Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
THE BITS…
Some 3.9 million viewers tuned in to the Syfy channel to see the Sharknado movie
the other night. I didn’t watch the Sharknado movie on Syfy, but I did watch the
live coverage of the Sharknado on the Weather Channel.
Some 3.9 million viewers tuned in to the Syfy channel to see the Sharknado movie
the other night. My favorite part was where Matt Lauer killed a shark on the Today
Show set. I hadn’t seen Matt stab anything in the back like that since Ann Curry.
Jay Leno was the guest mentor last night on Last Comic Standing. Jay gave the
comics pointers on timing, delivery and stealing back talk shows.
The biopic “Get on Up” opens tonight. It’s all about legendary soul singer James
Brown, who was the hardest working man in show business. Of course, nowadays
the hardest working man in show business is Orlando Bloom’s boxing coach.
Russell Brand has gotten into a feud with Fox News host Sean Hannity over his
reporting on the war in the Middle East. Of course, one is a trusted, reliable
authoritative source and the other is Sean Hannity.
Violet Palmer, the NBA’s first female referee, has announced she’s marrying her
longtime partner. In a touching gesture, former player Dennis Rodman is giving
her one of his old wedding dresses.
Donald Trump has reportedly been chosen to advance to the next round of bidding
for the Buffalo Bills. If he buys the team, Trump says he wants to build a dome
over the stadium just like the one on top of his head.
The Amway pre-season college football poll has been released. It’s the only
college football poll that’s sold door-to-door.
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
SON OF THE BITS…
A golfer at Congressional Country Club near Washington found one of President
Obama’s golf balls in the woods. However, he still hasn’t been able to find
Obama’s birth certificate.
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire. Unfortunately, no cease fire
has been agreed to between Orlando Bloom and Justin Bieber.
The Dow Jones dropped 317 points yesterday for its worst decline in six months.
It’s the biggest beating Wall Street has seen since the 50 Shades of Grey trailer.
The Dow Jones dropped 317 points yesterday for its worst decline in six months.
They blamed it on the European economy, financial sector jitters and the Beyonce
divorce rumors.
NBC News correspondent Kerry Sanders received hundreds of mosquito bites
during an experiment gone wrong yesterday on the Today Show. It could’ve been
worse. Sanders could’ve been on the Today Show the day of the Sharknado.
This weekend’s Maine berry festival will feature huge human organs on display. It
should be fun for them to see Mad Men star Jon Hamm.
This weekend’s Maine berry festival will feature huge human organs on display.
They’re promising to have the biggest set of lungs ever on display, not counting
Kate Upton.
A man in Spain has created ice cream that changes color when you lick it.
Coincidentally, the same thing happens when Ben licks Jerry.
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
TODAY’S AUDIO…
Today on the Bitman audio feed we have reality clips from Big Brother,
Last Comic Standing with guest mentor Jay Leno, and the new reality
competition show called The Quest from the producers of "The Lord of
the Rings" and "The Amazing Race"; plus a late night round up with
Dave, Craig, Seth, Conan and the Jimmys.
Plus more from Pamela Furr and the Bitman audio archive! It’s all at
www.BitmanComedy.com
Not hearing anything? TV Sound bites are available at
BitmanComedy.com! If you need access to the site, contact Adrienne
Munos at United Stations Radio Network at 561-381-7598 or
amunos@unitedstations.com
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
TINSELTOWN TATTLER…
Former "Scandal" star COLUMBUS SHORT was due in court on Wednesday to
appear before a judge in his domestic violence case. However, Short was a no
show and there could be jail time in his future as the judge issued an arrest warrant.
It turns out that Short was living large in the Caribbean at a festival called Fantasy
Barbados and photos of him partying have surfaced online, along with a poster
promoting his appearance at an event there, which will no doubt be brought to the
judge’s attention.
Former Partridge Family star DAVID CASSIDY’S DUI case in upstate New York
has been adjourned until September as his lawyer and prosecutors continue to try
and hammer out a plea deal. Cassidy was busted last summer and was supposed to
be in court this week, but the court was told that he was home in Florida. However,
it was revealed that he was actually in the area at a horse-racing event at Saratoga.
No word on whether his horse naturally won, but one prosecutor admitted they
were “disturbed” by the news.
