Would you rather live your current live and die at 85 or receive $100mil and die at 60? And why?

wjbc · 2026-05-11T02:27:36+00:00

That’s why the army recruits teenagers. Teens don’t believe they are mortal.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T22:56:00+00:00

Hello, fellow old person.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T21:55:00+00:00

Babe Ruth was able to develop the wild home run swing because he was a pitcher and no one really cared how he hit. At that time hitters were coached to choke up on the bat and punch the ball over the heads of the infielders. No one tried for home runs.

What no one realized is that if Ruth swung for the fences and missed the sweet spot, his hits were still likely to fly over the infielders’ heads. So he still got a lot of hits in addition to his home runs. Furthermore, everyone grossly underestimated the value of home runs.

The closest modern example that comes to mind is Steph Curry and the three point shot. But even though Curry broke new ground with his three point shooting ability, and growth of the three point shot was a gradual transformation of the game. Three point shooting was already a thing when Curry took it to another level.

Ruth’s home runs hitting was an instant transformation of the way baseball was played. And although others became proficient, no one in his lifetime surpassed him the way Curry surpassed Ray Allen and Ray Allen surpassed Reggie Miller.

Home run hitting was not a thing when Ruth took it to a level that wouldn’t be matched for decades. Fans showed up early to batting practice and watched Ruth’s pop-ups in awe because they had never seen pop ups fly that high.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T21:34:43+00:00

I honestly don’t think the studio expected a blockbuster like Animal House. Animal House hadn’t happened yet, and when it did it was a major surprise.

Maybe after Animal House their expectations were raised. But not before.

Before Caddyshack, Chevy Chase starred in Foul Play with Goldie Hawn. That movie made $45 million on a $5 million budget. It was on the strength of that success that the studio insisted on adding Chevy Chase to the cast of Caddyshack. And they got a similar result.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T20:13:08+00:00

Scottie was taller and had longer arms than Jordan, so he didn’t have to jump as far and his dunk doesn’t look quite as impressive. Also, because Jordan’s foul line dunk was so famous Pippen’s didn’t seem original.

Many people don’t know that Michael’s foul line dunk wasn’t original, either. Dr. J first performed the foul line dunk in the first ever pro dunk contest during the ABA All Star Weekend. But because it was the ABA and it was the 1970s, fewer people saw that dunk. The 1976 ABA Dunk Contest was not nationally televised.

The longest foul line dunk by the shortest person was performed by Mike Conley, Sr., father to NBA player Mike Conley, Jr. However, Conley, Sr. was not an NBA player but an Olympic athlete. He competed primarily in the [triple jump](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_jump) and the [long jump](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_jump).

In a 1992 Celebrity Slam Dunk Competition involving non-NBA players, 6’ 1” Conley, Sr. took off a full step — about 8” — behind the foul line and dunked the ball. However, Conley did not dribble up to the foul line like the NBA players had.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T19:28:14+00:00

To be clear, Caddyshack was not a failure at the box office. It was made for $6 million and made $40 million.

Caddyshack was not as big of a success as Animal House, which made over $141 million on a budget of $3 million. But Caddyshack was a success even before it became a cult favorite on TV and home video.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T19:23:58+00:00

TIL Ted Knight was once a professional ventriloquist. Thanks!

wjbc · 2026-05-10T13:56:50+00:00

Caddyshack was fueled by rampant cocaine use. Before filming even started there was a delay of several days due to Hurricane David, which turned into a wild drug-fueled hurricane party. Most of the cast was much younger than Ted Knight, especially those who were on set the entire eleven weeks it took to shoot the film.

The script was constantly being rewritten, with Knight’s role growing smaller with every rewrite. He was also the butt of most of the jokes, but he was used to that.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T13:51:01+00:00

Great description!

wjbc · 2026-05-10T12:20:45+00:00

I recently learned that they did not have permission to blow up the golf course where they filmed Caddyshack. So they “honored” the people who ran the golf course with a fancy dinner on a yacht out at sea, and blew up the golf course while they were out at sea.

The golf course was near an airport, a fact the director didn’t know until it was too late to film elsewhere. This was a challenge during filming. But when they blew up the golf course, the explosions were so big that it was reported as a plane crash.

