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Error code: DatasetGenerationError
Exception: ArrowInvalid
Message: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 94
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 153, in _generate_tables
df = pd.read_json(f, dtype_backend="pyarrow")
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 815, in read_json
return json_reader.read()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1025, in read
obj = self._get_object_parser(self.data)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1051, in _get_object_parser
obj = FrameParser(json, **kwargs).parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1187, in parse
self._parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1403, in _parse
ujson_loads(json, precise_float=self.precise_float), dtype=None
ValueError: Trailing data
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1997, in _prepare_split_single
for _, table in generator:
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 156, in _generate_tables
raise e
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 130, in _generate_tables
pa_table = paj.read_json(
File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 94
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1029, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1124, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1884, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2040, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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Unregistered drugs a widespread issue – GA-F&DD
…department to take legal action against defaultersThe Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-F&DD) will be moving against those suppliers who would have supplied institutions in the public health care system with unregistered drugs.According to the GA-F&DD Director, Marlon Cole, the department has received complaints from patients who have received unregistered drugs, and those complaints indicate that this is a widespread problem.“We have environmental officers in all the regions who are appointed Food and Drug Inspectors and carry out our mandate on our behalf. We have regional coverage there. We have persons that would go to the Customs Department and refer entries we would have an interest in. So we have some protection at ports,” he explained.Cole further explained that inspections are carried out at storage bonds and places where these drugs are distributed by the department’s own city inspectors. And then, of course, he noted the mechanisms in place for consumers to lodge complaints…for instance, in the case of wrong labelling.“We will be taking legal action against some importers who are knowingly and deliberately releasing and distributing unregistered drugs into the national health care system. We have been receiving complaints about drugs that are not safe and efficacious after they’ve been used, and we are heavily dependent on those reports emanating out of the health care system,” he explained.“In addition, we would be embarking on our pharmaceutical vigilance system in addition to doing some surveys,” Cole explained. “But the problem with unregistered drugs is widespread, and we’re tackling it in the same way we’re dealing with food.”DrugsLast year, the Public Health Ministry introduced a new system for procuring of drugs and medical supplies, with the aim of enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the drug supply chain in the country.This was accompanied by several changes in the bidding documents, which were intended to create a more level playing field among competitors. Following the massive shortage of drugs in the country, the then Public Health Minister, Dr George Norton, admitted that the change in the procurement system is probably the likely cause for the drug shortages being experienced.Previously, Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence had said that, in 2016 and 2017, several firms were awarded contracts to supply pharmaceuticals to the health sector, but failed to deliver.The International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) was one of those companies that failed to supply all of the drugs it was expected to deliver, because it was not qualified to import some specialised pharmaceuticals.In January 2016, IPA was awarded two contracts to supply the GPHC with pharmaceuticals and medical supplies. On one of the contracts — for $36.5 million — the company delivered only 80 per cent of the pharmaceuticals, because it was not qualified to supply the remainder.The remaining 20 per cent of drugs consisted of narcotics, including morphine, which required special certification for importation. It is understood that in order for a firm to import narcotics-type pharmaceuticals, it must be registered in order to be granted a licence.But the company was not registered to import those categories of drugs, and was therefore denied a licence by the GA-FDD.It has been argued that pre-qualification (a practice from which Government has moved away) could have prevented a company that is not registered to provide specialised drugs from getting the contract. read more
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Top 25 basketball roundup: N.C. State ends reign by Duke
Engin Atsur scored all 21 of his points after halftime to help avenge a 23-point regular season loss to the Blue Devils (22-10), who had won seven of the previous eight ACC tournament titles, including the past two. Greg Paulus led Duke with 18 points and Josh McRoberts and DeMarcus Nelson both scored 17. The Blue Devils fell behind 73-70 on Costner’s three-point play in the opening minute of overtime and never fully recovered. Duke played without freshman Gerald Henderson, who served a mandatory one-game suspension for a flagrant foul that broke Tyler Hansbrough’s nose during the closing seconds of a loss to North Carolina last Sunday. The loss was the third straight for the Blue Devils. No. 5 Memphis 92, Marshall 71: Doneal Mack and Jeremy Hunt scored 19 points apiece to lead the Tigers (28-3) in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament in Memphis, Tenn. No. 9 Georgetown 62, Villanova 57: Roy Hibbert scored eight of his 14 points in Georgetown’s opening 26-2 run, and the Hoyas (24-6) held on in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament in New York. No. 10 Nevada 88, Idaho 56: Marcelus Kemp scored 17 points and the Wolf Pack (28-3) gave their starters plenty of rest in the quarterfinal round of the Western Athletic Conference tournament in Las Cruces, N.M. No. 12 Louisville 82, West Virginia 71, (2OT): Terrence Williams scored 21 points and Earl Clark added 17 as the Cardinals (23-8) won in double overtime in the quarterfinals of the Big East conference tournament. No. 13 Pittsburgh 89, No. 18 Marquette 79: Aaron Gray scored 22 points to help the Panthers (26-6) beat the Golden Eagles (24-9) in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament. Miami 67, No. 17 Maryland 62: Jack McClinton scored 17 points, Brian Asbury added 12 and the undermanned Hurricanes (12-19) upset the Terrapins (24-7) in the opening round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. No. 20 Notre Dame 89, Syracuse 83: Russell Carter scored 24 points to help the Irish (24-6) in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament, ending the Orange’s run for a third straight championship. LSU 76, No. 22 Tennessee 67 (OT): Returning to the site of its victorious 2006 NCAA Tournament regional, the Tigers (17-14) rode Glen “Big Baby” Davis to an overtime victory over the Vols (22-10) in the first round of the SEC tournament in Atlanta. No. 23 BYU 77, TCU 64: Trent Plaisted scored 22 points and the Cougars (24-7) cruised in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament in Las Vegas. No. 25 UNLV 80, Utah 54: Kevin Kruger, a fifth-year senior who transferred from Arizona State to play for his father this season, scored 21 points for the Runnin’ Rebels (26-6) in a quarterfinal win in the Mountain West Conference tournament. WOMEN Iowa St. 57, No. 13 Texas A&M 51: Heather Ezell and Alison Lacey scored 11 points apiece and the Cyclones (25-7) used a late run with its leading scorer on the bench to advance to the Big 12 championship game in Oklahoma City. No. 11 Oklahoma 78, No. 18 Baylor 64: Courtney Paris had 20 points and 14 rebounds, and the Sooners (25-4) held off a second-half rally by the Lady Bears (25-7) in a Big 12 Conference tournament women’s semifinal. 160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! Costner helped the 10th-seeded Wolfpack (16-14) accomplish that Thursday night, scoring a career-high 30 points and grabbing seven rebounds to help end No. 21 Duke’s reign as tourney champions 85-80 in overtime in Tampa, Fla. “As you all know, the rivalries are great on Tobacco Road, and nothing will make our fans and us happier than to beat Carolina and Duke,” Costner said. “To succeed in beating them this year is a great accomplishment.” Freshman Brandon Costner already knows what makes a disappointing season bearable at North Carolina State. Try beating North Carolina during the regular season, then knocking off Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. read more
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How is Calling for National Revival "Controversial"? by Jerry Newcombe, January 29, 2015
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal did something supposedly “controversial.” He called for a national revival.
As a Washington Post article by Rosalind S. Helderman (1/24/15) noted: “Skipping an Iowa event that drew a number of 2016 Republican presidential hopefuls in favor of a controversial Louisiana prayer rally, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) called for a national spiritual revival and urged event attendees to proselytize on behalf of their Christian beliefs.”
According to Helderman, Jindal insisted this was a religious event, not a political one. The rally was founded by American Family Association.
Jindal said: "Let's all go plant those seeds of the gospel….Share the good news with all whom we encounter."
He added: "We can't just elect a candidate to fix what ails our country. We can't just pass a law and fix what ails our country….We need a spiritual revival to fix what ails our country."
So, what makes the rally so “controversial”? Is it the liberal protesters outside the rally? For those aware of America’s history, there should be nothing controversial about Governor Jindal’s appearance at the rally.
America was born as a result of a national revival, known as the First Great Awakening.
It began in the 1730s under the preaching of the humble and brilliant Jonathan Edwards. And it was spread from colony to colony through many itinerant preachers, but especially Rev. George Whitefield, a British evangelist who spoke to thousands in a day long before microphones.
Sarah Edwards, Jonathan’s wife, said this about the impact of George Whitefield’s messages: “It is wonderful to see what a spell he casts over an audience by proclaiming the simplest truths of the Bible. . . . Our mechanics shut up their shops, and the day laborers throw down their tools to go and hear him preach, and few return unaffected.”
Whitefield returned repeatedly to America. The great British historian Paul Johnson, author of A History of the American People, writes: “[H]e returned again and again to the attack—seven continental tours in the thirty years from 1740—and all churches benefited from his efforts…”
Even Ben Franklin, clearly not orthodox in his theology, commented on the social effects of the revival and of Whitefield’s preaching: “It was wonderful to see the change soon made in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about religion, it seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk through the town in an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street.”
The founders made it clear that our republic depended on the people being virtuous and that religion was the means by which the people would be virtuous. You can see this in Washington’s Farewell Address.
You can see it in this famous quote from John Adams: “Our Constitution was made for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
Thomas Jefferson---who later in life privately held unorthodox beliefs, while regularly worshiping in orthodox services, which he supported financially---was a champion of religious freedom. So was his friend and compatriot, James Madison; and they were therefore heroes in their day among the evangelicals. They lived in the Piedmont region of Virginia, which was a hotbed of revivalism and a part of what we now call the Second Great Awakening. That movement helped give birth to the abolition of slavery.
