Kelli Skye Fadroski: Chicago-based punk band Rise Against humbled by fame (The Orange County Register)
It's been a wild decade for Rise Against. After plugging away for years, performing on the small-time nightclub scene, the Chicago punk band found itself suddenly thrust into the limelight in 2006 with the success of its fourth album, "The Sufferer & the Witness" - and since then the group has reached popularity far beyond its expectation.
Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology about true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. It was created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman and ran on radio until 1945. It ran from 1952 to 1975 as a syndicated television series. It was sponsored by the Pacific Coast Borax Company (20 Mule Team Borax, Boraxo).
Under the Death Valley Days title, the program was invariably sponsored by Pacific Coast Borax Company, which during the program's run changed its name to U.S. Borax Company following a merger. Advertisements for the company's best-known products, 20 Mule Team Borax, a laundry additive, Borateem, a laundry detergent, and Boraxo, a powdered hand soap, were often done by the program's host. Death Valley was the scene of much of the company's borax mining operations.
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mj was first, and correct, with:
Those tiny little mules
If I'm digging in the proper memory hole, the original sponsor was Twenty-mule Team Borax (mined in Death Valley, hence the name). I think GE took over and sponsored it for a long time (and made St. Ronnie a household name.)
Alan J answered:
20 Mule Team Borax, Boraxo
Charlie wrote:
Pacific Coast Borax Company, 20 mule Team Borax, Boraxo, etc.
Unfortunately, the show is also remembered for being hosted by Ronald Reagan.
Marian the Teacher replied:
Borax
Ted said:
Yee Haw...Twenty Mule Team Borax !!
Sjmcros answered:
What was the primary long-time sponsor of the TV series Death Valley Days'? It was then called Mule Team Borax, it is now called simply Boraxo.
Richard McD responded:
Borax? Or better known as 20 team Borax
Colby in Frostproof replied:
I think it was Borax. U.S. Borax aka 20 Mule Team Borax.
Tom B answered:
That's 20-Mule-Team Borax
Michelle in AZ wrote:
20 mule team Borax
Sally said
20-Mule Borax was the primary longtime sponsor of the TV series, "Death Valley Days."
"Borax" was a "powdered additive" used in addition to ones laundry soap (for all you kids reading Marty's page). That was back in the days when you washed your clothes and hung them out on a clothesline to dry - and your white's sparkled, and your colors remained bright for many a year... (Hint: Pre polyester...) Oh, and who remembers using a, "scrub board" and brown soap to, "treat" spots in lieu of sprays like, "Shout?"
My God, that makes me older than dirt itself, I expect.
wahiwa john wrote:
It was u.s. borax.
MAM noted:
The primary sponsor of 'Death Valley Days' was the Borax Company with 20 Mule Team Borax and Boraxo. I can remember listening to this program on the radio as a kid, with the trumpet, the clip-clop of the mules hoves, and the Old Ranger! Don't particularly remember watching on TV on a regular basis. Maybe quit when Reagan became narrator?
Death Valley Days
And, Gary replied:
That would be Boraxo hand soap. I loved Death Valley Days, and remember when "The Old Ranger" was the host, later Ronald Reagan was the host. Those mules pulling the wagon with mined borax and the big water wagon so they could survive the desert trip. Great Western!
It was 'bring-5-cans-of-food-&-get-into-the-Fair-for free-day', so we ventured behind the Orange Curtain.
Bit on the toasty side, but with lots of fluids, quite tolerable.
New commercial in very heavy rotation starring that ever-vile, but freshly botoxed, contemptible pile of scheiss, der governator (who's so proud to be an American that he also holds an Austrian passport) yammering about how he was elected to control spending, and that he's looking out for the little people, so he won't raise their taxes.
The same sumbitch who's cut more money from the schools, while extending more tax breaks, than red-ink raygun?
The tiny print at the bottom identifies it as paid for by 'Governor $chwartzenegger's Calfornia Dream Team' - whatever the fuck that is. There's an url, too, but why waste bandwidth.
Only thing certain is that it's another front for a bunch of rich white guys, who, of course, are vastly under-represented and over-exploited, but have a lot of money to waste on buying airtime.
The kind who make me wish there was such a thing as a retroactive abortion.
