Today in Simpsons Screenshots

Homer and Marge beholding the majesty of a waffle that Bart flung up and which stuck to the ceiling.

~ November 1 ~
1512: Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City are first exhibited.

On a school assembly hall stage sits a papier-mâché Mount Rushmore prop with gaping ventriloquist dummy mouths for each head. The "Betsy Ross" flag hangs behind it.

~ October 31 ~
1941: With funds exhausted, construction of the upper bodies of US presidential figures on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota concludes prematurely, with just their heads (and parts of Washington's shoulders and chest) completed.
#MISSIONACCOMPLISHED

~ October 30 ~
1965: British supermodel Jean Shrimpton causes a sensation at Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, by wearing a white shift dress, which, due to insufficient material to complete the design, is a scandalous four inches above the knee. Crikey!

~ October 29 ~
1929: Wall Street's "Black Tuesday" stock market crash occurs.

Homer Simpson leafs through a Gary Larson gag-a-day calendar while in a nuclear fallout bunker. In the TV show he mutters "I don't get it" before flipping over to the next gag, and then repeats this over and over.

~ October 28 ~
1982: Gary Larson's most infamous work - the unexpectedly simple Far Side comic captioned "Cow tools" - is published, inadvertently baffling and in some cases infuriating newspaper readers and Far Side fans, all over the world.

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Lisa Simpson on the subway talking with a scruffy, hoboesque man, behind whom is a sign that reads "BEWARE OF SUBWAY".

~ October 27 ~
1904: The first underground New York City Subway line opens.

A man whose head resembles a pumpkin is being interviewed on television.

~ October 26 ~
It's Pumpkin Day!

I hope you're prepared for an unforgettable pumpkin!

A rather sick Mayor Quimby on TV, where flames have been added electronically to make him look satanic.

~ October 25 ~
1988: TV special "Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground" hosted by Geraldo Rivera airs on NBC.

Another interesting and vaguely Simpsons-related detail of her stunt is that they tested the premise by sending a cat in a barrel first. The cat survived and ended up about as injured as Taylor - both suffered a gash to the head. (Not to mention both were rather traumatized by the experience.)

Although she did it for the money, and even hoped to gain more celebrity status by understating her age by 22 years, in the end her claim to fame was not as lucrative as she'd hoped; Taylor eventually died in poverty. The moral of the story here is that teachers deserve better pay.

Long shot of water gushing from a dam, with a small figure falling down among the foaming water. Pine trees are in the foreground.

~ October 24 ~
1901: 63-year-old American schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive.

~ October 23 ~
1975: Elton John is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

~ October 22 ~
It's NUT DAY!

A crowd scene from an early episode of The Simpsons, with some extremely stylised characters on display.

And today also marks 2 years of running this account!
A year ago we had 79 followers, and now we've got 247... Nice! Big thanks to everyone, even people who aren't following, who've liked, commented or shared any of the posts. Here's to another year! 💓

~ October 21 ~
2024: "The Great Cheese Robbery": The heist of 950 wheels of English Cheddar cheese (£300,000 in total) from Neal’s Yard Dairy in London is reported to police.

~ October 20 ~
1962: "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers reaches the Billboard Hot 100's #1 spot, where it remains until Halloween, and then some (but not long enough to be still #1 on Valentine's Day).

Remembering the time I tried to coin the term "brewnami" but it didn't catch on. Well, not yet anyway. We need another beer flood or two to happen, like, now.
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~ October 19 ~
1953: "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury is first published.

Félicette's Wiki' entry describes her as "The only cat launched into space" yet also says of her successor's failed space mission: "The French launched a second cat into space on 24 October." It then describes how the 2nd rocket malfunctioned and it seems nobody knows if it actually reached space???

~ October 18 ~
1963: The French cat Félicette becomes the first cat to be launched into space.

More details of her successful return trip can be found on today's entry on @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social!

~ October 17 ~
1979: Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

~ October 16 ~
1913: George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion" premieres at the Hofburg Theatre in Vienna, Austria.

Is that appropriate if the wood is pine?

MAKE ME!

Those blintzes were terrible!

~ October 15 ~
1969: The American Western musical film "Paint Your Wagon" is released, starring Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin.

Detail of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting an English soldier in combat with Norman cavalry during the Battle of Hastings, wool on linen, 11th-century; in the Bayeux Tapestry Museum, France. Giraudon/Art Resource, New York

959 years ago, on the 14th of October 1066, the Battle of Hastings took place. Harold Godwinson (king of England for 282 days) died in the battle that would turn William from Bastard to Conqueror. Battle Abbey's high altar is said to be in the exact location of Harold II's death. #otd #history 🗃️

~ October 14 ~
1066: The Battle of Hastings: William, Duke of Normandy and his Norman army defeat Harold II and his English forces.

~ October 13 ~
1775: The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy to fight in the American Revolution, after which it becomes the United States Navy.

~ October 12 ~
1931: The statue Christ the Redeemer / Cristo Redentor is completed, standing 30 meters tall on top of Mount Corcovado, overlooking Rio de Janeiro.