Apparently ORLANDO BLOOM and JUSTIN BIEBER put on quite the floor
show at the Ibiza restaurant where they had their little spat. Leonardo DiCaprio
was having dinner with Bloom and apparently swatted Bieber away when he
approached their table. That was apparently when Bieber baited Bloom by bringing
up his ex-wife Miranda Kerr. Just about everyone in the place stood up to see what
was going on and when Orlando threw a punch at Bieber, DiCaprio cheered and
everyone else started clapping before the two were separated. As for Miranda,
she’s said to be embarrassed by the whole thing, but denies that she ever got
intimate with Bieber; although it’s rumored he pursued her pretty hard after that
Victoria’s Secret Fashion show after party a couple years back.
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
TINSELTOWN TATTLER 2…
MICHAEL DOUGLAS has co-starred with a lot of leading ladies and says his
latest onscreen love interest, Diane Keaton, is “Like a muse. She’s so bright, yet
not threatening. She’s got that wonderful laugh and laughs at my jokes, which is
always flattering. She’s very, very charming and attractive.” Douglas adds, “I’ve
been very fortunate with all except for one of all the leading ladies that I’ve
worked with.” However, he wouldn’t say who that one leading lady was.
KATY PERRY is featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine and she tells
them she isn't afraid to be a single mom saying, "I don't need a dude. We are living
in the future; we don't need anything. I don't think I'll have to, but we'll see." Katy
went on to say, "I'm not anti-men. I love men. But there is an option if someone
doesn't present himself." However, Katy says that with or without a dude, kids
aren’t in her immediate future as she added, "I want to be doing that in the right
time. And that's not in the next two years, you know? Maybe it's in a five-year
plan, but I need to really be able to focus 100 percent of my attention on it."
Meanwhile, a video of Katy performing on a religious TV network back in 2002
has surfaced. She was still using her given name of Katy Hudson and performing a
song called "Search Me" from her Christian album. (See here)
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
DATELINE HOLLYWOOD…
New Movies in Theatres…
Get On Up - James Brown biopic starring Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis and
Dan Aykroyd. (PG-13)
Guardians of the Galaxy - A spaceship pilot is pursued by bad guys after stealing
an orb. Stars Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, and Zoe Saldana. (PG-13)
SHARKNADO 2: THE NEXT ONE was an even bigger hit than the original as
some 3.9 million viewers tuned, up from the 1.4 million that watched the original
last July. It was the SyFy channel’s most-watched original movie and its 531,000
tweets were up from 318,000 for last summer's first Sharknado flick. A third
Sharknado movie has already been announced, which is presumably sub-titled The
One After That.
ANDREW LINCOLN, who plays Rick Grimes on WALKING DEAD, has hinted
that there’ll be some major deaths coming in Season 5. Lincoln said, “It’s one of
the great things…that you have real jeopardy for favorite characters. It won’t be
without its share of death this season.” But, no, he didn’t say who might be going.
JAMIE FOXX is attached to play MIKE TYSON in a big screen biopic. The asyet-untitled film is currently in the scriptwriting stage and no release date has been
announced.
VIN DIESEL was doing an interview for his new movie "Guardians of the Galaxy"
on a British radio station when they asked him to sing a few verses of Sam Smith's
"Stay with Me"...and it was pretty good! (See here)
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
MUSIC NOTES…
THE FOO FIGHTERS have wrapped up work on their next album and producer
Butch Vig tweeted: “We are officially done with the new Foo Fighters album. 23
straight days mixing! IT'S EPIC!!!” Vig and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl go
back a long way as Butch also produced Nirvana’s 1991 album “Nevermind.” The
new Foo Fighters album is expected out this fall.
FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS will be one of the headlining acts for the opening
ceremony at the U.S. Open tennis tournament. They’ll perform three songs in
Arthur Ashe Stadium on August 25th.
The final song written and recorded by ROBIN GIBB before he died in May 2012
will be released in September. The song is called Sydney and will be the final track
on a new album called 50 St Catherine's Drive. The album was compiled by Gibb's
widow Dwina and his son RJ, and named after the street Gibb was born on in the
Isle of Man.
