Last Week In Life:
September 20, 2021- September 26, 2021
I laid out the skeleton of this on September 22. I wonder how the flesh of the week will have been filled in by the 19th.
As I am moving, I have less time for sitting at the computer as I am packing, cleaning, eating, going to work.
I should be praying. I wish I could be sleeping. But I’m sinful.
But I still manage to write.
For Good or for Bad here is…
Last Week’s SPECTACULAR STORY OF WEEK
Great Comedy Returns With Heartfelt Tribute
One of the best reasons to click on TV and laugh has been granted to viewers once again with the season 9 premiere of ‘The Goldbergs’. The Goldbergs is also a smorgasbord of 80’s nostalgia. The Goldbergs is one of the few TV comedies that is actually based upon real life, and in this case being the young life of TV producer. Adam F. Goldberg. In the show real life 80’s Adam is portrayed by Generation Z actor Sean Giambrone.
Adam was a lot like me growing up. We both grew up in the 80’s and loved movies, TV and making them with our own handy dandy video cameras. You can see these home movies of Adam at the end of most episodes of ‘The Goldbergs’. I have a few online and want to upload more. Unlike me, he grew up and went to Hollywood and I currently work at a nursing home soon to work in another nursing home serving food to the elderly in the last years of their life.
In the last years of his life actor George Segal portrayed Adam’s partner in crime, Pops. He was the willing accomplice in Adam’s home movies, like my mother was for me. She once played a raging buffalo in my Lewis and Clark history film. George was one of the first American film actors to rise to leading man status with an unchanged Jewish surname, helping pave the way for other major actors of his generation.
The season premiere is extra special because…
Although The Goldbergs wrapped Season 8 back in the spring with a finale that was as funny as could be expected from the hit ABC comedy, there was an element of real-life tragedy due to the passing of George Segal, who played Pops from the very beginning. Segal died just a couple of days before filming finished on the eighth season, so the plot of the story didn’t have time to acknowledge the loss. Instead, The Goldbergs dedicated the full Season 9 premiere to saying goodbye to Pops (and George Segal), and it found the perfectly bittersweet way to do it. And it involved an homage to Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, in true Goldbergs style. How The Goldbergs Said The Perfect Goodbye To George Segal’s Pops In Season 9 Premiere – CINEMABLEND
The Goldbergs is usually followed by another groundbreaking comedy like Trophy Wife, Speechless a comedy with main character portrayed an actor with cerebral palsy named Micah Fowler and the Goldberg’s spinoff Schooled.
And now there comes the revival of the 80’s dramady ‘The Wonder Years’, about life in the 60’s. The iconic TV series starring Fred Savage returns with a look at a black family during the time period as the first series. The first episode is directed by none other then Fred Savage itself.
We are living in such a polarized era, in which the days feel so off-kilter that it can be easy to forget that this country has found its way through equally tumultuous moments in the past. Revising “The Wonder Years” provides a clear throughline into that past and allows viewers to connect modern-day movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeToo to a previous era. Of course, telling our history through a sitcom makes it more digestible for those who may otherwise dismiss these important topics.
Despite the uncertainty and the chaos of the ’60s, so much of what made the original series magnetic was its reckoning with the cares and concerns of tweens and teens. Like its predecessor, this version of “The Wonder Years” vividly captures the last few years of “pure unadulterated childhood” — as adult Kevin puts it in the original series pilot. This time, they are experienced by Kevin’s counterpart, Dean (Elisha “EJ” Williams), as perceived with the hindsight of his adult self. ABC’s reboot of ‘The Wonder Years’ recaptures the dramedy’s magic and adds its own (nbcnews.com)
So if your looking for some real great comedy with heart and nostalgia tune into the Goldbergs and the newly revised Wonder Years.
Last Week’s Other Stories, Articles and Things
Tito Edwards – NCRegister The Best In Catholic Blogging
The Amazing Nun Who Saved Jews During WWII & Canonized by Pope Francis – (churchpop.com)
Inspired by the life of St. Bridget of Sweden, Hesselblad founded a new religious order for women dedicated to serving the sick. Her first house was in her homeland of Sweden, but it quickly spread: during her lifetime her order opened houses in England, India, and Italy.
