More fluff

When I told you in the previous post that the 1970s television series Rhoda was the first spin-off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, I meant to tell you that two other series also had their origin in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. One was a comedy and one was a drama. Can tou name them?

One character in Mary's world who didn't get a series of her own was Sue Ann Nivens, the star of "The Happy Homemaker" program on the fictional WJM-TV in Minnapolis. Sue Ann was played by Betty White, who will be 99 years old on January 17, 2022 (Note. I had to look that fact up because I don't carry celebrities' birthdays around in my head; I just knew she was very old). Betty White went on to play Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls and Elke Ostrovsky on Hot in Cleveland.

Folks, that knowledge and four or five dollars American will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks, where they call Small Tall, Medium Grande, Large Venti, and Extra Large Trenta. For your information, venti and trenta mean 20 and 30, respectively, in Italian, and they are the number of ounces of liquid refreshment your money can buy at Starbucks.

I maintain that this blog is not mere fluff; it is educational.

Today's Fun Fact: Back in the 1980s the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila in the Philippnes, whose name was Jaime Sin, was elevated by the Pope to a higher position in the church's ecclesiastical structure and became Cardinal Sin.

It's true.

It's time to close as I can't top that one.