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Before anyone had even landed on the moon, the
Observer Magazine was already thinking way ahead with science correspondent Gerald Leach’s travel guide for the first holidaymakers there in 30 years’ time (‘Wish You Were Here’; 13 July 1969), though it was sensible enough to counterbalance this with a report on the dangers of space travel.
Safe to say that the views from the moon will beat those on the Costa Brava. ‘The Earth will dominate the sky, looking nearly four times bigger than the moon does from home, and much brighter.’
Though perhaps those dodgy timeshare sharks will be operating there, too. ‘As for where to go, don’t on any account be fobbed off by one of those bargain price trips to the back of the moon,’ Leach warned. ‘You won’t see the Earth at all.’
Creenan: All I want for New Year s is some quiet
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Robert Creenan (Tribune File Photo)
In one of the many Muppets Christmas specials, a human character named Doc bemoans Fozzie’s mother for wanting a nice quiet Christmas away from the Muppets before realizing how fun everyone there can be. There have been plenty of times I have felt that way about wanting a quiet holiday to myself, but moreso with New Year’s.
Every year for my family it seemed like there was always something exciting that had to happen for New Year’s. The Buffalo Sabres for the longest time would play a game on either New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, which included the first Winter Classic in 2008 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. There was the time the University of Buffalo’s football team played its first bowl game ever in the Skydome in Toronto. Or at least that’s what kind of things would happen when I was not coerced into watching Twilight Zone marathons with my mother.
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Looking for more Asian dramas to fill your appetite for heartwarming and touching moments? Tora-San, Wish You Were Here, the 50th installment of the much-beloved Tora-san movie series in Japan, will premiere on January 1, 2021, 10:00pm only RED by HBO.
Fifty years after Kiyoshi Atsumi’s wandering salesman first appeared on the big screen, the beloved long-running Tora-san film series comes to a close, by exploring the lives of the ones he left behind. In this 50th and final installment, Hidetaka Yoshioka reprises his role as Tora-san’s nephew, Mitsuo.
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