channing!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000330/

Happy Birthday Peter Tork!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tork

Happy Birthday to Frampton Comes Alive!

Released on this date in 1976.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frampton_Comes_Alive!

Happy Birthday Chuck Yeager!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager

Happy World Radio Day!

https://www.un.org/en/observances/radio-day

Happy Birthday Susan Oliver!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Oliver

Happy Birthday Peter Gabriel!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gabriel

Happy Birthday Black Sabbath! (the album)

Released on this date in 1970.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sabbath_(album)

Happy Birthday Julius Carry!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141114/

Happy Birthday Dracula! (the 1931 film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_(1931_English-language_film)

Today is the anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the Lincoln Memorial in 1915

https://www.nps.gov/linc/index.htm

Happy Birthday Christina Ricci!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000207/

Happy Birthday Ray Manzarek!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Manzarek

Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

Today is the anniversary of the Sam Adams Massachusetts Circular Letter of 1768

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Circular_Letter

Today is the anniversary of the Beatles playing the DC Coliseum in 1964.

https://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/02/11/live-washington-coliseum/

Happy Birthday Gerry Goffin!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Goffin

Happy National Inventors' Day!

https://www.psemi.com/newsroom/blogs/473448-united-states-national-inventors-day#:~:text=On%20February%2011%2C%20the%20United,it%20was%20Thomas%20Edison's%20birthday.

Happy Birthday Thomas Edison!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison

Happy Birthday Tina Louise!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001481/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday Leslie Nielsen!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000558/

Happy Birthday Sheryl Crow!

https://sherylcrow.com/

Happy Birthday Gene Vincent!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Vincent

Happy Birthday Bobby "Boris" Pickett!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Pickett

A nice article about the FBI spy house in DC

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fbi-spy-house?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fbbf361837-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_02_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-fbbf361837-64536349&mc_cid=fbbf361837&mc_eid=9337bd4ceb

Happy Birthday Tapestry!

Released on this date in 1971.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapestry_(Carole_King_album)

Happy Birthday Jimmy Durante!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Durante

Happy Birthday Alan Hale, Sr.!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002118/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2

Happy Birthday Lon Chaney, Jr.!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001033/

Today is the anniversary of the Beatles' first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/america-meets-the-beatles-on-the-ed-sullivan-show

Happy National Bagels & Lox Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-bagel-and-lox-day-february-9/

Happy National Pizza Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-pizza-day-february-9/

Happy Birthday Ronald Colman!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172903/

Happy Birthday Wizards!

Premiered on this date in 1977.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076929/

Happy Birthday Frank Frazetta!

http://frankfrazetta.net/

http://frazettamuseum.com/

Happy Birthday Barbara Lewis!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lewis

Happy Birthday Carole King!

https://www.caroleking.com/

Happy Birthday Burt Mustin!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615993/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday Ethan Phillips!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0680392/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday Seth Green!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001293/

Happy Birthday England Dan Seals!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Seals

Happy Birthday Jules Verne!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne

Happy Birthday Gloria Talbott!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847993/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy National Chopsticks Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-chopsticks-day-february-6/

Happy National Frozen Yogurt Day!

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/national-frozen-yogurt-day-2021-free-froyo

Happy Ice Cream For Breakfast Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/ice-cream-for-breakfast-day-first-saturday-in-february/

Happy Birthday Lost Skeleton of Cadavra!

Premiered on this date in 2001.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307109/

Happy Birthday Greta Valenti!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Valenti

Happy Birthday Bob Marley!

https://www.bobmarley.com/

Happy Birthday Patrick MacNee !

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001495/

Goats for your Zoom Meeting

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-55887368

Happy Birthday Urban Verbs!

Released on this date in 1980.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Verbs

Happy Birthday David Selby!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782978/

Happy Birthday S.Z. Sakall!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757064/

Happy Birthday James Otis, Jr.!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Otis_Jr.

