#Dr. Johnson Sesame Street

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Muppet Fact #1220

Frazzle and his dentist Dr. Johnson are afraid of each other.

Source:

Sesame Street. Episode 3519. May 9, 1996.

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The Muppets/Sesame Street as vines although no one cares!!! :DD

LET'S DO THISSS

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RIZZO: In every group of friends, there's the dumb one.

DR. TEETH, FLOYD, JANICE, and ANIMAL: *Pointing at Zoot*

ZOOT: ...Really?

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ZOE: *Laughing*

ELMO: It's not funnyyyy!

ZOE: *Keeps laughing*

ELMO: It's not funny, okay??

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BERT: Look at how cute these paper clips are!

ERNIE: Bert,,,, that's gay.

BERT: .....Ernie we've been dating-

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COUNT: *In the drive-thru* Greetings, can I get a large number 3 please? *Drives off with a huge 3 in the car*

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PEPE: People keep asking me, "What's it like being a sexy-" *Falls face first off the table*

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BUNSEN: Welcome to physics!

*Bottle blasts and explodes*

BEAKER: AAAAAAHH!!! *Frightened meeping*

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PEPE: Hey how much money do you have?

FOZZIE: Oh, 69 cents?

PEPE: Oh! You know what that means~!

FOZZIE: *through tears* I don't have enough money for chicken nuggets....

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BERT: I should have left you on that street corner where you were standing!

ERNIE: But you didn't! :D

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GROVER: I am just cooking pizza! *Hits Mr. Johnson in the face with the tray*

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ROWLF: *Playing piano*

GONZO: *Comes along and dances like the weirdo he is*

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COUNT: Oscar has 19 bottles of root beer, and he gives Elmo-

GROVER: Wait, why does Oscar have so much root beer?!

OSCAR: MIND YOUR BUSINESS, BLUEBERRY!!!!!!

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OSCAR: I'm the trash guardian, guardian of the trash!

COUNT: Super Grover quivers before him!

OSCAR: (To Grover) BUZZ OFF!!!

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That's all I have for now!

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Birthdays 4.13

Beer Birthdays

Joseph Bramah (1748)

Albert C. Houghton (1844)

George Gund II (1888)

Julie Bradford Johnson (1953)

Ray McCoy (1960)

Andreas Fält (1971)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Don Adams; actor (1923)

Peter Davison; actor, "Dr. Who" (1951)

James Ensor; Belgian artist (1860)

Al Green; R&B singer (1946)

Thomas Jefferson; 3rd U.S. President (1743)

Famous Birthdays

Lyle Alzado; Denver Broncos DE, actor (1949)

Samuel Beckett; Irish writer (1906)

Lou Bega; pop musician (1975)

Peabo Bryson; pop singer (1951)

Alfred Butts; Scrabble game creator (1899)

Jack Casady; rock bassist (1944)

Teddy Charles; jazz vibraphonist (1928)

Bill Conti; composer (1942)

Jana Cova; Czech porn actor, model (1980)

Erich von Daniken; writer (1935)

Stanley Donen; film director (1924)

Tony Dow; actor (1945)

William Henry Drummond; Canadian poet (1854)

Guy Fawkes; English conspirator (1570)

Edward Fox; actor (1937)

Bud Freeman; jazz saxophonist (1906)

Amy Goodman; journalist, writer (1957)

Dan Gurney; auto racer (1931)

Jeanne Guyon; French mystic, founder of Quietism (1648)

Seamus Heaney; poet (1939)

Garry Kasparov; chess player (1963)

Howard Keel; actor (1919)

Davis Love III; golfer (1964)

Ron Perlman; actor (1950)

Philippe de Rothschild; French winemaker (1902)

Rick Schroder; actor (1970)

Paul Sorvino; actor (1939)

Jon Stone; Sesame Street co-creator (1931)

Lyle Waggoner; actor (1935)

Max Weinberg; drummer (1951)

Eudora Welty; writer (1909)

F.W. Woolworth; merchant, 5&10 cent store creator (1852)

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HIGHLIGHTS FOR ABC NEWS’ ‘GMA3: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW,’ NOV. 27-DEC. 1

The following report highlights the programming of ABC’s “GMA3: What You Need to Know” during the week of Nov. 27-Dec. 1. “GMA3: What You Need to Know” is a one-hour program co-anchored by Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan, with Dr. Jennifer Ashton as chief health and medical correspondent. The news program airs weekdays at 1:00 p.m. EST | 12:00 p.m. CST on ABC, and 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. EDT on ABC News Live.

Highlights of the week include the following:

Monday, Nov. 27 — Actress Amy Yasbeck honors late husband John Ritter with aortic dissection awareness advocacy; Money Monday with financial educator and author Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche (“Made Whole”); Sesame Street’s Elmo and Sesame Workshop curriculum and content senior Vice President Dr. Rosemarie Truglio (“Sesame Street: The Musical”)

Tuesday, Nov. 28 — ABC News royals contributor and author Omid Scobie (“Endgame”); Harrods head pastry chef and cookbook author Philip Khoury (“A New Way to Bake”); Broadway performer Shoshana Bean (“Shoshana Bean at the Apollo”)

Wednesday, Nov. 29 — Former New Jersey Gov. and Jersey City mayoral candidate Jim McGreevey; Paralympian and author Scout Bassett (“Lucky Girl”); Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

Thursday, Nov. 30 — NewBeauty senior editor-at-large Sarah Eggenberger

Friday, Dec. 1 —Influencer and nonprofit Project sWish founder McKinley Nelson; Faith Friday with pastor and author Chad Veach (“Help!”); retail expert Trae Bodge

ABC Media Relations Brooks Lancaster Brooks.Lancaster@abc.com

Jordan Littlejohn Jordan.Littlejohn@abc.com

-- ABC --

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I Watched 160 Movies in 2021

Five Stars

The Atomic Cafe (1982) Ball of Fire (1941) Belfast (2021) Bo Burnham: Inside (2021) Capricorn One (1978) The Celluloid Closet (1995) David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020) Footlight Parade (1933) Fourteen Hours (1951) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) The Green Knight (2021) Hamilton (2020) Licorice Pizza (2021) Manhunter (1986) Metropolitan (1990) The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) Monterey Pop (1968) Nomadland (2020) Pig (2021) Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) Shiva Baby (2021) The Sugarland Express (1974) Titane (2021) West Side Story (2021) Woodstock (1970)

Four Stars

The Amityville Horror (1979) Another Round (2020) Arachnophobia (1990) The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) Bad Education (2019) Barbarella (1968) Bone Tomahawk (2015) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Color Adjustment (1992) Don’t Look Back (1967) Emma (2020) Flight of the Navigator (1986) The Fog (1980) The French Dispatch (2021) The Freshman (1925) From Russia with Love (1963) Get Shorty (1995) Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Hail Satan? (2019) Hard Eight (1996) Howard (2018) In the Heights (2021) Lady Snowblood (1973) Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986) Last Night in Soho (2021) Love and a .45 (1994) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) Marwencol (2010) Mother (2009) My Little Chickadee (1940) The Naughty Nineties (1945) Nightmare Alley (1947) The Raven (1935) Rocky II (1979) Seven Chances (1925) The Silent Partner (1978) Sound of Metal (2019) The Sparks Brothers (2021) Stoker (2013) Strait-Jacket (1964) Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) The Sweatbox (2002) Tampopo (1985) To Die For (1995) The Towering Inferno (1974) Waking Ned Devine (1998)

Three and a Half Stars

The Black Cat (1934) Carmine Street Guitars (2019) The In-Laws (1979) Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992) Kid 90 (2021) Nightmare Alley (2021) A Nightmare on Elm Street II: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) No Time to Die (2021) Save Yourselves! (2020) Sign o’ the Times (1987) Soul (2020) Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) Summer of ‘42 (1971) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

Three Stars

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) The African Queen (1951) Annette (2021) Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021) Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) The Black Cauldron (1985) Black Widow (2021) Camelot (1967) Class Action Park (2020) Cluny Brown (1946) Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) Dick Johnson is Dead (2020) The Egg and I (1947) Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) Female Trouble (1974) The Gilded Lily (1935) L'avventura (1960) The Last Blockbuster (2020) Layer Cake (2004) The Living Desert (1953) Luca (2021) Mank (2020) The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story (2020) Original Cast Album: Company (1970) The Plague Dogs (1982) The Power of the Dog (2021) Promising Young Woman (2020) Shirley (2020) Shoot the Piano Player (1960) Showbiz Kids (2020) Star 80 (1983) The Suicide Squad (2021) Theodora Goes Wild (1936) Three on a Match (1932) Val (2021)

Two and a Half Stars

The Donut King (2020) Frank and Ollie (1995) Game of Death (1978) The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss (2020) When a Stranger Calls (1979)

Two Stars

All of Me (1984) Blood and Black Lace (1964) Brother Bear (2003) Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991) The Fox and the Hound (1981) Free Guy (2021) I Love You Phillip Morris (2009) Plan B (2021) The Ramen Girl (2008) The Rescuers (1977) The Strongest Man in the World (1975) Super Troopers (2001) Time After Time (1979) The Visitors (1993)

One Star

Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966) Cars (2006) Catalina Caper (1967) Chicken Little (2005) Count Dracula’s Great Love (1972) Dinosaur (2000) The Dead Talk Back (1957) Home on the Range (2004) Escape 2000 (1983) The Lion King 1½ (2004) Malignant (2021) (look, I didn’t like it, okay?) The New Mutants (2020) Rollergator (1996) Treasure Planet (2002) The Undead (1957)

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HBO Max New Releases:. July 2021

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LeBron James might be out of the NBA playoffs, but he’s still angling to be a big part of the summer entertainment season. That’s because HBO Max’s list of new releases for July 2021 is highlighted by a very special sequel.