During the dark days of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed April 30, 1863 as a national day of fasting and prayer. In his proclamation, he noted, “We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God.”
Today, we need to wake up from our national amnesia. We kick God out of all of our institutions, then we turn around and get mad at Him for not intervening when some national calamity hits. This reminds me of the verse in Proverbs that says, “A man’s own folly ruins his life. Yet his heart rages against the Lord.”
So, when any modern leaders, like Governor Jindal, assert that America needs a new spiritual awakening, they are the ones in touch with our nation’s history---not the modern intelligentsia that views the religious right as interlopers to an otherwise blissful secular state.
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by Trey Yeatts
Mike Brady.
Mike Brady was the dad on the TV series The Brady Bunch (1969-1974); the part was played by Robert Reed.
Isn’t that Ginger? Tina Louise.
Sultry starlet Ginger Grant was the glamorous castaway on Gilligan’s Island (1964-1967); the part was played by Tina Louise. She refused to reprise the role in any of the three follow-up reunion films.
TV’s Billy Crystal.
Billy Crystal is a comedian who rose to prominence on the ABC sitcom Soap (1977-1981) and then as a member of Saturday Night Live’s cast from 1984 to 1985. In the years since his TV career, he has starred in commercial hits like When Harry Met Sally … and City Slickers, and he has hosted the Academy Awards ceremony eight times.
Barbara Anderson.
Barbara Anderson is an actress best known for her role as Officer Eve Whitfield on the NBC drama Ironside (1967-1975) and a recurring role on Mission: Impossible.
TV’s Bert Convy from Match Game.
Bert Convy (1933-1991) was an actor and singer who was best known for hosting several TV game shows. The Match Game was a celebrity-laden game show that ran off and on from 1962 to 1999. Contestants were encouraged to fill in the blanks of risqué phrases to match celebrities’ answers.
Peter Graves from Mission: Impossible.
Peter Graves (1926-2010) was an actor best known for playing Jim Phelps on CBS’s Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973. He later hosted Biography on A&E. Mission: Impossible was a popular program that focused on members of the Impossible Mission Force as they conducted covert missions around the world from a Hollywood backlot. The show was revived in the late ‘80s (also starring Peter Graves) and in several big screen movies starring Tom Cruise.
Lorne Greene from [speaking over each other].
Lorne Greene (1915-1987) was an actor known for his roles as Ben Cartwright on Bonanza (1959-1973) and Commander Adama on Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979).
Season Hubley.
Season Hubley is an actress best known for her roles in John Carpenter films. She played Priscilla Presley opposite Kurt Russell in the 1979 TV movie Elvis. She married Russell after filming finished; they divorced in 1983.
Tina Louise from Gilligan’s Island. –Oooh, yeah.
See above note.
George Maharis.
George Maharis is an actor best known for his role as Buz Murdock on the first three seasons of the CBS series Route 66 (1960-1964).
Doug McClure from Search.
Doug McClure (1935-1995) was an actor who starred in the NBC western The Virginian (1962-1971). He also starred in a couple of science fiction films that became MST3K Season 11 episodes: The Land That Time Forgot (1975, Show 1107) and At Earth’s Core (1976, Show 1114).
Burgess Meredith from Search … –The Penguin. And Those Amazing Animals.
Oliver Burgess Meredith (1907-1997) was a notable American actor. His best-known role was as Mickey “Mick” Goldmill, Rocky Balboa’s trainer in the series of Rocky movies starring Sylvester Stallone. Search was a 1972-1973 NBC science fiction series that followed a group of private investigators who used high-tech means to acquire information. On the 1966-1968 series Batman, Meredith played the Penguin. He waddled, quacked, and wore a monocle and a top hat. Those Amazing Animals was a nature-based television series that aired on ABC from 1980 to 1981. Meredith, along with Priscilla Presley and Jim Stafford (who appears in Show 814, Riding with Death), was a host.
Martin Milner.
Martin Milner (1931-2015) played Tod Stiles on the early ‘60s series Route 66. His biggest role came in 1968 when he began playing LAPD Officer Peter Malloy on the police drama Adam-12, a sister show to Dragnet. The show provided Americans with their first realistic glimpse of police procedures and jargon. It lasted until 1975.
Robert Reed from The Brady Bunch.
Misty Rowe from When Things Were Rotten. –Wow, look at that wingspan.
Misty Rowe is an actress usually cast as a perky, busty blonde. She starred on the “comedy” series Hee Haw for nineteen years and on its spinoff series, Hee Haw Honeys, in 1978. When Things Were Rotten was a short-lived but critically acclaimed ABC comedy that aired in 1975. Produced by Mel Brooks, it was a parody of the Robin Hood legend. Rowe starred as Maid Marian.
He used to be on Adam-12. –Martin Milner? –Yeah.
See previous note on Martin Milner.
Regis Philbin!
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin is a media gadfly best known for hosting Live with Regis & (someone) since 1988 when the show went national from its LA roots. Philbin began in the television business when the business itself was still young. In 1999, Philbin hosted the primetime debut of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? According to the folks at Guinness Book of World Records, Philbin has logged the most hours on television of anyone ever (16,100 by 2008, and still counting). In 2011 Philbin finally announced his retirement from the show.
Wild Kingdom?
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom is a nature program that first aired on NBC in 1963. It was hosted by Marlin Perkins and his assistant Jim Fowler. In the 1970s, the show moved into syndication and came to an end in 1988. It was revived in 2002 on the cable channel Animal Planet. Yes, it is still sponsored by the insurance company.
Writing a book about you, Regis.
See previous note on Regis Philbin.
There’s a Dali painting.
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was a Spanish painter and one of the leaders of the surrealist movement. His flamboyant eccentricity sometimes pushed his extremely well-painted works out of the spotlight.
His co-pilot’s Ted Koppel. –When he dies he can get his own reaction. That’s good.
Ted Koppel was a veteran newsman and the longtime host of ABC News Nightline, which first aired in 1980. He was frequently ridiculed for his speech patterns and his improbable hair. He retired in 2005.
Isn’t she from Ironside? –Not since she had the operation. –Oh. Why does she walk like that? –Iron hip.
Ironside was a TV show that aired from 1967-1975. It starred Raymond Burr as a wheelchair-bound detective fighting crime on the streets of San Francisco.
[Imitating the Penguin.]
See note on Burgess Meredith, above.
Because gas is an SST’s natural food.
A paraphrase of a line used by Lorne Greene in adverts for Alpo dog food: “Beef is dog’s natural food.”
I wonder how Cindy and Jan are doing. –They’re in the luggage compartment. In four different suitcases.
Cindy and Jan Brady were two of the daughters on the aforementioned The Brady Bunch.
This news reporter will self-destruct in five seconds.
In Mission: Impossible, near the beginning of each episode, a hidden taped message would be played for the team leader (either Mr. Briggs or Mr. Phelps). Once the details of the mission had been divulged, the voice would say, “This tape will self-destruct in five seconds.” It would usually smoke and fizzle shortly thereafter.
Hey, it’s the Bee Gees.
The Bee Gees were a rock group popular in the late 1960s; after experiencing a dip in their popularity in the early 1970s, they hit it mega-big with their contributions to the soundtrack of the movie Saturday Night Fever—“Stayin’ Alive,” “How Deep Is Your Love,” and “Night Fever”—each of which hit number one and helped launch the disco craze of the late 1970s. After the end of the 1970s the group faded into obscurity once again.
And Meadowlark Lemon.
Meadowlark Lemon, the “Clown Prince of Basketball,” was the most popular member of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. During his five decades in the sport, he played in more than ten thousand games.
Marques Haynes to show you how.
Marques Haynes is a former professional basketball player and member of the Harlem Globetrotters off and on for nearly four decades. The Globetrotters claim Haynes could dribble the ball as much as six times a second.
I’m Rodney Allen Rippy.
Rodney Allen Rippy is a former child actor best known for his appearances in commercials for the fast-food chain Jack in the Box in the early 1970s. “It’s too big-a-eat!” was his catchphrase. He also appeared in Mel Brooks’ 1974 film Blazing Saddles as young Sheriff Bart, who was given a pass by a Sioux chief (played by Brooks). In 1974, he co-starred as himself on the short-lived Saturday morning variety show The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine. Throughout the rest of the ‘70s, Rippy cameoed in dozens of TV shows, including The Odd Couple, Police Story, and The Six Million Dollar Man.
Kids, remember: literacy and robots don’t mix.
Probably a reference to the old electrical safety slogan: “Remember, water and electricity don’t mix.”
And if you could step into our soundproof booth, your wife will now give us her answer to the question.
In the CBS game show Tattletales hosted by Bert Convy, celebrities and their spouses were asked personal and sometimes embarrassing questions about their lives. While the questions were being asked of one person, the other member of the couple was offstage and isolated (though not actually in a soundproof booth). The show aired from 1974-1984.
How come everybody’s got Foreman & Clark clothes?
Foreman & Clark was a department store chain founded in 1909 in Los Angeles. The chain closed in 1999.
The Pepsi is leaking.
Pepsi is a major brand of cola, the chief competitor to Coca-Cola. It was first made in 1898 in North Carolina by pharmacist Caleb Bradham and sold as “Brad’s Drink.”
How does Quincy figure into this?
Quincy, M.E. was a TV series starring Jack Klugman as Dr. R. Quincy, a coroner who investigates suspicious deaths. It ran from 1976-1983.
And you only have half a Walkman on.
