The worst interior decorating ever
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The Slice archive for Sept. 29, 2011
THURSDAY, SEPT. 29, 2011
Driving one of these on a date meant... 6
www.adclassix.com ...hearing your friends say... A) "So, are you two planning on starting a family? A LARGE family?" B) "You're a regular James Dean there, aren't you, Griffith?" C) "Ahem. Got enough leg room there, kids?" D) "Hey, it's 10 o'clock. Do you know where…
On this date in "Bonanza" history
www.ebooktest.wordpress.com Sept. 29, 1963 saw the first airing of "A Passion for Justice." According to an online episode guide, Charles Dickens visits Virginia City and is dismayed to discover that the local paper is reprinting his work without permission. Dickens was played by Jonathan Harris,…
What happens when you forget to...
...swap your computer glasses for your regular glasses before getting up and leaving your work station? A) I become a danger to myself and to others. B) Non-issue. I wear bifocals and don't mind tilting my head like an odd sea bird 65,000 times a…
Step right up for our nostalgia blowout
www.conelrad.com Fifty years ago today, a classic episode of "The Twilight Zone" -- "The Shelter" -- first aired. Rod Serling loved the "We are our own worst enemy" theme. (See also, "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.") And "The Shelter" is a doozy. A…
One of my all-time favorite answers
www.spokesman.com I don't remember the exact set-up. It was probably about 15 years ago, after all. But somehow or other Slice readers were asked to localize "The Planet of the Apes." And one respondent imagined a scene in which, instead of encountering the Statue of…
Seems more like this was 10 years ago
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"Opie the Birdman"
www.mayberry.wikia.com Tomorrow, Sept. 30, marks the anniversary of the original 1963 airing of one of the best half-hours in television history. "Opie the Birdman" isn't just one of the most touching looks at the parent-child relationship ever. It's also a classic lesson in taking responsibility…
Ah, the life of an artist
www.designsdelight.com Call me a cynic, but I can't help suspecting that this ad was designed to appeal to guys who dreamed of having fetching women come up to check out some etchings. Art Instruction, Inc. is where Charles Schulz worked before "Peanuts" took off.
Happy birthday to Pugsley
www.lonnacottrell.com "The "Addams Family" child star (that's him on the right) is 56 today. His real name is Ken Weatherwax. Years ago, my wife and I used to call two Browne's Addition cats we saw all the time "Pugsley" and "Indoor Pugsley."
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