Helen Mirren is 7 years older than Liam Neeson. She was 36 in Excalibur. At her birth, according to some sources her name was Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironova. Her father was Russian and her mother was English.
In Irish, the name ‘Liam’ means “strong-willed warrior” and “protector.” According to the Social Security Administration, ‘Liam’ has been in the top 10 most popular names for boys in the United States since 2012. Some sources claim that it was the most popular name from 2017 through 2020, and the second-most popular in 2022 and 2023.
Liam Neeson was slated to play Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s very-long-in-development movie about the 16th President. Neeson eventually decided that he was too old for the role, so it went to Daniel Day-Lewis instead. Day-Lewis then won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the Railsplitter in Lincoln.
In the film Lincoln, Rep Thaddeus Stevens is shown in a domestic relationship with his black widowed housekeeper, Lydia Hamilton Smith. Al though no definite records indicate they were romantically involved, Smith did in fact move from the servants’ quarters to live inside the main house, as well as hosting dinners and acting in the role of a spouse to the bachelor Stevens. In Birth of a Nation (1915), Stevens and Smith were also depicted as lovers, with D.W. Griffith using their relationship as racist propaganda and as supposed “proof” of the North’s degeneracy.
Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles is free due to the conditions set by its original benefactor Griffith Griiffith.
OoP: Yes his name was a repeat.
Griffith Griffith’s legacy was marred by his notorious shooting of his wife in 1903 (she did not die), a crime for which he served a year and nine months in prison. When Griffith was released from prison he lectured on prison reform. He died of liver disease in 1919.
Zippy the Pinhead is a character created by Bill Griffith and first appeared in Real Pulp Comics #1 (March 1971), and was picked up as a daily strip by King Features Syndicate in 1986. It continues to appear globally in print and online.
The spleen is an organ found in almost all vertebrates. It is part of the immune system and acts primarily as a blood filter. In humans the spleen is located in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen, next to the stomach.
The spleen contains two different tissues, white pulp and red pulp. The white pulp functions in producing and growing immune and blood cells. The red pulp functions in filtering blood of antigens, microorganisms, and defective or worn-out red blood cells.I’m
Winky is Dr. Mel Practice’s assistant in the SF comic strip Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!, which was created by Tim Rickard. Winky is frequently injured and often yells, “My spleen!”
Alice was an American television sitcom, which ran on CBS from 1976 to 1985. It starred Linda Lavin as Alice Hyatt, a widow who moves west from New Jersey to start a new life, but who winds up stuck in Phoenix, working as a waitress at a diner.
The series was based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore; the only actor from the film who continued as a member of the main cast in the TV series was Vic Tayback, who played Mel Sharples, the owner and cook at Mel’s Diner.
“Arnold’s”, the popular diner in Happy Days, was originally named “Arthur’s” in the pilot episode.
Arnold, California is named after Bob and Bernice Arnold, who opened the Ebbetts Pass Inn in 1927. They restored an old roadhouse and restaurant. In 1934 they built three cabins, and started constructing the Ebbetts Pass Inn, which opened in 1939. In later years they sold lots for commerical and summer residential use.
Arnold Ziffel was a pig on the CBS sitcom Green Acres, which aired from 1965 to 1971. Arnold, who was actually portrayed by four different animals during the series run, was treated as a member of the Ziffel family. Arnold was quite accomplished, as he was a skilled painter, an accomplished pianist, and had the ability to predict the weather.
The Cosby Show and All in the Family are the only sitcoms in the history of the Nielsen ratings to be the number one show for five seasons.
Arthur C. Nielsen was a pioneer in the field of market research; he developed methodologies for accurate measurements of retail sales, as well as for measurement of listenership/viewership of radio and television programs, and founded one of the U.S.'s leading market research companies, which bore his name.
Nielsen, who attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was also an avid tennis player, and was the captain of the school’s tennis team. He is commemorated at the university by the Nielsen Tennis Stadium, as well as by the A.C. Nielsen Center for Marketing Analytics and Insights (a department within the School of Business).
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s father Arthur MacArthur also had a distinguished military career, beginning in the Civil War, when he won the Medal of Honor. His son also won the Medal of Honor, during World War II after being evacuated from the Philippines, although many historians think he ought to have received it for his actual battlefield heroism during World War I.
Smedley Darlington Butler and Daniel Joseph Daly are the only Marines to receive the Medal of Honor twice for separate actions. Every Marine in boot camp is taught the heroic acts of Smedley Butler and Dan Daly. In World War I, Dan Daly became cemented into Marine Corps lore when he is said to have yelled,
“Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever??!!”
to his company before charging the Germans at the Battle of Belleau Wood.
Charles Dawson “Daws” Butler was an American voice actor, who was primarily known for his work with the Hanna-Barbera animation studio. Butler originated the voices for many H-B characters, including Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Auggie Doggie, Wally Gator, and Elroy Jetson.
Mr. Spacely from The Jetsons, Cosmo G. Spacely*, is George Jetson’s boss at work. His voice was provided by Mel Blanc.
* — some sources have Cosmo S. Spacely but wiki has Cosmo G. Spacely.
Captain James T. Kirk’s middle initial in the second pilot was R.