KATY PERRY performed last night at a White House dinner honoring the 46th
anniversary of the Special Olympics and its founder, Eunice Shriver. This time
Katy brought her mom to watch her sing, after she wouldn't let her conservative
parents see her perform at Obama's 2012 inauguration.
LADY GAGA is featured on the cover of Harper's Bazaar's September issue
wearing a pink Chanel suit and holding her French bulldog, Asia.
JENNY LEWIS not only has a new album called The Voyager, she has a new wine
to go with it. The wine is a blend of reds from Solano County, California. It sells
for $29.99 a bottle, but it comes with a download code for the album.
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
MUSIC NOTES 2…
DIONNE WARWICK does know the way to San Jose and she’ll be there today to
be named the city’s Global Ambassador of Goodwill. However, Dionne had never
been to San Jose when she recorded the song in 1968, but visited soon thereafter
when it was still a farming community.
ALICIA KEYS and her husband SWIZZ BEATZ are expecting their second child.
The couple announced the news via Instagram, with Keys writing, "Happy
Anniversary to the love of my life…And to make it even sweeter we've been
blessed with another angel on the way!! You make me happier than I have ever
known! Here's to many, many more years of the best parts of life!"
Some more video has surfaced of TIM MCGRAW’S encounter with the woman he
slapped during a recent Atlanta concert. The new video shows the woman
repeatedly whacking him on the butt several times before she tore his jeans. The
woman has hired a lawyer and is seeking money and/or an apology. (See here)
JASON ALDEAN'S 'Burnin' It Down' jumped from number 42-1 on Billboard's
Hot Country Songs chart. It’s Aldean’s ninth No. 1 and it set a record for the
biggest leap to number-one in the chart’s history.
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
TUBULAR…
Daytime:
GMA: Enrique Iglesias performs
CBS This Morning: Musician Mick Jagger and producer Brian Grazer
Today: Aloe Blacc performs
Kelly & Michael: Vin Diesel; actress Maggie Gyllenhaal
The View: Actress Annette Bening
The Talk: Actress Liv Tyler
Queen Latifah: William Shatner Performs Queen's Hit Single Ladies First (R)
Ellen: Meryl Streep; Vanessa Hudgens (R)
Primetime:
CW: The new magic series Masters of Illusion premieres
NBC Sports: MLS soccer Philadelphia Union at Sporting Kansas City
Showtime: The David Bowie documentary Five Years
Late Night:
Jimmy Kimmel: John Stamos; OK Go performs (R)
David Letterman: Emma Stone; American Authors performs (R)
Jimmy Fallon: Martin Lawrence; Aloe Blacc performs
Craig Ferguson: TV personality Cat Deeley
Seth Meyers: Actress Keri Russell (R)
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
TUBULAR WEEKEND…
Saturday:
NBC: The network burns off the final two episodes of Crossbones
ESPN: NASCAR Nationwide Series: U.S. Cellular 250 From Iowa Speedway
ESPN2: 2014 NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement ceremony
NBC Sports: MLS soccer Seattle Sounders FC at San Jose Earthquakes
Saturday Night Live: Summer reruns
Sunday:
ABC: Rising Star’s top 13 singers compete, with eight moving on to the next stage
CBS: Big Brother heads of households move into their rooms and nominate two
house guests for elimination
NBC: NFL Hall of Fame Game: Buffalo Bills vs. New York Giants; plus the
Wrestlemania 30 special
ESPN: Sunday Night Baseball Yankees at Red Sox
Bitman
Bitman
By
David
By David Evjen
Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
Friday,
May
29th,
August
1st,2009
2014
THE WATERCOOLER…
Colombian grad student Diego Gomez wanted to help other researchers and the
endangered amphibians they study by sharing a research paper he found online.
Gomez posted the paper on a file-sharing site and now the amphibians may have to
save Diego as he’s facing up to eight years in prison for copyright infringement.
Tough copyright laws were introduced as part of Colombia's 2006 free trade
agreement with the US, and even though the author was credited and the work was
already online, the author filed a complaint for violation of economic rights and
related rights.
A father took his 3-and-11-year-old sons to a zoo in Cascavel, Brazil and for some
reason let them climb over a barrier to pet the tigers. The 11-year-old was reaching
in the cage and stroking the animal and apparently giving the tiger pieces of food
when the predictable happened and it tore off his hand. Witnesses say the boy cried
after he was mauled and said that he was going to die and he couldn’t feel his arm.
