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Henry Winkler's heart sank when he entered the Producer's waiting room to audition for the role of Arthur Fonzarelli in the soon to be "Happy Days' television series. For sitting across the room was Mickey Dolenz; good looking, experienced actor who also knew how to ride a motorcycle. He was also over six feet tall! That was to be the deciding factor in Garry Marshall's choice for the role. Though the script called for a 'tall Italian Kid", Marshall thought the disparity in height wouldn't work with the other cast members who were all about five foot seven. Luckily for Henry, he too was five foot seven. Though Mickey was dejected, he agreed only Henry was "THe Fonz"

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There were four Corvettes in 1954, the convertible (the only production model), the hardtop, Nomad and the fastback Corvette Corvair were all three concept car prototype…

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I think the last time I played board darts was after I corked out the board and a older kid in the neighborhood that I was playing with in my friends basement was pissed he got beat and darted me as I ran up the stairs out of the basement.
I ended up with one dart in my arm and another in my thigh.
Now I know why they have the plastic 'Safety Darts' in some of the bar's I frequented in my lifetime.

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While filming The Secret of Bigfoot: Part 1 and Part 2 of ABC's The Six Million Dollar Man, several tourists watched as Andre the Giant (who played Bigfoot) threw a tree trunk at Lee Majors.

One tourist on the Universal Studios set noted, "At first, I couldn't believe it when the tour guide told us that hair creature was Andre the Giant. I had just seen him wrestle in New York the week before and now here was again. Of course, makeup made it difficult to see Andre's face completely, but when he stood up, I could see how tall he was. Then I knew for sure it was Andre the Giant."

Andre's makeup took three hours every morning of filming to apply.

The crew noted that Andre was a pleasure to work with and The Giant had a lot of fun on set. While this was Andre's first foray into television, he was open to having his own show, but only if he didn't portray a monster.

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On July 30, 1982, the first-place Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa's teepee from the unoccupied section of the bleachers so that the team can make more seats available during sellouts. After the team blows a 10.5 game lead, losing 19 out of its next 21 games, the fans will pressure the management to reinstate the mascot's home, which appears to end the skid for the eventual division champs.

Chief Noc-A-Homa was the original mascot of the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves from 1950s until 1986. The name was used for the "screaming Indian" sleeve patch worn on Braves jerseys. From at least the early 1960s, while still in Milwaukee County Stadium, until the early 1980s at Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium, this mascot "lived" in a teepee in an unoccupied section of the bleacher seats.

The name was intended to be a playful variation of "Knock a Homer." The mascot's job was to exit his teepee and perform a dance whenever a Braves player hit a home run.

In the late 1970s, when the previously mediocre Braves became contenders again, a peculiar superstition arose. When football season approached and the portable bleachers needed to be opened up for the Atlanta Falcons, the teepee was typically removed... and at that point, the Braves would typically start to lose. Superstitious fans claimed that disrupting Noc-A-Homa's home was the cause of their downturn, rather than the team just not having enough depth to sustain first place for the season. After this happened several years in a row, though, the story began to take on a semblance of truth.

The rumor reached a fever pitch in 1982, when the Braves were in first place with a seemingly insurmountable lead. Needing additional seating for sellouts, the Braves removed the teepee and sold tickets to the seats normally supporting it. The Braves promptly lost 19 of their next 21 games and fell to third place. When Braves management put the teepee back in place, the Braves went back to first place and ultimately won the Western division that year.

The best-known Noc-A-Homa was Levi Walker, Jr., an Ottawa native and an Odawa Indian. In 1986, Walker and the Braves mutually agreed to end their relationship due to disagreements about pay and missed dates. Walker petitioned the club to revive his role during the Braves' 1991 magical pennant run, but the Braves' management declined.

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In the 1920s, the electric toaster saw its peak popularity, coinciding with the introduction of pre-sliced bread, which became a global sensation. During this decade, electric toaster sales surged from 400,000 to 1.2 million units.

The original electric toasters featured a heater and a stationary wire frame to hold the toast, giving them an elegant appearance, often mounted on porcelain bases. However, they posed a risk to users due to their tendency to get extremely hot.

One remarkable toaster from that era was "The Sweetheart," which offered a convenient feature. By pressing two buttons on the base, each side of the toaster's basket swung out at a 90-degree angle. This allowed users to easily place the bread in or remove the toasted slices without having to do so manually. Releasing the buttons would return the baskets to their original position against the unit. By pressing the buttons again, the bread slices would rotate in the opposite direction, ensuring both sides were toasted evenly.

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my youngest started elementary school in 1990 .. this thing disappeared about then from her school, reappeared (on concrete) when we got to France in the mid 1990's for her fourth grade.

here ca. 1950's. two "kings" on one ascending "queen"; .. my kinda gal. :)

btw, for the youthful members who never had the thrill of commanding the "high ground" at recess, these were called "jungle gyms" (at least in midwest, where I lost a tooth on one in 1967 being Spiderman) :poke:
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Remember Commander McBragg ? He 1st appeared in 1963 on the animated series Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales, then on the Underdog animated television show from 1964 to 1973, and have appeared in some syndicated prints of The Bullwinkle Show, Hoppity Hooper and Uncle Waldo's Cartoon Show.
 
came out in the 1950's. I wasn't old enough to operate it/understand it until mid 60's.

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