TIL: Today I Learned... (6 Viewers)

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Not Phil Hartman in that one. That was Joe Piscopo.

Oh, so you watch tv ?

 

[Paul]

TIL that the Frank Sinatra song New York, New York was released in … the 1980s (!).. Like, not a remake or whatever (though it was actually a cover of the original 1977 song New York, New York by Judy Garland’s daughter- which i also learned today) .. but the original Frank Sinatra version of the song was released in 1980… all my life i thought it was a standard from the 1940s or 1950s.. im kind of embarrassed , and im shook .


Im gonna need some of yall to either ridicule me, or to reassure me that im not the only one who thought this classic was released decades earlier .

No one deserves to be ridiculed for not knowing the release year of a song.

Now, that shirt you’re wearing is ridiculous. Terrible. 0/5 stars. Good day.

 

[Bill]

Oh, so you watch tv ?

As long as there isn't some fictional movie on my screen.

 

[Bill]

I particularly enjoyed his duet with (Eddie Murphy i think ?) as Stevie Wonder, their version of Ebony & Ivory.. if memory serves, it went something like :

“You are black, and i am white
You are blind as a bat, and I have sight ..”

 

[zatsnzapps]

The only thing I know about it was that it signaled closing time at a place my roommate and I went to every Thursday night (ladies nite 2fers) in the 80's.

I don't suppose it was Razzy's (later became The Beach Club) in Hammond?

 

[Eeyore]

I particularly enjoyed his duet with (Eddie Murphy i think ?) as Stevie Wonder, their version of Ebony & Ivory.. if memory serves, it went something like :



“You are black, and i am white
You are blind as a bat, and I have sight ..”

I think that was Piscopo

Edit: all that I had to do was scroll down

 

[Nisey55]

I don't suppose it was Razzy's (later became The Beach Club) in Hammond?

Nah, kind of a neighborhood pool hall named The Cue in BR. I had to look it up, those 2 For 1 screwdrivers left hazy memories. Aptly named address too,
Alco Dr. I have heard of or been to Razzy's, lived there in my childhood.

 

[Dago]

TIL that a 'smidgeon' is a real unit of measure equal to 1/32 of a teaspoon

 

[DaveXA]

TIL that a 'smidgeon' is a real unit of measure equal to 1/32 of a teaspoon

Til.

 

[Paul]

TIL that a 'smidgeon' is a real unit of measure equal to 1/32 of a teaspoon

Today I learned that I’ve never utilized the word “smidgeon” and it doesn’t feel right coming out of my mouth. Also, I think it’s a politically incorrect and not-so-sneaky jab at persons of short stature.
“They’re super midgets, and let’s try to cover it up by taking away the “t” and adding an “on”. We’ll call it a unit of measurement but we know what we’re really talking about here.”

And you would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for Paul’s brilliant arse!

 

[Dago]

Today I learned that I’ve never utilized the word “smidgeon” and it doesn’t feel right coming out of my mouth. Also, I think it’s a politically incorrect and not-so-sneaky jab at persons of short stature.
“They’re super midgets, and let’s try to cover it up by taking away the “t” and adding an “on”. We’ll call it a unit of measurement but we know what we’re really talking about here.”

And you would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for Paul’s brilliant arse!

Maybe just a smidgeon of truth to this

 

[bigdaddysaints]

Ive always used the word smidge when referring to a tiny amount, never knew it was a real measrement.

 

[zeetes]

Today I learned that I’ve never utilized the word “smidgeon” and it doesn’t feel right coming out of my mouth. Also, I think it’s a politically incorrect and not-so-sneaky jab at persons of short stature.
“They’re super midgets, and let’s try to cover it up by taking away the “t” and adding an “on”. We’ll call it a unit of measurement but we know what we’re really talking about here.”

And you would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for Paul’s brilliant arse!

don't pick on the little people

 

[Paul]

don't pick on the little people

Oh dear zeetes, to do so would be picking on myself. I’m 5’10”.

5’10 and 1/2” when I wear my dress shoes that go clickety-click-click.