Big Shot Birthdays and special events for the weekend ahead:
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 _ John Williams is 93 • Ted Koppel is 85 • Nick Nolte is 84 • Robert Klein is 83 • Creed Bratton (The Office) is 82 • Mary Steenburgen (Elf, Back to the Future 3, Book Club) is 72 • John Grisham is 70 • Vince Neil (Motley Crue) is 64 • Susan Misner (Billions, The Americans) is 54 • Seth Green (Austin Powers, Buffy The Vampire Slayer) is 51 • William Jackson Harper (The Good Place) is 45 • Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live) is 41 • Bethany Hamilton is 35
SPECIAL EVENTS _ Boy Scouts Day • Fat Thursday • Giving Hearts Day • Potato Lovers Day • Laugh and Get Rich Day • Kite Flying Day • Opera Day • Propose Day
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 _ Carole King is 83 • Joe Pesci is 82 • Mia Farrow is 80 • Judith Light (Ugly Betty, Who’s the Boss) is 76 • Charlie Day (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) is 49 • Tom Hiddleston (Marvel films) is 44 • Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther, Creed) is 38 • Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey) is 38 • Jungwon is 21
SPECIAL EVENTS _ Chocolate Day • Cut the Cord Day • Develop Alternative Vices Day • No One Eats Alone Day • Toothache Day • Inbox Day • Read in the Bathtub Day • Pizza Day • Winter Bike to Work Day
WACKIEST FIRST DATES _ Some reddit users have shared their wackiest first dates.
• I had a pretty high match percentage with this one woman, her picture is pretty cute, so I click the profile. Nothing out of the ordinary at first, she seems cool. Then I get to the bottom of the profile where there is what can only be described as a disclaimer. It read something to the effect of: “FYI this account is operated by my father. I do not have the password, and he will be the one checking it. You will have to meet with him one-on-one at least once before you get to meet me.”
• She right away wanted to change her Facebook status to us being together. The drinks hadn’t even arrived yet.
• I was 15 and was going to meet up with this girl for a movie and maybe some dinner. Then my mom dropped me of at the wrong theater. I wound up watching The Mighty Ducks 3 all by myself that night.
• I went to a wedding and the groom set me up with a bridesmaid. All was going well and we moved outside on a beach, under the stars. We begin kissing, then she stops suddenly and says, “What’s your lifetime ambition?” I told her that was a pretty deep question and I hadn’t thought about it. She replied, “OK, mine is to touch a whale.” She got offended I didn’t share her whale dream and walked back inside.
ANNOYING THINGS ABOUT SUPER BOWL COMMERCIALS _ At one time, there was a good percentage of people who only ever watched the Super Bowl for the commercials. These days, most of the ads are previewed online in the days and weeks leading up to the game. But a sports blogger put together a list of the most irritating things about the Super Bowl ads.
• Trailers for movies that won’t be released for months.
• Someone in their 15 minutes of fame will get a commercial.
• Doritos don’t deserve the airtime they get. Who doesn’t enjoy a Dorito or two from time to time? But you’d swear they were the greatest chips in history by the ad time they buy during the Super Bowl.
• We get it — a talking baby. So cute. Not so original.
• Random celebrities plugging random products. Super Bowl commercials never disappoint in this area. “Hey, it’s Larry David asking us to buy an air fryer!”
