“I can remember in early elementary school when the Russians launched the first satellite. There was still so much unknown about space. People thought Mars was probably populated.” — Christa McAuliffe On July 19, 1985, then Vice President George H. W. Bush announced that 36 year-old Christa McAuliffe had been selected for NASA’s “Teacher in …
In 1971, President Richard Nixon appointed Earl Butz to his cabinet as Secretary of Agriculture. Earl was a vocal supporter of farmers and was instrumental in changing agricultural policy implemented by Franklin Roosevelt‘s “New Deal.” His first order of business was to abolish the program that paid farmers not to plant crops. His motto to …
Rip Taylor was more than just a one-liner spewing, confetti-throwing, manic comedian. Sure, that’s what he was best known for, but there was more to his career than just that. Rip longed to be a Las Vegas comedian and, after a debut on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, his wish came to fruition. He …
In 1951, Ike Turner (yes, that Ike Turner) released a single titled “Rocket ’88′” under the name “Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats.” (Jackie was the band’s saxophone player.) The song, an ode to the popular Oldsmobile sedan that had been introduced just the year before, was two minutes and 48 seconds of infectious, piano-driven …
“A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.” — Carl Sandburg
“Drowning men, it is said, cling to wisps of straw.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Marcellus Wallace and Butch Coolidge woke up to find themselves in the unfortunate confines of Zed’s dungeon.
“I’ll beat him so bad he’ll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.” — Muhammad Ali He was the greatest.
“Sometimes I wish I could walk around with a HANDLE WITH CARE sign stuck to my forehead.” ― Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation
“I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on, you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be ‘sir.’ Do you maggots understand that?”