Space Jam: A New Legacy premieres on July 16. will find LeBron teaming up with the Looney Tunes in a Warner Bros. IP-extravaganza. Can ‘Bron and the Looney Tunes beat the Goon Squad before Warner Bros.’ server steals LeBron “Bronny” Jr.’s soul (or something)? Let’s hope so. The two other major WB releases this month, No Sudden Move and Tom and Jerry in New York, both come to HBO Max on July 1.

HBO Max is also bringing some fun TV shows to its stream this month. The long-awaited Gossip Girl revival premieres on July 8. That will be followed by Mike White’s satirical limited series The White Lotus on July 11. Ronan Farrow’s excellent book Catch and Kill gets a docuseries adaptation on July 12.

July 1 will see the arrival of library titles like Planet of the Apes, Reservoir Dogs, and Scream. Recent hit Judas and the Black Messiah comes to HBO Max on that date as well. It’s a good month for geek TV with the Doctor Who 2020 Christmas Special (July 1), Nancy Drew season 2 (July 3), and Batwoman season 2 (July 27) all coming home to their streaming residence.

HBO Max New Releases – July 2021

TBA FBOY Island, Max Original Season 1 Premiere Romeo Santos: King of Bachata, 2021 (HBO) Romeo Santos Utopia Live from MetLife Stadium, 2021 (HBO)

July 1 ¡Come! (aka Eat!), 2020 8 Mile, 2002 (HBO) All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, 1996 (HBO) All Dogs Go to Heaven, 1989 (HBO) Behind Enemy Lines, 1997 (HBO) Beneath the Planet of the Apes, 1970 (HBO) Bio-Dome, 1996 (HBO) Black Panthers, 1968 Blackhat, 2015 (HBO) Brubaker, 1980 (HBO) Cantinflas (HBO) Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, 1972 (Extended Version) (HBO) Cousins, 1989 (HBO) Dark Water, 2005 (HBO) Darkness Falls, 2003 (HBO) Demolition Man, 1993 Dirty Work, 1998 (HBO) Disturbia, 2007 (HBO) Doctor Who Holiday 2020 Special: Revolution of the Daleks, 2020 Duplex, 2003 (HBO) Escape from the Planet of the Apes, 1971 (HBO) Eve’s Bayou, 1997 Firestarter, 1984 (HBO) First, 2012 For Colored Girls, 2010 (HBO) For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada, 2012 (HBO) Full Bloom, Max Original Season 2 Finale Ghost in the Machine, 1993 (HBO) The Good Lie, 2014 (HBO) Gun Crazy, 1950 House on Haunted Hill, 1999 Identity Thief, 2013 (Extended Version) (HBO) Ira & Abby, 2007 (HBO) Joe Versus the Volcano, 1990 Judas and the Black Messiah, 2021 (HBO) Laws Of Attraction, 2004 (HBO) Lucky, 2017 (HBO) Maid in Manhattan, 2002 Married to the Mob, 1988 (HBO) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, 1997 Mississippi Burning, 1988 (HBO) Monster-In-Law, 2005 Mousehunt, 1997 (HBO) My Brother Luca (HBO) No Sudden Move Pleasantville, 1998 The Prince of Tides, 1991 Project X, 1987 (HBO) The Punisher, 2017 (HBO) Punisher: War Zone, 2008 (HBO) Rambo, 2008 (Director’s Cut) (HBO) Reds, 1981 (HBO) Reservoir Dogs, 1992 (HBO) The Return of the Living Dead, 1985 (HBO) Return of the Living Dead III, 1993 (Extended Version) (HBO) Rounders, 1998 (HBO) Saturday Night Fever, 1977 (Director’s Cut) (HBO) Scream, 1996 Scream 2, 1997 Scream 3, 2000 Semi-Tough, 1977 (HBO) The Sessions, 2012 (HBO) Set Up, 2012 (HBO) Snake Eyes, 1998 (HBO) Staying Alive, 1983 (HBO) Stuart Little, 1999 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 2003 Tom and Jerry in New York, Max Original Series Premiere Trick ‘R Treat, 2009 (HBO) Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls, 2007 (HBO) Tyler Perry’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman, 2005 (HBO) Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself, 2009 (HBO) Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail, 2009 (HBO) Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family, 2011 (HBO) Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion, 2006 (HBO) Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too, 2010 (HBO) The Watcher, 2016 (HBO) The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, 2007 (HBO) Westworld (Movie), 1973 White Chicks (Unrated & Uncut Version), 2004 The White Stadium, 1928 Won’t Back Down, 2012 (HBO) Zero Days, 2016 (HBO)

July 2 Lo Que Siento por Ti (aka What I Feel for You) (HBO)

July 3 Let Him Go, 2020 (HBO) Nancy Drew, Season 2

July 7 Dr. STONE, Seasons 1 and 2 (Subtitled) (Crunchyroll Collection) Shiva Baby, 2021 (HBO)

July 8 The Dog House: UK, Max Original Season 2 Premiere Gossip Girl, Max Original Series Premiere Human Capital, 2020 (HBO) The Hunt, 2020 (HBO) Looney Tunes Cartoons, Max Original Season 2 Premiere

July 9 Frankie Quinones: Superhomies (HBO)

July 11 The White Lotus, Limited Series Premiere (HBO)

July 12 Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes, Documentary Series Premiere (HBO)

July 15 Tom & Jerry, 2021 (HBO)

July 16 Betty, Season 2 Finale (HBO) Space Jam: A New Legacy, Warner Bros. Film Premiere, 2021  Un Disfraz Para Nicolas (aka A Costume for Nicolas) (HBO)

July 17 The Empty Man, 2020 (HBO)

July 18 100 Foot Wave, Documentary Series Premiere (HBO)

July 22 Through Our Eyes, Max Original Documentary Series Premiere

July 23 Corazon De Mezquite (aka Mezquite’s Heart) (HBO)

July 24 Freaky, 2020 (HBO)

July 26 Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes, Documentary Series Finale (HBO)

July 27 Batwoman, Season 2 Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)

July 30 Uno Para Todos (aka One for All) (HBO)

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Leaving HBO Max – July 2021  

July 3 The ABC’s Of Covid-19: A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Parents Part 2, 2020

July 4 Annabelle, 2014 Annabelle Comes Home, 2019 (HBO) The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, 2021 The Curse of La Llorona, 2019 The Nun, 2018

July 5 Lost And Delirious, 2001

July 8 Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015

July 10 It: Chapter 2, 2019 (HBO)

July 11 An Elephant’s Journey, 2018 In the Heights, 2021 Thanks for Sharing, 2013

