RIP Peter Marshall (host of The Hollywood Squares)
Aug 15, 2024 · Peter Marshall, the original host of the television game show The Hollywood Squares, passed away today, at age 98, from kidney failure. He had survived a bout of COVID …
History Channel's "The Bible Code" (Longish, but a fast read, I …
Sep 14, 2003 · On the History Channel last night (9/13/03). They ran a program called The Bible Code. Some Rabbinical scholars say they have cracked an Old Testament code, which …
Q: St. Elsewhere Fans? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope
Sep 4, 2002 · Were there two rapists on St. Elsewhere? One was Dr. Peter White, IIRC, perhaps brought on after he made some wrong call in ER (or in surgery?). But, “Boomer” (a male dr.) …
Spammimic: Fun, but how is the message encoded?
Feb 2, 2015 · My guess, based on sibyl’s work, is that it takes the whole message as a number, and then converts that number to a different base (possibly a base which varies with the place …
How does Peter Frampton rate as a guitarist? - Straight Dope
Mar 12, 2010 · i was just listening to “Do You Feel Like We Do?” on the radio and to my totally untrained ear it seems to me the Frampton is damn good guitarist. Unfortuantley it seems that …
Does the phrase "hale and hearty" appear in Shakespeare's works?
Sep 25, 2024 · During a rally Trump said the following about Biden: He was a hale and hearty guy, well-met. Did you ever hear Shakespeare? He was hale and hearty and well-met, but he …
Humor/satire of the 1950s and 1960s - Straight Dope
Oct 28, 2024 · In the 50s and 60s The New Yorker had articles by an up-and-coming guy named Woody Allen, along with Morris Bishop, Peter DeVries, Wolcott Gibbs, Geoffrey T. Hellman …
"First Up Against The Wall When The Revolution Comes"
Peter_Morris May 1, 2006, 3:22pm 3 There was a BBC Comedy about a would-be revolutionary leader in Tooting (that’s south west London) Citizen Smith He repeatedly used the same line …
Value of a Piece of Eight - Factual Questions - Straight Dope
Jun 23, 2023 · When I see tales of buccaneers fighting over pieces of eight, I always wonder, just how much was one of them worth at the time. How much could a single coin purchase? Was it …
A very lucky weekend - Straight Dope
Nov 23, 2024 · TL;DR This is a somewhat long tale and it happened a long time ago (winter of 1956-57; either Dec. or Jan., I don’t recall). I had met my first serious girlfriend, Elaine. She …