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This Week in Odd History (August 18, 1951): Eddie Gaedel Makes Baseball History
Posted on August 17, 2011 | No CommentsThis week in Odd History, Edward Carl Gaedel became, if not the first major league baseball player to achieve a perfect 1.000 on-base percentage (OBP), at the least the shortest. At just 3'7", Gaedel still holds the record for the shortest major league player of all time. -
Trailer 2: Conan the Barbarian (2011)
Posted on May 5, 2011 | 1 CommentThe 1982 Conan the Barbarian is one of my favorite films. The DVD also contains one of my favorite commentary tracks. I do not speak of its sequel, except to note that Grace Jones kicks ass. When I heard last year that there was a... -
This Week in Odd History (April 20, 1979): Jimmy Carter Attacked by Killer Swamp Rabbit
Posted on April 21, 2011 | No CommentsThis Week in Odd History, President Jimmy Carter was attacked by a rabbit during a fishing trip in Plains, Georgia. The rabbit swam toward his boat, "hissing menacingly, its teeth flashing and nostrils flared." President Carter was forced to swat at the vicious beast with a canoe paddle. Suitably chastened, it fled. -
This Week in Odd History (April 13-15, 1788): The Doctors’ Riot
Posted on April 12, 2011 | No CommentsThis Week in Odd History, at least five people were killed and many more (including John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and Baron von Steuben) injured when rioting broke out over the discovery of "resurrected" corpses at Columbia College, which was at the time the only medical school in New York City. -
This Week in Odd History (March 29, 1973): Sacheen Littlefeather Refuses Brando’s Oscar
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsThis Week in Odd History, a young woman in beaded doeskin took the stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, in Los Angeles, California, to decline Marlon Brando’s Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather. Her name, she said, was Sacheen Littlefeather, and she had a message... -
Revisiting the Battle of Los Angeles: February 24, 1942
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No CommentsOn the eve of Battle: Los Angeles, it seemed appropriate to take a look back at the original Battle of Los Angeles, which was waged on the night of February 24 and 25, 1942, when the United States Army mistook a weather balloon for a... -
This Week in Odd History (March 7, 1897): Dr. Kellogg Serves Corn Flakes at the San
Posted on March 7, 2011 | 2 CommentsThis Week in Odd History, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg dished up the first serving of corn flakes at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, known affectionately as the San. -
This Week in Odd History (March 3, 1855): Congress Creates the Camel Corps
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 2 CommentsThis week in Odd History, Congress appropriated $30,000 for the creation of the US Camel Corps. The camels were to be used in the American Southwest, where the arid conditions and harsh terrain made the use of horses impractical. Although the Camel Corps had some... -
Atlanta Nights: The Movie
Posted on February 24, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe worst book ever written could also be the worst movie ever made. No, no. This is good news. In 2005, James D. Macdonald pulled together a remarkable collection of authors (and one random word generator) to write an unpublishable manuscript, as a means of...