July 15 Burlesque, 2010

July 17 The Notebook, 2004

July 26 The King’s Speech, 2010

July 31 17 Again, 2009 A Clockwork Orange, 1971 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, 1985 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, 1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, 1989 A Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street, 2010 Adam’s Rib, 1949 America’s Sweethearts, 2001 Anaconda, 1997 The Apparition, 2012 (HBO) Are We There Yet?, 2005 Argo, 2012 (Alternate Version) (HBO) AVP: Alien vs. Predator, 2004 (Alternate Version) (HBO) Badlands, 1973 Beau Brummel, 1954 The Benchwarmers, 2006 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, 2011 (HBO) Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta!, 2012 (HBO) Billy Madison, 1995 (HBO) The Book Of Eli, 2010 (HBO) Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 1992 Bringing Up Baby, 1938 The City of Lost Children, 1995 The Color Purple, 1985 The Comebacks, 2007 (Alternate Version) (HBO) The Conjuring 2, 2016 The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, 2002 (HBO) Don’t Let Go, 2019 (HBO) Downton Abbey, 2019 (HBO) El Angel (aka The Angel), 2018 (HBO) Eyes Wide Shut, 1999 Fool’s Gold, 2008 Fort Tilden, 2015 (HBO) The Four Feathers, 2002 (HBO) The Gay Divorcee, 1934 Get A Job, 2016 (HBO) The Goonies, 1985 Grand Canyon, 1991 (HBO) Hairspray, 1988 Happy Gilmore, 1996 (HBO) Hellboy Animated Collection, 2006, 2007 The Hurricane, 1999 (HBO) I Know What You Did Last Summer, 1997 Iniciales SG (aka Initials S.G.), 2019 (HBO) J. Edgar, 2011 Jackie Chan’s First Strike, 1997 Jacob’s Ladder, 1990 (HBO) Jeremiah Johnson, 1972 Keeper Of The Flame, 1943 Kill Bill: Vol. 1, 2003 (HBO) Kill Bill: Vol. 2, 2004 (HBO) Kung Fu Hustle, 2005 The Lego Ninjago Movie, 2014 Less Than Zero, 1987 (HBO) Life Stinks, 1991 (HBO) Lincoln, 2012 (HBO) Little Children, 2006 (HBO) Little Man Tate, 1991 (HBO) Lovely & Amazing, 2002 The Lucky One, 2012(HBO) The Madness of King George, 1994 (HBO) Marisol, 2019 (HBO) Me 3.769, 2019 (HBO) Michael Clayton, 2007 Mickey Blue Eyes, 1999 Monster-In-Law, 2005 Mulholland Dr., 2001 Muralla (aka Muralla, The Goalkeeper), 2018 (HBO) Murder on the Orient Express, 1974 (HBO) Music and Lyrics, 2007 My Dream Is Yours, 1949 My Girl 2, 1994 My Girl, 1991 My Sister’s Keeper, 2009 Now, Voyager, 1942 Old Dogs, 2009 (HBO) The Opposite Sex, 1956 The Pledge, 2001 (HBO) Precious, 2009 (HBO) The Producers, 1968 The Prophecy, 1995 (HBO) The Prophecy II, 1998 (HBO) The Prophecy III: The Ascent, 2000 (HBO) Prophecy IV: The Uprising, 2005 (HBO) Prophecy V: The Forsaken, 2005 (HBO) Pulp Fiction, 1994 Rachel and The Stranger, 1948 Radio Days, 1987 (HBO) The Reluctant Debutante, 1958 Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, 1987 (HBO) Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love, 2005 (HBO) Revenge of the Nerds, 1984 (HBO) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, 1991 Roger & Me, 1989 Rollerball, 2002 (HBO) Romance on the High Seas, 1948 Rumble in the Bronx, 1996 Safe House, 2012 (HBO) Salvador, 1986 (HBO) Shall We Dance?, 2004 Shallow Hal, 2001 (HBO) Shocker, 1989 (HBO) Sinbad of the Seven Seas, 1989 (HBO) Sprung, 1997 (HBO) Stop-Loss, 2008 (HBO) Sunshine Cleaning, 2009 (HBO) Swing Time, 1936 Tea for Two, 1950 Thief, 1981 (HBO) This Is Spinal Tap, 1984 (HBO) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 2011 (HBO) Top Hat, 1935 Trapped in Paradise, 1994 (HBO) Troll 2, 1990 (HBO) Troll, 1986 (HBO) Two Minutes of Fame, 2020 (HBO) Underdog, 2007 (HBO) Untamed Heart, 1993 (HBO) Up in the Air, 2009 (HBO) The Visitor, 2008 Waiting for Guffman, 1997 The Wedding Singer, 1998 Wendy, 2020 (HBO) Wildcats, 1986 (HBO) The Wings of Eagles, 1957 Without Love, 1945 Woman of the Year, 1942 Worth Winning, 1989 (HBO) Young Man with a Horn, 1949

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episode origins p1

i was watching moriah earlier today and was wondering what the significance of the name moriah was, so i searched it up. i’ll explain it here in this. i wanted to learn which episodes have titles derived from pop culture, literature, etc. so i put together this list. it’s not complete, feel free to reblog with more!

why did i waste hours on my life on this, you ask? i don’t know. 

season 1

pilot: obviously, all the first episodes of shows are called pilots. nothing new here.

wendigo: they’re fighting a wendigo

dead in the water: the phrase means “unable to function, move”.

phantom traveler: the name of the demon they’re fighting

bloody mary: based off the legend

skin: shapeshifters, also there might be a meta about how it’s a metaphor for dean

hook man: they’re fighting a hook man

bugs: bugs

home: they go home

asylum: they go to an asylum

scarecrow: scarecrow

faith: the concept of god first comes into play here, i thought that was pretty interesting. that’s why it’s called faith, duh. dean + faith is explored.

route 666: racist truck yes

nightmare: sam’s visions

the benders: i think it’s based off of the bloody benders, a family of serial killers

shadow: meg’s stalkery?

hell house: it was literally a hell house

something wicked: originally chanted by WITCHES in shakespeare’s macbeth. the full line is “something wicked this way comes, open locks, whoever knocks”. obviously the shtriga is a witch and it refers to that.

provenance: painting provenances, it’s in the episode

dead man’s blood: they use dead man’s blood

salvation: being saved or protected, like the boys and john do with the family

devil’s trap: the devil gets them in a trap. and they built a giant devil’s trap too.

season two

in my time of dying: based off of the led zeppelin song [x]

everybody loves a clown: based off of the gary lewis song [x]

bloodlust: i think it’s for the vampires but they were also a band in the 90′s

children shouldn’t play with dead things: based off of the 1972 movie

simon said: the whole “you do what i say” thing with andy and evil andy

no exit: it’s a song by blondie and in the episode h.h. holmes captures blondes...? am i just clowning

the usual suspects: based off of the 1995 movie

crossroad blues: based off of the robert johnson song (fave!) [x]

croatoan: i like this one. okay, so you guys probably know about the whole roanoke/croatoan thing in the 1600′s. so there’s a theory that the settlers were wiped out by a disease (similar to this town). also, the town would disappear off of the map.

hunted: gordon hunted sam

playthings: dolls, but the little girl was the grandma’s sisters plaything

nightshifter: a shifter in the night

houses of the holy: based off of the led zeppelin song and album [x]

born under a bad sign: based off of this song [x] there are a bunch of others including jimi hendrix but...?

tall tales: yeah i think this one is self explanatory

roadkill: someone got killed on the road

heart: werewolf heart but also how sam gave his heart to madison aww also there’s a band called heart

hollywood babylon: based off of the book by the same name

folsom prison blues: based off of the johnny cash song!! [x]

what is and what should never be: based off of the led zeppelin song [x]

all hell breaks loose: yes it did

season three

the magnificent seven: based off of the pretty famous western go watch

the kids are alright: based off of the who song [x]

bad day at black rock: based off of the 1955 movie

sin city: there’s a bunch of songs but the city was sinning so

bedtime stories: they were bedtime stories

red sky at morning: the full phrase is “red sky at morning, sailors take warning”. with the theme of this ep it fits pretty well.

fresh blood: fresh blood yes

a very supernatural christmas: i’m not sure. i think it’s based off of a christmas album?

malleus maleficarum: a 1400′s book of witches. latin for “hammer of the witches”.

dream a little dream of me: i love this song! based off this: [x]

mystery spot: mystery spot

jus in bello: i can���t really explain it but here [x]

ghostfacers: g h o s t f a c e r s

long-distance call: long distance call

time is on my side: based off of the rolling stones song [x]

no rest for the wicked: a biblical quote that means “evildoers will face eternal punishment”. also, “one’s work never ceases”.

season four

lazarus rising: in the bible, lazarus is the righteous man, which makes dean the righteous man. and he rises. so. 

are you there, god? it’s me, dean winchester: based off of the judy blume book (maybe?), are you there, god? it’s me, margaret.

in the beginning: they go back in time

metamorphosis: with the rugaru but also sammeh

monster movie: monsters and movies

yellow fever: referring to the disease i think, but also there are a few songs

it’s the great pumpkin, sam winchester: based off of it’s the great pumpkin, charlie brown.

wishful thinking: yeah

i know what you did last summer: dean + hell, sam + ruby. is it based off of the shawn mendes song? i don’t think it is because this came out way before the song.

heaven and hell: opposite sides meet, dean’s hell experiences.

family remains: there are remains

criss angel is a douche bag: idk?

after school special: based off of the abc program? i think?

sex and violence: there was a lot of sex. and violence.

death takes a holiday: death took a holiday

on the head of a pin: i’m not sure but this article is interesting, maybe related. probably related. [x]

it’s a terrible life: based off of it’s a wonderful life? i love that movie btw

the monster at the end of this book: ughhh! yes!!! first of all there’s a sesame street book by the same title. also, chuck actually was the monster at the end of the book! that’s crazy. insane. 

jump the shark: “(of a television series or movie) reach a point at which far-fetched events are included merely for the sake of novelty, indicative of a decline in quality.“ probably the whole long lost brother thing.

the rapture: a belief that christians will rise to “meet the lord in the air”. kinda like jimmy does.

when the levee breaks: based off of the led zeppelin song [x]

lucifer rising: lucifer rose

season five

sympathy for the devil: based off of the rolling stones song [x]

good god, y’all!: cas goes to find god

free to be you and me: a marlo thomas album and the brothers split up

the end: yeah it’s the end

fallen idols: i think we get it

i believe the children are our future: a lyric from a whitney houston song

the curious case of dean winchester: based off of the short story, the curious case of benjamin button.

changing channels: channels were changed. the end.

the real ghostbusters: based on the 1985 animation

abandon all hope: the full phrase is “abandon all hope, ye who enter here” and that pretty much sums up this episode.