Happy Birthday to The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour!

Premiered on this date in 1967.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061296/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday John Carradine!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001017/

Happy Birthday H.R. Giger!

https://www.hrgiger.com/

Happy National Homemade Soup Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-homemade-soup-day-february-4th/

Happy National Stuffed Mushroom Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/stuffed-mushroom-day/

Happy Birthday Alice Cooper!

https://alicecooper.com/tour/

Happy Birthday Tadeusz Kosciuszko!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko

Happy Birthday Creature Feature!

Premiered on this date in 1973.

http://www.countgore.com/

Happy National Carrot Cake day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-carrot-cake-day-february-3/

Happy Birthday John Fiedler!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275835/

Happy Birthday Charles Roberts!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S._Roberts

Happy Birthday Melanie Safka!

https://www.melaniesafka.com/

Happy Birthday Norman Rockwell!

https://www.nrm.org/

Today is the anniversary of "The day The Music Died"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died

Bunnyman Brewerey Opening this Summer!

https://patch.com/virginia/burke/bunnyman-brewing-aims-summer-opening-burke-area?utm_term=article-slot-1&utm_source=newsletter-daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

Happy Birthday Wilbur Whately!

Born on this day in 1913, (according to H.P. Lovecraft)

https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dh.aspx

Happy Birthday Brent Spiner!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000653/

Happy Birthday Graham Nash!

https://www.grahamnash.com/home/

Happy Birthday Tom Smothers!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Smothers

Happy Birthday Charles de Talleyrand!

The patron saint of Diplomacy players,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Maurice_de_Talleyrand-P%C3%A9rigord

Happy Groundhog Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day

Robin Williams was almost on Star Trek

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/robin-williams-star-trek.html?fbclid=IwAR1RccaikfsR3Fxkgjn9DcDwsk0RBXdVpMGIYhBHFlTDDuUeEnqPbWRyWFY

Happy Birthday to the Oxford English Dictionary!

The first portion of it was released on this date in 1884.

https://www.oed.com/

Happy Birthday Surrealistic Pillow!

Released on this date in 1967.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealistic_Pillow

Today is the anniversary of the legalization of home brewing (in 1979)

https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/?gclid=CjwKCAiAuoqABhAsEiwAdSkVVLpnqw5Vh-5Rbwx4qUdCjI_ODXRE7HcDYDmWUsYmMcJssGkQDVbIHxoCVvoQAvD_BwE

Happy Birthday Helen Chandler!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151377/

Happy Birthday Don Everly!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers

Happy Birthday Terry Jones!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001402/

Happy Birthday Clark Gable!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000022/

Happy Birthday Bill Mumy!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mumy

Happy Imbolc!

https://www.goddessandgreenman.co.uk/imbolc-candlemas/

Weirdness

Sunday, February 28, 2021

Happy Birthday John Tenniel!

Happy Birthday Cindy Wilson!

Happy Birthday Brian Jones!

Happy Birthday William Washington!

Happy Birthday Zero Mostel!

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Happy Birthday Howard Hesseman!

Happy Birthday Joan Bennett!

Happy National Kahlua Day!

Happy Birthday Joanne Woodward!

Happy Open That Bottle Night!

Happy National Strawberry Day!

Happy Birthday Mary Jo Pehl!

Happy Birthday Adam Baldwin!

Friday, February 26, 2021

Happy National Pistachio Day!

Today is the anniversary of the Salem Encounter of 1774

Happy Birthday Jackie Gleason!

Happy Birthday Chase Masterson!

Happy Birthday Francis Marion!

Happy Birthday Johnny Cash!

Happy Birthday Fats Domino!

Happy Birthday Godfrey Cambridge!

Today is International Stand Up To Bullying Day

Thursday, February 25, 2021

A nice article about the lost Blackadder pilot episode

Happy National Clam Chowder Day!

Happy Birthday Alexis Denisof!