I saw "Water for Elephants" on Saturday. Not a great movie but lots of mentions of Cornell - the hero went to the CU Vet School.
Nothing filmed in Ithaca, however. The one scene that showed any of Cornell was a brief flash of Morrill Hall that was CGA'ed in.
Also lots of smarmy mentions of the Ivy League and ivy leaguers. Interesting because the movie was set in 1931 and the term Ivy League wasn't even coined until 1933-1935. Hollywood? Historical accuracy? Yeah right.
At least they knew Cornell was an Ivy League school.
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Re-purposing the thread, off the top of my head, movies that Cornell is mentioned in:
+ Love Story (duh)
+ Citizen Kane (one of the schools Kane was thrown out of)
+ Dirty Dancing (the asshole with the Ayn Rand book went to Cornell)
+ that terrible movie where Charlie Sheen winds up on a South American radio telescope (the astronomer wears a CU t-shirt, but it's not red)
I'm sure there are dozens of others.
Titanic (a good version, in 1953), at 7:21 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ7zeN-27Ts).
A good start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cornell_University_alumni#Fictional_Cornellians
The book was okay. Water for Elephants kind of ambled along and you weren't in a hurry to finish in one sitting; I think one of my wife's book club books that I actually read. A lot of the other book club books fall into the category of women-leading-screwed-up-lives-and-writing-about-it. Men's books are much more realistic: Cop becomes millionaire writing gaming software, decides to remain a police detective, owns a Porsche (in Minneapolis - good location for four-season driving), has gorgeous surgeon / girlfriend / wife, solves every crime, wife/GF almost gets killed every other book. At least we got a definitive Lucas Davenport's 100 Best Songs of the Rock Era out of Broken Prey http://www.johnsandford.org/prey16x1.html
Quotewife/GF almost gets killed every other book
There is Realism, and then there is Wish Fulfillment.
Beeeej: trust you to spoil the thread. Jerk.
Adding from your list, which is boring and incomplete, but I'm not drawing further parallels:
+ Altered States (apparently, though I swear he was from NYU, and later he's in Boston)
+ Dark City (which I haven't seen, no, it's not *that* Dark City)
+ The Lost Weekend (drunks seems to be connected with our Alma Mater)
+ Prince of Tides *and* Say Anything *and* The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (seriously? ew.)
Also:
+ the sort-of-true-story comedy about the ADM exec who was a Cornell alum
Some scenes in GoldenEye (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldeneye) were filmed at the Arecibo Observatory, though it was never identified as such.
Quote from: Josh '99Some scenes in GoldenEye (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldeneye) were filmed at the Arecibo Observatory, though it was never identified as such.
As well as all these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory#In_popular_culture), most prominently,
Contact.
Quote from: Josh '99Some scenes in GoldenEye (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldeneye) were filmed at the Arecibo Observatory, though it was never identified as such.
Although they said it was Cuba.
Interesting local news quickie (http://watertown.ynn.com/content/features/your_hometown/487054/-em-your-hometown---em--ithaca/) on the early Ithaca film industry. Pearl White sounds like a hoot (later she would be the perpetually imperiled Pauline). "Lionel Barrymore, great uncle of Drew Barrymore" ... cringeworthy. Gotta keep it current For The Kids.
Quote from: RichHQuote from: Josh '99Some scenes in GoldenEye (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldeneye) were filmed at the Arecibo Observatory, though it was never identified as such.
As well as all these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory#In_popular_culture), most prominently, Contact.
Sorry, it will shortly be announced that the Arecibo Observatory is not affiliated with Cornell. PM me for details* (I always wanted to be able to do that).
*please don't actually PM me.
Quote from: Roy 82Quote from: RichHQuote from: Josh '99Some scenes in GoldenEye (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldeneye) were filmed at the Arecibo Observatory, though it was never identified as such.
As well as all these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory#In_popular_culture), most prominently, Contact.
Sorry, it will shortly be announced that the Arecibo Observatory is not affiliated with Cornell. PM me for details* (I always wanted to be able to do that).
*please don't actually PM me.
It's gone public:
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/05/arecibo_set_for_shakeup.html
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/05/new-consortium-to-run-arecibo-ob.html?ref=hp
Quote from: Roy 82Quote from: Roy 82Quote from: RichHQuote from: Josh '99Some scenes in GoldenEye (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldeneye) were filmed at the Arecibo Observatory, though it was never identified as such.
As well as all these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory#In_popular_culture), most prominently, Contact.
Sorry, it will shortly be announced that the Arecibo Observatory is not affiliated with Cornell. PM me for details* (I always wanted to be able to do that).
*please don't actually PM me.