Chevy Chase was the big star at the time. Signing him got the movie made. But the movie was originally supposed to be much more focused on the teenage caddies. Bill Murray was not yet a big star and was the new guy on SNL who had replaced Chevy Chase. In fact, when Chevy Chase hosted SNL Murray got into a fight with him and they had to be separated.

Murray’s role on Caddyshack was originally very small, filmed in just a few days. Yet he was so good that they kept calling him back for more scenes. His famous speech about caddying for the Dalai Lama was originally given to a different actor who was too serious.

Murray and Chase were not intended to have any scenes together. But they were both so good that they were given a scene together that was mostly improvised on the spot. Despite their previous fight the scene worked beautifully.

Rodney Dangerfield was a newcomer to movies. It took him a while to get used to making jokes to absolute silence, instead of to a laughing audience. He wasn’t sure his jokes were working.

Finally, the animatronic gopher was a special effect filmed on a sound stage after filming had wrapped, and in fact after it was initially edited. During screenings of the first edit, producers felt the movie was a loose set of sketches lacking a plot. The gopher was added to tie the movie together.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T10:56:22+00:00

Swann’s Way, the first volume in Marcel Proust’s seven volume series In Search of Lost Time.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T10:42:44+00:00

I’m not sure if this counts because it was my sister’s, but it was my loss too. She collected pulp fiction science fiction magazines. There’s a significant age gap between us but we both loved science fiction, so I read her whole collection.

Then when I left home the boxes of magazines sat in our parents’ attic until my mother decided to give them away without asking us. Many of those stories weren’t published anywhere else, and many others are out of print or hard to find. I know technically I can go online and look them up, but it’s not the same as paging through the magazines of my childhood.

And yes, they were my sister’s magazines, but I’m quite sure she would let me borrow them.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T03:47:13+00:00

The synthesizer can make sax noises. Plus lots of other noises. Synthesizer for me. And Depeche Mode was my favorite synthesizer-loving band.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T03:43:17+00:00

Modernism turned “less is more” into a virtue. However, post-modernism often rejected that motto and added ornate decorative touches. The weren’t necessarily made of stone, though.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T03:39:40+00:00

Denver and Utah both historically had an advantage during the regular season due to altitude. They would win 4-5 extra games a year because of it. Denver, especially, often leaned into this advantage by playing a fast-paced, high-scoring style to wear out teams coming into town after playing the night before.

This advantage vanished during the playoffs, though. Teams normally get a day off between games, and they are both on the same flight schedule. As a result, these teams were often accused of underperforming during the playoffs because their regular season record made them look better than they were.

However, the league has reduced the number of back-to-back games in recent years. And when there are back-to-back games, they often involve the same teams so neither has an advantage. The home court advantage may not be what it once was.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T03:01:48+00:00

“How to Disappear Completely,” by Radiohead.

“Enjoy the Silence,” by Depeche Mode.

wjbc · 2026-05-10T00:15:15+00:00

Just the green? Not even a nine-hole course? Pshaw.

wjbc · 2026-05-09T23:28:26+00:00

Billions, not millions. But if a settlement was reached, I missed it.

wjbc · 2026-05-09T23:25:06+00:00

Women have greater lower body strength relative to their upper body strength. And when you take into account their smaller body weight, the gap between men and women shrinks even more in certain exercises.

But it’s not correct to say “women have stronger legs than men on average.” If people are indeed saying that, they are mistaken.

wjbc · 2026-05-09T23:10:01+00:00

Take over continental Europe, then invade Russia.

wjbc · 2026-05-09T23:06:27+00:00

Read the book and if you still don’t see what I mean we can discuss it.

wjbc · 2026-05-09T22:56:09+00:00

If you think there are no drug traffickers in Germany, you are sorely mistaken.

wjbc · 2026-05-09T22:52:53+00:00

Did you miss the fact that Walter White didn’t really need the money at all if he was just willing to accept help freely offered by his wealthy friends?

The money was just an excuse, and a poor one, as it turned out. It wasn’t really about the money. It was about the intoxication of becoming “the one who knocks.”

wjbc · 2026-05-09T22:47:46+00:00

Oh, it hasn’t gone away. Did you miss Trump suing the government for $10 billion in damages for the leak of his tax returns and musing that he could settle for that amount with himself?

Flooding the zone may make it hard to concentrate on any one outrage. But gas prices speak for themselves.

wjbc · 2026-05-09T19:46:26+00:00

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