Follow House Of HaHas Geek Week In History and enjoy this sampling of the 50+ facts & events weve got to tickle your brain! Funday - This weeks blog is brought to you by the House Of HaHa t-shirt Lil Justice! A Mashing up the first Peanuts comic strip and the Justice League. Get yours here! shop.houseofhaha/Lil-Justice-LIL-JUSTICE.htm Monday- 67 years ago on 11/24/1947: Dwight Schultz, known as Capt. Howling Mad Murdock (The A-Team) and Reginald Barclay (Star Trek) is born in Baltimore, MD Tuesday- 94 years ago on 11/25/1920: Ricardo Montalban, perhaps best known as Mr. Roarke (Fantasy Island) and Star Treks Khan Noonien Singh, is born in Mexico City, Mexico. Wednesday- 92 years ago on 11/26/1922: Charles Sparky Schulz creator of The Peanuts Comic Strip is born in Minneapolis, MN. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, cited as a major influence by many later cartoonists. Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson wrote in 2007: Peanuts pretty much defines the modern comic strip, so even now its hard to see it with fresh eyes. The clean, minimalist drawings, the sarcastic humor, the unflinching emotional honesty, the inner thoughts of a household pet, the serious treatment of children, the wild fantasies, the merchandising on an enormous scale—in countless ways, Schulz blazed the wide trail that most every cartoonist since has tried to follow. Thursday- 61 years ago on 11/27/1953: Curtis Armstrong best known for his portrayal as Booger in the Revenge of the Nerds movies, as Herbert Viola on Moonlighting, plus angle and would be new god, Metatron from Supernatural, is born in Detroit, MI. Friday- 33 years ago on 11/28/1981: Weird Al releases Another One Rides the Bus parody of Queens Another One Bites the Dust. Yankovic wrote the parody and debuted it live on the Dr. Demento Show. While practicing the song outside the sound booth, Yankovic met Jon Bermuda Schwartz who told Yankovic he was a drummer. Schwartz agreed to drum on Yankovics accordion case to keep a steady beat to the song. Another One Rides the Bus became so popular that it got Yankovic his first appearance on a TV show, The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder. On the show, Yankovic played his accordion and Schwartz banged on Yankovics accordion case and played the bulb horns. Saturday- 50 years ago on 11/29/1964: Don Cheadle, who replaced Terrance Howard as Lt. Rhodey in IronMan 2, is born in Kansas City, MO Sunday- 62 years ago on 11/30/1952: Mandy Patinkin, Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride, who was also in Alien Nation, is born in Chicago, IL Thanks for stopping by! geekweekinhistory/ Have A Reasonable Day (:|)
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 11:58:22 +0000
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