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CRB
02-23-2010, 12:50 AM
I learned something today, Scott Rasmussen of Rasmussen Reports is the same guy who co-founded ESPN in 1979. He was also an announcer for the Hartford Whalers and played minor-league hockey.

Interesting guy.
bazzer
02-23-2010, 11:26 AM
I learned something today, Scott Rasmussen of Rasmussen Reports is the same guy who co-founded ESPN in 1979. He was also an announcer for the Hartford Whalers and played minor-league hockey.

Interesting guy.

Wow, had no idea. It's funny when you learn those things -- kinda like the fact that Morton Downey Jr. co-wrote "Wipeout."
Joe
02-23-2010, 02:36 PM
It's funny when you learn those things -- kinda like the fact that Morton Downey Jr. co-wrote "Wipeout."

Or that Eddie Albert (of Green Acres fame) invented the Dippy Bird:

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/dippy-bird1.jpg

And Paul Winchell (the ventriloquist) patented a working artificial heart.
bazzer
02-23-2010, 03:10 PM
No way!!!
klubkleb
02-23-2010, 05:19 PM
And the mother of one of The Monkees invented Wite-Out.
Bart Lidofsky
02-24-2010, 05:23 PM
And the mother of one of The Monkees invented Wite-Out.
And her son, Mike Nesmith, wrote "Different Drum"
Kat
02-26-2010, 08:26 PM
What is a dippy bird?
bazzer
02-26-2010, 08:35 PM
What is a dippy bird?

Seriously? You never saw one?

Well, you take that bird in the photo and place a dish of water in front of him, get his beak wet, and he'll pretty much keep rocking back and forth, having a drink every downstroke, basically forever. Remember the Simpsons episode where Homer got a dippy bird to push his button for him?
klubkleb
02-26-2010, 08:49 PM
HAHAHAHAHA I forgot about that one. With today's snowstorm, I've been busy singing, "I'm Mr. Plow. That's my name. That name again is Mr. Plow."
Kat
02-26-2010, 09:50 PM
I really have never seen one, and if I did see that episode (doesn't sound familiar), I didn't know what the dippy bird was. So it's sort of like a time waster desk toy?
bazzer
02-26-2010, 10:09 PM
I think of it more as something that kids can win/buy at carnivals. Actually, now that I look at the Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dippy_bird), I see there are actually *four* Simpsons episodes that reference the famed bird! I'll have to check them all out. :)
Bart Lidofsky
02-27-2010, 09:44 PM
I think of it more as something that kids can win/buy at carnivals. Actually, now that I look at the Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dippy_bird), I see there are actually *four* Simpsons episodes that reference the famed bird! I'll have to check them all out. :)

And here's a youtube video with explanation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JYcfzpFtVc).