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On December 21 1975 the NHL’s Chicago Black Hawks played a hockey game against one of their most difficult opponents; Sesame Street! The game was conceived earlier in the month of December ’75 when after a Black Hawks practice session … Continue reading The Chicago Black Hawks vs The Sesame Street Gang 12/21 Day Thread!
I was gonna do something for Avatar, but I went to the hospital this week, so I’m tired. Continue reading The Day Thread Stops a Runaway
Oh yeah. We’re going there. Continue reading WHY WASN’T THE DAY THREAD AT ELF PRACTICE?!?!
Today’s Gumball header is dedicated to season 3’s “The Gripes.” Gumball and Darwin complain so much one day that the townsfolk assume they must be poor and living in squalor, and so rally to save them from their horrible conditions. Continue reading The Day Thread Has Some Gripes
Today’s Gumball header goes out to Season 3’s “The Name,” in which Gumball—who has been going by the nickname “Gumball” as far back as he can remember—learns that his real name is Zach. This causes a total personality shift, with … Continue reading The Day Thread’s Real Name Is Zach.
After graduating college in the late ’60s with a degree in electrical engineering, my dad went to work for the Teletype Corporation. Teletype had been a subsidiary of AT&T since 1930, with roots dating back to 1906. Teletype made teleprinters, … Continue reading The Day Thread Sends A Text (12/16)
You see? Grimace is fine! I was just being silly yesterday. He’s okay! Really! Continue reading Give a Hamburger Day Thread to Someone YOU Like!
Story time! Or maybe it’s “spill the tea” time? I dunno. Continue reading The Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Me Was in the Day Thread
Feel free to share your favorite Dick pics! Continue reading Dick Van Dyke’s 100th Birthday Thread
Vampire movies. There are a lot of them. Believe me, your fellow commenter DourifLeMoko. That there are so many of them and I could think of so many that I liked got me thinking one day, “What am I missing?” … Continue reading Day Thread of One Hundred Vampire Movies
“Are you getting FRESH with me, dipstick?”Today’s Gumball OT goes to what I’d name as the single funniest episode of the series, and one of the funniest TV episodes I’ve ever seen, Season 2’s “The Sweaters.” Gumball and Darwin meet … Continue reading The Day Thread Has Two Sweaters On, and It’s Wearing Neither of Them.
Today’s Gumball header honors Season 2’s “The Tape,” one of the earliest of TAWOG’s great anthology-format episodes. This one has the overall conceit of a reel of Watterson family home movies—later episodes to take a similar format would use a … Continue reading The Day Thread Gets Muscles, and Scores Some Girls from… Brussels!
Another Gumball day thread, celebrating Season 2’s “The Sidekick,” in which Tobias procrastinates indefinitely on giving G&D back a borrowed video game, and Darwin, feeling insecure about living in Gumball’s shadow, demands to take point on a shenanigan for once. … Continue reading The Day Thread Steals a Mom
Once again, looking at a standout episode of The Amazing World of Gumball for today’s header. Season 2’s “The Job” features unemployable stay-at-home dad Richard Watterson doing the unthinkable and getting a job delivering pizza. Gumball and Darwin have to … Continue reading Pizza, pizza, DAY THREAD! Pizza, pizza, DAY THREAD!
The world didn’t know it at the time, but on December 7, 1994 one of the greatest artists of all time was born: professional figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生結弦). I promise I’m not exaggerating! I feel truly lucky to be … Continue reading The 12/7 Day Thread Celebrates
This header is downright trashy! Continue reading Garbage Day Thread
Welcome back to another in my irregularly posted series of Open Threads where I post pictures from and a little bit about places I’ve been. Today we’re visiting Celestún, Mexico, a small town of about 6,200 people, located on the … Continue reading The Day Thread Goes to Celestún
comicalArchitect in the hizzle with another Gumball header. This one’s dedicated to Season 1’s “The Spoon,” in which Gumball and Darwin are sent to the corner store for some last-minute gift shopping, only to get caught up in a heist … Continue reading Oh no, the Day Thread’s got a SPOON!
Your best friend comicalArchitect here, with the first of a series of OT headers covering especially memorable episodes of The Amazing World of Gumball, my all-time favorite television series. Season 1 is definitely the worst season of Gumball, operating much … Continue reading The Day Thread Wants More Kids!
Romance Rivalries Dancing Continue reading Jimmy and The City Day Thread
Patricia Barber is a jazz vocalist, pianist, and songwriter. She was born in Chicago, which has always been her permanent home. She has released over a dozen albums since her debut in 1989. I hadn’t even heard of her when, … Continue reading The Day Thread Starts December On The Right Foot With Patricia Barber
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