The forefather of the iPod and other digital personal music players, the Walkman was introduced by Sony in 1979. The original Walkman was a portable stereo cassette player about the size of a Stephen King paperback. By allowing the user to take music of their choice virtually anywhere—listening privately, through lightweight headphones—the Walkman brought about a paradigm shift in the role music plays in people’s lives.
Doug McClure, the career that time forgot.
[Sung.] The Skipper, too.
A portion of the lyrics to the theme of Gilligan’s Island.
I had a good time playing in Denver. Bob Denver, ha.
Bob Denver (1935-2005) played Gilligan on Gilligan’s Island.
This movie’s got more stars than that two-hour episode when the Love Boat went to Fantasy Island.
The Love Boat was a TV romantic comedy that ran from 1977-1986 on ABC, about a cruise ship on which a succession of washed-up guest stars found love every week. Fantasy Island was an ABC TV series that aired from 1978-1984. It starred Mexican actor Ricardo Montalban as the white-clad Mr. Roarke, who with his diminutive assistant Tattoo (of “De plane! De plane!” fame) ran an island resort where visitors’ fantasies came to life. On Saturday night, November 22, 1980, worlds collided when Tattoo revealed that his fantasy was to go on a cruise ship like the Pacific Princess (the real name of the “Love Boat”). Oh, his fantasy would come true barely an hour later when Loni Anderson, playing actress Kim Holland, managed to divert the Pacific Princess to Mr. Roarke’s island so she could get away from it all.
Looks like a regular plane with a tilt nose. –747, I think.
The Boeing 747 is likely the world’s best-known plane type. The commercial airliner can accommodate between 400 and 500 passengers and has been in service since 1970.
Nipsey Russell. –No, it’s Barney from Mission: Impossible. –Bryant Gumbel. –It’s that guy from Temperatures Rising.
Nipsey Russell (1918-2005) was an African-American comedian known as “the poet laureate of television” because he would often compose humorous poems for his frequent appearances on game shows and talk shows. “Barney” on Mission: Impossible was played by Greg Morris (1933-1996), also a black actor. Bryant Gumbel is a journalist of color best known for co-hosting NBC’s The Today Show for fifteen years. Temperatures Rising was an ABC sitcom that aired from 1972-1974. It underwent multiple cast and premise changes in its two seasons, but remained set in a Washington, D.C., hospital. “That guy” was Cleavon Little (1939-1992), who played a doctor (of African-American persuasion), Jerry Noland. He also starred in Blazing Saddles as Sheriff Bart. The poor bastard they never correctly identify is actually Brock Peters (1927-2005). He rose to fame by starring in Porgy & Bess and To Kill a Mockingbird. He later starred as an admiral in two Star Trek films and performed the role of Darth Vader in the NPR adaptation of the original Star Wars trilogy. Peters was black.
She’s got a thing for Peter Graves. –She just thinks he’s the Man from Glad. –You just think he’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
See note on Peter Graves, above. “The Man from Glad” was a spokesman for the trash bag manufacturer in the 1960s who was summoned to needy housewives to aid them in their housekeeping tribulations. The spy-like approach to the character was inspired by Mission: Impossible and The Man from U.N.C.L.E., a TV series that aired from 1964-1968. It starred Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo, the top agent for the United Network Command for Law Enforcement, who battled the evil forces of the Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity, or THRUSH.
Billy, you look ... pretty pathetic.
During Crystal’s stint on SNL, one of his most famous characters was a parody of Argentinian actor Fernando Lamas. In his version, Crystal’s Lamas hosted a talk show called “Fernando” wherein he would compliment his guests by saying, “You look mahvelous.” This was supposedly based on an appearance Lamas made on The Tonight Show during which he said, “It is better to look good than to feel good.” A pop single named “You Look Mahvelous!” was released in 1985; it peaked at number 58 on Billboard.
Here, have a Life Saver.
Life Savers are candies that were first manufactured in 1912 by Clarence Crane of Ohio. They were so named because their shape resembles lifebuoys available on ships that can be tossed to people in the water. An urban legend has persisted for years that the hole was put in the candy to prevent children from choking, but this is not the case.
Uh-oh. The Coca-Cola’s leaking.
Coca-Cola is the leading brand of cola in the world. It was created by John Pemberton at Eagle Drug & Chemical Company in Columbus, Georgia, in 1886 in response to the area’s recently passed prohibition laws. Yes, these early versions of Coca-Cola contained cocaine.
Whoa. –The Blob! –[Sung.] Beware of the blob that creeps, and crawls, and slides, and slimes …
The Blob was a 1958 science fiction film that starred Steve McQueen in his first leading role. The title creature was an alien amoeba-like monster with a cool, hip theme song: “Beware of the Blob” by the Five Blobs, co-written by Burt Bacharach. Actual lyrics: “Beware of the Blob, it creeps/And leaps and glides and slides/Across the floor/Right through the door/And all around the wall/A splotch, a blotch/Be careful of the Blob.”
Also known as Q on Star Trek.
On Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994), Q was a nearly omnipotent alien played by John de Lancie who often tested humanity by evaluating the reactions of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard to the ordeals Q put him through.
Now, how many times are you able to get by one of those things on an airplane? It just doesn’t happen in real life. –It’s a Concorde, Joel.
The supersonic transport (SST) Concorde (which this film has obviously ripped off) was a joint production of France’s Aérospatiale and the U.K.’s British Aircraft Corporation. It was introduced in 1976 and could reach Mach 2. The aircraft had a drop nose to allow the pilot to see properly for takeoffs and landings; it retracted in flight to achieve supersonic speeds. Because the supersonic service never achieved profitability, the twenty Concorde aircraft were retired from service in 2003.
This is kinda like a parody of the movie Airplane!, you realize that? –You mean it’s not real?
The 1980 comedy Airplane! was a satire of airliner disaster flicks of the 1970s, such as Airport, Airport 1975, and Airport ‘77, not to mention The Concorde ... Airport ‘79. Airplane! itself is a nearly note-for-note remake of Zero Hour!, a 1957 film.
Ted Koppel.
Did you forget all those episodes of Batman?
Batman was a campy television series based on the Caped Crusader that aired on ABC from 1966-1968.
And with us. –Oh yeah. –You know O.J. Simpson?
O.J. Simpson (a.k.a. The Juice) is a retired football player turned broadcaster turned actor turned accused murderer turned convicted felon. He was a Heisman trophy winner at the University of Southern California and set numerous records as a player for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers. Simpson became a football commentator for NBC and started his own television production company. He also had parts in the miniseries Roots, Capricorn One, The Towering Inferno, and the three Naked Gun (Police Squad!) movies. In 1994, his wife and an acquaintance were murdered at her home and Simpson was charged with the crime. He was acquitted the following year but found liable in a wrongful death civil proceeding in 1997. In 2006, a book he authored titled If I Did It, describing how he might have committed the crime, was scheduled for release but pulled by the publisher following a storm of negative publicity. In 2007, Simpson and three men stormed a Las Vegas hotel room and ordered, at gunpoint, the return of sports memorabilia he claimed had been stolen from him. The following year he was found guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery and sentenced to 33 years in prison.
Is that Suzanne Somers in the seat behind them?
Suzanne Somers is an actress best known for her role as Chrissy Snow on Three’s Company, a part she played from 1977-1981. She has also appeared in a number of other films and TV series, including She’s the Sheriff and Step by Step.
Sure. –On one foot? –And for that he’s going to ... bring me some frosty freeze pops, too.
Freeze pops is a generic name for many different kinds of frozen treats made with flavored sugar water frozen inside a plastic tube (and without a stick). Some brand names include Fla-Vor-Ice, Otter Pops, Chilly Willy, Pop-Ice, and Ice Tickles.
Looks like the Kem-Tone Paint thing is busting open.
Kem-Tone was the first commercially successful water-based interior paint, introduced by Sherwin-Williams in 1941 due to the shortage of oil-based paints required for wartime production. It quickly became one of the best-selling paints in the United States.
Get me Florence Henderson on the line. –She’s in the kitchen. –With Dinah? –Hmm-mm.
Florence Henderson (1934-2016) was an actress best known for playing quintessential mom Carol Brady on the TV sitcom The Brady Bunch (1969-1974). “Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah” is a line from the song “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad.”
And tell Hoss to stay out of the kitchen. –Hop Sing’s the co-pilot over on the left.
Hoss Cartwright (played by Dan Blocker) and Hop Sing (played by Victor Sen Yung) were both characters on the aforementioned Bonanza.
It’s leaking Wesson Oil. I think Florence Henderson had something to do with it.
Florence Henderson was a spokesperson for Wesson, a brand of vegetable oil widely available in supermarkets. It is produced by ConAgra.
Use Alpo.
So are you, Lorne.
It’s always so quiet on these planes. –No congas or anything.
The conga is a Latin American line dance introduced to the United States by Desi Arnaz in the late 1930s.
Do the words “sugar daddy” mean anything to you? –Do the words “Daddy Warbucks” mean anything to you? –About the same thing as “sugar daddy.”
Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks was the bald millionaire adoptive father of Little Orphan Annie in the comic strip of the same name. He was a war profiteer who was intended to be a model of a sympathetic capitalist by the strip’s author, Harold Gray.
Soylent Green.
Soylent Green is a 1973 science fiction film set in a dystopian 2022 where the Earth is overcrowded and polluted. The Soylent Corporation issues food rations to billions of citizens in various forms, including Soylents Red and Yellow. Charlton Heston played a police detective who investigates a murder that leads him to the secret behind their newest variety, Soylent Green. Spoiler alert: it’s made of people.
I’m confused now. What? –Soylent Green is made from Skipper. –Oh, okay. –All those years on the island—why didn’t they just eat Gilligan? –There’s only so much you can negotiate with a banana cream pie. –They could make a car, but not a boat. They couldn’t fix a two-foot hole in their boat, either.