Tonight, Thursday:
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'Big Brother 11', followed by a RERUN'CSI: The Original One', then a RERUN'The Mentalist'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Anderson Cooper, Anna Paquin, and Grizzly Bear.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Isaac Mizrahi and Shohreh Aghdashloo.
NBC begins the night with a RERUN'30 Rock', followed by a RERUN'The Office', then another RERUN'The Office', followed by a RERUN'30 Rock', then a FRESH'The Listener'.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Gerard Butler and Daughtry.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Lauren Graham, Bill Engvall, and the Jonas Brothers.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 3/24/09) is Chris Cornell.
ABC starts the night with the FRESH'JK Rowling: A Year In The Life', followed by a RERUN'Grey's Anatomy', then a RERUN'Private Practice'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Josh Lucas, Terrell Owens, and Pitbull.
The CW offers a RERUN'Smallville', followed by a RERUN'Supernatural'.
Faux has a RERUN'Bone', followed by a FRESH'So You Think You Can Dance'.
MY fills the night with the movie 'Soldier'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH'Crime 360', and another 'Crime 360'.
AMC offers the movie 'Jumanji', followed by the movie 'Ghostbusters', then the movie 'Ghostbusters II'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 16
[12:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 17
[1:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 16
[1:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 18
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 1 Bonapartes
[3:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 2
[4:00 PM] The Hotel Inspector - Episode 9
[5:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 3
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 Piccolo Teatro
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Top Gear - Ep 4 Botswana Special
[9:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 8
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America
[11:00 PM] Top Gear - Ep 4 Botswana Special
[12:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 8
[1:00 AM] Top Gear - Ep 4 Botswana Special
[2:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 8
[3:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 2 - Martin Sheen and Ed Byrne
[4:00 AM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 16
[4:30 AM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 18
[5:00 AM] BBC World News
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', another 'Real Housewives Of NJ', 'The Fashion Show', followed by a FRESH'The Fashion Show'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Jackass', another 'Jackass', followed by a FRESH'Tosh.0' followed by 'Important Things With Demetri Martin'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Robert Glennon.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Edmund Andrews.
FX has the movie 'Snakes On A Plane', followed by the movie 'Primeval'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', followed by a FRESH'Gangland', and another 'Gangland'.
IFC -
[7:30 AM] World Traveler
[9:15 AM] Melinda and Melinda
[10:55 AM] Gerry
[12:40 PM] Moulin Rouge
[2:50 PM] Melinda and Melinda
[4:30 PM] Gerry
[6:15 PM] Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
[8:00 PM] Fargo
[9:45 PM] Trainspotting
[11:20 PM] La Lecon de Danse
[11:30 PM] Suicide Kings
[1:20 AM] Food Party
[1:35 AM] Fargo
[3:15 AM] Trainspotting
[5:00 AM] Melinda and Melinda (ALL TIMES EDT)
SighFi has the movie 'Final Destination 2', followed by the movie 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park'.
Sundance -
[05:30 AM] Lemon Sky
[07:15 AM] On the Road with Judas
[08:50 AM] Kippur
[10:50 AM] Lights in the Dusk
[12:05 PM] I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK
[02:00 PM] Kippur
[04:00 PM] On the Road with Judas
[05:35 PM] Opening Night
[08:00 PM] Paris Je T'aime
[10:00 PM] Savage Grace
[11:45 PM] Blood, Sweat + Gears
[01:30 AM] One Take Only
[03:00 AM] Apres Lui
[04:35 AM] One Take Only (ALL TIMES EDT)
Actress Alfre Woodard attends the Mandela Day Gala Dinner hosted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation at Grand Central Terminal in New York, on Wednesday, July 15, 2009.
Photo by Peter Kramer
Sonia Sotomayor, under questioning by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, had to admit she could not recall a key point of law: what was the one case that TV defence lawyer Perry Mason actually lost?
"I wish I could remember the name of the episode but I don't," Sotomayor said after Democratic Senator Al Franken -- himself a former TV star -- pressed her on Perry Mason trivia.
"I just was always struck that there was one case where his client was actually guilty. I know that I should remember the name of it but I haven't looked at the episode."
The twist is that Franken, and later the White House, may not have had all the facts about the series starring Raymond Burr that ran from 1957 to 1966.
