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Tish, That's French
Wednesday May 9, 2001

  • TITLE: "Tish, That's French" A continuing line delivered by an aroused John Astin as Gomez Addams kissing the arm of Carolyn Jones who played Morticia ("Tish") Addams whenever she said anything in French in the 1964-66 TV version of The Addams Family.

  • "… Persia …" From the Encyclopædia Britannica:

    Persia

    …the kingdom of Iran in southwestern Asia. The term was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, and originated from a region of southern Iran formerly known as Persis, alternatively as Pars, or Parsa, modern Fars. Parsa was the name of an Indo-European nomadic people who migrated into the region about 1000 BC. The first mention of the Parsa occurs in the annals of Shalmanesar III, an Assyrian king, in 844. During the rule of the Persian Achaemenian dynasty (559-330 BC), the ancient Greeks first encountered the inhabitants of Persis on the Iranian Plateau, when the Achaemenian kingdom was expanding.

    The use of the name was gradually extended by the ancient Greeks and other Western peoples to apply to the whole Iranian Plateau. The people of Iran have always called their country Iran, "Land of the Aryans."

    In 1935 the government of Iran requested that the name Iran be used instead of Persia.

  • "… Jesse Jackson …" Here is the link to the Chicago Tribune article about Jesse Jackson's girlfriend.

  • "… Moderate Democrats …" Here is the link to the AP article about the Budget by Alan Fram .


  • "… Printemps pour DeGaulle …" Loosely, "Springtime for DeGaulle." The hottest play on Broadway is a musical adaptation of Mel Brook's 1968 movie, The Producers, which starred Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. The current show stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.

    The play that The Producers put on is called, "Springtime for Hitler."








  •     Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:

    "French President Jacques Chirac, center, reviews the troops on the Champs Elysees avenue during ceremonies marking the end of WWII in Europe, [which the French won ALL BY THEMSELVES] Tuesday May 8, 2001 in Paris. Military officials are unidentified.
    -- AP PHOTO/Michel Lipchitz


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