It's gone public:
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/05/arecibo_set_for_shakeup.html
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/05/new-consortium-to-run-arecibo-ob.html?ref=hp
The new management is SRI International. SRI = Stanford Research Institute. Though it's been separate from Stanford University since 1970, the ties are probably still strong. They borrowed heavily from Cornell's faculty at their founding (7 of the original 15 faculty members were from Cornell, plus their first president, David Starr Jordan, was a CU alumnus) and word was that a 2nd raid of the CU Physics dept was perpetrated a few decades later. They beat Cornell 56-6 in their centennial football game in 1991.
And now they're nabbing our awesome telescope?
Goddammit.
And they destroyed us in the NCAA tournament in basketball in 2008
Quote from: RichHQuote from: Roy 82Quote from: Roy 82Quote from: RichHQuote from: Josh '99Some scenes in GoldenEye (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldeneye) were filmed at the Arecibo Observatory, though it was never identified as such.
As well as all these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory#In_popular_culture), most prominently, Contact.
Sorry, it will shortly be announced that the Arecibo Observatory is not affiliated with Cornell. PM me for details* (I always wanted to be able to do that).
*please don't actually PM me.
It's gone public:
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/05/arecibo_set_for_shakeup.html
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/05/new-consortium-to-run-arecibo-ob.html?ref=hp
The new management is SRI International. SRI = Stanford Research Institute. Though it's been separate from Stanford University since 1970, the ties are probably still strong. They borrowed heavily from Cornell's faculty at their founding (7 of the original 15 faculty members were from Cornell, plus their first president, David Starr Jordan, was a CU alumnus) and word was that a 2nd raid of the CU Physics dept was perpetrated a few decades later. They beat Cornell 56-6 in their centennial football game in 1991.
And now they're nabbing our awesome telescope?
Goddammit.
They also kicked our butt in the first round of the NCAA BBall tourney a couple of years ago. They also recently won their 100th NCAA title while we are still looking to end a long drought. Yes, 100. If Cornell were in the PAC-10 then I am sure that we would despise them even more. Stanford = Harvard of the West. On the other hand, they have a pretty lousy hockey team.
But getting back to your original point, the ties between SRI and Stanford are not all that strong. However, you may wish to despise SRI as the company that gave the world carpal tunnel syndrome having invented the computer mouse and a Windows-like operating system combined with being one of the first nodes on what is now the internet.
Yeah but they mostly win titles in non spectator sports golf, tennis, volleyball, swimming like PU does ever year in the Ivy league. I will take one national title in hockey or lacrosse over a hundred of those any day
Quote from: RichHThey beat Cornell 56-6 in their centennial football game in 1991.
What I remember: Late in the game, Cornell drove on the Stanford 3d string to get 1st and goal from in close. Dennis Green sent in the starters to preserve the shutout to no avail. They did stop the two point conversion, though.
Quote from: phillysportsfanYeah but they mostly win titles in non spectator sports golf, tennis, volleyball, swimming like PU does ever year in the Ivy league. I will take one national title in hockey or lacrosse over a hundred of those any day
I hear you but I beg to differ that volleyball is not a spectator sport.
I just remember the center-eligible play. That confused 'em.
Quote from: Roy 82Quote from: phillysportsfanYeah but they mostly win titles in non spectator sports golf, tennis, volleyball, swimming like PU does ever year in the Ivy league. I will take one national title in hockey or lacrosse over a hundred of those any day
I hear you but I beg to differ that volleyball is not a spectator sport.
I don't think we're talking about women's beach volleyball here.
Quote from: KeithKQuote from: Roy 82Quote from: phillysportsfanYeah but they mostly win titles in non spectator sports golf, tennis, volleyball, swimming like PU does ever year in the Ivy league. I will take one national title in hockey or lacrosse over a hundred of those any day
I hear you but I beg to differ that volleyball is not a spectator sport.
I don't think we're talking about women's beach volleyball here.
You are misinterpreting Roy - who was saying "I like to watch volleyball, so there" - and who was in turn misinterpreting phillysportsfan who was defining "non spectator sports" as ones where Roy wasn't sitting in mostly empty bleachers.
Quote from: Roy 82...being one of the first nodes on what is now the internet.
I'd argue that NSFNET is what really turned into the internet. I doubt ARPANET would have ever gone public/commercial left to its own devices, so by that reasoning Cornell has as much to do with global carpal tunnel syndrome (and porn) as SRI.
Quote from: ugarteQuote from: KeithKQuote from: Roy 82Quote from: phillysportsfanYeah but they mostly win titles in non spectator sports golf, tennis, volleyball, swimming like PU does ever year in the Ivy league. I will take one national title in hockey or lacrosse over a hundred of those any day
I hear you but I beg to differ that volleyball is not a spectator sport.
