“I’m Santa Claus.” “Right, and I’m the tooth fairy.”
Day 21
Guess my 21st favorite Christmas movie from this screenshot of the film. For an extra challenge, the quote from the blog title is now a quote from the previous day’s movie or special, not the current day, so you only have the screenshot to go by. Only your first guess counts. Send your guess to jeremy@whatthehelldoesrantmean.com. Also make sure to comment this post so your guess counts. Three points for the first to correctly guess the film or special, one point for all correct guesses afterwards. The person with the most points at the end of the contest gets a $50 Borders Gift Card for the new year.
Yesterday’s Answer
Congratulations to Desiree for the right answer.
A Christmas Memory
The very first play I was in was in ninth grade. Christmas Comes to Detroit Louie. I hope you haven’t forgotten. I told you about it yesterday. Another embarrassing moment from this play. So I played Detroit Louie, this tough street pickpocket sort. In the play there is this angel that is on probation trying to earn her wings back, and she can grant one wish to anyone in this doctor’s office. Well there’s this nice-nice (goody-goody) blind girl(because little blind girls are never bitchy) and I’m kind of a prick to her. Well she wishes that I’d be a good person. So the angel is supposed to sprinkle glitter over me to change me. Well the top comes off the glitter bottle and the whole wad of glitter falls from the bottle in a heavy clump on my hat. I here small snickers from the audience and I can feel the weight of the glitter on my head. So I go sit down and I start to giggle on the inside so I tilt my head down so people can’t see that my face was a twisted look of laughter. Well the glitter clump comes sliding off the hat and falls in a pile at my feet………….And I lost it. I started laughing which caused the other cast members to start laughing which caused the audience to start laughing. It lasted for five minutes before we could pull ourselves together and finish the play. But the meaningful poignant scene that was suppose to play before peoples eyes and make them want to be better people? Yeah….that was lost on them.
BONUS POINTS: Earn up to two points for posting the name of a celebrity(meaning most people know this person by name) who was born/died on December 25th. You can earn one point each for finding one of each(born and died(i.e. April 5th Bette Davis was born on Kurt Cobain died on (that would earn two points))). You, of course, can not repeat someone else’s answers. Good luck everyone! Bonus points are only eligible the day that particular contest is posted.
December 4th, 2007 at 9:41 am
First bad boy to comment.
December 4th, 2007 at 9:44 am
I made a guess…hopefully it’s right…I’ve never been first to leave a comment!
December 4th, 2007 at 9:47 am
James Brown died on December 25th.
December 4th, 2007 at 9:49 am
Nellie Fox born on December 25, 1927
Irish McCalla born on December 25, 1929
Ismail Merchant born on December 25, 1936
Royce D. Applegate born on December 25, 1939
Jimmy Buffett born on December 25, 1946
Larry Csonka born on December 25, 1946
Stuart Wilson born on December 25, 1946
Jozias van Aartsen born on December 25, 1947
Barbara Mandrell born on December 25, 1948
Sissy Spacek born on December 25, 1949
Karl Rove born on December 25, 1950
CCH Pounder born on December 25, 1952
Phil Brock born on December 25, 1953
Annie Lennox born on December 25, 1954
Steve Wariner born on December 25, 1954
Siano Arias born on December 25, 1956
Stéphane Ferrara born on December 25, 1956
Jan Rot born on December 25, 1957
Gary McAllister born on December 25, 1964
Gary McCallister born on December 25, 1964
Helena Christensen born on December 25, 1968
Emmanuel Amuneke born on December 25, 1970
Bill LeVasseur born on December 25, 1971
Dido Armstrong born on December 25, 1971
Simone Angel born on December 25, 1971
Kristi Myst born on December 25, 1973
Robbie Elliott born on December 25, 1973
Armin van Buuren born on December 25, 1976
Bridgetta Tomarchio born on December 25, 1978
Sasha Singleton born on December 25, 1978
Vicente Seguí born on December 25, 1978
Helen van Goozen born on December 25, 1980
Laura Sadler born on December 25, 1980
Reika Hashimoto born on December 25, 1980
Alecia Elliott born on December 25, 1982
December 4th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Sir Issac Newton
December 4th, 2007 at 9:51 am
Bob Stanley, Brit musician with Saint Etienne, turns 43.
