In To Kill a Mockingbird, after the trial Bob Ewell follows defendant Tom Robinson’s wife Helen and says some very nasty things to her. Link Dees threatens to have him arrested for breaking the “Ladies Law”, which states:
Any person who enters into, or goes sufficiently near to the dwelling house of another, and, in the presence or hearing of the family of the occupant thereof, or any member of his family; or any person who, in the presence or hearing of any girl or woman, uses abusive, insulting, or obscene language, must, on conviction, be fined not more than two hundred dollars, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months." THE CODE OF ALABAMA, Vol. III, 1907
In 1947, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ewell Blackwell threw a no-hitter against the Boston Braves. Four days later, he took a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Eddie Stanky then broke up Blackwell’s bid to match Cincy teammate Johnny Vander Meer’s 1938 back-to-back “no-no” feat, but Ewell took out his frustration on the next batter – rookie Jackie Robinson, who became the target of a string of racial slurs.
The late fashion designer and commentator Richard “Mr.” Blackwell was the creator of the annual Ten Worst-Dressed List, a staple of every January for 47 years. He wrote two books, *Mr. Blackwell: 30 Years of Fashion Fiascos *and an autobiography, From Rags to Bitches. A former teen prostitute and then minor film actor, he was given the name by producer Howard Hughes.
When the management of The Desert Inn wanted to evict him for his general insanity, Howard Hughes bought the property. He bought several other properties on the strip as well, including a lesser property called The Silver Slipper that he bought just so that he could move their neon sign as it was visible from his window and bothered him when he was watching movies at night.
Though Mary Magdalene is widely believed to have been a reformed prostitute, and has been depicted as such in movies like ***King of Kings ***and Jesus Christ Superstar, nothing in any of the four Gospels provides any evidence for this belief.
Marcia Fudge is the current Congresswoman for the eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the greater Cleveland area. A Democrat, she is a former mayor and prosecutor’s office administrator.
The largest spider is the South American tarantula, as big as a dinner plate and heavy as a stick of butter. The smallest is the Comb-footed spider, smaller than the head of a pin.
One theory holds that the butterfly is so named because, due to the large amounts of pollen it consumes, its feces look like little drops of melted butter.
Some Gilligan’s Island trivia from IMDB (Jayne Mansfield as Ginger and Racquel Welch as Mary Anne - oh, what could have been!)
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[li]Jayne Mansfield turned down the role of “Ginger”.[/li][li]Carroll O’Connor tested for the role of The Skipper.[/li][li]Dabney Coleman tested for the role of The Professor.[/li][li]Raquel Welch auditioned for the role of Mary Anne.[/li][li]In the very first shot of the opening credits, the American flag over the harbor can be seen flying at half-mast. Reason: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, shortly before the shot was filmed.[/li][li]The island shown in the opening and closing credits is actually located in Kaneohe Bay, about a mile offshore from the island of Oahu, in Hawaii.[/li][li]It has long been stated that the entire cast of Gilligan’s Island never received residuals beyond the first four reruns of each episode. This was true for the entire cast except Dawn Wells. When the show was picked up by CBS and Dawn was cast to replace Nancy McCarthy, she was married to her agent at the time. In her original contract she was to be paid $1200 per week plus the residual contract the 6 other castaways received. Her husband/agent said that should the show become successful Dawn would not benefit from receiving such a limited residual option. Believing the show would flop, the CBS executives humored Dawn and her husband and put a clause in her contract giving her long-term residuals should the show ever syndicate. As a result from that clause Dawn has made literally millions of dollars as the years have gone by from syndication of Gilligan’s Island. This was never public knowledge. Dawn and series creator Sherwood Schwartz are the only individuals to profit long-term from the series.[/li][/ul]
Russell Johnson, the Professor on ***Gilligan’s Island, *** sacrificed himself to electrocute the last giant crustacean, in the unintentionally hilarious 1957 B-movie Attack of the Crab Monsters.
Seattle Seahawks rookie quarterback Russell Wilson’s 3,118 passing yards in 2012 were the most ever by a Seattle rookie. The previous record had been 2,833 by Rick Mirer in 1993. That’s the same Rick Mirer who former 49ers coach Bill Walsh called “the next Joe Montana.” (cite) Mirer only played for four seasons with Seattle, then played four other seasons with four different teams (including the 49ers) before he was done with his NFL playing career.
ETA: by the end of Mirer’s career people were calling him “the next Hannah Montana.”
In a fan contest to select a nickname for Joe Montana, David W. Gibson suggested that “Joe Montana” was *already *a nickname and the SF QB needed a *real *name. He humbly offered his own. Montana loved it and would often use the name “David W. Gibson” as a pseudonym thereafter, including having it stenciled above his locker at Candlestick Park.
