Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - November 27, 2024 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety. We are thankful for many things. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of an ONT (which is a synonym for happiness, right?).

Always tastes great AND less filling: this is the Wednesday night ONT. May your cup runneth over...

Socialism Failed Miserably For The American Pilgrims, Just Like It Does Everywhere

[S]ome [settlers] doe it not willingly and others not honestly.

So they began to think how they might raise as much corn as they could, and obtain a better crop than they had done, that they might not still thus languish in misery. At length, after much debate of things, the Governor (with the advice of the chiefest amongst them) gave way that they should set corn every man for his own particular, and in that regard trust to themselves; in all other things to go on in the general way as before. And so assigned to every family a parcel of land, according to the proportion of their number, for that end, only for present use (but made no division for inheritance) and ranged all boys and youth under some family.

[I]t made all hands very industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been by any means the Governor or any other could use, and saved him a great deal of trouble, and gave far better content. The women now went willingly into the field, and took their little ones with them to set corn; which before would allege weakness and inability; whom to have compelled would have been thought great tyranny and oppression.

The Pilgrim Quest for Beaver (alternate title: Bibles and Beavers Brought American Bounty).

The Bible and the beaver were the two mainstays of the Plymouth Colony in its early years.

The Indians taught the Pilgrims how to trap beaver in exchange for metal objects, grain and finished clothing.

The establishment of the colony was an economic investment. Merchant backers put up money, but the colony was not prosperous in the early days. The Pilgrims bought out their backers for partial assumption of outstanding debt.

The price for beaver pelts was relatively low during the early 1620s but increased in 1627 and 1628 because England was at war with France and Spain. Beaver fur became more scarce in Europe, and so the price went up and Pilgrims got the benefit. Most of their pelts came from Maine.

The success of the Pilgrims led to the larger emigration and founding of what became Boston.

America was built on beaver and the beaver became the national animal of...Canada. The end.

Amazing... We now live in a world where community notes can correct bad theology on X(Twitter) with citations to the Bible.

The Voice Of Milhouse Retires From The Simpsons

Pamela Hayden, who has voiced iconic Simpsons characters including Milhouse and Jimbo Jones, is retiring from the show after 35 years.

Hayden will voice her last episode (Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes) on Sunday, November 24.

In addition to Barts best friend Milhouse Van Houten and bully Jimbo Jones, over the years, Hayden has voiced secondary characters including Ned Flanders son Rod, Chief Wiggums wife and Ralph Wiggums mother Sarah and Lisa Simpsons friend Janey Powell.

Twas the night before Thanksgiving

We play because our childhood friendships mean more to us than we can truly describe. We play so we have that special night to look forward to, where we can all be together to turn back the clock and be kids again. We play to keep up a special holiday tradition and to make certain we all find time to be with each other. We play because we realize how fortunate we are to have such close, long-lasting relationships -- and to make even more special memories.

NBC honors John Madden on Thanksgiving by taking the original Madden Cruiser on one last trip

Turkeys being pardoned at the White House always stay at the Willard Hotel the night before the ceremony. There are two turkeys but seems like practice varies between including one or both in the ceremony.

This year, the turkeys were selected out of a flock of 44. The winners rode in the back of a minivan for 16 hours to DC. Selection depends in temperament (ability to behave at a ceremony with lots of commotion and people) and plumage nicest feathers). The names (Peach and Blossom) came from a suggestion box at the Minnesota State Fair that were winnowed and submitted to the President to decide. The pardoned turkeys will go to an agricultural interpretative center in Waseca, Minnesota called Farmamerica. The unpardoned turkeys will not. The crime for which clemency was granted was not disclosed.

Since the ONT is concerned with facts of the most important historical significance, here are the names of the pardoned turkeys of the past ten years:
2024: Peach and Blossom (from Minnesota)
2023: Liberty and Bell (from Minnesota)
2022: Chocolate and Chip (from North Carolina)
2021: Peanut Butter and Jelly (from Indiana)
2020: Corn and Cob (from Iowa)
2019: Bread and Butter (from North Carolina)
2018: Peas and Carrots (from South Dakota)
2017: Drumstick and Wishbone (from Minnesota)
2016: Tater and Tot (from Iowa)
2015: Abe and Honest (from California)

Seems like good advice:

Random Vatican news:
Vatican to install a webcam at St. Peters tomb as part technological outreach for Holy Year

Pope Francis will inaugurate a webcam on Dec. 2 to be installed beneath the main altar of St. Peters Basilica.

Another webcam will be placed on the basilicas Holy Door for the 2025 Jubilee, during which indulgences for the forgiveness of sins are granted to pilgrims who travel to Rome and enter through it.

Jim Abrahams, Writer and Director of Airplane!, Naked Gun and Other Zucker Brothers Comedies, Dies at 80

The ONT offers the following in recognition and memory of Mr. Abrahams:

30th anniversary Airplane! reunion in 2013:

Related trivia:

David Letterman read for the part of Ted Striker

Kareem Abdul Jabbars role as Roger Murdock was originally written for Pete Rose.

The film producers received permission from The Bee Gees to speed up Stayin Alive in the bar scene by 10%.

For the argument between announcers concerning the white and red zones at the airport, the producers hired the same people who made the real announcements at Los Angeles International Airport. They were also married to each other in real life.

The three directors had a long battle with the Directors Guild of America, who initially refused to allow for a three director credit. Jim Abrahams legally changed his name to [Abrahams and Zuckers] in order to ensure credit was given to all three directors in the credits. The Guild ultimately allowed the three director credit.

Otto, the automatic pilot, ultimately disintegrated after spending several years in Jerry Zuckers garage.

The movie cost $3.5 million and only took 34 days to make.

Airplane! was based on the 1957 movie Zero Hour. It mostly follows the same storyline but adds gags and jokes:

And for a big ONT finish:

August 12 through September 24, 1991 (in this order):

Bonus: Not a yacht, but it is nautical. Mystery click. Warning. Not quiet. Turn your speakers to eleven. Open in a separate window. No Thanksgiving connection.

This is a no Yoko zone. Hobby Thread? What Hobby Thread? No idea what you are talking about. Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking? Come out and play. As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

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