Armin van Buuren, Dutch keyboardist, turns 31.
Heinz Sauer, German tenor saxophonist, turns 75.
Dido, British singer-songwriter, turns 36.
Merry Clayton, American gospel music vocalist who performed Gimme Shelter with Mick Jagger, turns 59.
Eddie Gibbs, American guitarist, turns 99.
Jimmy Buffett, American singer and songwriter, turns 61.
Shane MacGowan, Irish guitarist and vocalist with The Pogues, turns 50.
Dale Barlow, Australian composer and multi-instrumentalist with (Cedar Walton, Art Blakey, Billy Cobham), turns 48.
Barbara Mandrell, American country music singer, turns 59.
The Veronicas, (born Jessica and Lisa Origliasso) Australian pop music twin sisters, turns 23.
Harry Klein, Brit baritone saxophonist, turns 79.
Steve Wariner, American country musician, turns 53.
Bob James, American Grammy Award-winning pianist, turns 68.
Robin Campbell, Brit guitarist and vocalist with UB40, turns 53.
Noel Hogan, Irish guitarist with The Cranberries, turns 36.
Annie Lennox, Brit singer of Eurythmics fame, turns 53.
Chris Ellis, Brit jazz vocalist, turns 79.
Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboardist, turns 31.
Pat Jenkins, American trumpeter, turns 93.
Joe Louis Walker, American blues guitarist, turns 58.
Dmitri Matheny, American trumpeter, turns 42.
Pete Rugolo, Sicilian arranger and composer, turns 92.
Pete Brown, Brit lyricist, poet, singer, producer with Cream, turns 67.
Izzy Friedman, American clarinetist, turns 104.
Ronnie Cuber, American baritone saxophonist, turns 66.
Barbara Mandrell, American singer and actress, turns 59.
Chucho Merchan, Columbian bass player, turns 54.
Ernie Andrews, American vocalist, turns 80.
Herbie Spanier, Canadian trumpeter, turns 79.
Ben Dixon, American drummer, turns 73.
Ferman Akgül, Singer of Turkish rock band maNga, turns 28.
Josh Freese, American drummer, turns 35.
Harry “Big Jim” Lawson (1904 – ?), American trumpeter, would have turned 103.
Orlando Gibbons (December 25, 1583 – June 05, 1625), Brit composer, would have turned 424 this year.
Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994), American vocalist and bandleader, would have turned 100 this year.
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (December 25, 1711 – October 08, 1772), French composer, would have turned 296 this year.
Louis Cottrell, Sr. (December 25, 1878 – October 17, 1927), American drummer, would have turned 129 this year.
Noel Redding (December 25, 1945 – May 11, 2003), Brit bassist with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, would have turned 62 this year.
O’Kelly Isley, Jr. (December 25, 1937 – March 31, 1986), American soul music performer with The Isley Brothers, would have turned 70 this year.
Chris Kenner (December 25, 1929 – January 25, 1976), American R&B singer, would have turned 78 this year.
Wayman Carver (December 25, 1905 – May 06, 1967), American flautist, would have turned 102 this year.
Natalino Otto (December 25, 1912 – October 04, 1969), Italian singer, would have turned 95 this year.
Big Jim Robinson (December 25, 1892 – May 04, 1976), American trombonist, would have turned 115 this year.
Kenny Everett (December 25, 1944 – April 04, 1995), Brit disc jockey and presenter, would have turned 63 this year.
Rick Fay (1926 – 1999), American clarinetist and saxophonist, would have turned 81.
Don Alias (December 25, 1939 – March 29, 2006), American percussionist, would have turned 68 this year.
Don Pullen (December 25, 1941 – April 22, 1995), American jazz pianist and organist, would have turned 66 this year.
Kid Ory (December 25, 1886 – January 23, 1973), (born Edward Ory) American trombonist, would have turned 121 this year.
Merritt Brunies (December 25, 1895 – February 05, 1973), American cornetist, would have turned 112 this year.
Henry Vestine (December 25, 1944 – October 20, 1997), American guitarist with Canned Heat, would have turned 63 this year.