sam, interrupted: i’m not sure?

swap meat: meats were SWAPPED.

the song remains the same: based off of the led zeppelin song [x]

my bloody valentine: based on jensen’s movie. but also the band?

dead men don’t wear plaid: based on the 1982 movie

dark side of the moon: a pink floyd album

99 problems: that one jayz song whatever

point of no return: a 1993 movie but also the poto song hehe

hammer of the gods: based off of the 1985 book i think? it’s about led zeppelin so probably yeah.

the devil you know: means that it’s better to deal with a situation you understand than one you don’t.

two minutes to midnight: this phrase is commonly used as a countdown to a global catastrophe (i.e. the fucking apocalypse)

swan song: someone’s final performance before retirement (i think this is about both brothers because it’s sam last battle and dean’s last fight before living with lisa)

season six

exile on main st.: based off of the rolling stones album [x]

two and a half men: it was a sitcom? but idk if that’s where it’s from

the third man: based off of the 1949 noir thriller? maybe? but there were also three men so idrk

weekend at bobby’s: it was a weekend at bobbys

live free or twi-hard: based off of twilight and that bruce willis movie that i watched once way back when

you can’t handle the truth: truth goddess. soulless sam gets exposed ig

family matters: based off of the 1989 sitcom? maybe

all dogs go to heaven: based off of the 1989 movie? probably

clap your hands if you believe: i think this is an original title idk

caged heat: based off of the 1974 movie i think

appointment in samarra: probably based off of the 1934 novel of the same name

like a virgin: based off of the madonna song [x]

unforgiven: sam does unforgiven things

mannequin 3: the reckoning: not sure

the french mistake: just... just read this link [x]

and then there were none: based off of the agatha christie novel of the same name

my heart will go on: y’all all know what’s up [x]

frontierland: they went to yeehaw town

mommy dearest: based on the 1981 film? maybe?

the man who would be king: based off of the 1888 novel by rudyard kipling

let it bleed: based off of the rolling stones album/song [x]

the man who knew too much: shares a name with the 1956 film

season seven

meet the new boss: they met the new boss idk

hello, cruel world: sad sam

the girl next door: there’s a 2004 romcom with the same name

defending your life: a 1991 romcom! wow!

shut up, dr. phil: sam and dean became philanthropists idk

slash fiction: hahahahaha i think we know what it means but wHY is it called that?

the mentalists: they met a bunch of magic people wow!

season 7, time for a wedding!: more like season 7, time for a slightly r*pey episode and GARTH!

how to win friends and influence monsters: based off of the 1936 book how to win friends and influence people

death’s door: they were at death’s door idk

adventures in babysitting: based off of the 1987 movie by the same name

time after time after time: based off of the cyndi lauper song? [x]

the slice girls: prolly based off of the spice girls idk

plucky pennywhistle’s magic menagerie: yeah idk

repo man: it’s a 1984 film too

out with the old: they were fucking around with antiques

the born-again identity: obviously based off of the bourne identity which i haven’t seen in forever

party on, garth: hahaha

of grave importance: it was very important

the girl with the dungeons and dragons tattoo: probably based off of the movie/book the girl with the dragon tattoo. 

reading is fundamental: reading is fundamental. go read a book.

there will be blood: there was blood

survival of the fittest: everybody fought idk

okay i’m gonna stop here for this one because i’m tired asf and i’ll do part 2 later 

[tabloidtoc]

National Examiner, August 3

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Casablanca shocker -- Humphrey Bogart’s bitter feud with Ingrid Bergman 

Page 2: Real drama behind Rebel Without a Cause starring James Dean 

Page 4: Heavenly Metal -- celebs shine in polished looks -- Suzanne Somers, Lynn Whitfield, Blake Lively, Anna Faris 

Page 5: Barbara Corcoran, Glenn Close, Sofia Vergara, Lady Gaga 

Page 6: An Illinois couple has been married for 64 years and have 12 children, 55 grandchildren, 64 great-granchildren and four great-great-grandchildren for a total of 123 grandkids 

Page 7: Mister Rogers’ old racism lesson gains new power, some couples cooped up in quarantine together drive each other crazy but for Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick there’s no drama at all -- it’s just another day for these down-to-earth stars who have been wed for 32 years, Popeye lied to baby boomers about spinach -- it isn’t as filled with iron as scientists first thought 

Page 8: How spices can lose their kick, smart ways to reuse straws

Page 9: Disney World’s $1.4 billion COVID crisis -- Florida park reopens to long lines and empty rides as coronavirus cases soar 

Page 10: A very considerate North Carolina surgeon braided his patient’s hair on the operating table to avoid having to shave her head and leave her bald 

Page 11: Your Health -- beat summer allergies naturally, yellow skin and eyes are a red flag for liver danger 

Page 12: Star Treatment: Top 10 TV Doctors -- Dr. John (J.D.) Dorian of Scrubs, Dr. Doogie Howser, Dr. Marl Sloan of Diagnosis Murder, Dr. Adam Bricker of The Love Boat, Dr. Philip Chandler of St. Elsewhere 

Page 13: Dr. Frasier Crane, Dr. Derek Shepherd (Dr. McDreamy) of Grey’s Anatomy, Dr. Michaela Quinn of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Dr. Doug Ross of ER, Dr. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce of M*A*S*H 

Page 14: Dear Tony -- Angels are working overtime to comfort us, Tony predicts the new NBC sitcom Mr. Mayor will do very well

Page 15: Here’s a piece of unexpected good news that has come out of the pandemic lockdown -- all those stay-at-home dads are feeling closer to their children 

Page 16: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s future is all in the numbers -- expert reveals challenges they’ll face in new life 

Page 18: A Nebraska nurse was all dressed to walk her daughter down the aisle but first she needed to stop along the highway to save someone’s life 

Page 19: August the dog is in the December of her very long life -- this amazing canine just became the oldest living golden retriever ever at age 20 

Page 20: Cover Story -- Casablanca was no love fest for Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman -- what really caused their bitter feud on the romantic classic 

Page 22: Grover the blue monster on Sesame Street just revealed his secret crush on Nicole Kidman 

Page 24: A six-foot-nine Chicago woman whose legs are among the longest in the world has fashion advice for other tall women -- wear short shorts 

Page 25: Peyton Manker’s prom was canceled because of the pandemic but that didn’t stop her from making her own dress out of duct tape 

Page 26: The Good Doctor -- get in shape for gardening 

Page 27: When your adenoids need attention

Page 28: They’re So Vain -- these stars are their own number one fan -- Robert Downey Jr., Lindsay Lohan, Kanye West, Shia LaBeouf, Mariah Carey 

Page 29: Gwyneth Paltrow, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jennifer Lopez, Miley Cyrus, Faye Dunaway, Adam Levine 

Page 30: Alex Trebek: Man of the Half Hour -- at 80 Jeopardy! host has played it all 

Page 44: Eyes on the Stars -- Brooke Burke on a swan pool float (picture), Camilla Duchess of Cornwall poses with produce (picture), Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shows off his bartending skills (picture), Lisa Marie Presley devastated by suicide of son Benjamin Keough at age 27, Helen Mirren faced off against a bear at her vacation home near Lake Tahoe and managed to chase it off, Ringo Star celebrated his 80th birthday with wife Barbara Bach and a charity concert, pregnant Katy Perry has tapped longtime pal Jennifer Aniston to be her daughter’s godmother, Reese Witherspoon is singing the praises of her son Deacon Phillippe who dropped his first single Long Run with Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt

Page 45: Stars bid musical farewell to fiddle master Charlie Daniels, John Travolta honors wife Kelly Preston’s brave cancer fight 

Page 46: Firefighters who beat COVID now save lives with their blood 

Page 47: They’ve done Princess Diana proud -- Kristen Stewart is just the latest actress to portray the princess 

[blackkudos]

Keegan-Michael Key

Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.

Key co-created and co-starred alongside Jordan Peele in Comedy Central's sketch series Key & Peele (2012–2015) and co-starred in USA Network's Playing House (2014–2017). He spent six seasons as a cast member on Mad TV (2004–2009) and has made guest appearances on the U.S. version of Whose Line is it Anyway? on The CW. He also appeared alongside Peele in the first season of the FX series Fargo in 2014, and had a recurring role on Parks and Recreation from 2013 to 2015. He hosted the U.S. version of The Planet's Funniest Animals on Animal Planet from 2005 until 2008.

Key has had supporting roles in several films, including Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), Don't Think Twice (2016), and Toy Story 4 (2019). Also in 2015, he appeared at the White House Correspondents' Dinner as the Key & Peele character Luther, President Barack Obama's anger translator. Key and Peele produced and starred in the 2016 action-comedy film Keanu. In 2017, Key made his Broadway debut in Steve Martin's Meteor Shower.

Early life

Key was born in Southfield, Michigan on March 22, 1971, the son of black father Leroy McDuffie and white mother Carrie Herr. He was adopted at a young age by a couple from Detroit, Michael Key and Patricia Walsh, who were both social workers. Like his birth parents, his adoptive parents were also a black man and white woman. Through his biological father, Key had two half-brothers, one of whom was comic book writer Dwayne McDuffie (1962–2011). Key only discovered the existence of his siblings after they had both died.

