WEEKEND EDITION
NOVEMBER 7
CLASSIC COUNTRY #1 SONG OF THE DAY
1964 – I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me) - Buck Owens
1974 - I Overlooked an Orchid - Mickey Gilley
1984 - City of New Orleans - Willie Nelson
1994 – Livin’ On Love – Alan Jackson
NOTEWORTHY EVENTS
POPPIN’ FRESH’S BIRTHDAY
1965 - The Pillsbury Doughboy's birthday is celebrated today because it’s the date of his first television commercial appearance. He introduced himself by saying, "I'm Poppin' Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy!" Copywriter Rudy Perz, was assigned to create a successful advertising campaign for Pillsbury. He envisioned this character popping out of the cylindrical can of Pillsbury crescent rolls when it “popped” open.
In the 1970s, Pillsbury introduced the "Poppin' Fresh" family:
• Poppie Fresh (the female counterpart/wife/friend), who promoted the sweeter pastry products and giggled in commercials, though she was never poked in the tummy.
• Popper and Bun Bun (their children).
• Granmommer and Granpopper (the grandparents).
• Uncle Rollie.
• Flapjack (the family dog) and Biscuit (the family cat).
By the 1980s, however, most of the extended "Fresh" family had been retired. However, as Mark Twain said, “The rumors of [Poppin’ Fresh] death have been highly exaggerated.” See below.
OTHER EVENTS OF THE DAY
1805 – Lewis and Clark’s Corp of Discovery gazed at the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
1872 –The cargo ship, “Mary Celeste”, set sail from New York...it was found mysteriously abandoned the following month in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores Islands.
1940 - The four-month-old “Tacoma (Washington) Narrows bridge” began to move in the 42-mph wind. The bridge totally collapsed from the motion. The only fatality was a black, three-legged, Cocker Spaniel named Tubby. There was a camera store located close to the bridge. The wise owner of the store was able to capture the entire collapse.
1944 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Thomas E. Dewey to win an unprecedented fourth term in office. Roosevelt only lived long enough to serve 53 days of this fourth term.
1983 –A bomb was set off, by the “Resistance Conspiracy,” near the Senate Chamber of the Capital building, to protest military actions in Granada and Lebanon. No one was injured. It took 4 ½ years to make any arrests.
2000 –Missouri Republican Senatorial candidate John Ashcroft lost the election to Mel Carnahan by 48,000 votes. He is the first person in US history to lose a Senatorial race to a dead man. Carnahan was killed three weeks before the election in a small plane crash.
2000 –Americans went to the polls for an election that resulted in a split decision for George W. Bush and Al Gore. Florida’s disputed electoral votes emerged as critical. Wisconsin voters had supported Al Gore by a margin of 5,700 votes.
2008 –The “Bureau of Labor Statistics” said employers cut 240,000 jobs in October 2008, pushing the unemployment rate to a 14-year high of 6.5 percent.
BIRTHDAYS
1914 - Archie Campbell CMA Comedian of the Year [1969], country singer, and comedian.
MOOSE BIRTHDAY - Kris Hillstad
Pillsbury Doughboy, dead at 71
12:00AM / Wednesday, October 30, 2002
It is with saddest heart that we must pass on the following news. Join us in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died Tuesday of a yeast infection and complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71. Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies and Capt. Crunch. The gravesite was piled high with flours. Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneeded. Doughboy was rose quickly in show business but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very "smart" cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times, even as a crusty old man, was considered a roll model for millions. Doughboy is survived by his wife, Play Dough, two children; John and Jane Dough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart. The funeral was held at 3:50 for 20 minutes.
NOVEMBER 8
CLASSIC COUNTRY #1 SONG OF THE DAY
1966 – Open Up Your Heart - Buck Owens
1976 – Cherokee Maiden - Merle Haggard
1986 - Diggin' Up Bones - Randy Travis
1996 – Like The Rain – Clint Black
NOTEWORTHY EVENTS
COOK SOMETHING BOLD AND PUNGENT DAY
There is no specific history available about the origins of this holiday. An educated guess, and nose, says it could be due to the final harvest of root vegetables (carrots, beets, turnips, rutabagas) and hardy greens (kale, cabbage, spinach, and collards.
OTHER EVENTS OF THE DAY
1870 –A self-educated engineer and naturalist, Increase Lapham, was Wisconsin's first scientist. On this date, he published the first “National Weather Forecast,” calling for "high winds and falling temperatures for Chicago, Detroit and the Eastern cities."
1895 –Scientist Wilhelm Roentgen took the first “X-ray pictures”. He won the “Nobel Prize in Physics” and donated the money to the University of Würzburg. In keeping with his will, all his personal and scientific correspondence was destroyed upon his death.
1923 –On November 8th thru 9th, Adolf Hitler and the “Nazi Party” led a coalition group in an attempt to overthrow the German government. The police killed more than a dozen of Hitler’s supporters. This attempted takeover came to be known as the “Beer Hall Putsch”.
1933 – - President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced plans for the “Civil Works Administration” that would create 4 million additional jobs for the unemployed. He made available $400,000,000 of public works funds.
1939 – “A time bomb”, hidden by Johann Georg Elser, exploded in a beer hall in Munich just minutes after German dictator Adolf Hitler walked out of a speaking engagement. Eight people were killed. Elser was executed at Dachau concentration camp less than a month before the surrender of Nazi Germany.
1956 - Patsy Cline recorded “Walkin' After Midnight.” The song was written for and rejected by singer Kay Starr. Patsy was not fond of the song, but she recorded it and it became her first major hit single.
1965 –The daytime soap opera, “Days of Our Lives,” premiered. It’s still on Peacock today!
1984 –Space shuttle “Discovery” lifted off from the “Kennedy Space Center” to attempt a rescue of two crippled satellites. The mission's goal was successfully accomplished on November 14th.
2016 –Affecting the US presidential election, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin all swung for Donald Trump with margins of one percent or less. Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by roughly 22,000 votes.
NO CLASSIC COUNTRY BIRTHDAY OF NOTE TODAY