Trevor Lucas (December 25, 1943 – February 04, 1989), Australian folk music guitarist of Fairport Convention fame, would have turned 64 this year.
Grizel Baillie (December 25, 1665 – December 06, 1746), Scottish songwriter, would have turned 342 this year.
Chris Woods (December 25, 1925 – July 04, 1985), American alto saxophonist, would have turned 82 this year.
Eddie Safranski (December 25, 1918 – January 10, 1974), American bass player, would have turned 89 this year.
Oscar Moore (December 25, 1912 – October 08, 1981), American guitarist, would have turned 95 this year.
December 4th, 2007 at 9:53 am
Deaths Die Dead See you in Hell
Jack Benny, 1974 (Comedian)
Gerald Ford, 2006 (38th US President)
Jason Robards, 2000 (Actor)
Harry S. Truman, 1972 (33rd US President)
Reggie White, 2004 (Football)
December 4th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Death
James Brown 25th December 73 Soul Singer
December 4th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Finally, I might get a point! I almost wrote “Jesus” for my celebrity born on Christmas, but I’ll go with Humphrey Bogart instead.
December 4th, 2007 at 10:01 am
Our Favorite Sissy Spacek was born on Christmas!
Dean Martin died on Christmas.
December 4th, 2007 at 10:02 am
Jimmy Buffet was born on December 25th.
December 4th, 2007 at 10:03 am
Death
Dean Martin December 25, 1995
December 4th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Birthday
Annie Lennox
December 4th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Princess Alice Royalty 25-Dec-1901 29-Oct-2004 Late Duchess of Gloucester
John Ashley Actor 25-Dec-1934 3-Oct-1997 Beach Blanket Bingo
Clara Barton Activist 25-Dec-1821 12-Apr-1912 Co-Founder of the American Red Cross
Ahmed Ben Bella Head of State 25-Dec-1918 President of Algeria, 1963-65
Humphrey Bogart Actor 25-Dec-1899 14-Jan-1957 Casablanca
Jimmy Buffett Singer/Songwriter 25-Dec-1946 Margaritaville
Cab Calloway Jazz Musician 25-Dec-1907 18-Nov-1994 King of Hi-De-Ho
Dean Cameron Actor 25-Dec-1962 Spicoli on Fast Times TV
Carlos Castaneda Author 25-Dec-1925 27-Apr-1998 The Teachings of Don Juan
Louis Chevrolet Auto Racing 25-Dec-1878 6-Jun-1941 Designed the first Chevrolet
Helena Christensen Model 25-Dec-1968 Danish model dates rock stars
Clark Clifford Government 25-Dec-1906 10-Oct-1998 US Secretary of Defense 1968-69
Quentin Crisp Actor 25-Dec-1908 21-Nov-1999 The Naked Civil Servant
Larry Csonka Football 25-Dec-1946 Hall-of-famer Miami Dolphins #39
Dido Musician 25-Dec-1971 No Angel
Josh Freese Drummer 25-Dec-1972 Drummer for A Perfect Circle
Patrick Gilmore Composer 25-Dec-1829 24-Sep-1892 The Father of The American Band
Nicolas Godin Musician 25-Dec-1969 Half of the duo Air
Rickey Henderson Baseball 25-Dec-1958 Man of Steal
Gerhard Herzberg Chemist 25-Dec-1904 3-Mar-1999 Molecular spectroscopy
Conrad Hilton Business 25-Dec-1887 3-Jan-1979 Founder, Hilton Hotels
Mohammad Ali Jinnah Head of State 25-Dec-1876 11-Sep-1948 Founder of Pakistan
Mabel King Actor 25-Dec-1932 9-Nov-1999 What’s Happening!
