Fact Of The Day

[Allhallowsday]

Joan Fontaine, in Rebecca, was the only person in an Alfred Hitchcock film to win an Oscar for acting.

Nominated for REBECCA, JOAN FONTAINE won for SUSPICION... 

Oops, you're right.

I might be right, but we're cool.  That's a good movie bit! 

[RCMerchant]

Not many surprises here.
From the files of USA Today.
The 10 best portrayals of Dracula
From 10th to 1st.

10. Richard Roxburgh "Van Helsing" (2004)
09. Duncan Regehr "The Monster Squad" (1987)
08. Adam Sandler "Hotel Transylvania" (2012)
07. George Hamilton "Love at 1st Bite" (1979)
06. Lon Chaney, Jr. "Son of Dracula" (1943)
05. Frank Langella "Dracula" (1979)
04. Max Schreck "Nosferatu" (1922)
03. Gary Oldman "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992)
02. Christopher Lee "Horror of Dracula" (1958)
01. Bela Lugosi "Dracula" (1931)

Something every decade from the 1920's to the present, excluding only the '60's.
As for myself, seen 8 or 80%. Disliked or unwatchable 3 or 37.5%. Liked and watchable 5 or 62.5%

Next time?

Where's John Carradine? I liked him much better than Lon Chaney Jr. and miles above all the other drek. Adam f**king Sandler?

yup on carradine, and i have to disagree with the numbering too. schreck was WAY better than oldman!

Schreck should be #2. And even the Mexican German Robles is better than Langella, Hamilton, and Oldman. And them other shmucks too.
Then ya got Jack Palance, who did a fantastic job.

[ER]

Despite what the name suggests, an egg cream, popular at Brooklyn deli counters, is neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. I think that's how that goes.

[indianasmith]

And the Holy Roman Empire contained neither eggs nor cream.

[Pacman000]

Did y'all team up for those posts?

[indianasmith]

Nah, I just saw hers and posted the natural response! LOL 

[Svengoolie 3]

[Chainsawmidget]

The bathroom all the kids shared in the Brady Bunch had no toilet. 

At the time there were strict regulations regarding showing toilets on screen, so the set designers made the bathroom without one. 

[Svengoolie 3]

The bathroom all the kids shared in the Brady Bunch had no toilet. 

At the time there were strict regulations regarding showing toilets on screen, so the set designers made the bathroom without one. 

Another fact about the Brady bunch: it was funded by contraceptive makers.  At the time it was impossible to mention contraception on corporate TV let alone advertise it.  So contraceptive makers created and funded the Brady bunch and other shows with large numbers of kids to encourage people to practice contraception.

[Trevor]

These cute creatures (hyraxes or 'dassies') are closely related to elephants.

[ER]

 

Another fact about the Brady bunch: it was funded by contraceptive makers.  At the time it was impossible to mention contraception on corporate TV let alone advertise it.  So contraceptive makers created and funded the Brady bunch and other shows with large numbers of kids to encourage people to practice contraception.

Wot? If that's true that's one of the funniest things I've ever heard.

[Chainsawmidget]

Now for some names that you didn't know!


Peppermint Patty's actual name is Patricia Reichardt.

The Wizard of Oz's full name is actually Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs.

Captain Crunch's fullname is Horatio Magellan Crunch.

The Quaker Oat's guy's name is actually Larry. 

The cop on the "Go Directly to jail" space in Monopolys is named Officer Edgar Mallory. 

Guy Smiley from Sesame Street?  Actually Bernie Liederkrantz.

Mr. Clean actually does have a first name.  Veritably.  It was given to him as part of a "Name Mr. Clean" promotion. 

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.  Ken's name is Ken Carson. 

The Skipper's name is Jonas Grumby.  The Profesor is Roy Hinkley.

The Michelin Man's name is Bibendum.

[BoyScoutKevin]

If you missed out on buying a bit of Texas history by not buying the Waggoner Ranch. Here is your 2nd chance.

Johnson Ranch
3718 acres in Scurry County. 900 acres of which is under cultivation (wheat, forage, cotton, etc.)

And what else do you get for your money.

Hunting rights to deer, quail, wild turkey.
+ the possibility of introducing more exotic game.

+the mineral rights to all the oil and gas wells on the ranch.

+180 cattle on 3 grazing pastures.

+"And the wind comes sweeping down the plains."
Possibility of converting part of the ranch into a wind farm.

+The original ranch house which is o'er a 100 years old and is 6000 square feet in size.

Of course, this chance might be gone as well, as I heard the ranch recently sold for $34 million, but this is Texas, and there is always a 3rd chance, which we'll take up next time.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Here is your 3rd chance to own a bit of Texas history, as the owner is in his 90s and in ill health, so he wants to have some say in the sale, while he still can.

Mesa Vista Ranch
65,000 acres near Pampa (Texas)
which is in the Texas Panhandle
And what do you get besides the acreage.

11,500 square feet ranch house of which 3800 square feet is porch.
+some of the best quail hunting in Texas, which we'll get to later, and hunting rights for pheasant and turkey.
+11,00 square foot dog kennel
+a 2-hole golf course. Play it 9 times in a row, and you just played 18 holes.
+a 25,000 square foot lodge with a dining room that seats 40 (Quail, anyone?) a board room, and a movie theater with reclining seats.
+the mineral rights to 53 oil and gas wells that bring in income $541,000 a year at today's prices.
+and the owner's childhood home, including the sidewalk on which he etched his name as a child.

Of course, if you have to ask how much, then you can't afford to buy it.

Next time: ?, but we'll think of something.

[Svengoolie 3]

Famous actor Rondo Hatton had massive surgery to deal with his arcomegaly as it worsened. His cheek bones were removed and replaced with metal implants, his teeth were replaced 4 times. He died just as his career was taking off and before a frankenstein movie could be made with him as the title creature.

https://horrorpedia.com/2013/02/19/rondo-hatton-hollywood-actor-with-acromegaly-biography-career/