"The truth is, Perry Mason didn't win every case. In fact, at least three decisions went against him," the fan website www.perrymasontvshowbook.com says.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., actor Adrian Grenier and Kennedy's wife Mary Richardson (L to R) attend an advance screening of "The Cove", a film about dolphins and a secret cove in Japan, in New York July 15, 2009.
Photo by Ray Stubblebine
Thousands of people who learned through text message, Twitter and word-of-mouth that comedian Dave Chappelle would hold a free show filled a downtown Portland square late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
Chappelle arrived at about 1 a.m. to a surge of camera phone-wielding fans. There was only problem - a small amplifier left the comic inaudible to most.
It's not clear why Chappelle was in Portland and what led him to Pioneer Courthouse Square.
Most people went to the square at the last minute, after receiving a text or other communication. Chappelle, who had no security or entourage, said he expected 200 people to gather - not the thousands that stood shoulder-to-shoulder.
Robert Redford married his partner, a 51-year-old German artist, over the weekend, a German church said Wednesday.
Renate Massfeller of the St. Catherine Church in Hamburg said that Pastor Frank Engelbrecht presided over the wedding of the 72-year-old U.S. actor and artist Sibylle Szaggars at the luxury Louis C. Jacob Hotel.
The Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper said 30 friends and family members attended the service.
Szaggars, born in Hamburg, is an abstract artist whose work has been exhibited in Britain, Germany, the United States and elsewhere. She moved to Sundance, Utah - where Redford's Sundance Institute is based - in the 1990s, according to her Web site.
Canadians Russell Peters and Howie Mandel have seemingly been able to laugh off the global economic downturn.
Mandel, who did double-duty as the host of "Deal or No Deal" and his own prank show, "Howie Do It," pulled in US$15 million to sit sixth on the list.
Jerry Seinfeld topped the list after earning US$85 million in the past year - mostly from syndication deals for "Seinfeld" - while Chris Rock placed second after bringing in US$42 million.
Jeff Dunham, Dane Cook and George Lopez rounded out the Top 5.
Ukraine's Culture Ministry says it has banned Sacha Baron Cohen's new hit movie, "Bruno," because it's immoral.
The ministry said Wednesday that Cohen's depictions of sexual organs, homosexual intercourse and language are obscene and improper.
Baron Cohen's previous movie "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" ridiculed the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan and the United States. Kazakhstan and Russia banned "Borat."
A New Jersey judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit for defamation filed by Donald Trump against an author whose book gave an estimate of the real estate developer's wealth much lower than Trump's own.
Superior Court Judge Michele Fox rejected arguments by Trump's lawyers that he had been the victim of "actual malice" as a result of Timothy O'Brien's book "Trump Nation: The Art of Being the Donald" published in October 2005.
Reading her opinion from the bench in Camden, Fox also ruled that co-defendant Warner Books, part of Time Warner Inc, was not "vicariously liable," as Trump had argued, because O'Brien was an independent contractor.
Fox said Trump had failed to prove that O'Brien knew the information from his sources to be false or had used the information recklessly.
Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson Mandela, right, and Zondwa Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, pose backstage holding the Arthur Ashe Courage Award on behalf of Nelson Mandela at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Matt Sayles
"Star Wars" creator George Lucas topped a list of Hollywood's highest male earners on Wednesday, making an estimated $170 million in a year that saw the release of his fourth, blockbuster Indiana Jones movie.
Steven Spielberg, who directed "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", took second place after making about $150 million between June 2008 and June 2009, according to Forbes.com.
The Forbes list was dominated by men behind the camera rather than screen stars, with movie and TV producer Jerry Bruckheimer -- the man behind hit series like "CSI", "The Amazing Race" and "Cold Case" listed as the third biggest male earner with an estimated $100 million.
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum may represent the painter's estate but has no right to an art collection she donated to Fisk University, Tennessee's Court of Appeals has ruled.
In the ruling filed Tuesday, the court said any right O'Keeffe had to most of the 101 works of art ended with her death.
In a statement, Fisk President Hazel O'Leary said she was pleased by the ruling but expects the case will take time to conclude.
"The expense the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum has forced Fisk to incur in its effort to gain ownership of the Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Modern Art could have been committed to scholarships for our students," she said.
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What was the primary long-time sponsor of the TV series Death Valley Days'?
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