Annie Lennox Singer/Songwriter 25-Dec-1954 Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)
Oscar Lewis Anthropologist 25-Dec-1914 16-Dec-1970 Culture of Poverty
Shane MacGowan Musician 25-Dec-1957 The Pogues
Barton MacLane Actor 25-Dec-1902 1-Jan-1969 Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie
Barbara Mandrell Country Musician 25-Dec-1948 Midnight Oil
Tony Martin Musician 25-Dec-1913 There’s No Tomorrow
Bob Martinez Politician 25-Dec-1934 Governor of Florida, 1987-91
Ismail Merchant Film/TV Producer 25-Dec-1936 25-May-2005 Co-founder of Merchant Ivory Productions
Dick Miller Actor 25-Dec-1928 A Bucket of Blood
Alannah Myles Singer/Songwriter 25-Dec-1958 Black Velvet
Isaac Newton Physicist 25-Dec-1642 20-Mar-1727 Father of modern physics
John Peterson Politician 25-Dec-1938 Congressman, Pennsylvania 5th
Thomas L. Phillips Publisher 25-Dec-1941 Phillips Publishing International
CCH Pounder Actor 25-Dec-1952 Claudette on The Shield
Noel Redding Bassist 25-Dec-1943 11-May-2003 Bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Robert L. Ripley Curator 25-Dec-1890 27-May-1949 Believe It or Not!
Anne Roiphe Author 25-Dec-1935 Up the Sandbox!
Karl Rove Government 25-Dec-1950 Turd Blossom
Ernst Ruska Physicist 25-Dec-1906 27-May-1988 Inventor of the electron microscope
Anwar Sadat Head of State 25-Dec-1918 6-Oct-1981 President of Egypt
Gary Sandy Actor 25-Dec-1945 Andy Travis on WKRP
Hal Scardino Actor 25-Dec-1984 The Indian in the Cupboard
Hanna Schygulla Actor 25-Dec-1943 The Marriage of Maria Braun
Aleksandr Scriabin Composer 25-Dec-1871 14-Apr-1915 Prometheus: The Poem of Fire
Rod Serling Author 25-Dec-1924 28-Jun-1975 Creator of The Twilight Zone
Nawaz Sharif Head of State 25-Dec-1949 Twice Prime Minister of Pakistan
Sissy Spacek Actor 25-Dec-1949 Coal Miner’s Daughter
Ken Stabler Football 25-Dec-1945 Oakland Raiders QB
Bob Stanley Musician 25-Dec-1964 Saint Etienne songwriter
Charlotte von Stein Author 25-Dec-1742 6-Jan-1827 Friend of Goethe and Schiller
Helen Twelvetrees Actor 25-Dec-1908 13-Feb-1958 The Painted Desert
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Head of State 25-Dec-1924 Prime Minister of India
George S. Vest Diplomat 25-Dec-1918 US Ambassador to the EC, 1981-85
Lila Wallace Business 25-Dec-1889 8-May-1984 Readers Digest co-founder
Stuart Wilson Actor 25-Dec-1946 Death and the Maiden
Adolf Windaus Chemist 25-Dec-1876 9-Jun-1959 Investigated cholesterol, Vitamin D
December 4th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Jesus was not born on the 25th. Dont let the Christians force you to believe this.
Dec. 21st is the Winter Solstice and it is the suns birthday, not the sons birthday…can you see the connect from the christian side.
December is known as Yuletide in the Pagan calendar. And because christianity was converting the pagans, they took christmas and changed the meaning of it.
December 4th, 2007 at 10:11 am
The actual date of birth is irrelevant! there are other more disturbing facts about his birth that are not addressed by the Christians!
The 3 Eastern astrologers, soothsayers, or what have you who came to pay homage to the baby Jesus were practicing a sin that in the Bible carries the death sentence when caught! But since they were looking for Jesus in the stars it is OK! (Bible Ethics 101) These Heathen kings were very stupid! They came all the way to the Royal Palace of King Herod the Roman client King of the Jews to ask him candidly, “where is the newborn king of the Jews?… for we have seen his star in the East” and so on… BTW, this newborn king is the rightful king of the Jews!
God had to protect baby Jesus and told the Heathen kings not to go back to King Herod, but to sneak out of Judea without telling anybody (Bible Ethics 101). King Herod got mad and sent his troops with a royal order to slaughter all the Jewish baby boys up to 2 years of age. God said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. A lot of innocent blood was shed at the birth of Jesus Christ!
The Jewish mothers who lost their babies were so upset that not even the Holy Ghost could comfort them. They “refused to be comforted!” (Mat 2:18) God comes up in a dream to Saint Joseph and tells him to wake up and take the baby Jesus Christ and scram to the forbidden land of Egypt in the middle of the night. Israel was not supposed to return to Egypt ever again!
