Oct. 20th 2009, the Too Soon Day That Was

We here at AreWeTooSoon? pride ourselves on being more tasteless before 8am than most people are all day.

It occurs to me, on the first day of this site's existence, we will always have old "standby" topics to get us by on those days when there's nothing news-worthy making headlines.

Hitler, 9/11, JFK, and to a lesser degree Charles Manson - these will ALWAYS be "too soon" worthy topics... and I for one intend to make the most of them... maybe one day cook them in some Too Soon gumbo for an epic "Too Soon" entry. ("too soon entry" - I'll take "Michael Jackson's Hobbies" for $1000 Alex)

It also occurs to me, if we are to set ourselves apart as industry-leading TooSoon-sters, we need to use our research skills to uncover some "Too Soon" topics that might otherwise go unnoticed.

Today looks to be a banner day for breaking out those research skills.

Here's what's happened in the world over the last few hours:

1) TV Theme Songwriter Vic Mizzy Dies
The man who penned such classics as 'Green Acres' and 'The Addams Family' (snap snap!) got his very own green couple of square meters today in Los Angeles. (snap snap!)
He was 93 years old, but I'm CONVINCED it was suicide... you just can't repress memories of going to elementry school with the name Vic Mizzy forever. (snap snap!)
Of course, Mr. Mizzy(AHAHAHAHA) 's main contribution to popular culture was having his 'Green Acres' melody serve as inspiration for the best part of Easy E's 'Gimmie That Nut'.

Mr. Mizzy(AHAHAHAHAHA), we leave you with this tribute:

Green Acres is the place to be
Not livin' is the life for me
Worms eatin' off my ears and eyes
'Cuz that's what happens when somebody dies

Erg... that was all together oooky. (snap snap!)

2) Kentucky High School Basketball Player Dies In Tryouts
Fifteen year old Kentucky student Waseeq Shahid collapsed and died on the basketball court yesterday during tryouts. (No word on whether he still made the team... apparently the school is predominantly white, so there's still a chance)
From the article, the kid's best friend was quoted as saying: "If you were looking for a good friend, he's what you were looking for," Nix told the newspaper. "He was there when you needed him."

Credit Nix for using the correct syntax at the end of his quote.

As sad as this is, it has not deterred Nike from going forward with the Waseeq Shahid signature basketball shoe line. Instead they will simply change the advertising tag-line to: "Guaranteed to take 6 feet off your vertical!"

3) First US Mass Murderer Dies At 88
His name is Howard Unruh, and according to the linked article he became the modern face of mass murder when he shot and killed 13 people in East Camden in 1949.
I don't have much to say here... I know this site is dedicated to being crass and heartless and such but... it's always sad when a pioneer in a field passes on.

And that is Oct. 20th, 2009, the day that was...

Love,
Chris Real