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dokuromark t1_j1v4ma4 wrote
Reply to comment by raptorrat in TIL that British troops developed a diss song against Nazi leaders during World War II titled "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball." It was quickly picked up and sang by Allied troops. by collarpoppppppin
Ah! Good call. I didn’t know Carlin had done that bit.
dokuromark t1_j1upz5x wrote
Reply to comment by PM_Me_British_Stuff in TIL that British troops developed a diss song against Nazi leaders during World War II titled "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball." It was quickly picked up and sang by Allied troops. by collarpoppppppin
This is the one I heard on the playground growing up in the American South in the 1970s.
dokuromark t1_iydmig0 wrote
Reply to TIL the guy who played Nick the bartender in "It's a Wonderful Life," Sheldon Leonard, became one of the most successful TV producers in history, having created the Andy Griffith Show, Dick Van Dyke, among many others. As a tribute, the two main characters on "Big Bang Theory" were named after him. by latchkey_adult
Love Sheldon Leonard as the racetrack tout on the Jack Benny program. I didn't start listening to Benny until I was like 30 or so, and when Leonard showed up, I realised he was the inspiration for one of my favourite characters on Sesame Street. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c8iU8pHZrQ
dokuromark t1_iydm5rq wrote
Reply to comment by Double_Distribution8 in TIL the guy who played Nick the bartender in "It's a Wonderful Life," Sheldon Leonard, became one of the most successful TV producers in history, having created the Andy Griffith Show, Dick Van Dyke, among many others. As a tribute, the two main characters on "Big Bang Theory" were named after him. by latchkey_adult
For those that don't get that last bit, check out this clip of Mary Tyler Moore on Letterman back in the day. I remember watching this when it was first broadcast, and this joke came out of left field and floored me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tucyc5U8cjE&t=471s
dokuromark t1_it2zp1q wrote
Reply to TIL the price of textbooks increases by an average of 12% with each new edition by ExperienceKCC
I'm not giving advice to today's students, I'm not even saying this is a true story. It's about grad school, but could be applied to undergrad as well (not that I'm saying it should.) In grad school (at least in my program) you have to read a LOT of books in the x years you're there, and then you're given a comprehensive exam covering those books. I think it was like 30 titles maybe. Each one could easily top $50 as a cover price, sometimes much more. It sure would be interesting if, say, one guy in your program got a part-time job at a print shop like Kinko's, you know, to make ends meet and help pay the bills. And if all your classmates got together and each one bought two or three books, they could then lend them to the guy who worked in a print shop. If that guy then spent time after hours (or not, if he had a boss who didn't really care), he could lay each book down on a photocopier, page by page, and make a copy of that book. Then he might just drop that copy into the machine and make enough copies for everybody in class. Could even perfect bind them or comb bind them or something. And then everybody could get all the books without being completely fleeced by the greedy greedy academic publishers. You probably shouldn't do this. It probably never happened. But it's an interesting concept.
Of course, nowadays there are online resources for finding free versions of expensive textbooks. You probably shouldn't seek them out though, and definitely shouldn't take advantage of them.
dokuromark t1_it2y8bj wrote
Reply to TIL the price of textbooks increases by an average of 12% with each new edition by ExperienceKCC
They don't even need a new edition to jack up the price each year. The exact same math book I bought freshman year for $40 (which seemed OUTRAGEOUS at the time) was selling for $100 four years later. Same edition.
dokuromark t1_j50mvfz wrote
Reply to comment by kerred in TIL Pinky and the Brain was inspired by the peculiar personalities of two WB producers, Eddie Fitzgerald and Tom Minton with interesting mannerisms that were incorporated into the characters by QueenBee299
I didn't know about the peas thing until I rad your comment. Just went to YT and watched both the P&TB bit and the original Orson Welles takes, and cracked up. Thanks for this!