Today an episode of the great television show “What’s My Line” that aired 4 weeks after the Baltimore Colts’ famed 1958 NFL Title game win at the New York Giants.
The date was January 25, 1959.
Paul Newman was the mystery guest and the distinguished David Niven provided a truly eloquent introduction of one of the three regular panel members, Dorothy Kilgallen.
What’s My Line? – Paul Newman; David Niven [panel] (Jan 25, 1959)
Today I recall fondly some of Joan Rivers’ vintage appearances on The Tonight Show both as a guest and as the host, in John Carson’s absence.
Click below to see one of Joan’s great opening monologues, this one from 1984.
She was always great as a guest, in my opinion, even greater as a guest host.
Joan Rivers stand-up Tonight Show – hilarious monologue 2 – 1984
Joan Rivers, pictured above in a guest host role on The Tonight Show.
The loss by the Boston Celtics in a Sunday game 7 of the NBA semi-final round to the Cleveland Cavaliers marked the third straight time, all with different teams, a Boston team’s season ended with a Sunday defeat.
First the Philadelphia Eagles upset the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, of course played on a Sunday.
Next the Tampa Bay Lightning won a home game 5 to eliminate the Boston Bruins on Sunday May 13th.
Before the three losses, the Red Sox, though they would lose their 2017 division series to the eventual champion, Houston Astros, avoided elimination with a game 3, home Sunday win.
I was inspired having seen the film, “RBG” about the eminent Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
In a short time, a work about the late Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, will be performed at 59E59.
The play is “The Originalist,” written by John Strand and directed by Molly Smith.
Edward Gero as Justice Scalia, Tracy Ifeachor and Brett Mack comprise an excellent cast.
More information including how to purchase tickets is below.
THE ORIGINALIST begins performances on Saturday, July 14 for a limited engagement through Sunday, August 19. The performance schedule is Tuesday – Friday at 7 PM; Saturday & Sunday at 2 PM & 7 PM. Single tickets are $25 – $70 ($25 – $49 for 59E59 Members). Tickets are available by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.59e59.org.
Today a look at another fine episode of the great television show, “What’s My Line.”
This one is from August 14, 1965 which was a Saturday.
Paul Muni is truly entertaining, trying to disguise his identity in a unique way.
Enjoy!
Click below to view the episode.
What’s My Line? – Paul Muni (Aug 14, 1955)
The great actor, Paul Muni pictured above.
Despite a loss vs Tampa Bay (Rays) yesterday, that ended a 12 game win skein, which included a (10-0) road trip, the world champion Houston Astros are viable contenders in a bid for a Houston repeat title.
Only the Rockets had ever before given Houston a major North American sports league crown, when the Astros gave the city another, with a 7 game World Series triumph, clinched in L.A. vs the Dodgers 33 Wednesdays ago, on November 1, 2017.
The Rockets repeated their ’94 NBA title with an unlikely one in ’95, winning all four ‘offs series sans home advantage.
In leagues no longer in existence, Houston teams twice repeated as champions.
The recently deceased Billy Cannon led the Houston Oilers, now the Tennessee Titans, to the first two A.F.L. crowns in ’60 and ’61.
In the defunct W.H.A. , the Houston Aeros with the great Gord Howe won back to back crowns in ’74 and ’75.
There is a long way to go, but maybe the Astros can win another repeat Houston title in ’18.
Barry Trotz is not the first coach that will not be with his defending Stanley Cup champion, team (in this case the Washington Capitals) the following season.
Tom Johnson of the ’72 title team Bruins and the retiring Hector “Toe” Blake, after the ’68 Canadiens won it all, are two that come to mind.
There are others, however, in a way, let’s go full circle 50 years and in the NHL’s annals 50 seasons later, concerning Blake’s great coaching disciple, Scotty Bowman.
Bowman coached the first year St.Louis Blues in that ’68 Final, losing in 4 straight games, three by only one goal, to Blake’s 8th title team.
In ’02 Bowman broke mentor Blake’s record, winning his 9th title and a la Blake after ’68, retired.
Trotz will coach elsewhere and 50’s (years and seasons) later, left a title team, this one the Caps, who won their first title and for that matter final series game, vs a truly impressive first year, Las Vegas Golden Knights’ team.
Yesterday, a day Mexico won a first round/non elimination “Group F” game vs defending World Cup champion, Germany–Brooks Koepka became just the seventh golfer to repeat as U.S. Open champion.
Curtis Strange in 1989, was the last to do so.
Koepka won by one stroke over Tommy Fleetwood, who shot a final round, U.S. Open record tying 63.
Germany and certainly Brazil, though tied in its “Group E” opener, still are favored to make it to the next round.
Koepka’s round and title yesterday advanced him in golf history.
The Golden State Warriors not only became the first franchise to sweep the NBA Final Series twice, but also are the first to win a 7 game semi-final series and then sweep the subsequent final as many as two times.
In 1975, a year/’74-’75 season, in which their fellow 2018 champion, the first year, Washington Capitals had an 8 win, 67 loss, 5 tie record, “G.S.” won #7 at home vs the Chicago Bulls, before sweeping another Washington team, the Bullets, in the final series.
Both teams “broomed out” (a one time employer implored me to “broom out” the area quicker, so he could get home. I was “killing his sex life,” he quipped and all of it resonates this Father’s Day, including my incredible recall for things, often not important, such as this “information”) in the final series by “G.S.,” defeated the Boston Celtics in semi-final series that ended on a Sunday (the Bullets in ’75 and the Cavs this past season).
In the recently completed NHL season and playoffs, the Winnipeg Jets finished second in overall points in the regular season and won two rounds before losing to the first year, Las Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL semi-final round.
The past season was the first time the Winnipeg Jets, in either of their incarnations, won 2 rounds in the NHL playoffs.
Results were much different in the W.H.A. where the original Winnipeg Jets, now the Phoenix Coyotes, won 3 titles and made 5 final round appearances in the league’s 7 year existence (1973-1979).
They were led by the great player, Bobby Hull, who scored over 600 goals in the NHL playing his entire career with the Chicago Blackhawks.
Bobby Hull, pictured above.
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