Several airline advertising slogans have become memes in our culture even though the airlines that used them no longer exist. For example… “It’s the only way to fly!” – The…
Month: September 2009
SEPTEMBER 22 – “Slowly I turned…”
September 22 is the anniversary of the most widely known version of an old vaudeville routine – the “Slowly I turned” shtick. In this classic comedy bit, the name of…
SEPTEMBER 18 – Was Lincoln a Great Emancipator or a Great Obfuscator?
An Abraham Lincoln quotation that is often noted in modern, clear-eyed accounts of his life comes from one of his debates with Stephen Douglas, during their 1858 contest for an…
“Danger, Will Robinson!”
In addition to being a fan of old TV westerns, like Have Gun – Will Travel, I’m also a fan of vintage science fiction shows. Even the bad ones, if…
SEPTEMBER 11 – They’ll never take our freedom (to rewrite history)
If you saw the 1995 movie Braveheart, you almost surely remember star Mel Gibson in his blue-painted face yelling the famous line “They may take our lives, but they’ll never…
SEPTEMBER 10 – I want to believe the truth is out there!
It has been a year to the day since Barack Obama uttered his controversial “lipstick on a pig” sideswipe at John McCain and Sarah Palin, on September 10, 2008. But…
SEPTEMBER 9 – Happy Birthday, United States of America!
Yes, I said Happy Birthday United States of America. And, yes, I know this is September 9th and not July 4th. But the fact is, it was on September 9th …
SEPTEMBER 6 – OMG re: W. and OB-GYNs
Back in January of 1775, British playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play The Rivals premiered. It introduced a character named Mrs. Malaprop. Her name was inspired by the French term mal…
SEPTEMBER 4 – The birth of billions of “Kodak Moments”
On September 4, 1888, the name “Kodak” was registered as a trademark by American inventor and entrepreneur George Eastman (1954-1932). Soon thereafter, it became a household word. Around the same…