MONDAY MARCH 18TH, 2013

The Suns up...time for the puns-up I guess....for this  look back at March 18th with the offical start of Spring in the offing on Wednesday, but don't get too carried away.....
     "There is a very great difference, I'm sorry to say"
     "Twixt the first day of spring and the first spring day"
It's a Cold one this morning at Orr Lake with the Mercury sitting at -13  (7 am)           
  

On "THE MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR" TODAY

Back in 417 St. Zosimus began his reign as Pope (back then they burned "Pope-Pourri" to make the white smoke.  Not only did it do the job it smelled nice too.:)
In 1881, Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opened in M.S.G.
On this date in 1892, Lord Stanley donated a cup as an  award for the best hockey team in Canada.  When was the last time a Canadian team won it? It was of course the Montreal Canadiens in the 92/93 season....so 20 years ago....NICE! Lets not even talk about the Leafs.
In 1931, The first electric Shavers went on sale in the U.S. (made by Schick).
In 1944 Russia  composer Rimsky-Korsakov was born where it was" Roll up the Rimski-to- Winski".  
1945, Maurice "Rocket" Richard became the first NHLer to score 50 goals in a season.
1966, Scott Paper began selling Paper Dresses for $1.00,(Scotties Little SOFT-TEASE).
The Beatles  "Penny Lane" went to number 1 in 1967.
The Buffalo Sabres set an NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period against the Maple Leafs 1981.



                                                                                                       FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS BORN ON THIS DATE;

On March 18, 1961, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a small cheerful boy with big blue eyes was born. He weighed only 14 ounces and was 8-3/4 inches tall. His name was Poppin’ Fresh, but he is more widely known as the Pillsbury Doughboy. he is 52 today.... Chet Noice, a freelance artist, wrote and illustrated a story about a baker who lovingly created a special batch of dough. While the dough was left to rise overnight, it came to life. He eventually sold his idea to Pillsbury. The character didn’t evolve into Poppin’ Fresh until Rudy Perz, a copywriter for the Leo Burnett ad agency, came along. While sitting in his kitchen trying to create an advertising campaign for Pillsbury, Perz kept imagining a living dough boy popping out of a Pillsbury Crescent Rolls can. He also had him Giggle when Poked in the tummy while today I guess he is Googled when poked in the tummy. In the 1970s, Poppin’ Fresh was joined by a family that included his wife Poppie Fresh (aka The Pillsbury Dough girl), son Popper, baby daughter Bun Bun, GrandPopper and GrandMommer, Uncle Rollie, Biscuit the cat, and Flapjack the dog. The family was created as 7-inch vinyl dolls that sold at Sears. And in 1972, the Doughboy was crowned “Toy of the Year.” and speaking of that Canada has it's own updated dough Boy...He makes lots of Dough on the Speaking circuit and is Canada's own TRUE DOUGH-BOY, Justin TIME FOR MOST LIBERALS.

ALSO born on this date....Vanessa Williams (singer/actress) and probably the best known Miss America ever, is 50 today. Irene Cara (Flashdance and "Fame") singer is 54, Charlie Pride is 75, John Updike (1932-1999)., and Wilson Pickett is 72 still riding around with "Mustang Sally" Adam Levine of Maroon 5 (and "The Voice" judge) is 34 and Queen Latifah is 34 (there is no King Latifah as far as I know).

and finally...just to wrap up the wearin' of the green....out at a bar I saw a guy, drunk.  I was going to give him a Nasty Look....but he Already Had one....."What's  the difference between an Irish Wedding and an Irish Wake? One Less Drunk.   (You can Kilkenny for that one)