DOG ASIDE: Animalympics is a 1980 animated film produced by Lisberger Studios….and released by Warner Bros. It was the third animated feature film presented with Dolby sound. Originally commissioned by the NBC network as two separate specials…it spoofs the Summer and Winter Olympic Games….and features the voices of Billy Crystal, Gilda Radner, Harry Shearer and Michael…
DOG ASIDE: Magic shows consist of many types of magic….and even more types of magic tricks….which are typically known by names and short phrases….like Asrah Levitation, Battle of the Barrels, Bill in Lemon, Bullet Catch, Cabinet Escape, Dagger Head Box, Dismemberment, Guillotin, Vanish Coin, Metamorphosis and Predicament Escape…..and so many more…..but they are all MAGIC…..and…
DOG ASIDE: Magic holds a special place in Bone Daddy’s heart…..cuz he stayed 12 nights at The Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA…..while attending the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games…..and there is no place in the world that holds magic in higher esteem than the Academy of Magical Arts which is housed at The Magic…
DOG ASIDE: The current FAI world record for largest free-fall formation is a 400-way….set on February 8, 2006 in Udon Thani, Thailand by World Team….as it was held for 4.25 seconds. They used five C-130 Hercules airplanes….exiting from an altitude of 25,000 feet. In April 2013 The World Team tried to break the record for…
DOG ASIDE: Formation skydiving is a skydiving event where multiple skydivers attach themselves to one another by grabbing each other’s limbs or by the use of “grippers” on their jumpsuit while free falling through the sky. The goal of this skydiving program is to build a formation of multiple divers arranged in a geometric pattern.…
DOG ASIDE: The year 1975 had super highs and some super lows…..as one of the lowest lows was to take place in the horse racing match race between the super filly Ruffian and the best stud Foolish Pleasure….for Ruffian would break her ankle and have to be destroyed…..but on the other side of lows were…
DOG ASIDE: This clip from the 1979 Pan American Games leads off with a wrap-up of the boxing competition….featuring USA’s Lem Steeples and Jackie Beard…..which is followed by a Jack Whitaker piece of the USA men’s basketball team with Coach Bobby Knight and his assistant coach Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K today)…..and his opinion on the…
DOG ASIDE: This video of the 1979 Pan American Games….leading off with Grecco-Roman and Freestyle Wrestling….followed by the equestrian event with Michael Matz the winner…..and this is followed by boxing which featured the USA teams and the Cuban teams….with an incredible heavyweight fight with Cuban sensation Teofilio Stevenson footage as he takes on Narcisso Maldonado…