Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Can O' History - U.S. Camel Corps




Whoa, there, big fella.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/whatever-happened-wild-camels-american-west-180956176/

Feral camels did survive in the desert, although there almost certainly weren’t enough living in the wild to support a thriving population. Sightings, while uncommon, were reported throughout the region up until the early 20th century. “It was rare, but because it was rare, it was notable,” Baum says. “It would make the news.” A young Douglas MacArthur, living in New Mexico in 1885, heard about a wild camel wandering near Fort Selden. A pair of camels were spotted south of the border in 1887. Baum estimates there were “six to ten” actual sightings in the postbellum period, up to 1890 or so. The legend of the Red Ghost — a crazed, wild monster roaming the Arizona desert — fit snugly within the shadow of the camel experiment.




 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/61993/how-civil-war-broke-camel-corps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Camel_Corps

Grizzly Adams


Promo slide.

Movie Tie-In Paperbacks





Vintage.






And What Do You Burn Apart From Witches?



More witches!



Vinegar Pie by Charles Willeford




Miami Blues. Fred Ward as Hoke Moseley. 

https://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2012/12/any-vinegar-pie-eaters-out-there.html

Vinegar Pie from Miami Blues by Charles Willeford:
Vinegar Pie:
Pastry for a nine-inch crust
1 cup seedless raisins, all chopped up
1/4 cup soft butter
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon allspice
4 eggs, large, separated
3 tablespoons 5-percent vinegar
1 pinch of salt
Cream the butter well with sugar. Add spices and blend well. Beat in yolks with a beater till smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped raisins with a wooden spoon. Beat egg whites with a dash of salt until they are soft, then slide onto sugar mixture. Cut and fold lightly but well. Turn into pastry-lined pan. Bake fifteen minutes in pre-heated 425 degree oven. Reduce heat to 300 and bake for twenty minutes longer, or until top is browned and center of filling is jellylike. Cool before cutting.

 https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1992-03-29-9203271142-story.html

Swiss Rolls/Ho Hos/Yodels


Little Debbie vs. Hostess vs. Drake's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKee_Foods


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_roll

Jigsaw Puzzle




Puzzles.

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-old-jigsaw-puzzle-collector-bob-armstrong/



Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Tower of Babel (Vienna) - Ravensburger Puzzle 5000
https://www.oldpuzzles.com/history-techniques-styles/jigsaw-puzzles-brief-history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigsaw_puzzle

The Bone Wars




O.C. Marsh vs. E.D. Cope. 

https://slate.com/business/2013/08/dinosaur-bone-wars-othniel-charles-marsh-edward-drinker-cope-and-their-forgotten-rival.html

http://oceansofkansas.com/NYHerald.html




Marsh’s 1896 illustration of the bones of Stegosaurus, a dinosaur he described and named in 1877

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_Wars




Marsh (back row and center), surrounded by armed assistants for his 1872 expedition. Marsh spent little time in the field himself, generally delegating these tasks to his agents.




 The skull of a Torosaurus, c. 1914, collected by O.C. Marsh (Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Yale Peabody Museum)

 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientific-daredevils-made-yales-peabody-museum-national-treasure-180958905/



Jigsaw John


1976 NBC. Jack Warden. Crime drama. 15 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigsaw_John_(TV_series)

Black Tie Affair




1993 NBC. Detective parody. Five aired.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tie_Affair_(TV_series)


Open.

"San Francisco, April 18th, 1906"




Arnold Genthe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Down_Sacramento_Street,_San_Francisco,_April_18,_1906

The Fonz Pinball


1977.

High Hollywood


Reefer madness.


Sweatiest Movie Ever Made




Cool Hand Luke.

https://tv.avclub.com/cheers-give-me-a-ring-sometime-sam-s-women-1798170424

During the “sweatiest movie” debate, the editor cuts to a reaction shot of Sam when Norm yells out “Body Heat,” which is a clever little inside joke, given that Ted Danson had a fairly substantial supporting role in that movie. Also, while Diane finds the whole conversation silly, Sumner jumps in with “Cool Hand Luke,”

Soupy Sales Simon Says


Wings.

Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips


1977.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Treacher%27s

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land


1983 ABC TV movie. Promo and Intro. Ernie Anderson.





The Day My Kid Went Punk




1987 ABC. Bernie Kopell, Christine Belford, Jay Underwood.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343579/


https://dangerousminds.net/comments/punk_syndrome_how_parents_can_avoid_it_legendary_abc_afterschool_special

Siberia


1896.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2004707531/


https://www.loc.gov/item/2001703839/


https://www.loc.gov/item/2017679357/

Emergency Call for You On Line Five from a Mr. Ham