Blergh

I agree! I guess this is a good a time as any to speculate about whether Miss MacGregor would have had as long a career (much less nabbed the role of Harriet) had she kept her original name of. .Dorlee Deane McGregor! It should be noted that, before LHOTP, she went back and forth using her nickname of Scottie along with her acquired first name of Katherine for the billing. However, I kind of think it's worth noting that squeezing in that 'a' in the 'Mc' part of her surname not only vocalized the vowel but also implied a more Scottish background instead of a Scots-Irish (or Northern Irish) one which is the usual regional derivations for that surname. I don't know whether she did that deliberately. However, it's interesting that even though she became a Hindu long before LHOTP, she doesn't appear to have considered changing her name to reflect her newer faith the way Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Herzstein) did for a time in the 1970's when she went by Barbara Seagull.

All my teachers taught until the bell rang- then would scold if any student was late. I recall one teacher who kept saying to the tardies that only those with notes from other teachers wouldn't be punished for tardiness. Anyway, after repeating this refrain, the last student came in and smirked that he 'HAD a note' which got the class to go 'OOOOOOOOOH!!' and the teacher to cancel that exemption from that point on . Yeah, I could tell he hated being shown up in front of the other students!

The amazing irony of all the letterbombing is that it's wound up seemed having gotten a significant portion of the media (online and conventional) as well as the public to take a good hard look as to what their actual roles were behind the scenes! IOW, to say that this wound up backfiring on them (especially Mr. Kutcher and Miss Kunis) is an understatement! 'Buzzard of a feather. .. ' and 'Lay With Dogs/Awaken With Fleas' seem quite apt here (apologies in advance to all actual buzzards, dogs and fleas).

Speaking of characters considered hated . .or at least a significant number of the public wondering why they kept said character around. Let's go back to classic Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966) who had the alleged comic relief character of Wally Plumstead (Skip Young (1930-1993)- born Ronald Bix Plumstead) hanging around as Dave and Rick's mooching and lazy fellow frat member with a rather annoying laugh . .for eight years! Yes, even though both David (1936-2011) and Rick (1940-1985) aged past having any need for maintaining ties to their college frat house, somehow even after they each got married and had jobs & apartments away from the frat house, they kept hanging around and specifically letting themselves get caught up in his constant mishaps (with Harriet passively letting Wally stuff his face at her house the whole time)- and all of them had long since pegged him as being sneak, and a sponge yet didn't tell him to buzz off! Even more amazingly was that he had a steady girlfriend Ginger (Charlene Salerno [1938-1986]) who herself constantly complained of his cheapness and mooching- and even openly called him 'Fatso' -yet never seemed to permanently dump him! And that's not even considering that performer was in his mid 30's and yet somehow was supposed to be the contemporary of not just the Nelson Bros but even Rick's then-wife Kris Harmon Nelson (1945-2018) who started on the show when she was still seventeen! Of course, all the above characters weren't as idiotic as Wally's never-depicted parents who seemed to have had no problems throwing their monies down a rathole to keep paying his tuition and frat house fees at least eight years- despite him never even seeming to attempt to look for work(or study) much less graduate ! All I can think of is that they were REALLY desperate to get him out of their house but they thought dumping him in the frat house made a better excuse for their Christmas letters than just dumping him out on his ear.

I agree re Miss Grassle performing under her actual birth name instead of the other one. I know it was her call and choice but, 60's/70's notwithstanding, I don't see why Hersha Parady would have thought her new stage name was much if any improvement over her birth name of Betty Sandoff. At least the name change wasn't regressive like the late Ann Sothern (1909-2001) who'd been born Harriette Lake!

With all these revelations re how downright disturbingly toxic it appears to have been behind the scenes of That 70's Show being in the news after the Masterston conviction and his cronies' kudos, I have to say that the few times I ever attempted to see it, it always rubbed me the wrong way- as though I was stuck at a party/function with the most snotty, meanspirited and jaded of my high school peers and I was relieved to change the channel to get out of there! Seriously, it seemed like quasi- Happy Days update but with a needless and relentless nasty tone! IOW, that the regulars turn out to have treated extras and guest performers churlishly (to say the least) seems to jibe with said tone (and, not unlike their characters, they seemed to have needed more direct supervision on set to say nothing of immediate consequences for actions instead of being treated as though they could do no wrong [which almost always gets used as a license TO do wrong].

All the above claims about Mr. Kutcher and Miss Kunis have got me worried about their own kids' safety! I wish I was joking but it's scary to think that these so-called adults didn't repudiate and disavow Mr. Masterson and rally around the victims he was convicted of raping instead of openly supporting him. I pray somehow those kids have got at least one person in their extended families who will prioritize protecting them!