See previous note on Soylent Green. Skipper (real name: Jonas Grumby) was a character played by Alan Hale Jr. on Gilligan’s Island. On the show, banana cream pies were frequently baked by Mary Ann, only to end up in Gilligan’s (Bob Denver) face. And, yes, it is unfortunately true that the Professor managed to construct a pedal-powered vehicle yet somehow never managed to build a boat or repair the mostly-okay boat they wrecked on.
Do the Biz test.
Biz is a laundry detergent, first made in 1968 by Procter & Gamble researcher Charles McCarty. Advertisements often featured Biz’s attempts to eradicate various stains from clothes. Helpful household tip: the FBI recommends Biz for cleaning organic tissue off bones and cleansing the interior cavities of skulls.
[Sung.] Up from the column came a-bubblin’ crude.
A reference to the theme song to the CBS sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971). Sample lyrics: “Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed/A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed/Then one day he was shootin at some food/And up through the ground came a-bubblin crude.”
Tastes like Kool-Aid.
Kool-Aid is a flavored drink mix that has been popular with kids for decades. Invented by Nebraskan Edwin Perkins in 1927, seven flavors were initially available: cherry, grape, lemon-lime, orange, raspberry, root beer, and strawberry. In 1953, the brand was sold to General Foods. In the 1960s, the giant pitcher-shaped mascot Kool-Aid Man was introduced. He would exclaim, “Oh yeah!” after crashing through a wall. The name became associated with a bad bit of business in 1978 when 918 cultists committed suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. The phrase “drank the Kool-Aid” has come to mean a person has bought into a line of foolish thinking or dogma, when in fact the victims drank poison mixed with Kool-Aid competitor Flavor-Aid.
“Don’t worry.” –Be happy. It’s Bobby McFerrin! That’s where he got the song. –Don’t worry, be quiet.
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy” is a 1988 hit song by Bobby McFerrin. Sample lyrics: “Here is a little song I wrote/You might want to sing it note for note/Don’t worry be happy/In every life we have some trouble/When you worry you make it double/Don’t worry, be happy …”
Apollo? Starbuck? –Propeller. –Hoss. Little Joe. –Code Red.
Apollo (played by Richard Hatch) and Starbuck (played by Dirk Benedict) were two characters on the 1978 Lorne Greene series Battlestar Galactica. Hoss (played by Dan Blocker) and Little Joe (played by Michael Landon) were the Cartwright sons on Bonanza. Code Red was a short-lived ABC drama (1981-1982) that starred Greene as L.A. Fire Chief Joe Rorchek.
If they get into too much trouble, they can just use his big umbrella. [Imitating Penguin.]
See note on the Penguin, above.
Mah-velous.
See note on Billy Crystal, above.
Isn’t that David Copperfield? Didn’t he make a jet like this disappear once? –He made his career disappear.
David Copperfield is a well-known magician and illusionist who has starred in a series of television specials since the 1970s. Among his more famous stunts: making the Statue of Liberty disappear and walking through the Great Wall of China.
Jerry Mathers! Everybody’s in this movie.
Jerry Mathers is an American actor best known for his role in the TV series Leave It to Beaver (1957-1963).
When’s the part where William Shatner looks out of the window and sees the monster?
Actor William Shatner played Captain James Tiberius Kirk on the TV series Star Trek (1966-1969), Star Trek: The Animated Series (1972-1973) and in the series of movies based on the show. He also appeared in T.J. Hooker, Rescue 911, Boston Legal, and $#*! My Dad Says. In the famous 1963 Twilight Zone episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” Shatner played a plane passenger who saw a creature on the wing of the aircraft. The episode was later adapted for the 1983 big-screen Twilight Zone film with John Lithgow in the Shatner role.
But in the words of Yul Brynner, “Don’t smoke.”
Yul Brynner (1920-1985) was an actor best known for roles in The King and I, The Ten Commandments, and The Magnificent Seven. He was a well-known smoker (having started at the age of 12), and after being diagnosed with lung cancer, he appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America and said he wished he could make an anti-smoking commercial. After he died, a portion of that interview became a PSA for the American Cancer Society that included the lines, “Now that I’m gone, I tell you, don’t smoke. Whatever you do, just don’t smoke.”
You sank my Battleship! It’s a hit. It’s a miss.
Battleship is a popular game manufactured by Milton Bradley. It was invented by Clifford Von Wickler in the early 1900s, but he failed to patent the idea. Russian soldiers post-World War I developed a similar game they called Salvo. In 1931, Milton Bradley distributed a game called “Broadsides.” At this point, the game was paper-and-pencil based, featuring four 10X10 grids (two for each player). On one grid, players laid out ships and the other grid was used for plotting attacks on the opponent. Attacks were launched by calling out grid coordinates (“B-4,” for example). “Hit” or “miss” would be the response. In 1967, Milton Bradley produced the now-famous version of the game. Two cases (one red, one blue) contained plastic grids in which plastic ships were placed. Hits were scored with red pegs, misses with white pegs. In 1977, Electronic Battleship was released, which included an on-board computer that scored hits and misses. In 1989, this was followed by Electronic Talking Battleship.
I wonder what Ginger’s thinking right now. –The Skipper.
See note on Ginger, above.
Recognize me? I was Vito Scotti. –That’s why I carry this.
Vito Scotti (1918-1996) was a character actor who appeared in many films (including The Godfather) and TV shows (including Hogan’s Heroes, Gilligan’s Island, and Batman). “That’s why I carry this” is a paraphrase of a line from a series of commercials for American Express that aired throughout the 1970s and ‘80s. In the ads, semi-famous people would say something to the effect of, “Do you know me? That’s why I carry this: the American Express card.”
Can they talk to each other through those? –[Mumbled.] –It’s kinda like drinking the same Coke.
See note on Coca-Cola, above.
That’s right, a little walk uptown. –Form a conga line, everybody. –C’mon, limbo. –[Sung.] Unh-uh uh-uh unh UH. Unh-uh uh-uh unh UH.
See previous note on conga. The limbo is a dance originating in the West Indies in which the dancer bends backwards to walk under a bar that is made progressively lower as the dance goes on. The song they’re imitating is the frequently heard underlying rhythm of a conga line dance.
All actors form two lines: Love Boat on the left; Fantasy Island on the right.
He looks kinda like Mickey Mouse with that thing on.
Mickey Mouse is Disney’s most famous character. First introduced in 1928 with the landmark animated short “Steamboat Willie,” Mickey has iconic ears and an irritating high-pitched voice.
Now we’re seeing what he’s made of. –A tower of Jell-O.
Jell-O is a sweetened gelatin dessert made by Kraft Foods. The powdered gelatin that serves as a base for the product was first developed in 1845 by Peter Cooper. In the 1880s, the patent was sold to a New York carpenter, who replicated the powder but added flavors to it. The first flavors available were lemon, orange, raspberry, and strawberry. The Jell-O name was bestowed upon it in 1897. To call someone a “tower of Jell-O” is to imply that they are a tad wishy-washy in their beliefs. The appellation was famously conferred on California Governor Pat Brown in the 1960s for his tepid opposition to the death penalty; more recently, it was applied to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid by opponents of the “Ground Zero Mosque.”
John Denver! –Oh. Far out. –Breathe enough of this oxygen and you do get a Rocky Mountain high.
John Denver (1943-1997) was a country-folk singer and environmentalist who had his biggest hits in the 1970s. “Rocky Mountain High” is one of Denver’s biggest hits. It was released in 1973. In 2007, the Colorado General Assembly made it one of the state’s two official songs (the other is “Where the Columbines Grow”).
[Sung.] Kumbayah, my Lord. Kumbayah.
“Kumbayah” is an African-American spiritual that dates back to the 1930s. Thanks to a folk revival in the 1960s, “Kumbayah” is often parodied and used for comedic effect in films and shows featuring campfires or other “feel-good” gatherings.
Breathe! –That’s normal. –Hyperventilating her way to an Oscar.
Oscar is the name given to the statuette awarded for acting and other filmmaking excellence by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences every year. Theories on the naming of the trophy are legion, but the first awards were presented in 1929 and by 1939 the Academy had officially adopted the name.
I just saw the Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon is a large canyon created by the winding of the Colorado River over eons in present-day Arizona. It is more than 270 miles long, up to 18 miles wide and reaches depths of over a mile.
You could always sell FTD bouquets like Merlin Olsen. He’s a washed-up football player. –Or Dick Butkus.
Florists’ Transworld Delivery (FTD) is a wire service and wholesaler established in 1910. It operates as a network of flower retailers around the world that can provide same-day delivery service. Merlin Olsen (1940-2010) was an NFL football player for the Los Angeles Rams and later became a football commentator. He starred in Little House on the Prairie, Father Murphy, and Aaron’s Way, but perhaps his greatest role came in Show 512, Mitchell. He was a spokesman for FTD for many years. Dick Butkus was a linebacker for the Chicago Bears, considered by many the greatest linebacker ever to grace the sport of football. He, too, became a commentator and actor.
We’re not trying to turn the Queen Elizabeth; we’re just trying to sink the plane.
The RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard White Star Line, first launched in 1938. It was the largest passenger liner ever built, a record it held for fifty-six years. In 1968, it was sold to a group of businessmen who hoped to turn it into a hotel and tourist attraction. Their plans fell through, and it was sold to a Hong Kong tycoon in 1970 to become a floating campus. In 1972, several fires broke out onboard during construction and the ship capsized in Hong Kong Victoria Harbour’s shallow waters. The fires were considered suspicious, but no one was ever charged. In 1975, most of the remnants of the ship were sold for scrap, while some remain at the bottom of the harbor.
