The name “John.”
Sam Adams appears in the Robert Lawson children’s book Mr. Revere and I (written as if it had been dictated by Paul Revere’s horse) as comic relief. In the book at least, he is a loudmouth always on the run from his creditors.
In Monty Python, highwayman Dennis Moore’s horse was named Concorde.
In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the group couldn’t afford horses for the movie, leading to the legendary “you’re using coconuts!” thing.
The album Concorde was recorded in 1955 by the Modern Jazz Quartet. The group’s members were Milt Jackson (on vibraphone), John Lewis (piano), Percy Heath (bass), and Connie Kay (drums).
The original James Bond theme by Monty Norman prominently featured a vibraphone.
Too late to edit, but I’ll play off terentii’s latest post:
Monty Norman also wrote the music for such diverse films as the science fiction flick The Day the Earth Caught Fire and the Bob Hope vehicle Call Me Bwana.
In From Russia with Love, Bond’s associate shoots an enemy agent with a sniper’s rifle as he’s climbing out a window; the wall of the building is covered with a huge advert for Call Me Bwana, with the window coinciding with Swedish actress Anita Eckberg’s mouth.
The current USMC sniper rifle is the M40 and its variants. The M40 is a Remington 700 bolt action rifle firing the NATO 7.62x51mm cartridge.
Before digital, radio stations put all their ads and many of their songs on cartridge players, which resembled 8-track cartridges, but had a hole in them where the capstan would fit. This allowed them to start immedately at the proper speed. Only two tracks were on them, one for each stereo channel.
Two is the only even prime number.
Harry Nilsson wrote “One (Is The Loneliest Number)”, a hit for Three Dog Night. It was originally released by Nilsson on his album Aerial Ballet.
“Three is a Magic Number” was one of several Schoolhouse Rock educational, musical TV commercials.
Used in sports, the Magic Number describes the combination of a leader’s future victories combined with a competitor’s future defeats needed to assure the leader winning the championship. The 1978 Boston Red Sox had a Magic Number of six with 15 games left before losing the pennant race to the New York Yankees.
John F. Kennedy’s favorite booth at the Union seafood restaurant in Boston is marked by a small brass plaque.
JFK popped the question to Jackie in booth three of Martin’s Tavern in the Georgetown area of Washington. The staff today keep chilled champagne at the ready for the many couples who go there to emulate the feat.
Jackie Chan performs all his own stunts and has suffered numerous injuries. He is normally considered uninsurable when filming a movie.
Jackie Slater was a lineman for the Los Angeles Rams.
I’m not sure that’s true anymore. He’s older now and by his own admission feeling his age a bit.
In play: The first motion picture theater opened in Los Angeles on April 2, 1902.
Also on April 2, 1902: Russian Empire Interior Minister Dmitry Sipyagin was assassinated in St. Petersburg’s Marie Palace.
The first attempt to assassinate a sitting US president occurred against Andrew Jackson, on May 6, 1833. Jackson had dismissed Robert Randolph from the Navy for charges for embezzlement. On May 6, Jackson sailed to Fredericksburg, Virginia to pay homage to Mary Ball Washington, George Washington’s mother. While Jackson was in Alexandria, Randolph appeared and struck the President. Jackson was not seriously injured. Randolph fled the scene and was chased down by Jackson supporters including the author Washington Irving. Jackson did not press charges.
(Not sure why this counts as an assassination attempt instead of just a sock in the face, but it’s reported as such.)