Key attended the University of Detroit Mercy as an undergraduate, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater in 1993, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in theater at Pennsylvania State University in 1996. While at the University of Detroit Mercy, he was a brother of Phi Kappa Theta.

Career

Mad TV

In 2004, Key joined the cast of Mad TV midway into the ninth season. He and Jordan Peele were cast against each other, but both ended up being picked after demonstrating great comedic chemistry. Key played many characters on the show. One of his most famous characters is "Coach Hines", a high school sports coach who frequently disrupts and threatens students and faculty members. On the penultimate episode of Mad TV, Hines revealed that he is the long-lost heir to the Heinz Ketchup company and only became a Catholic school coach to help delinquent teenagers like Yamanashi (Bobby Lee). During seasons 9 and 10, Key appeared as "Dr. Funkenstein" in blaxploitation parodies, with Peele playing the monster. Key also portrayed various guests on Real **********ing Talk like the strong African Rollo Johnson and blind victim Stevie Wonder Washington. He often goes "backstage" as Eugene Struthers, an ecstatic water-or-flower delivery man who accosts celebrities. There is also "Jovan Muskatelle", a shirtless man with a jheri curl and a shower cap. He interrupts live news broadcasts by a reporter (always played by Ike Barinholtz), annoying him with rapid fire accounts of events that have happened frequently exclaiming "It was crazy as hell!" Celebrities that Key impersonated on the show include Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Roscoe Orman (as his character Gordon from Sesame Street), Matthew Lillard, Bill Cosby, Al Roker, Terrell Owens, Tyler Perry, Keith Richards, Eddie Murphy (as his character James "Thunder" Early from the movie Dreamgirls), Sherman Hemsley (as his character George Jefferson on The Jeffersons), Charles Barkley, Sendhil Ramamurthy (as Mohinder Suresh), Tyson Beckford, Seal (originally played by Peele until Peele left the show at the end of season 13), Sidney Poitier, Lionel Richie, Barack Obama, Kobe Bryant and Jack Haley (as the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz). He also played female celebrities, including Phylicia Rashād, Robin Antin, and Eva Longoria (as Gabrielle Solis on a Desperate Housewives parody).

Key & Peele

Key and his former Mad TV castmate Jordan Peele starred in their own Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele, which began airing on January 31, 2012 and ran for five seasons until September 9, 2015. Key and his comedy partner Jordan Peele starred in an episode of Epic Rap Battles of History, with Key playing Mahatma Gandhi and Peele playing Martin Luther King Jr. The pair returned to Epic Rap Battles of History with the "Muhammad Ali versus Michael Jordan" battle, with Key portraying Jordan.

Key was introduced by President Barack Obama at the 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner as Luther, Obama's Anger Translator, one of Key's characters from Key & Peele.

Friends from College

Key plays the most prominent male character, Ethan Turner, on the Netflix ensemble comedy Friends from College, about a group of Harvard University graduates and friends now in their late 30s living in New York City. He plays an award-winning fiction writer who is being encouraged to start writing for young adult fiction audiences.

Other work

Key was one of the founders of Hamtramck, Michigan's Planet Ant Theatre, and was a member of the Second City Detroit's mainstage cast before joining the Second City e.t.c. theater in Chicago. Key co-founded the Detroit Creativity Project along with Beth Hagenlocker, Marc Evan Jackson, Margaret Edwartowski, and Larry Joe Campbell. The Detroit Creativity Project teaches students in Detroit improvisation as a way to improve their communication skills. Key performed with The 313, an improv group formed with other members of Second City Hollywood that appears around the country. The 313 is made up primarily of former Detroit residents and named for Detroit's area code. Key also hosted Animal Planet's The Planet's Funniest Animals.

He made a cameo in "Weird Al" Yankovic's video "White & Nerdy" with fellow Mad TV co-star Jordan Peele. In 2009, Key hosted GSN's "Big Saturday Night", and has co-starred in Gary Unmarried on CBS. Key was a panelist on the NPR comedy quiz show Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me... on March 27 and July 24, 2010. Key has been in several episodes of Reno 911! as the "Theoretical Criminal".

Key and Peele were featured on the cover and in a series of full-page comic photos illustrating The New York Times Magazine article "Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead?" on March 31, 2013. A live-action video version was also featured on the Times' website. Key co-stars in the horror-comedy Hell Baby. Key is one of the rotating "fourth chair" performers in the 2013 revival of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

In addition to Key & Peele, he also co-starred in the USA Network comedy series Playing House, which began airing in April 2014.

Together with his comedy partner Jordan Peele, Key played an FBI agent in a recurring role in the 2014 FX crime drama Fargo.

Key was involved in audio episodes for the marketing campaign, "Hunt the Truth" on the website for the video game Halo 5: Guardians, voicing a fictional journalist and war photographer named Benjamin Giraud, who investigates the Master Chief's background.

Key has had small supporting roles in numerous films, including 2014's Horrible Bosses 2, Let's Be Cops and the animated The Lego Movie, as well as Pitch Perfect 2 and Tomorrowland in 2015. Key and Peele are currently working with Judd Apatow on a feature-length film for Universal Pictures.

Key is one of several hosts of the podcast Historically Black by American Public Media and The Washington Post.

In the summer of 2017 Key returned to the theatre after what he characterized as a "19-year detour into sketch comedy" for a production of Hamlet at New York's Public Theater, playing Horatio opposite Oscar Isaac in the title role. Key, who is a Shakespearean-trained actor, fulfilled his lifelong dream to play Horatio and received rave reviews for his performance. The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney noted that Key's comedic skills were on full display, "...but his ease with the verse and stirring sensitivity [was] a revelation."

Key voice acted in The Star, the animated film based on the Nativity of Jesus. He later went on to voice Ducky in Toy Story 4 and Kamari in The Lion King.

In 2017, Key made his Broadway debut in Steve Martin's comedy Meteor Shower.

Brain Games

Key currently hosts Brain Games on National Geographic

Personal life

Key was married to actress and dialect coach Cynthia Blaise from 1998 until 2017. They were legally separated in November 2015, with Key filing for divorce the following month. He married producer and director Elisa Key (formerly Elisa Pugliese) in New York City on June 8, 2018.

Key is a Christian and has practiced Buddhism, Catholicism, and Evangelicalism in the past. Being biracial has been a source of comedic material for Key, who told Terry Gross in an interview for NPR, "I think the reason Jordan and I became actors is because we did a fair amount of code-switching growing up and still do."

Philanthropy

Key has worked with the Young Storytellers Foundation as an actor for their annual fundraiser alongside Max Greenfield, Jack Black and Judy Greer.

[jimhenson-themuppetmaster]

James Earl Jones (b. 1931) is an actor noted for his work on stage, film, and television, including the plays The Great White Hope and Fences; films such as Dr. Strangelove, Field of Dreams, and Patriot Games; and providing the voices of Darth Vader in the Star Wars series and Mufasa in Disney's The Lion King.

Jones, who had studied acting with Will Lee (Mr. Hooper), is considered by Sesame Workshop to be the first celebrity guest on Sesame Street, since inserts of the actor reciting the alphabet and counting numbers appeared in the unbroadcast test pilots and heavily influenced the show's pedagogical models. These inserts were later included in first season episodes, beginning with episode 0002. However, Jones didn't originally think the show would last and thought the Muppets were the problem; he told Matt Robinson that "this Muppet business has got to go, kids will be terrified."

In 1978, Jones appeared on Sesame Street in Episode 1148 as a movie star who visits Hooper's Store in search of the perfect egg cream.

Jones hosted the 10th anniversary Sesame Street special, titled A Walking Tour of Sesame Street in 1979.

Jones returned to Sesame Street in 2004, taping a "My Favorite Sesame Street Moments" intro for Season 35.

Jones also performed the voice of the Mountain King in the Creature Shop-effects TV-movie Merlin.

The actor contributed a "Chilean Sea Bass" recipe for Miss Piggy's 1996 cookbook, In the Kitchen with Miss Piggy.

THE JAMES EARL JONES FACTOR

CTW consultant Gerald S. Lesser and other researchers paid particularly close attention to James Earl Jones' appearance, in terms of children's response and the effectiveness of his alphabet recitation. Lesser described the basic performance as follows:

“Mr. Jones' recitation of the alphabet takes a full minute and a half. He stares compellingly at the camera. At the time the sequence was made, his head was shaved for his role of Jack Johnson in The Great White Hope, and it gleams in the close-up. His immense hollow voice booms the letter names ominously. His lip movements are so exaggerated that they can easily be read without the sounds.”