His three-year-old brother is believed to have witnessed the attack and while the
boy survived, doctors had to partially amputate his arm. Zookeepers say the tiger,
named Hu, is 'one of the sweetest' at the zoo. (See here)
Conroe, Texas’ 20-year-old Jacob Schreiner was pulled over for speeding last
month in his 2006 Mustang GT. While waiting on the deputy to write him up, the
police cruiser’s dash cam video shows a proud Jacob dusting off the rear spoiler of
his car. Unfortunately, Jacob needn’t have bothered as a truck is soon seen on the
video sideswiping his car. The driver of the truck was given two citations for the
accident and said he’d gotten distracted when he spilled a drink in his lap. When a
reporter asked Jacob if he wanted to cry, he said: "Oh, I did…I ain't gonna lie. I
sure did." The one bright spot for Jacob was that the deputy felt so bad for him that
he didn’t write him up. (See dash cam video here – crash is at 3:48)
Bitman
Bitman
By
David
By David Evjen
Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
Friday,
May
29th,
August
1st,2009
2014
THE WATERCOOLER 2…
Four rare Dr. Seuss stories are being released on September 9th in a new book
called Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories. The stories haven't been
seen since they appeared in Redbook magazine in the 1950’s. Characters will
include the familiar Horton; Marco, who was the subject of Seuss' first children's
book, and a slightly different Grinch than we’re familiar with.
The gas vs. charcoal crowd can argue all they want, but British chef Sam Bompas
has just won the argument. Sam recently travelled to Syracuse University where
Professor Robert Wysocki and his team customized a bronze furnace to melt rocks
and create an artificial volcano. The furnace produces a 2,700-degree Fahrenheit
lava flow, which lasts 7-9 minutes. That’s more than enough time to cook steaks
on a grill placed above the flow. Chef Bompas says, “I've always been obsessed
with volcanoes and had a dream of being able to cook with lava.” He said the
resulting steak and corn was the best he'd ever eaten. (See here)
Spanish physicist and electrical engineer Manuel Linares has created ice cream that
changes color when you lick it. He calls it Xamaleón and so far he’s keeping the
science behind it a secret until he’s granted a patent. The ice cream starts out blue
and only begins to change color after it has been sprayed with something Linares
calls a "love elixir." Yes, some reports do claim that it has aphrodisiac qualities.
Linares is working on other types of color-changing treats, such as one that
changes from white to pink and another that changes color under the ultraviolet
lights of nightclubs.
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
SPORTS SHIRT…
In a stunning move that gives them three former Cy Young Award winners,
The Detroit Tigers pulled off a three-way deal with the Seattle Mariners and
Tampa Bay Rays yesterday. The Tigers got David Price from the Rays, while the
Mariners get center fielder Austin Jackson from the Tigers and sent infielder Nick
Franklin to the Rays, who also receive lefty Drew Smyly and a Class A shortstop.
The Oakland Athletics picked up Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes from the Red Sox in
a deal that sends Yoenis Cespedes and a competitive balance draft pick in 2015 to
Boston. No word on if the A’s will go ahead with the planned Cespedes “La
Potencia” T-shirt giveaway that had been scheduled for tomorrow.
Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch ended his holdout and reported to
training camp yesterday, possibly a little lighter in the wallet. The eight-day
holdout cost Lynch nearly $500,000 in team fines, although it’s unclear if the
Seahawks will make him pay up.
Donald Trump has reportedly been chosen to advance to the next round of bidding
for the Buffalo Bills. No word on which other bidders were chosen to advance.
Keyshawn Johnson just sent out wedding invitations in the form of iPad 4s. The
tablets are pre-programmed with all of the information for the guests. They also
include a photo gallery, guestbook, registry and countdown to the big day.
The Milwaukee Bucks have signed free agent guard Jerryd Bayless to a contract.
Bayless played for Memphis and Boston last season, averaging 9.3 points in 72
games. Terms were not disclosed.
Dustin Johnson has announced that he’ll take a leave of absence from golf to seek
help for "personal challenges." No word on how long he’ll be out, but he will miss
the Ryder Cup.