Jeremiah 42:18-19 (NIV) This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and wrath have been poured out on those who lived in Jerusalem, so will my wrath be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You will be an object of cursing and horror, of condemnation and reproach; you will never see this place again.’ “O remnant of Judah, the LORD has told you, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Be sure of this: I warn you today
So when King Herod is exterminating all the Jewish baby boys in Judea it is OK to flee for cover to the friendly Nation of Egypt! God makes the rules as we play the game (Bible Ethics 101)
December 4th, 2007 at 10:15 am
Deaths
Pope Adrian I Religion ? 25-Dec-795 AD Roman Catholic Pope, 772-95
Phil Alvarado Boxing 18-Jan-1919 25-Dec-2003 Greatest amateur boxer ever
Leona Anderson Actor 3-Apr-1885 25-Dec-1973 House on Haunted Hill
Warren R. Austin Politician 12-Nov-1877 25-Dec-1962 US Senator from Vermont, 1931-46
Derek Bailey Guitarist 29-Jan-1932 25-Dec-2005 Uncompromising guitar improvisationist
Newton D. Baker Politician 3-Dec-1871 25-Dec-1937 US Secretary of War, 1916-21
Benny Binion Business 20-Nov-1904 25-Dec-1989 Founder, World Series of Poker
Joan Blondell Actor 30-Aug-1906 25-Dec-1979 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Lee Bowman Actor 28-Dec-1914 25-Dec-1979 Smash-Up
James Brown Singer 3-May-1933 25-Dec-2006 Purportedly felt good
Karel Capek Author 9-Jan-1890 25-Dec-1938 R.U.R.
Nicolae Ceausescu Head of State 26-Jan-1918 25-Dec-1989 Dictator of Romania
Charlie Chaplin Actor 16-Apr-1889 25-Dec-1977 Silent film comedian
Frankie Darro Actor 22-Dec-1917 25-Dec-1976 The Phantom Empire
Samuel de Champlain Explorer 1567 25-Dec-1635 Namesake of Lake Champlain
Dietrich Eckart Playwright 23-Mar-1868 25-Dec-1923 Nazi intellectual, Hitler’s best friend
W. C. Fields Comic 29-Jan-1880 25-Dec-1946 The Bank Dick
Sir Matthew Hale Judge 1-Nov-1609 25-Dec-1676 Lord Chief Justice of England
Ismet Inonu Government 25-Sep-1884 25-Dec-1973 President, Prime Minister of Turkey
Emmanuel Levinas Philosopher 12-Jan-1906 25-Dec-1995 Totality and Infinity
Ralph Linton Anthropologist 27-Feb-1893 25-Dec-1953 The Study of Man
Otto Loewi Scientist 3-Jun-1873 25-Dec-1961 Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter
Billy Martin Baseball 16-May-1928 25-Dec-1989 NY Yankees manager fired five times
Dean Martin Singer 7-Jun-1917 25-Dec-1995 Member of Rat Pack
Nicholas Mavroules Politician 1-Nov-1929 25-Dec-2003 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-93
Joan Miró Painter 20-Apr-1893 25-Dec-1983 The most surrealist of them all
Birgit Nilsson Singer 17-May-1918 25-Dec-2005 Swedish operatic soprano
Nicola Paone Business 5-Oct-1915 25-Dec-2003 Restaurateur, Italian Troubadour
Richard Paul Actor 6-Jun-1940 25-Dec-1998 Born to play Jerry Falwell
Denver Pyle Actor 11-May-1920 25-Dec-1997 Jesse Duke on Dukes of Hazzard
Willard Van Orman Quine Philosopher 25-Jun-1908 25-Dec-2000 Two Dogmas of Empiricism
Nicolas Slonimsky Lexicographer 27-Apr-1894 25-Dec-1995 Preeminent musicologist
Charles W. Socarides Activist 24-Jan-1922 25-Dec-2005 Deprogrammer of homosexuals
December 4th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Birthdates Which Occur on December 25:
4 -BC- Jesus of Nazareth religious leader/philosopher (est date)
