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The great Norm Macdonald (d. 2021) would have turned 67 today. A true comedian's comedian. Macdonald never hid his admiration for the legendary Rodney Dangerfield, whom he called his comedy idol. In a 2011 interview, he fondly recalled Dangerfield's 1996 Weekend Update cameo on Saturday Night Live, describing it as one of the highlights of his time on the show. For Macdonald, sharing the desk with his hero was a dream come true.
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15 years ago today, October 12, 2011, after the Red Sox blew a 9-game Wild Card lead and missed the playoffs, owner John Henry walked into Felger & Mazz unannounced to confront his critics on live radio. On the same day, The Boston Globe's notorious front page hit piece on Terry Francona, widely seen by most as part of a campaign to scapegoat the manager for ownership's failures. Two years later, Henry bought the Globe, adding region's biggest newspaper to a media empire that already included team’s propaganda outlet NESN and ties to WEEI, giving him a powerful shield from scrutiny.
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22 years ago today: July 24, 2004, Jason Varitek stuffed his glove in A‑Rod’s face at Fenway on national TV. The Sox then stormed back with 3 in the 9th off Mariano, capped by Bill Mueller’s 2‑run walk‑off. An 11–10, four‑hour chaos classic that flipped the whole season.
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WSBK-TV/TV38 signed on the air 62 years ago today, October 12, 1964. Over the next four decades, it became one of America's premier independent stations, powered by broadcasts of the Bruins, Red Sox, and Celtics. Beyond sports, TV38 became legendary for The Movie Loft, hosted by the iconic Dana Hersey. One memorable chapter came in 1982, when the nationwide 3-D movie craze reached television and The Movie Loft aired the 1954 3-D horror classic “Gorilla at Large”, bringing the novelty of three-dimensional movies into local living rooms.
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43 years ago today, November 20, 1982, during the 99th annual Harvard-Yale game at Harvard Stadium, a balloon with “MIT” written on it emerged from an underground trench and then exploded. One of the greatest college pranks of all time as covered by the legendary Boston TV sportscaster Bob Lobel. Nerds.
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On January 9, 1993 episode of Saturday Night Live, four days after Chicago Bears legend Mike Ditka was fired, “Bill Swerski’s Superfans” gathered to write an open letter to the team. Bears went 5-11 that season. The sketch featured an unforgettable cast led by Chicago natives Joe Mantegna as Bill Swerski and George Wendt as Bob Swerski, alongside SNL stars Mike Myers as Pat Arnold and creator Robert Smigel as Carl Wollarski, and, of course, Ditka made his cameo appearance. #DaBears
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20 years ago today, May 21, 2006, at a Stop & Shop in Hackensack, Terry Doria applied for and was immediately approved for a $20,000 personal loan at two‑and‑a‑half points. His lender, Vito Spatafore, waived the credit check, the employment and income verification, and the rest of the formalities.
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