In Dallas, the Superb Owl Is More Than One Day (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Dallas, Texas has a very special and specific tradition: the ability to turn any ethnic or parochial holiday, no matter how obscure, into an excuse for a majority of its citizenry to drink themselves into comas. St. Patrick’s Day? Cinco de Mayo? Mardi Gras? Oktoberfest? Belo Glasnost? All are opportunities…
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St. Remedius Medical College: "And Now A Word From Our Sponsor"
A Variety Hour TV Special To Beat All Others (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) The history of television through the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries is full of stories of projects so stunning in their hubris, tastelessness, or sheer delusion that the only appropriate response is “Drop the coke spoon and keep your hands over your head.” The sole broadcast of The Star Wars Holiday Special…