1642 Isaac Newton English physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1698 Jacobus Houbraken engraver/illustrator
1717 Pius VI [Giovanni A Braschi], Italy, Pope (1775-99)
1721 William Collins Chichester England, (Mayor-Chichester)/poet
1763 Claude Chappe French engineer (optical telegraph)
1808 Stephen Cleeg Rowan Commander (Union Navy), died in 1890
1813 Milledge Luke Bonham (Confederacy) died in 1890
1821 Clara Barton Oxford Mass, nurse/founder (American Red Cross)
and Clara Harlowe Barton Nurse (Confederate Army), died in 1912
1823 Preston Smith Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1832 Thomas Alfred Smyth Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1865
1837 Cosima Liszt wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner
1855 James Galvin pitcher, shut-out every opposing team in 1884
1863 E Fern ndez Arb¢s Spanish violinist/conductor/composer
1865 Evangeline Cory Booth Salvation Army General
1875 Theodor Innitzer cardinal/archbishop Vienna
1876 Mohammed Ali Jinnah Karachi, founded Pakistan (1947)
1878 W Starling Burgess yacht designer (America Cup’s Enterprise)
1881 Joseph V McCarthy baseball manager (NY Yankees)
1883 Maurice Utrillo France, painter (Port St Martin)
1887 Conrad Hilton hotel mogul (Hilton Hotels)
1892 Rebecca West journalist/feminist/writer (Meaning of Treason)
1893 Fred Hillebrand Bkln NY, actor (Martin Kane)
and Ropert L Ripley Santa Rosa Calif, cartoonist (Believe It or Not)
1899 Frank Fergusson actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place)
and Humphrey Bogart NYC, actor, Here’s looking at you, kid (Casablanca)
and Raphael Soyer painter (Arts & Letters 1945)
19– Kenny Everett British TV personality (Kenny Everett Show)
and Mabel King Charleston SC, actress (Mama-What’s Happening?)
1900 Barton Maclane Columbia SC, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie)
and Gladys Swarthout Deepwater Missouri, mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda)
1903 J Edward Bromberg Hungary, actor (Mark of Zorro, Under 2 Flags)
1904 Gerhard Herzberg Can, physicist (molecular structure-Nobel 1971)
1906 Clark M Clifford US Secretary of Defense (1968-69)
and Lord Grade British TV mogul (ATV)/movie producer (Boys from Brazil)
and William McChesney Martin Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank (1951-70)
1907 Cab Calloway bandleader/actor (Blues Brothers, Jazzball)
1909 Louis Van Band Belgian painter
and Mike Mazurki Tarnopal Austria, actor/wrestler (Centerfold Girls)
1912 Herman W Filarski bridge journalist
and Tony Martin Oakland Cal, singer (Tony Martin Show, Tonight We Love)
1915 Noelle de Mosa Neth/British dancer/teachers (Brigadoon)
1918 Anwar el-Sadat Egyptian pres (1970-81, Nobel 1978)
and Eddie Safranski Pitts Pa, orch leader (Jonathan Winters Show)
1922 Kitty Kallen Phila Pa, singer (Judge For Yourself)
1923 Louis Lane Eagle Pass Texas, conductor (Oere Orch 1968-73)
and N”el Vandernotte France, cox (Olympic-bronze-1936)
1925 Ossi Reichert German FR, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1956)
1927 Nellie Fox White Sox infielder (AL MVP 1959)
1928 Earl Brown Salt Lake City Ut, actor (Stovall-Operation Petticoat)
1929 Billy Horton rocker (The Silhouettes-Get a Job)
and Irish McCalla Pawnee City Neb, actress (Sheena Queen of Jungle)