I recall how Annie Lennox spelled out that the reason she had a bored expression during an interview when coming back from commercial on the Late Show with David Letterman was that she had seen him refuse to so much as acknowledge anyone else during the break including those he'd acted chummy with oncamera and she decided that she didn't want to participate in the charade of faking he was all that. I also heard that Johnny Carson was rather aloof to many of the guests offcamera as well. BTW, the late Carl Reiner who played Alan Brady and had created The Dick Van Dyke Show had earlier worked for and performed with the legendary Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows (1950-1955)and both would later admit that Alan Brady wasn't a much of an exaggeration of Mr. Caesar himself (who not only was quite demanding but somewhat intimidating since he was also quite physically strong to the point that he himself once punched a horse unconscious after the animal had gotten skittish to Mr. Caesar's wife which would be the inspiration of that scene in their colleague Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles [1974]).

I'm a bit surprised how many of the correspondents felt inclined to spell out their membership to COS. I wonder if they truly thought that that would have helped Mr. Masterson avoid prison time for his legal conviction.

The River Jordan's main course starts with the outflow of the Sea of Galilee at 705 feet (215 meters) BELOW sea level- the lowest elevation of any freshwater lake in the world before discharging into the Dead Sea at 1410 feet(430 meters) below sea level- the lowest elevation of any saltwater lake and of any exposed surface on Earth! Yes, in addition to its Biblical, historic, strategic and ecological importance, the River Jordan not only has the lowest elevation of any river in the world but also is the only river with its entire main course hundreds of feet (and meters) below sea level!

IMO, one of the most infuriating things about the entire letterbombing of that judge was how almost to a person, everyone trying to get Mr. Masterson off the hook used (and I mean used) his young daughter as a human poster- but I'll bet none of them ever said to him ' how could you put your own daughter through this by doing such horrible things to innocent women?'

Nailed it! They sure seemed to have the mindset of ' I think he was nice to me and my loved ones and I couldn't care less that he raped other women so let him totally off the hook because why should you care about anyone besides me and my loved ones!'

The pot of gold wasn't in the budget- as per 'Doc Baker', etc.

Amazing how the elder Mr. Livingston nowadays somewhat resembles a more hirsute and healthier Bill Frawley- and he's roughly the same age that the latter started playing Bub!

Larry Tate of Bewitched (1964-1972), every time Darren/s get antsy, agitated or paranoid due to some witchy stuff that Endora,etc. have pulled around the office, Larry seems to react as though this is the very first time he's ever seen Darren not be as cool as a cucumber. Why?! Darren's ALWAYS been as levelheaded as Baldar Conehead! Even if Larry never understands the cause of it, this is Darren's normal MO - not OOC moments!

I'd agree with you but for the fact that the folks I'm talking about are among the portion getting prescribed these meds- yet having no long term changes besides side effects and emptier wallets.

Archaeologists have found traces of cacao residue in ceremonial vessels and even macaw feathers in the large Native American complex of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Yes, this means that these Native Americans living in a rather remote desert hub had trade and communication with Native Americans living in tropical rain forest regions of what's now Mexico and Central America despite having no known written languages and being in very different spoken language families! Yet, even as we are finding out how much more advanced Native American cultures were in what's now the United States than was previously believed, one has to wonder what possible commodities Chaco Canyon citizens may have traded/bartered to the traders bringing these exotic goods to have made the journeys worth the risks and hardships!

All these ads for anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds have got me thinking about folks I know who have been prescribed them and not only not gotten 'cured' but also have such effects as more migraines,etc. while greatly fattening their docs and pharmacists wallets! Why don't more folks seek out verbal therapy to DEAL with whatever is causing depression and anxiety instead of just numbing it? It's the Road to Wellville (1994)all over again!

taking things to Small Talk

Yes, I liked how Smashmouth revived so many 60's hits and got the younger generations to consider retro being cool! It's quite tragic that Mr. Harwell died at age 56 after struggling the last few years but what makes it even more poignant is that in 2001, his son Presley died of acute lymphatic leukemia at the age of 6 months! Mr. Harwell did what he could to honor his son's life by starting a research fund in his late son's name but, not unlike Prince re his own son shortlived son Amiir, I can't help but wonder how life would have been very different had his only known offspring survived. RIP, Mr. Harwell!

Yeah, if one's cat is an outdoor cat during those months, they can get burrs in their fur!

I know that legally every suspect is entitled to a defense attorney but Serena defending such utter human toxic waste as that sure showed that one could have written her code of ethics on a bee's knee- and still had plenty of room left over for the Encyclopedia Britannica!

All I know is that I used to get called on for jury duty on a regular basis but then after being the lone hold out trying to argue about whether evidence was legit, I've not gotten called since in X number of year!

Cry your own river, Miss Knowles! I had to pay a lot more percentage of my earnings to them one year and they never explained why but I bit the bullet and did it- and I had a LOT less means to bounce back than you! Wasn't one Mrs. 'only the little people pay taxes' Helmsley already one too many? Sakes!

I'd agree but time will tell if Mr. Cooper opts accept that his actions meted consequences. ..or attempts to throw himself a pity party for being 'persecuted' and/or 'cancelled' for after having blasted the rights of others! It's amazing to me that so many folks don't get that if you're accepting compensation from an corporate entity, if said entity doesn't accept those who are discriminatory against others, then the fiscally intelligent thing to do is NOT say or do discriminatory stuff instead of doing so then wailing about being called 'discriminatory',etc.