Tweety Pie Has Joined The Over 60s

Didn't we just love them! Tweety Pie (pictured right now over 60), well he has had a hard life evading capture from that pesky Sylvester the cat. Sylvester has been around since 1945 when Isadore 'Friz' Freleng, an animation director, gave birth to him in the Termite Terrace animation studios. Sylvester's first lispy words were "Thufferin Thuccotash", the voice-over being done by Mel Blanc. From 1947 to 1964 Sylvester teamed up with Tweety Pie, and became two of the best loved characters in cartoon history, winning two Oscars and a third nomination. In 1998 the pair appeared together on a U.S. postage stamp.

Tweety Pie was a product of Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Despite widespread speculation that Tweety Pie was a female, he is and has always been a male character. Although originally a canary he is also regarded as a 'Tweetybird' and was once called "The only living specimen."

You can bet your bottom dollar that even now Sylvester will not be lurking far away.

Looking Back - Tiger Woods Wins US Masters

On this day in 1997, Eldrick 'Tiger' Woods became the youngest ever player to win the US Masters at the age of 21. His winning margin of 12 strokes was three more than than the previous record held by Jack Nicklaus. His tournament score of 270 strokes, 18 under par, was also a new tournament record. He became the first black player to win a major championship. Woods a child prodigy won his first competition at the age of three and went on to win an unprecedented three consecutive US Amateur championships from 1994 to 1996 During the 1997 PGA season Woods won a staggering $2 million, winning four tournaments and finishing in the top 10 nine times. In June 2000 he won the US Open by 15 strokes and a year later completed his Grand Slam, winning the Open championship at St Andrews, Scotland. His winnings for the 2000 season earned him nearly $10 million in prize money. Having lost his world number one place to Vijay Singh in 2004, he regained it a year later in April 2005 after winning his fourth US Masters, his ninth major title.

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Brainteaser

Today's brainteaser has a sporting theme. Listed below are ten well known sporting personalities from the recent and distant past. All you have to do is decide which sport they became famous for.

01 Margaret Court
02 Danny Blanchflower
03 Bill Edrich
04 Brian London
05 Alex Greaves
06 Steve Ovett
07 Bill Werbenuik
08 Laura Davies
09 Johnny Leach
10 Eric Bristow

The best of luck with this brainteaser.

Good Bacteria And Bad Bacteria

Do you remember an advertisement that was always on our TV screens a few years ago. It was about the beautiful girl who fell in love with a geek who's only interest in life was bacteria. I can't remember for sure the name of the product. possibly Yakult, but it was all about good bacteria and bad bacteria. To understand what that advert was all about go to byersblog and click on Peter's post 'Clever and Simple', dated 11 April 2009.
This brilliant TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) video clip gives an interesting insight into futuristic medical research and is presented by Bonnie Bassler, professor of molecular biology at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA. Bonnie is one of the finest lecturers you will ever see or listen to.

Today's Smile

Who Am I? - Sunday's Answer

Did you work out the answer to

yesterday's 'Who Am I'?

The answer was

Paul Daniels

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And Finally

I TOLD YOU SO!

That's All Folks

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