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
Scoreboard
MLB:
American League
Chi. White Sox 7 Detroit 4 Final
L.A. Angels 1 Baltimore 0 Final 13
Seattle 6 Cleveland 5 Final
Kansas City 6 Minnesota 3 Final
Toronto 6 Houston 5 Final
National League
Chi. Cubs 3 Colorado 1 Final
St. Louis 6 San Diego 2 Final
Philadelphia 10 Washington 4 Final
Cincinnati 3 Miami 1 Final
Arizona 7 Pittsburgh 4 Final
L.A. Dodgers 2 Atlanta 1 Final
Today’s Games
MLB:
American League
Seattle at Baltimore (7:05 PM)
Texas at Cleveland (7:05 PM)
N.Y. Yankees at Boston (7:10 PM)
L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay (7:10 PM)
Minnesota at Chi. White Sox (8:10 PM)
Toronto at Houston (8:10 PM)
Kansas City at Oakland (9:35 PM)
National League
Philadelphia at Washington (7:05 PM)
San Francisco at N.Y. Mets (7:10 PM)
Cincinnati at Miami (7:10 PM)
Milwaukee at St. Louis (8:15 PM)
Pittsburgh at Arizona (9:40 PM)
Chi. Cubs at L.A. Dodgers (10:10 PM)
Atlanta at San Diego (10:10 PM)
Interleague
Colorado at Detroit (7:08 PM)
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
DUH…
Demonstrating the importance of maintaining physical fitness was Omaha’s 23year-old Shantoria Valentine. Shantoria was in good enough shape to walk into a
Wells Fargo Bank branch and hand the teller a note claiming she had a bomb.
While Shantoria was able to lift the $1,200 dollars that was handed to her and run
away on foot, her run quickly turned to a shuffle, then a walk, before she collapsed
from exhaustion just a few blocks away. Police quickly caught up with Shantoria
and it’s doubtful she’ll have enough strength to break out of her jail cell.
Skagway, Alaska’s 50-year-old Carl Timothy Forester has been sentenced to seven
years in jail following a suicide attempt. While that’s usually not a crime, after
Carl placed a shotgun in his mouth, his girlfriend attempted to prevent the suicide.
However, instead of reasoning with him or even using her feminine wiles, she hit
him in the head with the butt of another gun, causing him to involuntarily squeeze
the trigger. Carl somehow lived, but shot his girlfriend in the upper chest,
permanently disfiguring her. Despite her pleas for leniency, Carl was sent away.
Colusa, California’s Rebecca and Jose Molina allegedly kidnapped a 13-year-old
boy. However, it wasn’t a ransom they were after, but an apology. The teenager
was apparently playing in a park when he ran into the Molina’s 6-year-old son and
made him cry. Rebecca allegedly assaulted the teen and then went home and got
her husband and kidnapped the kid. Authorities say the Molinas assaulted the
teenager and forced him to get on his knees and apologize to their son. That’s
when police arrived and took Rebecca and Jose and hauled them off to jail.
Northampton, Massachusetts police went to the home of an unnamed 53-year-old
man to investigate a call about a firearm on the premises. When a man came to the
door, he informed officers that the only "guns" in the house were his biceps and
proceeded to flex, Police did find a water gun at the home and noted the man
appeared to be drunk. Det. Lt. Alan Borowski added, "For 53, he's all right, but he
was probably bigger back in the day."
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
MO’ DUH…
A Lincoln, Nebraska dentist, ironically named Dr. Randall Toothaker, has pleaded
not guilty to stealing nearly $17,000 worth of precious metals from the Veterans
Affairs Medical Center in Omaha. Dr. Toothaker pleaded not guilty despite a lab
technician seeing him open a locked cabinet where precious metals used in dental
procedures were kept and police officers pulling him over and finding the missing
metals in a bag in his vehicle. Dr. Toothaker’s story, and he’s sticking to it, is that
he didn't know how the metals got into his bag.
Albuquerque’s 30-year-old Freddy Shelby went home, grabbed a Sprite from the
refrigerator, took off his clothes and went to bed. Unfortunately, Freddy didn’t do
this in his own home. When the homeowners returned to find Freddy in their bed,
they called police and he’s now sleeping in jail.
