Beavers Knocked Off At Home By FCS Eagles From EWU

At Corvallis, Oregon:

Quarterback Vernon Adams completed 23 of 30 passes for 411 yards and four touchdowns while running for two more scores, including the winning TD from two yards out with 18 seconds remaining as the Eastern Washington Eagles from the Football Championship Subdivision (Big Sky Conference) knocked off the #25-ranked (in both the Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches polls) Oregon State Beavers 49-46 in the regular-season opener for both schools on Saturday.

Ducks Annihilate Colonels In Season Opener

At Eugene, Oregon:

Marcus Mariota completed 12 of 21 passes for 234 yards for a touchdown and ran five times for another 113 yards and two more scores (runs of 12 and 46 yards) as the Oregon Ducks (ranked #3 in both the Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches preseason polls) destroyed the visiting Nicholls State Colonels (FCS) 66-3 on Saturday in the regular-season opener for both schools.  De'Anthony Thomas ran for 128 yards and two touchdowns for the Ducks while Bryon Marshall (who ran for 124 yards) ran 49 yards for a TD of his own.  The victory marked Mark Helfrich's debut as Oregon's new head football coach.

If Switzerland Is More Your Cup Of Tea

Here's a brief video about the sights and sounds of Switzerland.

Planning To Visit Vienna Anytime Soon?

Here's a video with the top ten sites in the Austrian capital that you may want to visit and see.

Enjoy!

I Didn't Know That Jim Backus Was Two-Faced

Here's a commercial from many moons ago for Personna Razor Blades and Burma-Shave.  Looks like Jim Backus had to use two heads to promote the products.

Sorry, Jim.

Timbers Fall At RSL

At Sandy, Utah:

Luis Gil (9'), Joao Plata (15'), Javier Morales (55'), and Alvaro Saborio (67') each delivered a goal on Friday as Real Salt Lake doubled-up the visiting Portland Timbers 4-2 in a nationally-televised Major League Soccer match.

The Timbers, whose goals came courtesy of Darlington Nagbe (31') and Zal Zizzo (77'), were reduced to ten men following the red-card ejection of Ben Zemanski (45'+2) for his challenge on RSL's Ned Grabavoy.

Portland will host Toronto FC next Saturday at 11:00 PM Pacific Time.

Heeeeeere's Johnny!

Johnny Maddox, that is.  Here's Johnny, along with the Rhythmasters with a 1953 Dot Records recording of "Alice Blue Gown."

Tear It Down!

Here's the original version of "Tear It Down," as recorded in 1933 by Clyde McCoy and his orchestra.

Here's More Music

Recorded on January 5, 1937 in New York City, here are Clyde McCoy and his orchestra with "The Goona Goo."

Time For Some Music

From 1933, here's music by George Hall and his orchestra, "I Was In The Mood," with unidentified female vocal chorus.

Enjoy!

Time For More Pre-Code Animation

Here's a 1932 Ub Iwerks Flip the Frog entry, "The Office Boy."  In this one, Flip gets a new job and tries to impress a sexy secretary.  This cartoon was originally released theatrically by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

I Didn't Know The Van Beuren Studio Made Mickey Mouse Cartoons...

Actually, no.

Here are Mickey and Minnie ripoffs starring in "The Office Boy," an Aesop's Sound Fable entry from New York City's Van Beuren Productions in 1930, originally released theatrically by the Pathe Film Exchanges.

With musical synchroniztion by Gene Rodemich, this cartoon was produced by Amadee J. Van Beuren and directed by John Foster and Harry Bailey.

This was the kind of cartoon that became a little too close for comfort as Walt Disney soon afterward took legal action against the Van Beuren studio.

Check this out!

Time For An Old Cartoon, Boys and Girls!

From the Van Beuren studio in 1930, here's "Good Old Schooldays," part of the studio's Aesop's Sound Fables series. Originally released theatrically by Pathe Film Exchanges, this cartoon, with music synchronized by Gene Rodemich, was produced in New York City by Amadee J. Van Beuren and directed by John Foster and Mannie Davis (both of whom would eventually rejoin their old boss Paul Terry at Terrytoons).

Sounders Sink Visiting Timbers In Cascadia Cup Clash In Front Of 67,385 Fans

At Seattle:

Eddie Johnson scored the only goal of the match in the Seattle Sounders 1-0 Sunday night nationally-televised Major League Soccer (and Cascadia Cup) contest against the visiting Portland Timbers.

The Timbers' next match is at Real Salt Lake this coming Friday.

Really Thirsty, Friends And Neighbors?

1963 commercial for Canada Dry Grapefruit.

'Riders Hold Off Eskimos In Edmonton

At Edmonton, Alberta:

Kory Sheets ran for 139 yards and two touchdowns on Saturday as the Saskatchewan Roughriders (7-1) defeated the Edmonton Eskimos (1-7) 30-27 in Canadian Football League action.

May I Please Have A Piece Of That 3 Musketeers Bar, Buffalo Bob?

Here's a commercial for the 3 Musketeers candy bar with Buffalo Bob Smith as aired on the October 2, 1950 NBC Network telecast of The Howdy Doody Show.

And Now A Quick Word

Brief commercial for the 1956 Studebaker.

Time For A Rare Cartoon

Here's a 1942 cartoon, "All Out For V" from Terrytoons.  This World War II-themed film was the New Rochelle, New York-based studio's first Academy Award-nominated cartoon.

In this one, a peaceful forest is upended by a bombing as war is declared.  The forest animals begin going to work to build military equipment, help the war effort,  and then defeat the enemy.

With story by John Foster and music by Philip A. Scheib, this cartoon, released theatrically by 20th Century-Fox, was produced by Paul Terry and directed by Mannie Davis.

Enjoy!

And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor

Here's Senor Wences starring in a 1960 commercial for Post Cereals' Top 3.