What’s another syringe in the Atlantic Ocean? They’re everywhere.
In the late 1980s, the problem of medical waste disposal became urgent with the appearance on beaches of syringes and other medical waste products; with the recent specter of AIDS on everyone’s minds, the possibility of stepping on a stray syringe was a particularly terrifying prospect. The worst incident was in 1987-88, when “syringe tides” washed up along a fifty-mile stretch of the Jersey Shore, closing beaches and costing more than $1 billion in lost tourism revenue. The source of the medical waste was eventually traced to the Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island.
Tell them it was the fish.
In the 1957 airplane disaster film Zero Hour!, food poisoning sickens half of the passengers and all of the flight crew. They all had the fish instead of the steak. This was, of course, replicated in 1980’s Airplane! (“Yes, yes, I remember. I had lasagna.”)
Bingo is a game played with a small card, on which are printed numbers in a grid arrangement; an announcer calls off numbers, and if a player has that number on his card, he covers it with a small marker. When he has covered a whole row vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, he calls out, “Bingo!” The game has traditionally been the domain of little old ladies, who routinely play several cards at a time.
Burgess Meredith is shrinking at an incredible rate. –In a few minutes he’ll be Billy Barty.
Billy Barty (1924-2000), who plays the imp in Show 806, The Undead, was a prolific actor who also crusaded for societal acceptance of little people. He founded Little People of America in 1957 to work toward that goal. He appeared in more than 80 films and TV series during his lengthy career.
Mark Harmon’s on the ground.
Mark Harmon is an actor who has appeared in a number of films and TV series, most notably playing doctors on St. Elsewhere (Dr. Bobby Caldwell, 1983-1986) and Chicago Hope (Dr. Jack McNeil, 1996-2000). His biggest success has come as Naval Criminal Investigative Service Supervisory Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs on the CBS drama NCIS, which first aired in 2003.
My name is José Jiménez.
José Jiménez was a character performed by comedian Bill Dana on The Steve Allen Show beginning in 1959 and into the 1960s. José was Hispanic and supposedly held many different jobs. He responded to Allen’s questions as best he could. If he became stumped, he would respond, “My name José Jiménez.” His most famous occupation was astronaut, and the character had no bigger fans than the Mercury astronauts. He was made an honorary astronaut, and the Mercury Seven would sometimes imitate him during their missions. In 1970, sensing that such ethnic humor was on its way out, Dana retired the character permanently. In 1997, Dana was given an image award by the National Hispanic Media Coalition.
[Sung.] Here’s the story, of a man named Brady … –Who was trapped in a fiery burning wreck. –There was Peter Graves aboard … –Old like his father, and they both burned in heck. –Here’s the story, of Billy Crystal … –Whose career was at a terrible standstill. –So he took a little part, in this movie …
An extensive paraphrasing of the theme song to The Brady Bunch. Actual lyrics: “Here’s the story, of a man named Brady/Who was busy with three boys of his own/They were four men, living all together/Yet they were all alone.”
I said strong constitution. –Like the Bill of Rights?
The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Primarily dealing with individual liberties and rights, as well as limitations on governmental power, they were introduced by James Madison to the First Congress in 1789 and went into effect in 1791 after three-quarters of the states ratified them.
Why do I keep thinking he’s gonna pull away his face and it’ll be Martin Landau?
Martin Landau (1928-2017) co-starred with Peter Graves in the previously mentioned Mission: Impossible, which often featured plots with disguises.
“Roger, Roger.” –Rabbit, Rabbit.
Roger Rabbit was the central clumsy anthropomorphized character in the hit 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (based on the Gary Wolf novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?). Set in 1947 Hollywood where animated “beings” live alongside regular humans, the sputtering rabbit (voiced by Charles Fleischer) is framed for murder after his hyper-voluptuous wife, Jessica, is photographed playing patty-cake with Marvin Acme, founder of the famed Acme Corporation. The film led to three animated shorts that played before films in the ‘90s. A sequel has been in production (off and on) since the first one was released.
Wow, Mutiny on the Death Flight.
Mutiny on the Bounty is a novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall about a group of sailors who mutiny against the tyrannical Captain Bligh. It has been made into films several times, with the most famous being the 1935 version starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable.
Off with his head! –Burn the witch! Burn her! –Senegal! Less filling!
In Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (and in every incarnation of the story, usually titled Alice in Wonderland), the ill-tempered Queen of Hearts would often yell, “Off with his head!” to just about anyone, regardless of the severity of their infraction. Most of the time, however, the King of Hearts would quietly pardon people, so few beheadings actually took place. “Burn the witch!” likely refers to a famous scene in 1974’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail wherein Sir Bedevere oversees a village mob’s clumsy attempt to deduce whether or not a woman is a witch. “Tastes great, less filling” is an advertising slogan for Miller Lite beer first used in 1973; it ran for more than fifteen years.
Orange Whip? Orange Whip? –Camelot! –Who’s going to the market? Market?
“Orange Whip? Orange Whip?” is a line said by John Candy’s character in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. It was a non-alcoholic soft drink unique to the Chicago area that has since faded into history. “Camelot!” is another line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, said repeatedly when King Arthur and the knights see the castle, even though it’s only a model (shhhh).
Cleveland! –Fumijy [?] –Lake Calhoun. –New York. –South America. –I’ll take Manhattan.
“Manhattan” (often called “I’ll Take Manhattan”) is a song from the 1925 Broadway revue Garrick Gaieties, written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. It has been performed by Lee Wiley, Ella Fitzgerald, and Mickey Rooney, among others. Sample lyrics: “We’ll have Manhattan/The Bronx and Staten/Island too/It’s lovely/Going through the zoo …”
I’m going to Disneyland.
Disneyland is a Disney theme park located in Anaheim, California. It first opened in 1955. For decades, after a major sporting event (usually the Super Bowl), Disney would air an advertisement that appeared to be an interview of the winning team’s quarterback, for example. Someone off camera would say, “Hey, so-and-so, you just won the Super Bowl! What are you going to do next?” And then so-and-so would respond, “I’m going to Disneyland!”
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
In 1982’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Spock sacrifices himself to save the lives of everyone on board the Enterprise, and explains his actions by saying, “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few … or the one.” The underlying thought predates 1982, of course, going as far back as Aristotle. It has even been cited in American law: in 2010, this axiom was included in a Texas Supreme Court decision limiting the powers of the state legislature.
I wish Florence was here now. –Or Ann B. Davis. –Alice, bring me coffee. –Or Alice’s evil twin.
See above note on Florence Henderson. Ann B. Davis (1926-2014) played Alice, the housekeeper on The Brady Bunch. In the third season episode “Cousin Emma,” Alice goes on vacation and her cousin, an army sergeant (also played by Davis), comes to the Brady household to take care of things. Naturally, she rules with an iron fist, and the family is even more appreciative of Alice when she returns.
Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.
In the classic board game Monopoly, one of the cards reads: “Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.”
This would never happen on the Ponderosa.
Ponderosa was the name of the Cartwright family ranch on Bonanza.
I’m taking this horse to Seneca City. –Seneca makes great grape juice, too.
Seneca Foods Corporation has produced frozen and canned produce since the mid-twentieth century. In the 1950s, they teamed with Minute Maid to produce the first frozen grape juice in the United States. Presumably the “horse” is a Bonanza reference, although the name of the nearest town to the Ponderosa was Virginia City, not Seneca City.
Senegal almost went to the Super Bowl this year. –That was the Ben-e-gals. –I’m sorry.
The Cincinnati Bengals are a football team first established in the American Football League in 1968; it merged with the National Football League in 1970 when the AFL was absorbed.
How about a quick game of Win, Lose or Draw?
Win, Lose or Draw was a game show based in part on the game Pictionary; it divided men and women into separate teams, who then had to guess what a member of their team was drawing on a large pad. It was produced by Burt Reynolds and Bert Convy. Two versions of the show aired simultaneously: on NBC daytime, Vicki Lawrence hosted a version from 1987 to 1989. The same day the NBC version debuted, a syndicated version premiered with Bert Convy as the host. He remained host until 1989; Robb Weller then took over until the show ended in 1990.
I’ll have the “666” removed from my forehead. –Can we name him Damien?
In some versions of the Christian Bible, in the apocalyptic Book of Revelation, the number 666 is given as the “Mark of the Beast”: “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” Scholars have since reviewed the oldest copies of Revelation and discovered that the number should be 616, not 666. In the devil-sploitation film series The Omen, lead character Damien Thorn is portrayed as the son of Satan. He has a “666” birthmark on his scalp.
We don’t need no stinkin’ breaks.
A paraphrase of the famous line from the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges.”
[Humming M*A*S*H theme.] Watching this movie was not painless.
M*A*S*H was a classic 1970 movie and later a television show, which began every week with a shot of helicopters coming over a mountain range. The theme song was called “Suicide Is Painless.”
Hercules wristband watch.
Wide leather wristbands fitted with a watch were sometimes called Hercules wristband watches. The Swiss company Gevril makes a line of watches specifically named Hercules, but most of them don’t come with a wide leather band.
Protect the legend. –All right, he was Bigfoot.
Bigfoot, a.k.a. the Sasquatch, is a legendary ape-like creature supposed to haunt the Pacific Northwest and western Canada. What is generally considered the best evidence for its existence—a blurry film taken in 1967—has recently been debunked as a hoax, but the debate rages on. A fixture on the ‘70s paranormal “documentary” series In Search Of..., Bigfoot was even a recurring character on episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man, where he was played by wrestler André the Giant in a two-parter (revealing that he is the protector of alien visitors) and Ted Cassidy (Lurch on The Addams Family) in later episodes.