During the recitation, each letter appeared briefly near the actor's head prior to its being named, remains for the recitation and then disappears, and a pause in both Jones' speech and the visuals occurs before the next letter. The result of this particular staging prompted a particular positive response from viewers that producer Samuel Y. Gibbon, Jr. and research director Edward L. Palmer, as well as Dr. Lesser, termed "the James Earl Jones effect." The first time a child sees the performance, he responds to the invitation to say the alphabet along with the actor. Upon later viewings, the children would name the letter as soon as it appeared, but before it was named by Jones. Further repetition encouraged children to shout out the letter even before it appears. The "James Earl Jones effect" thus demonstrated to Sesame Street's producers and curriculum advisors the value of both repetition and anticipation, and supplied proof that Sesame Street could promote interactive learning as opposed to merely passive viewing.

[conartisthaiji]

[transcriptions: The first is a video featuring Zoe and Elmo of Sesame street. Script as follows. 

Elmo: That's Elmo's favourite! Oh Gabby? Can Elmo have an oatmeal raisin cookie instead please?

Gabby: Aw, gee Elmo. That was my last one!

Elmo: Thats okay Gabby! Elmo will just take this one! (He grabs at the cookie by Rocco, near Zoe)

Zoe: No, no, no! Wait, wait Elmo! Rocco says that he wants the oatmeal raisin cookie!

Elmo: Rocco!? Rocco's a rock, Zoe! Rocco won't know the difference!

Zoe: Yes he will! He, he-you can't have that cookie, Elmo! Rocco wants to eat it!

Elmo: (very indignantly) How? How is Rocco going to eat that cookie Zoe? Tell Elmo! Rocco's just a rock! Rocco doesn't even have a mouth! Rocco's not alive! 

The rest are screenshots of different tweets. The tweet below the video is by Cheye (dr booty) (@/wumbooty) that says, “there are tears in my eyes y’all my stomach is hurting”. 

The next are two tweet by Elmo’s official twitter account. The first says, “Don’t worry everybody! Elmo and Zoe practiced sharing and are still best buds forever! Elmo loves you Zoe! Ha ha ha! 

Elmo doesn’t want to talk about Rocco.” 

The second tweet says, “Has anyone ever seen a rock eat a cookie? Elmo is just curious.” 

The third tweet is a quote tweet in response to Elmo’s second tweet. It is by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and says, “Yes, my friend. 

This Rock devours cookies. 

All kinds of cookies, in fact. 😈🍪 [smiling devil emoji, cookie emoji]. 

I’ll introduce you to #CheatMeals and it’ll change your life. 

Tell Cookie Monster to move it over, cuz I’m coming to Sesame Street to kick ass and eat cookies. 

And I’m almost all outta cookies. 🐂 [cow emoji] 

~Rock” 

The final tweet is a response to The Rock by Cookie Monster. It says, “Me say cookie challenge accepted!!! [note: “accepted” has been written in all capital letters].” /end id]

[gdelgiproducer]

I love your Muppet Theater casts. Huge Muppet fan here. You put somewhere that you did ones for Rent and Sweeney Todd. If you still have them could you post them? Those are two of my favorites.

Absolutely!

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Sesame Street

Sweeney Todd - Sam the Eagle

Mrs. Lovett - Miss Piggy

Anthony Hope - Scooter

Johanna Barker - Annie Sue Pig

Judge Turpin - Uncle Deadly

The Beggar Woman - Mokey Fraggle

Tobias Ragg - Robin the Frog

Beadle Bamford - Wayne (of Wayne & Wanda fame)

Adolfo Pirelli - Marvin Suggs (or is that “Ze Beloved-a Marveen-a Suggs-a”?)

Jonas Fogg - Crazy Harry

(Special features include a “making-of featurette” involving Kermit the Frog talking about what it’s like to direct a show like Sweeney Todd, Stephen Sondheim on the unique challenge of working with Muppets, and Paul Gemignani on the equally interesting task of adapting Jonathan Tunick’s orchestrations for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem.)

Rent

Mark Cohen - Scooter

Roger Davis - Sgt. Floyd Pepper (bass player, Electric Mayhem)

Mimi Marquez - Janice

Angel Dumott Schunard - Gonzo

Benjamin (”Benny”) Coffin III - Bert

Tom Collins - Clifford

Maureen Johnson - Mokey Fraggle

Joanne Jefferson - Skeeter (Scooter’s twin sister from Muppet Babies, in an adult version)

Alexi Darling - Miss Piggy

(Note: shout-out to Richard Hunt in the Life Support scene, and every Muppet ever made – ever – appears for “Seasons of Love.”)

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 4.13

Beer Birthdays

Joseph Bramah (1748)

Albert C. Houghton (1844)

George Gund II (1888)

Julie Bradford Johnson (1953)

Ray McCoy (1960)

Andreas Fält (1971)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Don Adams; actor (1923)

Peter Davison; actor, "Dr. Who" (1951)

James Ensor; Belgian artist (1860)

Al Green; R&B singer (1946)

Thomas Jefferson; 3rd U.S. President (1743)

Famous Birthdays

Lyle Alzado; Denver Broncos DE, actor (1949)

Samuel Beckett; Irish writer (1906)

Lou Bega; pop musician (1975)

Peabo Bryson; pop singer (1951)

Alfred Butts; Scrabble game creator (1899)

Jack Casady; rock bassist (1944)

Teddy Charles; jazz vibraphonist (1928)

Bill Conti; composer (1942)

Jana Cova; Czech porn actor, model (1980)

Erich von Daniken; writer (1935)

Stanley Donen; film director (1924)

Tony Dow; actor (1945)

William Henry Drummond; Canadian poet (1854)

Guy Fawkes; English conspirator (1570)

Edward Fox; actor (1937)

Bud Freeman; jazz saxophonist (1906)

Amy Goodman; journalist, writer (1957)

Dan Gurney; auto racer (1931)

Jeanne Guyon; French mystic, founder of Quietism (1648)

Seamus Heaney; poet (1939)

Garry Kasparov; chess player (1963)

Howard Keel; actor (1919)

Davis Love III; golfer (1964)

Ron Perlman; actor (1950)

Philippe de Rothschild; French winemaker (1902)

Rick Schroder; actor (1970)

Paul Sorvino; actor (1939)

Jon Stone; Sesame Street co-creator (1931)

Lyle Waggoner; actor (1935)

Max Weinberg; drummer (1951)

Eudora Welty; writer (1909)

F.W. Woolworth; merchant, 5&10 cent store creator (1852)

[abcnewspr]

HIGHLIGHTS FOR ABC NEWS’ ‘GMA3: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW’ APRIL 26 – APRIL 30

The following report highlights the programming of ABC’s “GMA3: What You Need to Know” during the week of April 26 - April 30. “GMA3: What You Need to Know” is a one-hour program co-anchored by Amy Robach, T.J. Holmes with Dr. Jennifer Ashton as chief medical correspondent. The news program airs weekdays at 1:00 p.m. ET| 12:00 p.m. CT on ABC and 4:00 p.m and 6:00 p.m. ET on ABC News Live.

Highlights of the week include:                                          

Monday, April 26— Big Bird (“Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days”); home improvement tips with expert Maurice Harris; radio personality Bobby Bones (“American Idol”); SiriusXM host & ABC News Contributor Mike Muse & Sr. Entertainment Reporter Kelley L. Carter join to discuss the Academy Awards

Tuesday, April 27— Actor Joe Taslim (“Mortal Kombat”)

Wednesday, April 28— Gov. Mike Parson (R-Mo.); author Robert Reffkin (“No One Succeeds Alone”); poet Rupi Kaur (“Broken English”); Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

Thursday, April 29— Actor Brett Gelman (“Without Remorse”); retired MMA Fighter Fallon Fox & GLAAD Correspondent Raquel Willis

Friday, April 30— Podcast host & author Case Kenny (“Single Is Your Superpower”); actress Debi Mazar (“Younger”); Faith Friday with Dr. Michael A. Freeman

– ABC –

[keywestlou]

JANUARY 6 A PEARL HARBOR.....PERPETRATORS MUST BE PUNISHED AND ANNIHILATED

I have said it before, I say it again. January 6 was another Pearl Harbor. The insurgent opposition must be destroyed. Sounds strong. It is!

The insurgents would have done more if they could have on January 6. Imagine Pence hanging from the gallow. Pelosi killed.

Hundreds are being arrested. Whatever the number, it will be minuscule when compared to the number actually attacking the Capitol. Hundreds in no way equates to the 8,000 estimated to have participated in the attack.

Each insurgent group must be sought out. Their camps, offices destroyed. Their members arrested and tried. Total destruction of the enemy is required.

The insurgents are the “enemy.” January 6 has emboldened them. We must get them before they get us. It is like the Civil War as well as Pearl Harbor.

The enemy has fired the first shot. Retribution and destruction in order.

Not the time to sit and wait for the enemy’s next move. It is time to be active, not reactive.

Religion can be carried to extremes. Nonsensical ones.

Coronavirus has come in conflict with abortion.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has instructed U.S. bishops to advise Catholic health systems not to use the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. It has something to do with what has been described as a “remote” connection between abortion and the vaccine. Something to do with “cells.” Specifically what, I could not ascertain. When I can, I will let you know.

The health systems are in a quandary. What do they do with the John and Johnson vaccines already received? Should they listen to the Bishops Conference and follow its dictates re use of the vaccine?

