Who is Johnny Bench?

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Why: Last night, we re-started Season 1 of "Archer," which you should totes watch if you're not already. When he walks in on his mom ... erm, J-ing O, Archer says, "Johnny Bench called..." and he leaves the room.

Then, in a complete coincidence, I'm sure:

Answer: He was the catcher for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967-83! And oops, I've totally read about this before - and even blogged about this post, "The Ten Most Obscure 'Archer' Jokes." But anyway:

In the pilot episode, Archer drops the phrase “Johnny Bench called” in order to let his mother know he caught her doing some fuzzy flounder fishing. But where exactly was he going with that?



Johnny Bench is a Hall of Fame catcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds. According to Adam Reed the joke was to imply the next line: “He wants his mitt back,” thus comparing Malory’s vajayjay to a well worn in catcher’s mitt. Funny. Decent. But the story continues.

After the initial episode aired Adam Reed was informed that Johnny Bench was also known for having giant fingers and was famous for a parlor trick he did where he held seven baseballs in one hand.

This made for a reemergence of the Bench reference aimed at Lana Kane’s monster hands (Truckasaurus!) and her “Johnny Benchian fingers” (S01E04). I feel like the second Johnny Bench joke revises the first, like a humor time loop.

We will keep our ears peeled for this second reference tonight!

Source: Warming Glow, Urban Dictionary

The More You Know: Verified!

What did Pam's back tattoo say last night on "Archer"?

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Why: It was only on the screen for a sec.

Answer: It's the 3rd verse of Lord Byron’s 1815 poem “The Destruction of Sennacherib”!

For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed:
And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!

It makes sense because Pam used her winnings from underground MMA fights to pay for college.

Source: Chan Chan sent me this info from Warming Glow

The More You Know: Also on that blog post - which I am about to read about 100 more of (or half of 1 because it's 5:15 on Friday and I am hungover):

Ditzy receptionist Cheryl was revealed to be an heiress to the fictional Tunt railroad fortune, and Archer became enthralled by her pet ocelot, Babou (“You guys, look at his little spots! Look at his tufted ears!”). Incidentally, Babou was also the name of the ocelot that Salvador Dalì kept as a pet.

Why aren't you watching this show?

Omg, what if "Cat Party" shows up?

Has a twin ever been heir to a throne?

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Why: On last week's "Archer":

ARCHER: When Mother found out you cheated on Lana-
CYRIL: You cheated on Lana plenty.
ARCHER: Yeah, but with starlets, models - oh, and one time, two actual princesses.
PAM: Two at the same time?
ARCHER: Yeah, they were sisters.

Answer: There have been several sets of royal twins, but I see only 1 that actually became King:

• 1430 - King James I and Joan Beaufort of Scotland - Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (died in infancy) and James II, King of Scotland [5th and 6th children, but first sons]
  
• 1556 - King Henry II and Catherine de Medici of France - Joan of Valois (stillborn) and Victoria of Valois (died at 7 weeks old) - [9 and 10 of 10 children]
• 1727 - King Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska of France - Louise Élisabeth de France (later the Duchess of Parma) and Henriette de France [1 and 2 of 11]
• 1750? - Chief Keawepoepoe and Kanoena of Hawaii - Kameʻeiamoku and Kamanawa, the niau-pio twins on the Hawaiian coat of arms:

• 1893 - Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse [King of Finland] and Princess Margaret of Prussia - Friedrich Wilhelm Sigismund and Maximilian Friedrich Wilhelm Georg [1 and 2 of 6] (both twins died in WWI, but their dad renounced the throne anyway; see below)
  
• 1896 - Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse [King of Finland] and Princess Margaret of Prussia (same fertile parents!! [they had a third set of twins, too!]) - Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (and Nazi Chancellor) and Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, Crown Prince of Finland:
  

• Wolfgang would have been his father's heir as King of Finland instead of his elder twin Prince Philipp of Hesse (1896–1980), apparently because Wolfgang was with his parents in 1918 and ready to travel to Finland (where rumoredly a wedding to a Finnish lady already was in the preparation for the coming Crown Prince). Philip was in the military and incommunicado at the time.

• 1981 - King Randor and Queen Marlena of Eternia - Prince Adam, aka He-Man, and Princess Adora, aka She-Ra, Princess of Power
  

And there are lots of other Earls, Counts, children of Princes and Princesses (not Kings and Queens), and other people who married into royalty and whatnot, but who cares, y'know? Not me.

Source: Yahoo! Answers, Wikipedia

The More You Know: And, well, there was the Man in the Iron Mask - who was a real person, btw, not just a Dumbass character.

Also, here are some other famous twins. I blog about them kind of a lot. I think they are just fascinating.