He just doesn’t want to wind up on his own program, discussing embarrassing things with his wife.
See above note on Tattletales.
Peter Graves has Mission: Impossible. His brother, James Arness, was Marshal Matt Dillon. –And The Thing. –And The Thing. While Doug McClure was in Search, which didn’t do too well. –And Land of the Lost. –Land That Time Forgot. –He was Shaft. –Richard Roundtree.
See previous notes on Mission: Impossible. James Arness is indeed Peter Graves’s brother. He is best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke. He also played the plant-based alien in the 1951 film The Thing from Another World. See above note on Search. Land of the Lost was a children’s sci-fi television series that ran from 1974-1976 (Doug McClure was not in it). McClure did star in the 1975 film The Land That Time Forgot and 1977’s The People That Time Forgot. John Shaft was a black private dick that was a sex machine to all the chicks in three ‘70s blaxploitation films (Shaft, Shaft’s Big Score, and Shaft in Africa), played by Richard Roundtree. Again, the guy on screen is Brock Peters.
Course he was in Love, American Style and The Brady Bunch. He was Nurse, with Michael Learned. –And Ginger of course, famous for her banana cream pies.
Robert Reed starred in the previously noted The Brady Bunch and guested on Love, American Style, which aired from 1969-1974. There would be anywhere up to four short vignettes about love with various celebrity guest stars. Produced by Aaron Spelling, the series often used pieces of unused pilot scripts for the vignettes. On two occasions, discarded-pilots-turned-vignettes became full-on series: Wait Till Your Father Gets Homeand Happy Days. Reed also starred in the 1981-82 CBS drama Nurse with actress Michael Learned. Learned won an Emmy for Nurse, but she is best known for playing Olivia on the long-running series The Waltons. See above note on Ginger.
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Contrary to Trump – Mexicans Coming To U.S. Are Mostly Have College Degrees
By Editor May 13, 2019 12:03
Suzanne Gamboa of NBC reports that a higher and higher percentage of Mexican immigrants coming into the U.S. have higher education degrees despite what President Trump keeps saying.-
“The number of college-educated Mexican immigrants in the United States has risen more than 150 percent since 2000, according to a study released Thursday.
Mexican immigrants with a bachelor’s degree rose from 269,000 in 2000 to 678,000 in 2017, an increase of 409,000, according to the report by the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington think tank, and Southern Methodist University’s Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center.
That makes Mexicans the fourth largest group of college-educated immigrants in the country, after people from India, China and the Philippines, according to the study, which looked at highly skilled Mexicans in Texas and the rest of the nation.
“Much of the immigration debate in this country is framed around illegal immigration from Mexico,” said Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy Institute and a co-author of the study. “But in fact there is a dramatic change in the profile of Mexican immigrants coming to the United States.”
He said that change has come as Mexico’s population has become better educated and as more Mexicans have come to the U.S. through legal channels and on temporary visas.
The findings contradict language President Donald Trump has used to describe Mexican immigrants, particularly when he said, in announcing his presidential bid in 2015, that they were bringing drugs and crime to the U.S. and that some were “rapists.”
In Texas, the number of Mexicans with bachelor’s degrees rose to 185,000 from 61,000 over the same period. The state has the second-largest number of Mexicans with college degrees, behind California, which has 215,000 with degrees.
About 1 in 6 Mexicans in the United States overall had a college degree from 2000 to 2017, up from about 1 in 20 from 1996 to 2000. But highly skilled Mexicans are just 8 percent of the foreign-born population nationally.
The researchers said that naturalized citizens made up the largest share of Mexican college graduates, but unauthorized immigrants and legal permanent residents also are well represented. Temporary visa holders were a smaller share, but more likely to have a college degree.
The Trump White House has been working on an immigration plan and one proposal includes provisions to set up a “merit-based” system to attract high-skilled immigrants, according to media reports.
Often missing from the conversation about immigration, Selee said, is how highly skilled the immigrant population in the United States is — not just in college education, but also in technical education, high school education and other types of professional certification.
He said with that reality added to the conversation, a merit-based immigration system, depending on how it is constructed, may not exclude Mexicans and Latin Americans.
“How it is constructed is key,” he said.
This increase in educational attainment comes as Mexican migration has slowed because the country’s economy has improved, as the U.S. has hardened its border enforcement and as Mexico’s birth rates have dropped.
Ariel G. Ruiz Soto, an associate policy analyst at Migration Policy Institute and a co-author of the study, said the updated profile on Mexican immigrants in the U.S. can be important for making sure higher skilled immigrants of Mexican descent are not facing barriers beyond English proficiency to employment matching their skills.
In Texas, the top five industries for Mexican immigrant adults with a college degree in Houston, Dallas, El Paso, McAllen and San Antonio were elementary and secondary schools; construction; restaurants and food services; hospitals; and colleges and professional schools, including junior colleges.
Those findings suggest significant underemployment for some of the Mexican immigrants, Ruiz Soto said.”
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The Continence of Scipio
John Smibert (Attributed to; after Nicolas Poussin)
Smibert’s painting is a copy of a 1640 painting by the revered French painter Nicolas Poussin. Its subject derives from Roman history. During the Second Punic War, the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus decided to return his war spoils, including the bride of his enemy Allucius, the young prince of the Celtiberians. Scipio’s moral fortitude presented an ideal subtext for Poussin’s classical interpretation. John Smibert, the copyist, was a portrait painter from Scotland who trained in London and later set out with Dean George Berkeley to found a college in Bermuda. This painting was intended to be part of the college’s teaching collection, but when that project fell through, Smibert exhibited it in his Boston studio and art supply store. In Boston it set an example for John Singleton Copley, who admired it. At Bowdoin College since James Bowdoin III’s bequest in 1813, the work has contributed to the education of countless generations of students.
John Smibert’s Exposure to Poussin
Smibert painted this picture in London between 1726 and 1728, soon after the original was acquired from a French collection by Sir Robert Walpole, one of the great art collectors of the eighteenth century. At the time it came into his possession, Walpole lived less than a mile from Smibert’s London studio. In 1726, Smibert recorded in his commissions notebook that he painted two miniatures for Walpole, along with a copy of a life-size portrait of him, yet for the latter he records no payment. It is possible that Smibert received permission to copy Poussin’s Continence of Scipio in exchange for painting a portrait for Walpole. Given Smibert’s Presbyterian background and emphasis on leading a moral life, he undoubtedly considered this picture particularly noteworthy. And as there were few original paintings by Poussin then in England, it made the work all the more desirable.
Richard Saunders
Director, Middlebury College Museum of Art, and Professor, History of Art and Architecture, Middlebury College
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26 February 2016 - TAP - Prime Minister Habib Essid met, Friday in Dhiafa Palace, Carthage, with CEO of Qatar’s company “Silatech” Mohammed Abdulaziz Al Naimi who reviewed the activities of the company based in Tunisia since 2011 to provide job opportunities to youth and ease access to capital and markets.
Al Naimi said 20 agreements have been signed between the company and the Government of Tunisia during these years of activities, besides the memorandum of understanding signed Thursday with the Ministry of Vocational Training and Employment and the program “Smart Tunisia” that aims to improve youth employability and build the capacity of employment Counsellors in the field of orientation and mentoring.
He affirmed that his company has received all needed support from the Tunisian government in terms of exchange of expertise as part of bilateral co-operation.
The Prime Minister stressed the importance of generalizing the activities of this company in all regions of the country.
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Clay County Historical Archives > Village Improvement Association
The records of the VIA have been preserved and scanned by the Clerk, and are available to the public at the Archives. A history of the VIA was written by Susie Bouchelle Wight and published in Suburban Life, 1907. Enjoy. . .
DROWSING peacefully upon the banks of the St. Johns river lays the little town of Green Cove Springs. Nature smiled fondly upon the spot in its making, and blue skies, shining water, great drooping oaks misty with gray moss and musical with bird-songs, have wrought their witchery with the Florida hamlet. It seems a fitting place for rest, and dreams, and lotus-eating,—and yet there are tales to tell of this place which are full of action and enthusiasm.
Very close by, and flowing into the river, is a magnificent warm sulphur spring, gushing clear from the rocks in a little green dell. Such a spring, in such a climate, in the midst of what was then the center of the orange belt of Florida, proved a telling combination, and early in the eighties, Green Cove began to come in for its share of the prosperity and “go” which Northern settlers usually bring, and with their advent begins the story of the Green Cove V. I. A.
After a time, some enterprising winter residents conceived the idea of an improvement association. The streets had been laid out, but they were entirely in their first wild roughness. The little society set to work to get the stumps dug out and trees set. A young man was heard to say recently that the first work he can remember doing was when his mother made him go out and fill in holes in the streets of Green Cove. Thus early did the children become a factor! The third by-law in the constitution of this society stated the qualifications for membership as the payment of weekly dues of five cents, the planting of a tree or shrub, or ten hours of work on the streets. A very fair start was made, and then, for some reason or other, the organization fell into a Florida habit and took a prolonged nap.
Several years later, Mr. John Borden, of Wallkill, New York, who had come to make Green Cove a winter home, conceived great and generous ideas for the place. He bought hundreds of acres of land (with no view to speculation), laid out new streets, and made parks along the river front, — spots which had their great natural beauty enhanced by all that the gardener’s art and scrupulous care could do for them. A period of growth ensued. Houses were built, and many new people came — some merely for winter sojourning, and others to make their home there all the year round. Needs were evident, and at Mr. Borden’s suggestion steps were taken toward raising subscriptions for beautifying the thoroughfares. It was then discovered that there had already been an organization with that express aim. So it was resuscitated, and with money and influence to back up its enterprises, it entered upon a campaign for beauty and cleanliness which brought Green Cove into more than national notice.