During WWII, she used those houses as safe havens for Jews and others targeted by Nazis for violence and killing. She also dedicated her life to ecumenism and fighting racism – and her work bore fruit: she personally contributed to the conversion of a baptist minister and Jewish rabbi in Rome.
While on her deathbed in 1957, her parting words to her sisters were “Go to Heaven with hands full of love and virtues.”
America’s longest-living married couple celebrates 86th anniversary (wcvb.com)
Kohler, 104, and his wife, Dorothy, 103, of Palm Springs, California, are the longest-living married couple.
Kohler told KESQ they got married in Nebraska in 1935 when they were 18 and 17 years old, respectively. The rest is history — literally — considering their marriage was given Congressional recognition last year.
I Might Believe in Faeries
Throughout most of 2020,Trunsky and his staff faced surge after surge of coronavirus patients. So when the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first vaccine last December, Trunsky said morale and hope were restored at his hospital.That did not last long, though. As vaccination rates plateaued and the highly contagious delta variant began to spread, hospital beds began filling back up.
Where is Weird Al?
This Week on
Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World
MYS173: For thousands of years, people have claimed supernatural or natural psychic powers. But do they really exist? What happens when parapsychologists test them? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli take tests that could reveal their own psychic functioning.
FEAST DAYS ,HOLIDAYS AND LAST WEEK IN HISTORY
WinCalendar: Calendars, Holidays, Days & Today
Monday September 20, 2021
Saint Paul of the Cross, priest – Optional Memorial
Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, priest, Paul Chong Hasang, and companions, martyrs – Memorial
- U.S. to require Covid vaccinations for arriving international travelers
- COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu
- Covid Vaccine Prompts Strong Immune Response in Younger Children, Pfizer Says
- Covid-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds is safe and shows “robust” antibody response, Pfizer says
- BTS Perform ‘Permission to Dance,’ Address U.N.: Watch
- US to ease travel restrictions on fully vaccinated visitors from UK and European Union
- Friday’ Star Anthony Johnson Dead at 55
- Princess Beatrice Welcomes First Child with Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
- Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births In 2020 : NPR
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 1881 – U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming president upon James A. Garfield’s death.
- 1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
- 1973 – Singer Jim Croce, songwriter and musician Maury Muehleisen and four others die when their light aircraft crashes on takeoff at Natchitoches Regional Airport in Louisiana.
- 2019 – Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York City.
Tuesday September 21, 2021
Saint Matthew the Evangelist, Apostle, Evangelist – Feast
- Coroner confirms Gabby Petito’s body found in Wyoming, death ruled a homicide
- Sex and the City’ Star Willie Garson Dead at 57
- St. Louis couple who waved guns at Black Lives Matter protestors could face suspension of law licenses
- Gabby Petito: Search warrant documents reveal ‘odd texts,’ tension in days leading up to disappearance
- Trump Campaign Knew Lawyers’ Dominion Claims Were Baseless, Papers Say
- An Indigenous woman went missing in November. The FBI is now offering $10,000 for information about her disappearance.
- Haitian immigrants: White House says it’s seeking more information on ‘horrific’ footage of Border Patrol agents confronting refugees
- Memo shows Trump lawyer’s six-step plan for Pence to overturn the election
- GOP operatives charged with funneling Russian cash to Trump
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 1863 – John Bunny, Silent Comedian (d. 1915) is born.
- 1866 – H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (d. 1946) is born.
- 1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
Wednesday September 22, 2021
- Body found near Grand Teton confirmed to be Gabby Petito, death ruled a homicide
- Melvin Van Peebles Dead: ‘Watermelon Man,’ ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’ Director Was 89
- Elvira shares she’s been in a 19-year relationship with a woman
- Funeral home’ ad spreads message for the unvaccinated
- Trump files $100 million suit against niece, New York Times over bombshell tax story
- 16-year-old boy killed, 2 kids hurt in shooting at school bus stop in Louisville: Police
- Afghan girls soccer team granted asylum in Portugal
- Families Of Jelani Day And Daniel Robinson, Missing For Weeks, Push For Answers : NPR
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
- 1896 – Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
- 1991 – The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.
