YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
ANOTHER INFORMATIVE TRIP DOWN
MEMORY LANE.
UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO DAYLIGHT
SAVING TIME, YOU HAD ONE LESS
HOUR TO PREPARE.
SORRY.
WE'LL SEE WHAT YOU BRING TO THE
TABLE FOR US WITH THAT ONE LESS
HOUR OF SLEEP ON BOARD.
I KNOW.
YOU'LL BE FINE.
DEEP BREATH.
♪
IF I COULD TURN ♪
BUT I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT.
Joy: THANK YOU.
Tom: YEAH, OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
ON THIS DATE, MARCH 11, 1799,
CONGRESS ESTABLISHES THE U.S.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO HELP
PLAN, DESIGN, PREPARE
ENVIRONMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL
FACILITIES OF THE UNITED STATES
ARMY.
Joy: OKAY.
Tom: WE HAVE DAMS HERE TO
PROVE ALL OF THAT.
Joy: WE DARN SURE DO.
Tom: WE SURE DO.
Joy: SEE, THIS CLOSE!
[LAUGHTER]
Tom: YEAH, OKAY.
ALSO ON THIS DATE IN 1818,
FRANKENSTEIN, OR THE MODERN
PROMETHIUS IS PUBLISHED.
THE BOOK IS WRITTEN BY 21
YEAR-OLD MARY SHELLY.
IT'S FREQUENTLY CALLED THE FIRST
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL.
Joy: SHE WAS 21?
Tom: 21.
FRANKENSTEIN WAS NOT THIS EVIL
MONSTER.
IT WAS INTELLIGENT, SYMPATHETIC.
IT JUST HAD A BAD DEAL.
Joy: YEAH.
WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN RURAL
NORTHERN DAKOTA.
AND SOME SAY HE WAS IN HIS OWN
WAY, AS POLARIZING AS ELVIS WAS.
Joy: WHY?
Tom: WELL, BECAUSE, YOU
KNOW, IT'S LIKE WHEN ELVIS CAME
ON, A LOT OF GROWNUPS WENT, I'M
NOT GOING TO WATCH THAT.
WHEN LAWRENCE WELK CAME ON, KIDS
HIT THE NEW YORK CITY REGION.
IT REACHES BLIZZARD PROPORTIONS,
COSTING HUNDREDS OF LIVES.
AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
THE 36-HOUR BLIZZARD DUMPED 40
INCHES OF SNOW ON THE CITY.
VIRTUALLY ISOLATING IT FROM THE
REST OF THE COUNTRY BY MASSIVE
Joy: DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
WONDER HOW THAT COMPARED TO
SUPER STORM SANDY.
Tom: DIFFERENT KIND OF
STORM.
Joy: INTERESTING.
Tom: ALSO, A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO BARBARA FHELDAN, AGENT 99.
MARCH 13, 1969, THE LOVE BUG,
THE STORY ABOUT THE CAR NAMED
HERBIE WAS BASED ON THE BOOK
"CAR, BOY, GIRL".
Joy: I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
I REMEMBER SEEING SOME OF THE
MOVIES LATER ON.
Tom: OH, YEAH, HERBIE GOES
TO.
Joy: I REMEMBER SEEING THOSE
AS A KID.
Tom: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO NEIL
SEDAKA.
THAT'S MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY.
Tom: SEE, ANOTHER FUGITIVE
ADDED TO THE LIST.
Joy: YEAH, I KNOW!
[LAUGHTER]
Tom: 1958, THE RECORDING
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA,
ISSUES ITS FIRST OFFICIAL GOLD
RECORD TO PERRY COMO FOR HIS
SMASH HIT "CATCH A FALLING
STAR".
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THAT
SONG?
Joy: I THINK SO.
♪
CATCH A FALLING STAR ♪
AND PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET ♪
Tom: THAT WAS HIS FIRST GOLD
RECORD.
GLEN MILLER GOT A GOLD SPRAYED.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALBERT
EINSTEIN!
BORN IN GERMANY ON MARCH 14th,
1879.
IN 1948, COMIC ACTOR BILLY
CRYSTAL WAS BORN.
SO THEY SHARE THE FEW BIRTHDAY,
A FEW YEARS APART.
MARCH 15th, THIS FRIDAY, WAY
BACK, 44 B.C., JULIUS CAESAR IS
MURDERED BY HIS OWN SENATORS.
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST CAESAR
INCLUDES 60 NOBLEMEN, INCLUDING
BRUTIS.
Joy: THAT GOES BACK A LONG
WAY.
WERE YOU THERE FOR THAT?
Tom: YEAH.
MY CHARIOT HAD A FLAT TIRE.
FINALLY, IN 1972, THE
"GODFATHER" IS RELEASED.
THE 3-HOUR EPIC OF THE CORLIONI
HE TESTIFIED BEFORE THE
EDUCATION APPROPRIATION
SUBCOMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF
FUNDING FOR MUSIC EDUCATION
PROGRAMS.
WHO IS IT?
COME ON.
Joy: WHAT YEAR?
Tom: 2002.
Joy: I SHOULD KNOW THIS.
Tom: YOU SHOULD.
Joy: I DON'T KNOW.
Tom: TAKE IT.
ELMO!
Joy: OH, REALLY?