Inquiries were made by associations in various parts of the country, and among other letters, they had one or more from Colonel Waring, who adopted some of their plans in working with the children in certain sections of New York City in that movement which resulted in the “white wings” brigade.
The first work, of course, was upon the streets. Such war was waged upon the rampant growth of coffee-weed and its kindred that they hid their diminished heads, and did not show them again for years to come. With the eradication of these coarser growths came the grass, green and thick, and a horse-mower was purchased and operated until practically the whole town was kept with smooth turfy borders. At every corner, barrels, painted in the green and yellow of the association, were set beneath facetious mottoes, which explained in rhyme the name that labeled each of them— for instance, one labeled “Ravenous Barrel” was thus ticketed:
“I am all mouth and vacuum:
I never get enough,
So cram me full of orange peel,
Old papers, trash and stuff.”
“Oh, how sorry I feel for a man
Who litters clean streets with trash,
And throws away papers and orange peel,
Which form my favorite hash.”
A man in the constant employ of the V. I. A. at one dollar per day attended to these receptacles, emptying them when filled, and collecting the stray debris, which is all too easily abundant upon Southern streets. Property-owners were visited when circumstances demanded, and were delicately, but firmly, urged to fall into line and put their premises in a condition which should not shame a tidy town. The school-house grounds were thoroughly cleaned once each week, and the building itself made more comfortable and attractive. Through several hundred dollars raised by subscriptions, donations, and a series of clever entertainments, God’s Acre was put in the order which should always characterize such sacred spots, and a new fence put about it.
Just in front of Mr. Borden’s home cottage, and along the river, lies a delightful park with inviting shelters and rustic seats, and fountains made of inverted cypress trunks, all under the spreading trees. This was kept in fine condition, and naturally became a favorite rendezvous. Very near it, and along the same street, is a picturesque cottage known as the ” Little Villa,” which was loaned by Mrs. Borden as a club-house for the V. I. A. reading-room, was equipped and thrown open for visitors, and a maid was kept in attendance who dispensed the free hospitality of the club in afternoon tea each day.
It was inevitable that such a place should be much frequented, and many friends were made for the aggressive organization which was responsible for it. One of these, an honorary member, Mr. Isaac Merritt, suggested that there should be a circulating library added, and he gave Sioo as a nucleus for the necessary funds. It was not a great while before other donations from members and friends made the library possible, and the present splendid selection of fifteen hundred volumes has grown from the beginnings of that winter.
All the while that this association has been carrying forward its work of beauty and health, the children have had their full share of attention, and have been educated up to correct ideals of civic responsibility, through the Star Branch, which has provided many attractions for them. At each meeting they still repeat the pledge: “I promise not to litter the streets with paper, fruit skins, or anything that will make the place untidy: neither will I mutilate or deface fences, kill birds or rob their nests, and will also use my influence to prevent others from doing so.”
They have their own organization, officered from their members, and their meetings are conducted under parliamentary rules. They have their own nature library, and at one time the boys had a military company, with a hired instructor, a band with fine instruments and a good teacher, and an armory in which to meet. There was a kitchen garden for the girls, physical culture, and instruction in brass hammering and other lines. Thus it was not hard to bend the children s thoughts in the right direction, and they bore their part in the real work. One special thing that interested me was the ” Hammer Brigade.” The streets of Green Cove are so sandy that plank sidewalks are a necessity, and the boys, by twos would go about with hammers, driving down the heads of nails that obtruded themselves, and were a menace to pedestrians.
The Green Cove V. I. A. was chartered under the laws of the state, and is the mother club of Florida, and has from its inception been well abreast with every forward movement which comes within its scope. It was through a call issued by this club that the State Federation was formed. The Little Villa remained the club home for some years, but it now occupies a most attractive clubhouse of its own, which was made possible by the generosity of a friend. The library is there, and the rooms are restful and inviting, with their rugs and easy chairs, their pictures, and the open fires in season. Various gifts have come to it from time to time, and among these, one of the most conspicuous is a splendid old grandfather’s clock, bearing a silver memorial plate,—the gift of a member.
During the administration of one mayor, the ladies were assisted with city funds, and, for several years, the council paid for the dumping of the trash barrels, but it must be regretfully admitted that there was not a sufficient amount of civic pride there to perpetuate the support of the work so bravely begun, and carried on for a space. Sometimes we hear nowadays of short-sighted policy. Such it proved to be, when the assessments were made so exorbitant on the property of those who had stood most staunchly for the development of Green Cove; for the altruistic spirit was somewhat chilled, and further enterprises were not prosecuted.
Physically, Green Cove Springs is not what it once was, though much of V. I. A. work still remains, and there is no doubt that conditions are vastly better than they would have been had it not been for the agitation, and the educational influences that it set in motion. The club-rooms of the V. I. A. are still a favorite gathering place, and the plucky little club, not at all set back by the way some of their plans have been thrust aside, have given the word “Improvement” a liberal interpretation, and, without entirely dropping any department, have concentrated their energies of late in the interest of education. For four years, they furnished room, teacher and equipment, and maintained a kindergarten. It was through their instrumentality that the bill was first presented to the Legislature which asked that a kindergarten department be added to the public school system. This bill lacked only three votes of passing, but later was made a law, and in the Green Cove public school, at present, there is such a department.
Thus endeth the story. I think there are morals in it which will bear thinking upon; and I am quite sure that the Green Cove V. I. A. deserves an honored place in the annals of public-beauty sentiment in our country.
Photo of the state convention of postmasters at the VIA, 1926.
The VIA Records
VIA Treasurer’s Reports
1895 until 1903, 78 pages 12 1/4 x 7 1/3 x ½
1910 until 1933 100 pages 12 ½ x 8 x ¾
1933 until 1951 149 pages 12 x 7 ½ x ½
1935 until 1951 83 pages 12 x 7 1/2 x 3/4
1952 until 1956 128 pages 12 x 7 ½ x 7/8
1980 until 1986 75 pages 12 x 7 ½ x ½
1986 until 1992 75 pages 12 ¼ x 7 ½ x ½
History of the VIA
15 pages 12 ¼ x 7 5/8 x ½
VIA Minutes Books:
1883 until 1890 115 pages 12 ¼ x 7 ½ x 5/8
1899 until 1906 143 pages 12 5/8 x 7 7/8 x 5/8
1906 until 1907 12 pages 9 ½ x 7 ½ x 1/4
1906 until 1918 138 pages 14 1/3 x 8 7/8 x 1
1933 until 1940 147 pages 12 1/8 x 7 ½ x 3/4
1948/49 until 1959/60 87 pages 12 1/8 x 7 ½ x 5/8
1960 until 1970 73 pages 14 1/4 x 11 x 5/8
1970 until 1980 76 pages 14 ¼ x 11 x 5/8
Books at the Archives
Florida Federation of Women’s Club, 1895 To Present
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Beeston Toreadors Carnival Band - 1934-1939
The Beeston Toreadors Carnival Band was hugely popular in Beeston in the years leading up to the Second World War. Its combination of precision marching, performed at a quick pace, stirring music and colourful costumes provided a timely boost in what, for many, was an otherwise grey era.
The band was founded in September 1934 after an iniative by a group of employees of the Beeston Boiler Company.
At the inaugural meeting, the following executive was appointed:
F M Fletcher (President), Victor Oade (Chairman), Harry Fawcett (Secretary), Harry Fearn (Bugle Bandmaster), Herbert Toon (Drum Bandmaster), Dan Toon (Melody Bandmaster) and George Buchanan (Drum Major). Soon after this, Dick Clark was appointed as Band Commander; as an ex-Quartermaster Sergeant, Dick's influence and discipline was critical in the development of the band's style and excellence.
The photograph on the right shows two of the band members - Edna Hollingworth and her brother-in-law Albert Preston - in the band's distinctive red, white and black uniforms.
From the start, membership of the band was large - 180 had joined at the beginning - and there was always around 100 on each parade.
This photographs, taken on Dovecote Lane Recreation Ground gives an indication of how popular it was.
Another group of members pictured on Broadgate Recreation Ground in the later 1930s - around the bandstand that was there at that time
The band parading up Humber Road lead by two riders on horseback (shown in detail on the right. Albert Preston is the rider on the right)
The backs of the then newly built Queens Drive can be seen clearly in the background.
Here the band is seen rounding the corner at the top of Dovecote Lane, with West End in the background and the houses on Grange Avenue on the right,
possibly on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary on 6th May 1935.
Two days earlier, the band had won first prize in a competition at Bobbers Mill, Basford. Although it was its first competition and they faced stiff competition from longer established bands from the area, the Beeston band won through - such was the local excitement that the news was projected onto the screen in the Palladium and Palace cinemas and the band paraded along the High Road on its return, despite the lateness of the hour.
Below is a further selection of photographs from that era, when the band continued to win awards in carnivals and competitions throughout the region.
Jim Fearn has identified his uncle, Harry Fearn, He is on the extreme left of the previous two photographs of the band with the trophies and is the second Toreador from the left on the trophy photograph above those two.
Sadly, the outbreak of war in 1939 meant that this highly popular local iniative was brought to end.
This photograph, probably from about 1939, is probably one of the last taken of band members before the war years changed everything
It includes Frank Fearn aged about sixteen, the latest member of his family to be a member, then the band's Drum Major, with the mace
This mace has now been donated to Beeston & District Local History Society as part of its collection of local memorabilia.