Thursday September 23, 2021
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), priest – Memorial
- Canadian man punches nurse in the face multiple times after his wife is vaccinated for Covid-19 without his consent
- David Simon will pull upcoming HBO series from Texas over abortion law
- Maya Millette disappearance: Family hopes search for Chula Vista woman will attract as much attention as Gabby Petito case
- F.D.A. Authorizes Pfizer Booster Shot for Higher-Risk People
- Chris Pratt to Voice Mario in Super Mario Movie, Full Cast and Release Date Revealed
- Fossil footprints show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago
- Jelani Day missing: Illinois State University graduate student’s body identified after remains found in Illinois River on Sept. 4
- Smallest-Ever Human-Made Flying Structure Is A Winged Microchip, Scientists Say : NPR
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 1806 – Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
- 1846 – Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
- 1845 – The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
- 1875 Billy the Kid arrested for first time.
- 1930 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2004) is born.
- 1962 – The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
Friday September 24, 2021
- Fossil footprints show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago
- Federal arrest warrant issued for Brian Laundrie in Gabby Petito investigation
- Judge orders Trump Org. to explain its response to subpoena by New York attorney general for company records
- Vigilante treatments’: Anti-vaccine groups push people to leave ICUs
- Arizona audit draft report confirms Biden beat Trump in 2020
- Marvel Studios Suing To Keep Iron Man, Spider-Man & Avengers Rights
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation’s first National Monument.
- 1906 – Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
- 1929 – Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible
- 2014 – The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
Saturday September 25, 2021
- Dog the Bounty Hunter now searching for Brian Laundry
- Biden likely won’t shield Trump records from Jan. 6 investigators, White House says
- Bill Maher Says Black National Anthem at NFL Games Promotes Segregation
- Schools With Mask Mandates Saw Fewer Outbreaks, C.D.C. Finds
- Amtrak Derailment: At Least 50 Hurt in Montana, Official Says
- A Teen Wolf Movie Is Coming To Paramount+
- Milwaukee County Zoo polar bear dies at 36
- Assault on female US service member by male Afghan refugees at Fort Bliss under FBI investigation
- He knows he lost’: Trump flattened by Georgia’s Raffensperger before rally
- Stranger Things Season 4 Teaser Reveals New Location From Netflix Series
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
- 1974 – Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
- 1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
Sunday September 26, 2021
Daughter Princess’s 23rd Birthday
Saints Cosmas and Damian, martyrs – Optional Memorial
Bishop Barron’s Homily of the Week
- Amtrak Derailment: At Least 50 Hurt in Montana, Official Says
- Dog the Bounty Hunter Joins Manhunt to Find Brian Laundrie
- Ravens’ Justin Tucker stuns Lions with NFL record-setting 66-yard field goal on final play of game
- Gabby Petito homicide: For Dog the Bounty Hunter, search for Brian Laundrie is personal
- Trump Committed ‘Multiple Crimes’ With Georgia Election Interference, Analysis Suggests
- Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence’s ‘Don’t Look Up’: New Clip
- Trump invites Marine who pulled baby over Kabul wall onto stage at rally prompting ‘USA!’ chants
- Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes Kissed at the Global Citizen Live Concert
- Marcus Rashford calls for universal credit cut to be axed
- New York Expects Health Care Worker Shortages Ahead Of Vaccine Mandate Deadline : NPR
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 1897 – Pope Paul VI (d. 1978) is born.
- 1905 – Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
- 1969 – Abbey Road, the last recorded album by the Beatles, is released.
POPE FRANCIS’S FAMOUS LAST WEEK’S WORDS
Pope Francis on EWTN: “The work of the Devil” – by Mike Lewis – Mike Lewis Extra (substack.com)
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