NFL Quiz: Who was the last passer to throw for 400 yards in
consecutive games? [Hint: 1980”s] Answer below.
“Peanuts” Christmas Quiz: In “A Charlie Brown Christmas,”
what is Lucy”s big request for Santa? Answer below.
Christmas time…is here…
.Happiness….and cheer…
Charlie Brown: I think there must be something wrong with me
Linus. Christmas is coming but I”m not happy. I don”t feel the
way I”m supposed to feel.
Linus: Charlie Brown, you”re the only person I know who can
take a wonderful season like Christmas and turn it into a problem.
I can relate to Charlie Brown this year as I feel a little stressed
out. Some of you may be like me. Each year I vow to really
enjoy the Christmas season and each year I get too tied up with
other stuff. But then I do get the spirit when I go to church and,
after all, that”s what it”s all about, right?
And how the heck can I begin to complain when I read of
someone like Roger Neilson? Neilson is the coach of the
Philadelphia Flyers. When he was the Rangers coach he received
a lot of heat for their poor performance at times but no one ever
said a bad word about him personally. Well, just about ten days
ago Neilson announced to his team that he had an incurable form
of bone marrow cancer.
But talk about character, when he broke the news to his stunned
players, he started with a video of the previous night”s game and
edited in part of a Monty Python movie. According to
sportswriter Rich Chere, after Flyers defenseman Chris Therien
loses his stick and gloves in a fight, the tape turns into a Monty
Python knight who wants to keep fighting after losing his legs and
arms. Just something to break the tension.
Said Neilsen, “It”s been such an emotional time for me. You get
on the phone and people are crying. I seem to end up being the
one who”s trying to comfort them. Everyone is feeling sorry for
you.” Roger, you”re an inspiration. [He”s going to keep
coaching through the treatment].
Test Your Music Knowledge
Match up the following song titles with the songwriter. Answers
below.
“Over the Rainbow” “The Man I Love” “Old Man River”
“Three Coins in the Fountain” “Wichita Lineman”
George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Jimmy Webb, Jule
Styne
Most Candid Color Analysis
According to Sports Illustrated”s Steve Rushin, here are a few of
the year”s top comments.
Mary Bryan, ESPN golf announcer, on air during the Rochester
International, blurted out: “I think players and caddies have to
have good intercourse on a week like this.”
Best Answer to Dumb Question: Injury-plagued tennis player
Todd Martin was asked in a U.S. Open press conference: “Could
you tell us where you are physically right now?” “Physically, I”m
right here,” replied Martin. “Would you like to know where I am
metaphysically?”
To the winners, Rushin hands out the Theismann trophy, named
for quarterback-turned broadcaster Joe Theismann, who once
said, “The word ”genius” isn”t applicable in football. A genius is a
guy like Norman Einstein.”
Bill Gates
Well, from time to time it”s important to remember just how
wealthy Gates is. According to a recent Bloomberg report, Gates
net worth is still around $90 billion, even after giving away $17-
20 billion through his foundation. Which means that Gates is still
worth more than the GDP of Ireland ($81 billion). And he”s
worth more than the total value of McDonald”s or Ford. In fact,
if Microsoft stock did nothing from here on he could take out $4
million a day for the rest of his life (up to age 100). Let”s see, I
just went out to dinner for $30.
Paul Revere
On December 13, 1774, Paul Revere rode into Portsmouth, New
Hampshire from Boston with his distressing news. [As an aside, I
didn”t realize Revere had brought word of the Boston Tea Party
to New York City a year earlier]. The amazing horseman rode
60 miles through snow, ice and mud.
Why? Well, General Gage was going to move warships into
Piscataqua Harbor to keep Fort William and Mary from falling
into the hands of the rebels. You see, the Revolution was still a
clandestine affair at this point but, nonetheless, on the afternoon
of December 14, some 400 men of Portsmouth heeded the call.
Defending the fort was Captain John Cochran and 5.count
”em.5 men. The mob overpowered them and made off with 97
kegs of gunpowder which were then hidden throughout the area.
The next day they took another fort with 16 light canon, 60
muskets and some cannonballs. Soon thereafter, though, the HMS
Canceaux and HMS Scarborough arrived in Portsmouth Harbor.
That ended the uprising but the captured gunpowder needed just
a spark to set it off. [Source: American Heritage, Dec. issue]
Top 3 songs for the week of 12/25/61: #1 “The Lion Sleeps
Tonight” (The Tokens…augghhh!!) #2 “Run To Him” (Bobby
Vee) #3 “The Twist” (Chubby Checker…incredibly overrated).
Lucy quiz: Her big request of Santa was for real estate.
Remember, this show first aired in 1965 and there were no dot-
com companies to invest in as yet. Lucy also said that “Christmas
was run by a big Eastern syndicate.”
NFL Quiz: Phil Simms, 1985. 10/6 and 10/13. Surprised?
Song Match-up: Over the Rainbow – Arlen; The Man I Love –
Gershwin; Old Man River – Kern; Three Coins in the Fountain –
Styne; Wichita Lineman – Webb.
Next Bar Chat, Christmas Eve. I”m going to rip off some famous
stuff.
