Trivia for the young-ens (ON topic!)

[happyheathen]

If you were born prior to 1970, pls allow the younger ones first shot at this one...

In 'The Daffy Doc', both Daffy and Porky spend some time in a large cylinder, after which thier heads and bodies alternately inflate and deflate like ballons.

What was this device/what did it do/why is it no longer in use?

[PorkyandDaffy]

I haven't seen this cartoon in a while, but is it an artificial lung? As for why it's no longer in use, I dunno...

[Sogturtle]

Originally posted by happyheathen
If you were born prior to 1970, pls allow the younger ones first shot at this one...

In 'The Daffy Doc', both Daffy and Porky spend some time in a large cylinder, after which thier heads and bodies alternately inflate and deflate like ballons.

What was this device/what did it do/why is it no longer in use?

Okay Dave~

"Younger one" PorkyandDaffy already responded, so can I put in my 2-cents worth now??

It was actually known as the "IRON LUNG" and was of course an artificial lung/breathing machine. Today it's been replaced by such contrivances as "respirators" and "ventilators". As to WHY the wonderfully cartoony "IRON LUNG" went bye-bye you'll get to tell us all...

Now a question for YOU... What actor's life was saved by the "IRON LUNG" though his career was virtually ruined for twenty years 'cause of the time spent in it???

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Sogturtle


Okay Dave~

"Younger one" PorkyandDaffy already responded, so can I put in my 2-cents worth now??

It was actually known as the "IRON LUNG" and was of course an artificial lung/breathing machine. Today it's been replaced by such contrivances as "respirators" and "ventilators". As to WHY the wonderfully cartoony "IRON LUNG" went bye-bye you'll get to tell us all...

Now a question for YOU... What actor's life was saved by the "IRON LUNG" though his career was virtually ruined for twenty years 'cause of the time spent in it???

yep - 'iron lung' was the name I knew for it - it was necessitated by the fact that Poliomyelitis (aka 'polio') paralized (among other) the diaphram muscle, which is tha massive muscle enclosing the bottom of the ribcage - its expansion and contraction cause you to inhale and exhale - polio victems could not breath unassisted - they spent much-to-all of their lives in these nightmarish devices.

it was made obsolete by the Saulk vaccine for Polio,

modern respirators and ventilators are designed for short-term treatment - don't know if they could perform the continous duty the iron lungs did.

as to celebrities afflicted:

stolen from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5212/poliopeople.html

Eleanor Abbott: designed the game CandyLand
Ann Adams (1937-1992): artist (by mouth)
Tenley Albright: doctor and olympic gold medalist for figure skating
Alan Alda: actor, writer, director
Ethelda Blaibtrey (1902-1978): olympic gold metalist for swimming
Ben Bradlee: former editor for the Washington Post
Arthur C. Clarke: author
Georgia Coleman (1912-1940): olympic diver
Judy Collins: singer (aka Suite: Judy Blue Eyes)
Francis Ford Coppola: director
Sir Julian Critchley (1930-2000): journalist, author and member of the House of Commons
Bill Cullen (1920-1990): game show host
Claudius (10 B.C. to 54 A.D.): Emperor of Rome
Buddy Daley: Baseball All-Star (1959 and 1960)
Justin Dart: activist
Ian Dury (1942-2000): British Rock Star
William Orville Douglas (1898-1980): Associate Justice, US Supreme Court
Mia Farrow: actress
Jerome Solon Felder (1925-1991): songwriter, Doc Pomus
Mel Ferrar: actor
William Alexander Gadsby: NHL, Hall of Fame (1970)
Hugh Gregory Gallagher: author
Tony Gould: author (UK)
Arthur Guyton: doctor
John Hager: Lieutenant Governor, Virginia
Lauro Halstead: doctor (physiatrist)
Lis Hartel: Danish equestrian
Oscar G. Heirlihy: Radio and TV Pioneer, Newfoundland
Elizabeth Twistington Higgins (1923-1990): MBE, English ballet dancer and artist
Henry Holden: actor and comedian
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954): Mexican painter
Dorothea Lange (1895-1965): photographer
Marjorie Lawrence (1908-1979): world famous opera singer
Tanaquil Le Clercq (1929-2000): ballet dancer
Frank Mars (1883-1933): founded M&M Mars chocolate company
Lois Catherine Marshall (1924-1997): Canadian singer in the 50s and 60s
Paul Joseph James Martin (1903-1992): Canadian politician and diplomat
Martin Milner: actor
Joni Mitchell: singer
Edna Marie Moore (1930-1989): Texas artist
Jack Nicklaus: golfer
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967): physicist and teacher
Ray Peterson: singer
Itzhak Perlman: internationally acclaimed violinist
Peter Preston: British writer and Guardian editor, 1975 through 1995
John Prestwich: MBE, longest respirator user (Guinness Book of World Records)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945): US president
Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994): athlete, olympic gold medalist
Ruma: ancient Syrian
Owen Roizman: cinematographer, 5 Oscar nominations and Lifetime Achievement award
David Sanborn: saxophonist
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832): father of historical fiction
Siptah: Egyptian Pharaoh (lived 20 years around 1200 BC)
Sir John Cotesworth Slessor (1897-1979): British Marshall in the RAF in World War II
Dinah Shore (1916-1994): singer
Lord Snowden: photographer, UK (Princess Margaret's former husband)
Margarete Steiff (1847-1909): German seamstress who founded Steiff Teddy Bears
Brooks Stevens (1911-1995): "creative genius" at Harley Davidson
Donald Sutherland: actor, from Canada
Christopher Templeton: actress
Alan Toy: actor/activist/writer
Nyla Thompson: artist (using mouth)
Dennis Washington: businessman and entrepreneur
Neil Young: 1970s and 1980s Canadian rock singer (last sighted 10/01, in SF, thank you...)