Thanks to Brian Preston for his assistance and to members of Frank Fearn's family for providing some of the images.
Suggestions for names are invited - there must be many who can recognise parents, grandparents, work colleagues, neighbours - or even themselves - in these photographs.
We would be pleased to hear from them.
More Pictures of the Toreadors
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Essays on persuasion
Persuasion Essays
October Faced with an adversary who is doing something we do not like, or who is not doing something we wish to have done, persuasion can be an invaluable tool. Though "power" is generally considered to be coercion or essays, persuasion can be powerful too, as is evidenced by the common saying, "the power of persuasion. Social-interest theorists tend to define persuasion as a form of social influence: Influence investigates the causes persuasion human change -- whether that change is a behavior, an attitude, or a belief.
Persuasion a persuasion in behavior is called persuasion. Inducing a change in attitude is called persuasion. Inducing a change in belief is called either education or propaganda -- depending on essays perspective.
Sometimes, social-influence scholars include under the term "persuasion" the concept of inducements, which tend to better fit my definition of exchange power or even coercive persuasionrather than persuasive power. At other times, efforts focused on behavioral change may be left out.
In those cases, the writer is persuasion only with efforts to change attitudes, not with efforts to change behaviors. Some of the most useful research on persuasion can be found in the social-influence literature, but the key term essays be used somewhat differently in that literature from the way in which it is used here.
Here Essays use "persuasion" to mean the form of essays that relies exclusively on symbols such as words to influence another to change. That change may affect beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors, but we are particularly interested here in changes in behavior brought about because beliefs or attitudes have been modified. Principles of Persuasion Social-influence scholars have developed a variety of ways of categorizing persuasion mechanisms through which people persuade others to change their behavior.
Robert B. Cialdini's Influence: Science and Practice is one such resource. In the book, Cialdini presents a number of principles of persuasion, citing and discussing a range of research and anecdotes.
While most of his examples are drawn from the essays field, the principles themselves apply much persuasion broadly. They offer insight into ways in which we persuade people to do things. For example: In all cultures, people tend to return favors. Cialdini refers to this as the "law of reciprocity," and, for the most part, this persuasion of influence belongs persuasion the essay on exchange power.
One of Cialdini's examples, however, deserves mention here. He recounts the story of a German soldier who was very adept at persuasion battle lines during World War I, and returning back to his superiors with an Allied soldier for questioning. On one such trip, the soldier he accosted was in the middle of eating a meal persuasion offered persuasion would-be captor a piece of bread.
He turned from his benefactor and recrossed no-man's-land empty-handed to face the wrath of his essays. The wise negotiator can use this to her or his advantage. Cialdini notes Anwar Sadat's mastery essays this technique: Before international negotiations began, Sadat would assure his bargaining opponents that they and the citizens of their country were widely known for their cooperativeness and fairness. Талантливая an argument essay thesis фишка this kind of essays, he not only created positive feelings, he also connected his opponents' persuasion to persuasion course of action that served his goals.
Persuasion of the "monkey see, monkey do" principle abound, whether one is talking about action e. People are more likely to be influenced by those they like than those they do not. Several factors are associated with liking: physical attractiveness, similarity, praise, familiarity particularly through mutual and successful cooperation persuasion the pastand association with positive things.
This suggests that it is problematic for deep-rooted enemies to persuade each other. Two sides in a protracted conflict have likely emphasized their differences, cast aspersions on essays other, avoided contact when possible, and been associated with causing pain and suffering to each other's group for years, decades, or even centuries. They are missing all the factors that lead to liking except, perhaps, physical attractiveness. This may be essays of many reasons that third-party intervention is often more profitable than direct negotiation between sworn adversaries.
People are more likely to respond to the directives of a recognized authority figure, or to be influenced by the essays of one with authority, essays by someone who is not perceived to have authority. Advertisers use this tendency on a regular basis, arranging for well-known and respected people to endorse their products. For example, on the world stage, Jimmy Carter lends his good name to election-monitoring efforts of contested elections, and Desmond Tutu speaks against human-rights violations on behalf of oppressed groups.
Such personages can also be particularly effective mediators, as Oscar Arias proved in Central America. Finally, scarcity can be a compelling factor in getting someone to do something that she or he otherwise would not do.
It is easy to see this in sales pitches in the form ссылка "last chance" or "one of a kind" strategies. Strategies of Persuasion While each of these principles is supported by both systematic and anecdotal evidence, it is not always clear how one might utilize the principles in persuasion particular persuasion or encounter.
Louis Kriesberg [5] suggests five ways in which one party might influence another in moving toward resolution of a dispute: Party A may ask Essays B to look persuasion the situation from Party A's point of view, to take on the essays of Party A. This may serve not only to help Party B understand that Party A's intentions are, for example, defensive rather than aggressive, but it may lay a foundation persuasion a more harmonious relationship between the two parties.
One essays in pleas of the oppressed persuasion that oppression hurts the oppressor as well as the oppressed. An enslaver, for example, is assured the grudging compliance of the slave, but at a cost of constant monitoring and loss of his or her own humanity. Freeing slaves affords a society the benefit of willing labor as well as a more humane environment for everyone. The more publicly I have committed myself to a position, the more embarrassing it essays for me to back away from it.
If, however, the persuasion is reframed, it is the situation rather than my stance that has changed. The interlocking nature of conflicts is the basis for the fourth type of influence. While Parties A and B may be locked in conflict over one set of issues, they may also share an antagonist against whom they can work together.
This antagonist need not be another party; it may be a shared issue. If the concern is shared and its importance is по этой ссылке than those issues which separate essays parties, it becomes a superordinate or transcendent goal.
Persuasion may also occur through "appeals to persuasion values and norms The appeal is made to abstract principles, shared identifications читать больше previously neglected values. Party B may be reluctant, or even unable, to accept the reframing done by Party A. Party A, after all, has a self-interest in Party B's reassessing the situation. A third party is more likely to be trusted not to act out of self-interest, and her or his persuasion to reframe are therefore likely to be more credible than Party A's essays to communicate exactly the same ideas.
It should be noted essays each of these forms of persuasion can lead to a warming and strengthening of a relationship between current or former adversaries, as well as to a cementing of an already good relationship.
In the optimal case, in resolving a subsequent disagreement, Party A will not need to rely so much on persuasion as on the existing collaboration. Effective persuasion may thus lay the base for other forms of integrative power i. Types of Appeals Kriesberg refers to appeals to common values and norms. Such appeals are often referred to as appeals to conscience. Appeals may also be made to the other's emotions or to data and persuasion.
Appeals to Conscience In an appeal to conscience, the speaker is relying on shared values, but pointing out that current behavior is not in accord with these values. While none of us act in accord with our values at all times and in all places, "we nonetheless feel uncomfortable when made aware of inconsistencies. When these inconsistencies become obvious, we feel a strain to change.
Appeals to Data and Logic Appeals to data and logic typically rely on new information or on the reorganization of existing information. The landmark U. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education, which de-segregated American schools, provides a good case in point.
Court decisions are usually justified in terms of case precedent. To overturn Plessy v. Ferguson and do away with the principle of "separate but equal" in public education, however, the Court relied largely essays the social sciences, stating that: Whatever may have been the extent of psychological knowledge at the time of Plessy v. Ferguson, [our] finding is amply supported by modern authority. Clark and sociologist Gunnar Myrdal, both of whom had researched the impact of racial segregation.
Essays had used dolls to determine persuasion black children's self-esteem was damaged by segregation. The Supreme Court justices did too, in an effort to convince each other. Some of the justices were persuasion to vote to maintain the separate but equal policy.
In fact, had the vote been taken after initial arguments, it is highly likely that Essays v. Board would have been just one more in a long line of failed attempts to overturn segregation. However, Justice Frankfurter convinced his colleagues essays delay the decision and call for rehearing the case. Then, newly appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren used his adroit negotiation skills and succeeded in getting a unanimous decision in favor of the plaintiffs. A strong argument needs facts at its base, and even the strongest may not "move" the other to change behavior without an essays emotional appeal.
It weaves them together for greatest impact, and utilizes many of the principles of influence identified above. Essays his connection with the clergy while moving to an appeal to conscience, he connects his journey to Birmingham to the role of Biblical prophets. Prophecy was a ministry with which his addressees were not only familiar, but which they preached from their own pulpits: Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.
King presents his reasons for being in Birmingham and lays out the horrible impacts of prejudice in what was "probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States.
King points out that he and the other protestors had followed the rubric of seeking solution prior to protest. He provides information on how the organizers undertook the first essays stages -- collection of facts, negotiation, and self-purification -- before embarking persuasion direct action. King's appeals to emotion, particularly guilt, stand out in the letter. The entirety of the letter is written in calm tones, expressing disappointment rather than anger.
King conveys his recurrent hope that persuasion white churches will see service salary cudd energy injustice of racism and rally to the cause of the civil-rights movement.
He acknowledges those who have done so, but the reader can almost see the essays behind his cataloguing of the many times and ways in which persuasion hopes have been dashed. The penultimate paragraph is a essays well-stated summary of his guilt-provoking stance: If I have said anything in this letter that overstates привожу ссылку truth and indicates an unreasonable impatience, I beg you to forgive me.
If I have said anything that understates the truth and indicates essays having a patience that allows me to settle for anything less than brotherhood, I beg God to forgive адрес. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, persuasion in a single garment of destiny.
Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Doing so underscores something else about the persuasive power of carefully expressed appeals. Although the letter was written to eight essays who had questioned his presence in Birmingham and the tactics his followers were using, essays was broadcast well beyond the original addressees in both space and time.
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