The French regions of Alsace and Lorraine are credited for introducing quiche dishes. The classic Quiche Lorraine consists of eggs, cream, and bacon (or ham) baked in a pastry crust.
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Quiche Lorraine was a minor character in the early years of the comic strip Bloom County. She was the cousin of schoolteacher Bobbi Harlow, and was portrayed as a shallow blonde; Quiche dated Steve Dallas for a time, but dumped him after an accident left him in a full-body cast.
Per Wiki:
“The origin of the name [of the city of Dallas, Texas] is uncertain. The official historical marker states it was named after Vice President George M. Dallas of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [who served with President James K. Polk from 1845-49]. However, this is disputed. Other potential theories for the origin include his brother, Commodore Alexander James Dallas, as well as brothers Walter R. Dallas and James R. Dallas. A further theory gives the ultimate origin as the village of Dallas, Moray, Scotland, similar to the way Houston, Texas, was named after Sam Houston, whose ancestors came from the Scottish village of Houston, Renfrewshire.”
There is a Dallas in Georgia, just west of Atlanta, and also a Dallas in Oregon, just west of Salem. Both are named for George M. Dallas, the Vice President under James K. Polk. Interestingly, Dallas OR is located in Polk County which is named for the VP.
The name of Dallas the village in Moray, Scotland, per wiki, was first recorded in 1226 as Dolays Mychel and may be of Pictish origin (the extinct Brittonic Celtic language spoken by the Picts). It is likely to involve the element ‘dol’, meaning “water haugh, meadow”, and the second element may be equivalent to the Brittonic ‘gwas’ meaning “an abode”.
There are Dallases (Dalli?) in other states, including AR CO IA MO NC PA SD WV and WI.
In a scene from Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks’ character reminisces of his time spent in Vietnam. The writers engaged in a bit of wordplay as Forrest recalls some of his squad: “There was Dallas, from Phoenix; Cleveland - he was from Detroit; and Tex… well, I don’t remember where Tex come from.”
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If you fly into or out of Telluride CO, and if you use Telluride Regional Airport, be advised that its airport code is TEX.
Frederick “Tex” Avery was an American animator. He worked at several of Hollywood’s major animation studios, including Walter Lantz Studio, Warner Bros., and MGM.
Avery’s style was an antithesis to the cute, safe style of Disney’s cartoons: he incorporated outlandish, over-the-top action, nonstop gags, humor and art which was more appealing to adults (including his trademark sexy women), and “breaking the fourth wall.” During his tenure at Warner Bros., Avery was instrumental in developing many of that studio’s major characters into the form which we now know, including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd.
In the 1984 supernatural comedy Ghostbusters, Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) says to Dr. Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), “Nice shootin’, Tex!” after the latter lays waste to a hotel ballroom with his proton-pack weapon while trying to zap the gluttonous Slimer.
Dan Ackroyd wrote the Ghostbusters role of Peter Venkman for John Belushi before his untimely death; he offered the part to Bill Murray, who rewrote much of the dialog to suit his style. The apparition “Slimer” was an homage to the Bluto character portrayed by Belushi in Animal House.
National Lampoon’s Animal House was largely shot in Eugene, Oregon, in and around the campus of the University of Oregon. The house which was used as the Delta House was formerly an actual fraternity chapter house, which had been vacant for a decade, and had fallen into an appropriate level of disrepair for the chaotic Deltas.
The address of that fictional Delta Tau Fraternity House was 1883 University St, Eugene OR, but that building no longer stands. It was demolished. The structure that stands there today is part of the Northwest Christian University campus.
While in Eugene shooting scenes for Animal House, John Belushi saw Curtis Salgado and his band perform at a local venue. After meeting him, Belushi was inspired to create his alter ego, Joliet Jake Blues, and teamed with fellow SNL cast member Dan Ackroyd to become The Blues Brothers. Their first album, Briefcase Full of Blues, was dedicated to Curtis.
The fictional R&B band in Animal House, ‘Otis Day and the Knights’, were a group of studio musicians assembled to perform for the movie. The actor who appeared as Otis in the film (DeWayne Jessie) was not actually singing, but was lip-synching to a pre-recorded track by Lloyd G. Williams – who went uncredited in the film.
After the success of the movie, Jessie purchased the rights to the band name from Universal Studios and formed a real-life version of the group with some of his family members and toured the country for years afterward, with Jessie maintaining his role as lead singer Otis Day.
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Otis Day and the Knights performed the songs “Shout” and “Shama Lama Ding Dong”. Shout was originally recorded by the Isley Brothers in 1959, and Shama Lama Ding Dong was written by Mark Davis and performed by Otis Day and the Knights in the film.
Michael Convertino wrote the soundtrack to the 1986 movie Children of a Lesser God, including the featured song “Boomerang (Ba-Boom-A-Rang-Rang-Rang)”. The vocals on the song were performed by an unknown session singer, with some sources attributing Ruth Pointer of The Pointer Sisters.
Boomerang, a 1992 romantic comedy starring Eddie Murphy, Halle Berry and Robin Givens, was director Reginald Hudlin’s second film. He has directed ten films in all, the most recent being the Christmas fantasy Candy Cane Lane, also starring Murphy, in 2023.
Raymond Berry, a member of the NFL Hall of Fame, was a sure-handed receiver for the Baltimore Colts, playing from 1955-1967. He and quarterback Johnny Unitas formed one of the best quarterback/receiver combinations in NFL history. In the 1958 NFL Championship Game, which was won by the Colts in OT, Berry caught 12 passes for 178 yards and a touchdown, and made two crucial receptions in the Colts’ game-tying drive late in regulation.
Berry later was the head coach of the New England Patriots, leading them to an appearance in Super Bowl XX, where his team lost to Da Bears.
Mary Berry is a food writer and pastry chef in the UK, best known in the US for her stint hosting The Great British Baking Show. The UK title for the show is The Great British Bake-Off’; the title was changed in the US because Pillsbury had a trademark for “Bake-Off.”
The Pillsbury Doughboy, aka Poppin’ Fresh, was created in 1965 by the Leo Burnett Company. Since then, it has appeared over 600 commercials, and for Super Bowl XXXIX it was featured alongside of nine other merchandising icons (including Charlie Tuna, Count Chocula, the Morton’s Salt Girl, Mr. Peanut, Chef Boyardee, and the Gorton’s Fisherman) having dinner. For Super Bowl LIX it appeared with the Jolly Green Giant, Kool-Aid Man, the Energizer Bunny, Chester Cheetah, the Old Spice Guy, PuppyMonkeyBaby, and the Heinz Wiener Dogs in an ad for Instacart.