After finishing a 14-hour shift at work, Britain’s Michelle Auty went to a pub with
friends for a few beers. Luckily, Michelle had the common sense to take a taxi
home where, apparently still thirsty, she drank three-quarters of a bottle of gin.
That’s when common sense and Michelle went out the door as she then drove to a
store to by soda. Michelle was spotted in a supermarket parking lot walking
backwards, swaying from side to side and barely able to stand up. Tests found
Michelle to be nearly five times the legal limit and judges said they had no choice
but to send her to prison for 18 weeks due to her “off the Richter Scale” reading.
Ohio County, West Virginia’s 53-year-old Barbara Jean “B.J.” Geardello grabbed
a leash and went for a walk. Unfortunately, B.J. wasn’t walking her dog. Instead,
the purple nightgown-clad B.J. was walking her 56-year-old boyfriend, Robert
Deyell, who was naked and on all fours with his ankles bound and hood over his
head. Of course, this prompted calls to police, who eventually tracked them down
at their apartment. The couple faces possible charges and Lt. Nelson Croft said
they were offended that people were stopping and calling them freaks. Lt. Croft
added, “That was the weirdest day ever. Yep, I hope it the weirdest day ever.”
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Friday,
August 1st, 2014
HISTORY LESSON…
1790: The first United States census was completed, counting nearly 4 million
people
1873: A cable car completed its first test run in San Francisco
1894: Shredded Wheat was patented.
1933: Skippy peanut butter was introduced
1936: Adolph Hitler presided over the opening of the Olympic Games in Berlin
1977: The book Elvis: What Happened, written by ex-bodyguards Red & Sonny
West and Dave Hebler, was published. Elvis died 15 days later.
1981: MTV premiered with the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star"
1994: Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley confirmed they had been secretly
married 11 weeks earlier
2007: A bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed, sending rush
hour traffic plunging into the water.
Birthday Partiers:
rapper Chuck D 54
rapper Coolio 51
musician Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) 50
director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road) 49
actress Tempestt Bledsoe (Cosby Show’s Vanessa Huxtable) 41
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Saturday,
August 2nd, 2014
SATURDAY IN HISTORY…
1876: Wild Bill Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker in Deadwood,
South Dakota
1887: Rowell Hodge patented barbed wire
1892: Charles A. Wheeler patented the first escalator
1921: A jury in Chicago acquitted several former White Sox players in the Black
Sox scandal
1923: President Warren G. Harding died in San Francisco
1934: With the death of German President Paul von Hindenburg, Chancellor Adolf
Hitler became dictator
1943: John F. Kennedy's PT-109 sank after being sheared in two by a Japanese
destroyer off the Solomon Islands
1962: Robert Zimmerman legally changed his name to Bob Dylan.
1962: Aretha Franklin made her network TV debut on American Bandstand
1984: Peanuts became the first comic strip to appear in 2,000 newspapers
1990: Iraq invaded Kuwait
Birthday Partiers:
director Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Red Eye) 75
actor Max Wright (ALF, Buffalo Bill, The Norm Show) 71
actress Mary-Louise Parker (Red, Weeds, The West Wing) 50
filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) 44
actor Sam Worthington (Avatar, Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation) 38
Bitman
By David Evjen
Bitman1@aol.com
Sunday,
August 3rd, 2014
SUNDAY IN HISTORY…
1492: Christopher Columbus set sail on a voyage that would take him to the
Americas
1933: The first Mickey Mouse watches went on sale with a price tag of $2.75
1949: The National Basketball Association was formed
1958: The submarine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole
underwater.
1963: The Beatles played their last gig at Liverpool's Cavern Club
1966: Comedian Lenny Bruce died of a morphine overdose
1981: Air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President
Reagan that they would be fired
1983: Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn resigned
2004: The Statue of Liberty re-opened to the public for the first time since the
September 11th attacks
Birthday Partiers:
singer Tony Bennett 88
actor Martin Sheen (The West Wing, Wall Street, Apocalypse Now) 74
lifestyle guru Martha Stewart 73
director John Landis (The Blues Brothers, Spies Like Us, Trading Places) 64
musician James Hetfield (Metallica) 51
reality TV contractor Mike Holmes 51
quarterback Tom Brady 37
actress Evangeline Lilly (Lost, Kingdom Hospital, The Hurt Locker) 35
swimmer Ryan Lochte 30