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Thursday, January 12, 2023 Volume 69 | Number 19
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2011 award winning play kicks off Dezart Performs season • Michael Buffer has made over $400 million from his trademark catchphrase, “Let’s get ready to rumble!” • After the terrorist attacks that destroyed New York City’s Twin Towers, thousands of radio stations across the country received memos from media companies with a list of songs they considered “lyrically questionable” for a grieving nation. The list included The Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and (perhaps unsurprisingly) “Jump,” by Van Halen. • Martin Van Buren was the first U.S. president to be born an American. • Bacteria can live longer than four weeks in carpets, as well as other types of flooring, and can instantly transfer those germs to any food that touches them. In other words, forget that famous “five-second rule,” folks! • Fingers prune in water to give you a better grip. • Woodpeckers are the only animals to make sounds with something other than a part of their bodies. They will drum on a variety of objects to mark their territory, attract mates, locate food, or maybe just exercise or play. • During a 1976 strike by Los Angeles medical doctors, the death rate decreased by 18%. (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.
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he 2011 Obie award winner for playwriting by Samuel D. Hunter, “A Bright New Boise,” is a dark comedic work which depicts a Boise craft store thrown into chaos by the arrival of a new employee sorting through a tragic past. The play was also a 2011 Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Play. In the bleak, corporate break room of an Idaho Hobby Lobby, we find Will, who has fled his rural hometown after a scandal at his evangelical church, who attempts to rekindle a relationship with Alex, his brooding teenage son whom he gave up for adoption. Alex works with adopted brother Leroy and co-worker Anna who lives a bland life nevertheless hoping for a dramatic ending. As their manager, foul-mouthed Pauline, tries ceaselessly to find order (and profit) in
the chaos of small business, these lost souls confront an unyielding world through the beige-tinted impossibility and meager profits of modern faith. The slow pacing and set create an inherent irony, juxtaposed against the raw emotion bubbling under the surface with the characters’ lives. Directed by Michael Shaw, the show runs close to two hours. “A Bright New Boise” takes the stage January 13-22, Friday - Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday - Sunday at 2 p.m. The Pearl McManus Theater at the Palm Springs Women’s Club is located at 314 South Cahuilla Road, Palm Spring. Tickets are $39 for matinee and $45 for evening performances. Tickets can be purchased by calling 760-322-0178 or by visiting dezartperforms.org.
Fascinating facts about KFC! • The famous paper buckets that we identify with KFC today did not exist until 1957, nearly 27 years after the original restaurant opened. Previously, you could only purchase single pieces of chicken. One of the first KFC suppliers invented the bucket dinner, which included 14 pieces of chicken, five bread rolls, and a pint of gravy. • Colonel Sanders sold his Kentucky Fried Chicken company for $2million to investors in 1964. He sold it on the proviso that he’d still have a place on the board as a quality controller, a lifetime salary and appearances in the adverts. • Kentucky Fried Chicken was not always known as KFC. Although it did begin in Kentucky, Harland Sanders first sold his fried chicken from the front of
the gas station he owned, which he called Sanders Court & Cafe. The original site, in Corbin, KY, is still open today and operates as a daily KFC, but with a museum dedicated to Sanders attached. • During his lifetime, Colonel Sanders always kept the blend of 11 herbs and spices for his trademark chicken in his own head, before writing it on a scrap of paper, which he kept in his wallet. These days, the recipe is kept under literal lock and key at the KFC headquarters; with just a few select members of the company privy to the information. • There’s a comic book about him too. The Colonel’s Adventure Comics depicts early events in Colonel Sanders’ life that eventually led to the discovery of his real super power: fried chicken.
1. TELEVISION: Which TV game show features a “Daily Double” to increase potential winnings? 2. FOOD & DRINK: What kind of poisoned fruit does the fairy-tale character Snow White eat and fall into a deep sleep? 3. ADVERTISING: Which cereal features a character named Seadog? 4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president officially named the executive mansion the White House? 5. MOVIES: What is the name of the most famous Wookiee in the “Star Wars” movies? 6. MONEY: What is the official currency of Nigeria? 7. ANIMAL KINGDOM: How many legs do shrimp have? 8. HISTORY: How many states did Alabama Gov. George Wallace win as a third-party candidate in the 1968 presidential primary? 9. MEDICAL: What is the common name for the human trachea? 10. GAMES: How many suspects are in the board game “Clue”? (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc. Answer on page 6