1931 Carlos Castaneda US, writer/mystic (Eagle’s Gift, Fire From Within)
1934 Bob Martinez US politician(?)
and John Ashley KC Mo, actor (Clipper-Straightaway)
1937 O’Kelly Isley rock vocalist (Isley Brothers-Twist & Shout)
1938 Wibo van de Linde Dutch TV host/director (Avro)
1940 French Moor Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
1942 Fran‡oise Durr France, tennis player (1976 US indoor Doubles)
1943 Hanna Schygulla Katowice Silesia, actress (Love is Colder than Death)
1944 Henry Vestine rock guitarist (Canned Heat-On the Road Again)
1945 Gary Sandy Dayton Ohio, actor (Andy-WKRP in Cincinatti)
and Kenny Stabler NFL QB (Oakland Raiders)
and Noel Redding rocker (The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze)
1946 Jimmy Buffett singer (Margaritaville)
and Larry Csonka NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, NY Giants)
1948 Barbara Mandrell Houston Tx, singer/TV host (Mandrell Sisters)
1949 Dan Pastorini NFL QB (Raiders)
and Sissy Spacek Quitman Tx (Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner’s Daughter)
1951 Ria Thielsch singer (Luv)
1953 Arnella Flynn Rome Italy, Errol Flynn’s daughter
1954 Annie Lennox Aberdeen Scotland, vocalist (Eurythmics, Why)
and Robin Campbell rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine)
and Steve Wariner country singer (I Got Dreams)
1957 Jan Rot composer/writer (Verkeerde nachten)
and Jillie Mack Mrs Tom Selleck/actress
and John Rot composer/writer (Wriggled Nights)
and Shane McGowan rock vocalist (The Pogues-Red Roses For Me)
1958 Rickey Henderson baseball player (stolen base king, A’s, Yankees)
1959 Missy Cleveland Jackson Miss, playmate (April, 1979)
1962 Dean Cameron Morrison Ill, actor (Herbie-Spencer)
1964 Peter Hanson English/Sierra Leone/Dutch actor
1966 Sandy Corn model/Penthouse Pet (March, 1991)
1968 Helena Christensen Coopenhagen Denamrk, model (Wicked Game)
1969 Bernhard Jr Prince of Netherlands
Deaths Which Occured December 25:
795 Adrian I Italian Pope (772-95), dies
820 Leo V de Armeni‰r Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered
1683 Kara Moestafa Turks grand vizer (1676-83), executed
1761 Empress Elizabeth dies
1895 Raul d’avila Pompeia Brazilians writer (Liederen without metre), dies
1899 Raphael Soyer artist (Depression scenes in NYC)
1926 Joshihito Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies
1943 Ilona Durigo Hungarian singer, dies
1951 Harry T Moore Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb
1957 Frederick Law Olmsted US architect (Central Park), dies at 87
1961 Rheinhold Rudenberg inventor of electron microscope dies
1964 Cheerio Meredith actress (One Happy Family), dies at 74
1977 Charlie Chaplin actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88
1979 Joan Blondell actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70
Lee Bowman actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover), dies at 64
1980 Louis Neefs Belgian singer, dies
1983 Joan Miro Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90
1985 George Rhodes orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66
1989 Barrel Regtien student leader, dies
Billy Martin NY Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61
Nicolea Ceausescu dictator of Romania, & his wife, are executed
Ton Regtien student leader, dies
1991 Orane Demazis French actress (Marius, Fanny et C‚sar), dies
1992 Garrison H Davidson US lt-gen commandant (West Point), dies
Helen BM Fennell Joseph English/South African anti-apartheid, dies
Monica Dickens English/US journalist/author, dies
Ted Croker RAF-pilot/sect English soccer team (sponsoring), dies
December 4th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Annie Lennox born on December 25, 1954 (She’s a singer, though I know who she is, everyone might not)
Denver Pyle (actor) — Dead. Died December 25, 1997 (From Dukes of Hazzards, he was Uncle Jesse)
That’s as good as I can get. *shrugs*
December 4th, 2007 at 10:35 am
I love the way you love me.
December 4th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Brett Kelly is a good actor. Long live that bad fat boy.
December 4th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Holy freak. Brent went effing crazy. Brent, too bad you only get credit for one birth and one death.
Oh, and I was kidding about Jesus being born on Dec. 25. I know he was born in the spring. I’ve got the smarts.
December 4th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
BALLS!
December 4th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Also, Dave (not brother dave, but Dave) from Sarah’s blog was born on Christmas Day. I’m pretty sure he’s a celebrity within this ring of blogs.
December 5th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Hi there…Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts ! it was a great Wednesday