To listen to the Bishops Conference places health systems and others at risk.

Some Bishops do not accept the dictates of the Bishops Conference. They believe being anti the Johnson and Johnson vaccine requires Bishops to take an anti-life position.

Both positions anti-life.

Anti-abortion has become a theoretical moral purity. Must it become a position that places the lives of Catholics, the lives of others, and the common good at risk?

The Bishops Conference promoting avoidance of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine is another example of why Catholic Churches have fewer and fewer active members. Note as my past writings indicate, the Bishops Conference and Pope Francis are not on the same page with many issues. Francis has taken no position with regard to the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.

U.S. citizens along the way have become more and more independent. Even the government cannot tell them what to do. They will make their own judgments. The face mask issue an example.

State legislatures are expressing what they perceive as their right to avoid obeying federal laws and orders.

Georgia and Albama with their pending legislation to change voting laws an example.

Some states are going even farther. The North Dakota and South Dakota legislatures are in the process of invalidating all of what they perceive are unconstitutional Biden orders. The two states are heavy Republican. The legislatures overwhelming Republican. As are their governors. The proposed law in each state will without question become law in each state.

The “orders” involved include: Executive orders relating to the use of land, regulations on agriculture, regulations on natural resources such as oil and coal, regulations on pandemics or other health emergencies, the Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

States do have the right to reject unconstitutional laws coming from the federal government. Normally done through court proceedings. Not unilaterally without the courts being involved.

North and South Dakota want to go their owns way, however.

The Constitution’s Supremacy Clause enjoins each state to follow laws that are Constitutionally sound and only on issues that the Constitution granted purview to the federal government to determine.

Years of litigation will follow the new laws.

The problem again is no one wants to listen to “authority.” People and some states consider themselves “the authority.”

Over a half million Americans have died because of COVID-19, Russia, the Middle East and China re threatening problems. To mention just a few of the heavy matters confronting the U.S.

The Republican mouthpiece FOX News and some Congressional Republicans have recently been expressing their positions re what has become labeled as “Cancel Cultural Wars.” The title in itself confusing.

Involved are children’s shows and books like Dr. Seuss, The Muppet Show, M. Potato Head, and Sesame Street.

Why?

I suspect because the base of the Republican Party has dramatically changed. It is no longer the “establishment” party. Educated serious minded persons. Rather it has become the party of “blue collar” persons.

Issues are sought which new found Republican voters can understand and follow.

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DAY 39…..Greece the First Time

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Key West  Lou

I got lost!

Only to me would it happen.

Comogli runs upwards from the Mediterranean. My apartment is directly on the ocean. Each block ascends in parallel fashion behind me.

The horizontal/parallel streets are ok. They run normal in a straight line. It is the vertical streets that are the problem. There are streets and alleys running up and down. The alleys, though narrow, are as much a thoroughfare as the streets. The vertical streets and alleys bend and twist all over the place.

I was at an internet shop several blocks up. Took a large number of steps and one long street to get to the internet store. When I left the internet store, I got confused, screwed up. I missed the first set of stairs. Tried several others. No good. Then tried the alleys. Even worse.

I knew I would eventually get out. I could see the Mediterranean below me. I just needed to find the correct opening to get down to it.

I finally did. It was a major accomplishment!

There is a palazzo a few steps from the internet store. Note, palazzo. I am starting to speak like a native Italian.

I sat on a bench. There was a nearby street fair. I wanted to watch the world go by.

I lit a cigarette. Bad, I know. So did some one else. There was an elderly man (like me) sitting on the next bench. Italian. He came over and started speaking to me in Italian. Though I could not understand him, I knew what he was talking about. The evils of smoking.

I let him finish. Then I let him know I did not understand Italian, only spoke English.

His face lit up. He started the tirade again. This time in English. He was proud to show off his ability to speak English.

He sat with me for a while. We talked of his experiences back in 1960 in the United States. He had been in Cuba on business. Flew to Philadelphia and then to California where he spent some time. He congratulated me on the Fourth of July. He knew our history intimately.

I was ashamed. I had forgotten it was July 4, Independence Day. Other than my new found friend, there was no other person or thing to remind me. Additionally, days and dates run into each other when you are bouncing around as I am. I rarely am sure of the day of the week let alone a date.

My friend’s wife came along. He introduced me and they were on their way.

There was a large statue in the palazzo. It was a memorial to Nato A. Camogli. I tried to look him up on the internet. He is there. All over the place. However, every article is in Italian so I never got his background.

I swam a bit in the Mediterranean and sun bathe in the afternoon. To swim, you have to pay. Just like the Jersey Shore and Cape Cod. The beaches were unique. No sand. Stones. Each about 3-4 inches in diameter. Hurt the feet. The water was not clear as it had been in Greece. Murky like Key West used to be.

Then a nap. The sun was hot and tiring. My apartment for some reason cool. No air conditioning. I think it is the three foot walls.

Clotheslines come into play again. I raised the issue with my new friend in the palazzo. He, too, said it was because sun dried is better. I think he is wrong, also. These people have never known the joy of an electric dryer so they cannot compare.

He also told me many of the buildings were built with special pipes to hold the clothesline between windows or buildings. He assured me my apartment had one.

When I returned to the apartment, I checked. Sure enough, there below the window ledge in the living room was a clothesline. It ran from one living room window to the other. There were pipes at each end firmly affixed to the walls. A roller on each.

I had my own clothesline and never knew it!

Dinner was at another sea side cafe. Another excellent meal!

I had a local dish. Whereas the polenta was bad from my perspective, the pasta special dish was not. Oh, so good!

It is called trofie. A small curly thin macaroni. It was served with a pesto sauce. If I ate no more, I had dined like a king!

Broiled fish was my entree. I was taken into the kitchen. There were several glass vats with fish swimming around in them. I picked my own fish for dinner. I could not help thinking I was also passing a death sentence on the fish selected.

The cooked fish was a winner!

I took a walk along the sea side after dinner. The area is like a huge boardwalk. Except that it is about 40 feet wide and constructed with brick and stone from a thousand years ago or better.

Speaking of bricks, there are many in arches under buildings and walk ways. Some one told me the bricks were from medieval times. He showed me how they were half the size of today’s brick. He was proud to explain how they had held up over the ages.

I desired ice cream. It is gelato here. You buy it at a galateria. I enjoyed a soft chocolate on a cone.

Gelato back home in Utica is different. It is hard. Great taste. Better than present day gelato.

I figured out years ago when I visited Rome why there was a difference between Utica’s gelato and that of Italy. It is the time factor. My people came to the new world between 1880 and 1920. They brought with them the cooking and food of that time in Italy. Gelato was hard back then.

Time changes everything. From the hard delicacy of yesteryear to the softer one of today. Both good. Again however, I prefer the older.

Never made Portofino yesterday. I get comfortable and say another day. I am running out of days. This afternoon Portofino is on my schedule. A car is not the way to get there. No parking. I have been told to take the train. For one stop only. Then a boat for a short ride to Portofino. Not easy. But I will get there.

Enjoy your day!

JANUARY 6 A PEARL HARBOR…..PERPETRATORS MUST BE PUNISHED AND ANNIHILATED was originally published on Key West Lou

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7 athletes who deserved to have long, full careers

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Sports can be cruel sometimes, robbing us of some of our favorite players before they could fulfill their tremendous promise.

Whether by injuries or circumstance, many of sports’ brightest lights were extinguished far before their time. While it’s sad these players had their careers cut short, it’s important to remember the blessing that was watching them play, even briefly.

Here’s a look at some of our most cherished stars we would have loved to play much longer than they did.

Bo Jackson

It’s hard to overstate just how prevalent Bo Jackson was at his peak. A Heisman Trophy-winning dynamo who also hit tape-measure home runs, Jackson was almost more myth than man. Put it this way: In an early-1990s cartoon, along with Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky, Bo Jackson was the animated star. Aside from the legend — like trucking Brian Bosworth for a touchdown, his “Bo Jackson says hello!” home run in the MLB All-Star Game, or any number of jaw-dropping throws — Jackson had plenty of substance, too. He’s still the only player to be named a Major League All-Star and an NFL Pro Bowler.

Jackson averaged 5.40 yards per carry in his 38 NFL games in four seasons, a mark no running back with at least 200 career carries has matched since. He had his best baseball season in 1990, hitting .272/.342/.523 with 28 home runs (142 OPS+, 3.5 WAR) at age 27 for the Royals. But then it all went to hell. A hip injury not only derailed Jackson’s first playoff game in either sport, but ended his football career.

He gave baseball another try, but injuries limited him to just 183 games over the next four years. Jackson was reasonably productive, hitting 29 home runs in 160 games — the equivalent of one full season — in 1993-94, but he was diminished. I don’t even necessarily wish that Jackson played until he was 40 years old. But damn, it would have been wonderful if Jackson got to dazzle us for five more years of his prime.

— Eric Stephen

I’m just here to say I second the wish for Bo Jackson to have played forever. Bo doesn’t know a full career, but, damn, it would have been beautiful.

