Today in history 11-07

[johnnie]

I'll start with a political one considering what day it is:


On November 7, 1874, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about criticisms of President Grant, an image which includes the first important use of the Republican Elephant.

Read he whole explanation here:

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/1107.html


Although it is explained as coming from one of Aesop’s fables, I believe the true explanation is that cartoonist, Thomas Nast tried to come up with an animal that would leave the biggest pile of shit and the elephant came to mind. Of course I could be wrong about the origin, but I'm not wrong about the shit.






1974 - Ted Nugent won a National Squirrel-shooting contest after picking off a squirrel at 150 yards. The heavy metal guitarist also shot dead 27 other mammals during the three day event.


It is reported that after the contest, Ted took the squirrel to his surgeon and asked to have the squirrel's package implanted on poor Teddy. Apparently this was never done and to this day "Testes-less Ted" in still in search of something to fill his loincloth.

*Disclaimer - I have no problem with hunting for food, but hunting for lack of balls doesn't cut it.

Below, Ted pretends to play guitar to hide his saggin' loincloth:








1975 - A new world record was set for continuous guitar string plucking by Steve Anderson who played for 114 hours 17 minutes.

Commenting after he set the record, Mr. Anderson stated "After I played "Stairway to Heaven" and "Freebird", all I had to do was get through "Maggot brain" and I was good to go".


Can't think of a picture to post for this so I'll just put one up of Debbie Harry :)







1971 - Elvis performed at the Cleveland Public Hall Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio at 2.30 and 8.30 p.m. This was the first time that Al Dvorin took over as announcer. He would say at the end of each show the now famous words: Elvis Has Left The Building.


This is true, I was 7 years old and some how found out that Elvis was playing in Cleveland. I begged my mom to take me and she says..... "They smoke marijuana at those concerts". :rofl:

What the hell was my mother thinking? I still make fun of her for that one. To think of a bunch of blue-haired old grannies lighting up some spliffs and passing them around still cracks me up.

Below, Elvis in Cleveland Nov 1971 ..probably getting stoned from all the pot smoke in the air:








2002 - The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits, 1971-1975 certified 28x platinum, making it the best-selling album of all time in the U.S.

Platinum means 1,000,000 albums sold. That means that not only is it the best selling album of all time, it also means that, according to P.T. Barnum it would take 53.27 years for all those that bought that album to be born.







1876 - The outcome of the election of 1876 was not known until the week before the inauguration itself. Democrat Samuel Tilden had won the greater number of popular votes and lacked only one electoral vote to claim a majority in the electoral college. Twenty disputed electoral votes, however, kept hopes alive for Republican Governor Rutherford B. (Birchard) Hayes of Ohio. When all was said and done, the Electoral college selected Hayes as the 19th President of the United States.


When asked to comment, Republican strategist Lloyd Carlton Rove said "We will f**k him. Do you hear me? We will f**k him. We will ruin him. Like no one has ever f**ked him." He was then told that he had already, indeed f**cked him.


Below, Hayes as he appeared after the payoffs.








1995 - The Madonna album "Something to Remember" was released.

Hmmm.. I forgot about that one.

Below, Madonna shows her audience the position that got her her first recording contract: (And I have no idea what that is sticking up)





1965 - The "Pillsbury Dough Boy" debuted in television commercials.

In recent years, Dough Boy has fallen on hard times. It seems that in the late 60s, DB (as he has come to be called) discovered grass. "At first I would just smoke a little here and there and get a bit cooked" he says, "but then it turned into a daily activity, and now every morning I wake - n - bake and I'm fried all day".

DB has also admitted to a out of control cocaine habit. "The first day I did coke, I thought it was just a pile of sugar so I jumped in it and rolled around for a bit" he says, "after a while I felt like I was ready to do anything, you know.. Pop 'n' Fresh baby!". Unfortunately DB got to the point of selling his body to feed his addiction. "Man, I would do anything for a hit" DB says with a bit of sadness, "I don't care if they wanted me to be a donut, pizza crust or even wrap myself around hotdogs.. I just didn't give a damn anymore... I just didn't give a damn".

These days Dough Boy claims to be trying to get his life back in order. "I haven't done a commercial in so long" he says, "I forget what it feels like to have a chick poke me in the gut". He says that offers are slowly coming in and he will be making a small appearance on Rachael Ray's daytime show playing a biscuit. "Hey, it's work" DB says with a bit of that Dough Boy enthusiasm, "where would anyone expect me to start again, Emeril?"

Below, Dough Boy in the mid 70s where he says "I was smoking dope 24/7..always baked"






*Note: This thread is not 100% fact. Please do not use as to check facts in a game of Trivial Pursuit, as a lifeline on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, or as proof for a drunken bet with your brother - in - law.

[underpants]

1. Mike Dewine sounds incredibly like Ted Nugent

you can look it up

[johnnie]

2. .

[idgiehkt]

3. johnnie, johnnie, johnnie

"Below, Madonna shows her audience the position that got her her first recording contract: (And I have no idea what that is sticking up..."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear johnnie!

As always...these are great!

The Madonna pic cracked me up.......and I love the political toons as well!

The poor Pillsbury Dough Boy! LOL! :rofl:

Thanks....:hi: :thumbsup:

[CanuckAmok]

5. I love how abstract historical American political cartoons can be.

It's like this:

A giant gorilla wearing a sash that says "electorate", wearing a top-hat labelled "Five Year Pact", is eating a teacup labelled "Proposition 25" while standing atop a buffalo wearing the label "Congress" while being chased by a whip-toting Uncle Sam, a Suffragette, and a plutocrat named "Jervis", and the whole thing is played-out on the back of a giant turtle labelled "Dewey".

And that made sense at one time.

[johnnie]

6. Lol

Yeah, I looked at the cartoon a few times and got a headache from thinking.

[asthmaticeog]

7. kick