[Sogturtle]

Dave~

Good info. Nice list of celebrities... BUT the one I was looking for wasn't on it!!!

Care to take another shot at it??

Hint... This celebrity actually shares something with a Warner Bros. cartoon star!!!

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Sogturtle
Dave~

Good info. Nice list of celebrities... BUT the one I was looking for wasn't on it!!!

Care to take another shot at it??

Hint... This celebrity actually shares something with a Warner Bros. cartoon star!!!

Tim -

only guess I could come up with is Jim Baccus, but he seems to exist only as a 'Gilligans's Island' trivia answer.

short form: I give up...

[Sogturtle]

Originally posted by happyheathen


Tim -

only guess I could come up with is Jim Baccus, but he seems to exist only as a 'Gilligans's Island' trivia answer.

short form: I give up...

Dave~

Awwwww shucks... How about a final gaggle of clues...

Your LEAST favorite Warner cartoon star ;o)

This actor was almost the star of a mega-classic film that is still making money for its current owner AOL-Time-Warner. (Ended up in the Iron Lung because of this film).

His TV character shares the last name of a certain favorite Warner Bros. cartoon director...

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Sogturtle


Dave~

Awwwww shucks... How about a final gaggle of clues...

Your LEAST favorite Warner cartoon star ;o)

This actor was almost the star of a mega-classic film that is still making money for its current owner AOL-Time-Warner. (Ended up in the Iron Lung because of this film).

His TV character shares the last name of a certain favorite Warner Bros. cartoon director...

one last shot - Buddy Ebsen? (ill from inhaling Aluminum dust used as makeup for the 'Tin Man' in 'OZ', not polio)

TV name (Beverly Hillbillies) - Jed Clampett

[Sogturtle]

Originally posted by happyheathen


one last shot - Buddy Ebsen? (ill from inhaling Aluminum dust used as makeup for the 'Tin Man' in 'OZ', not polio)

TV name (Beverly Hillbillies) - Jed Clampett

Correct!!! Give that man an armadillo!! :D :D :D

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Sogturtle


Correct!!! Give that man an armadillo!! :D :D :D

Tim -

with all due respect, could I have the cash equivalent? I don't think armadilloes would be happy here in the fog bank.

now, if you could come up with a gila...:D

[Sogturtle]

Originally posted by happyheathen


Tim -

with all due respect, could I have the cash equivalent? I don't think armadilloes would be happy here in the fog bank.

now, if you could come up with a gila...:D

Naw Dave, I'd be concerned you'd have the same thing happen to you as the gentleman who found "this reallllllly cool lizard" (read Gila Monster) and tried to take it home... In his shirt!!!

Wasn't a pretty end... Can't have that happen to you!

[happyheathen]

Originally posted by Sogturtle


Naw Dave, I'd be concerned you'd have the same thing happen to you as the gentleman who found "this reallllllly cool lizard" (read Gila Monster) and tried to take it home... In his shirt!!!

Wasn't a pretty end... Can't have that happen to you!

Tim -

TRUST ME:D

actually, I have a gila story:

a brother-in-law (now estranged) was once a USMC officer assigned to training (characterizations omitted).

he once had a group in the desert when a recruit came up to him and said 'Look what I found' (quite proud of himself). He was upset to be ordered to throw it as far as he could, but as my b-n-l is not someone with whom many argue, he did it.

when informed what it was he had just been holding, he went from caucasian to absolute WHITE.

rest well, your armed services are alert (kinda)...