— Sam Eggleston

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Mark Fidrych

Once there was a baseball player who captured the imagination of a nation. Fidrych was a skinny 6’3, nicknamed “The Bird” in the minors because of his resemblance to Big Bird from Sesame Street. Like the lovable children’s character, Fidrych was endearingly goofy with an irrepressible openness that charmed even baseball curmudgeons.

He compulsively groomed the mound and talked to the baseball, asking it to do his bidding. He’d throw balls back to the umpire insisting they had hits in them, and he worked fast. After shutting down the Yankees on Monday Night Baseball in a game that took just an hour and 51 minutes to complete, his legend grew.

In his Rookie of the Year campaign, Fidrych went 19-9 with a 2.34 ERA and finished second to Jim Palmer in the Cy Young award voting. Then the injuries came. He tore cartilage in his knee during spring training the following year and had to shut down his second season after only 11 starts because of a torn rotator cuff.

The arm injury went undiagnosed until a visit to Dr. James Andrews in 1985 four years after he retired. When his career was over, Fyrdrych went back home to Northborough, Massachusetts, where he lived on a farm with his wife and daughter. In 2009, he was found dead under his dump truck, an apparent victim of a horrible accident.

Fidrych never would have made it in today’s game. He didn’t throw very hard and he averaged less than four strikeouts per nine innings in his breakthrough season. No doubt his antics would have purists clutching their cups.

But he knew how to pitch — he kept the ball low and in the park — and he knew how to have fun. He was, quite literally, just a kid living out an extended fairy tale in front of 50,000 fans and millions of television viewers. For one year, he was absolutely perfect.

— Paul Flannery

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Andrew Luck

Not many NFL Draft prospects have ever been as hyped as Luck. He was the likely No. 1 pick in 2011, but decided to return to Stanford for another season. That spurred a year of “Suck for Luck,” a sweepstakes to see which team would lose enough games to draft the quarterback. The Colts won (?) that contest and immediately got three straight 11-win seasons with Luck at the helm. He made the Pro Bowl in each of those years and led the league with 40 touchdowns in 2014.

Then he started falling apart.

Luck missed nine games in 2015 with shoulder, kidney, and ab muscle injuries. He missed the entire 2017 season with a shoulder injury. And in 2019, with a leg injury keeping him out of action in preseason, Luck abruptly retired before the regular season began.

Luck’s career ended with just 86 regular-season appearances and eight playoff games — not nearly enough for a player who should’ve been one of the league’s elite quarterbacks for another decade or so.

He could make all the throws, but what made him really special was the physicality he brought to the position. Few players have ever been able to shake off pass rushers and navigate a pocket quite like Luck.

When USC cornerback Shareece Wright scooped up a fumble against Stanford in 2010, Luck destroyed Wright and forced a fumble of his own. When a fumble bounced into Luck’s hands in a playoff game against the Chiefs, he got the job done himself by bulldozing through the defense and diving into the end zone.

It’s a shame we only got five and a half seasons of that player in the NFL.

— Adam Stites

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Terrell Davis

Davis became the fourth player in NFL history to run for more than 2,000 yards in a single season in 1998. He was 26 years old and barreling toward the prime of his career.

Over the following three seasons, he’d play in just 17 games. He retired before he turned 30.

Leg injuries kept Davis from following up on that 2,008-yard, 21-touchdown campaign. He played only four games in 1999, snapping a streak that saw him run for more yards and more touchdowns than the previous year throughout the first four years of his NFL career. Between 1995 and 1998, Davis averaged 15 touchdowns per full season and 104 yards per game. He was a full-stop monster in a league where feature backs were still a thing.

Then it all drained away thanks to a torn ACL — suffered, cruelly, which trying to make a tackle on an interception return — and then stress reactions and other knee issues. Even in a diminished state he was ... fine, but clearly not the All-Pro he once was. He retired in the summer of 2000 when it became obvious the player who’d run for 142 yards per postseason game and scored a dozen playoff touchdowns wasn’t coming back.

Sure, Davis accomplished pretty much everything an NFL tailback can over the course of his first four seasons in the league. He won two Super Bowls, was both a regular-season and Super Bowl MVP, and was twice the league’s offensive player of the year. He was a deserving 2017 addition to the NFL Hall of Fame. But a full-strength Davis wouldn’t just be a a firework in the night sky. He would have been the aurora borealis that lit up an entire hemisphere of the NFL’s greatest offenses.

— Christian D’Andrea

Freddy Adu

Freddy Adu is a punchline. On American soccer, on the dangers of overhyping a teenager, and on racist stereotypes about African athletes lying about their ages. But Adu really was something special, as anyone who saw him before he signed in MLS will tell you.

MLS didn’t pick a random kid to promote as the youngest professional athlete in American history. He turned pro because he looked ready for it. He shined at the Under-20 World Cup as a 13-year-old. Even if you think he wasn’t 13 — which, again, is a claim based on racist stereotypes that there is no evidence for — he certainly was not 20. Players who perform well up an age group at the Under-20 World Cup are universally regarded as ready for professional soccer.

Ready on the field, that is. Off the field is a different story. Many leagues don’t allow players to make first team appearances until they’re 16 to avoid the kind of thing that happened to Adu.

The adults who were supposed to look after Adu failed him. In his rookie season, he was spotted at college parties that were broken up by police. Thomas Rongen, his long-time U-20s coach — a person who should have been doing as much as he could to help Adu while he was facing pressures that almost no teenager could possibly be ready for — has callously joked about him having a drinking problem.

I don’t know if Adu had a clinical issue and don’t wish to speculate, but it’s clear that he was completely incapable of dealing with the stress of being called the savior of American men’s soccer at 14 years old, and even more clear that he didn’t get enough help from supposed grown-ups. MLS and Nike had a plan to promote him and make him a media superstar, but no plan to take care of him.

Years after he was branded a failure, he still showed glimpses of brilliance. He was the United States’ best player at the 2007 Under-20 World Cup, and a year later the best player on an Under-23 team that qualified for the Olympics. He set up three goals in the last two matches of the 2011 Gold Cup, and looked set to revive his career. But it didn’t happen. Those individual great matches never turned into a great season.

Adu was not overhyped. He really was the best male prospect in the history of American soccer. He really was good enough to play against adults at 14. And the adults in charge had no idea what to do about it.

— Kim McCauley

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Brandon Roy

Roy quickly became one of the best young shooting guards the NBA had to offer. He was an all-star in just his second season in 2007-08, and was the first Trail Blazer to be named to the team since Rasheed Wallace in 2001. Roy’s arrival in Portland helped the Blazers get back to being a regular contender, and it felt like he would be the franchise’s cornerstone for the next 10 to 15 years. In his three all-star seasons, Roy averaged 21.1 points, 5.2 assists, and 4.6 rebounds per game.

Roy was a great player. He may not have been elite, but he had respect from other elite stars around him like Kobe Bryant. Bryant was asked by John Thompson who was the toughest player for him to guard, to which Bryant replied, “Roy 365 days, seven days a week. Roy has no weaknesses in his game.”

Roy signed a max contract in 2009, but would only start in 88 more games as a member of the Blazers. Numerous knee injuries forced Roy to retire in 2011 because he lacked cartilage between the bones of both his knees. Roy attempted a comeback with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2012-13, but only played in five regular season games before needing yet another season-ending knee surgery.

The Blazers lucked out and ended up getting Damian Lillard, who has been incredible for that franchise. But you can’t help but wonder what could have been with Roy.

— Harry Lyles Jr.

Magnum T.A.

Yes, I’m adding a professional wrestler to this list — because Magnum T.A. deserves it. Only the most hardcore wrestling fans, or people alive to see him in his prime, will recognize his name, and there’s a good reason for that.

In the mid-80s, Magnum T.A. was everything. A big, athletic wrestler who feuded routinely with Ric Flair in the National Wrestling Alliance. Everything pointed to him being the next “great one,” with his natural charisma, gifts in the ring, and an unmistakable look that often drew comparisons to Tom Selleck. There was no doubt that not only would Magnum T.A. be a wrestler for a long time, but was poised to be the next “great one.”

Then, at the age of 27, he lost control of his Porsche and crashed into a tree. Everything changed in an instant. T.A. “exploded” two vertebrae in his back, ending his in-ring career and causing everything to come crashing down. In an instant he was reduced from being one of the hottest young stars in the business to an on-screen commentator and personality. He would later go on to become a confidant and trainer, helping some of the biggest stars in the industry today.

It’s not that Magnum T.A. had a sad life outside of the ring, but this is one of missed potential. He was so young, so promising, and in an industry where performers routinely are able to compete well into their 50s. Had Magnum T.A. not gotten into his car accident I have no doubt that today we’d look at him with the same household name recognition as Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan or Macho Man Randy Savage — instead, he’ll be remembered as one of the greatest of all time to never realize his potential, and it’s a tragedy we don’t have thousands of hours of incredible Magnum T.A. matches because of it.

— James Dator

We’ve given you our list, but we would love to hear which athlete you wished had the chance at a longer career. Please, let us know in the comments below.