Archive for July, 2022

COMEDY RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1978

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On July 28, 1978, National Lampoon’s Animal House, a movie
spoof about 1960s college fraternities starring John Belushi,
opened in U.S. theaters. Produced with an estimated budget
of $3 million, Animal House became a huge, multi-million-dollar
box-office hit, spawned a slew of cinematic imitations and
became part of pop-culture history with such memorable lines
as “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”

Set at the fictional Faber College (the University of Oregon
served as a stand-in during filming), Animal House centered
around the disreputable Delta House fraternity.

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John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982)


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The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a
public
research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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ORIGINAL THERMOS FOUNDED IN GERMANY

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In 1892, James Dewar, a Scottish born scientist, working at
Cambridge University, invented the vacuum-insulated flask,
a scientific vessel for storing liquefied gases. It was not a
household item fit for everyday use like carrying warm coffee.

In 1903, the German glass blower Reinhold Burger received
a German patent for an isolating vessel for everyday use. In
1904, Burger registered the trademark Thermos for his patent.

In 1906, the company Thermos GmbH was formed by Burger
with Albert Aschenbrenner and Gustav Robert Paalen. The
production of Thermos-branded bottles in the United States
was based on US patent 13,093 by Burger and Aschenbrenner.

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Sir James Dewar 
(20 September 1842 – 27 March 1923)

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Reinhold Burger (1866 – 1954) 

   
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DEATH OF ACTOR TONY DOW CONFIRMED

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Tony Lee Dow (April 13, 1945 – July 27, 2022)

Actor Tony Dow, best known for his role as Wally Cleaver on the
classic sitcom Leave It to Beaver, died on Wednesday at the age
of 77.

Dow was still in hospice care Tuesday when his death from
cancer was
prematurely announced
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FIRST APPEARANCE OF BUGS BUNNY IN 1940

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While Porky’s Hare Hunt was the first Warner Bros. cartoon to
feature a prototype of Bugs Bunny, A Wild Hare, directed by
Tex Avery character designed by Bob Givensand released on
July 27, 1940, is widely considered to be the first official Bugs
Bunny cartoon. It is the first film where both Elmer Fudd and
Bugs, both redesigned by
Bob Givens, are shown in their fully
developed forms as hunter and tormentor, respectively; the first
in which
Mel Blanc (below) uses what became Bugs’ standard
voice; and the first in which Bugs uses his catchphrase, "What’s
up, Doc?" A Wild Hare was a huge success in theaters and
received an
Academy Award nomination for Best Cartoon
Short Subject.

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