I don't think we're talking about women's beach volleyball here.
You are misinterpreting Roy - who was saying "I like to watch volleyball, so there" - and who was in turn misinterpreting phillysportsfan who was defining "non spectator sports" as ones where Roy wasn't sitting in mostly empty bleachers.
Keith was on the right track.
Quote from: Roy 82Quote from: ugarteQuote from: KeithKQuote from: Roy 82Quote from: phillysportsfanYeah but they mostly win titles in non spectator sports golf, tennis, volleyball, swimming like PU does ever year in the Ivy league. I will take one national title in hockey or lacrosse over a hundred of those any day
I hear you but I beg to differ that volleyball is not a spectator sport.
I don't think we're talking about women's beach volleyball here.
You are misinterpreting Roy - who was saying "I like to watch volleyball, so there" - and who was in turn misinterpreting phillysportsfan who was defining "non spectator sports" as ones where Roy wasn't sitting in mostly empty bleachers.
Keith was on the right track.
I take back nothing.
Quote from: RichHQuote from: Roy 82Quote from: Roy 82Quote from: RichHQuote from: Josh '99Some scenes in GoldenEye (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldeneye) were filmed at the Arecibo Observatory, though it was never identified as such.
As well as all these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory#In_popular_culture), most prominently, Contact.
Sorry, it will shortly be announced that the Arecibo Observatory is not affiliated with Cornell. PM me for details* (I always wanted to be able to do that).
*please don't actually PM me.
It's gone public:
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/05/arecibo_set_for_shakeup.html
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/05/new-consortium-to-run-arecibo-ob.html?ref=hp
The new management is SRI International. SRI = Stanford Research Institute. Though it's been separate from Stanford University since 1970, the ties are probably still strong. They borrowed heavily from Cornell's faculty at their founding (7 of the original 15 faculty members were from Cornell, plus their first president, David Starr Jordan, was a CU alumnus) and word was that a 2nd raid of the CU Physics dept was perpetrated a few decades later. They beat Cornell 56-6 in their centennial football game in 1991.
And now they're nabbing our awesome telescope?
Goddammit.
He who laughs last, laughs best. (http://www.nature.com/news/cornell-to-build-new-york-science-campus-1.9685)
Years later, but....
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Cornell%20University,%20Ithaca,%20New%20York,%20USA&ref_=ttloc_loc_5
Filmmakers have done their best to avoid Ithaca and Cornell, it would seem.
I love that one of the only films on the list has been thoroughly MST'd, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwRvuvSMVZE
pt...
Body Care and Grooming (1947)
Edit: LOL. I hadn't followed the link yet. ::panic::
Quote from: Perfect_TimingYears later, but....
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Cornell%20University,%20Ithaca,%20New%20York,%20USA&ref_=ttloc_loc_5
Filmmakers have done their best to avoid Ithaca and Cornell, it would seem.
I love that one of the only films on the list has been thoroughly MST'd, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwRvuvSMVZE
pt...
and that would include the movie "Ithaca" that seems to take place in a hypothetical small American city that has nothing to do with Ithaca NY.
Cornell had a nice reference in the new MacGyver tv show a couple weeks ago
Quote from: Trotsky+ Dirty Dancing (the asshole with the Ayn Rand book went to Cornell)
You're thinking of Robbie (with the Ayn Rand book), but I believe it was Neil Kellerman who went to Cornell.
(God why do I know that?)
Quote from: French RageQuote from: Trotsky+ Dirty Dancing (the asshole with the Ayn Rand book went to Cornell)
You're thinking of Robbie (with the Ayn Rand book), but I believe it was Neil Kellerman who went to Cornell.
(God why do I know that?)
Are you kidding? I'm embarrassed that I remembered it wrong! ::bang::
Also the voices/hearts/hands song they're singing at the end is the same tune as Far Above Beyond Cayuga's Waters. Possibly due to Neil's influence.
Quote from: French RageAlso the voices/hearts/hands song they're singing at the end is the same tune as Far Above Beyond Cayuga's Waters. Possibly due to Neil's influence.
Nobody puts Baby in a corner!
I haven't watched it yet, but I'm told last night's "Designated Survivor" (where Keifer Sutherland's character, the man thrust suddenly into the presidency, is a Cornell alum) had several Cornell and Ithaca references. Looking forward to the TiVo tonight.
I think it's ok to post this if Beeeej already watched it on Tivo...
The last episode showed the President (Jack Bauer...I mean Keifer Sutherland) bringing in a person "I knew at Cornell." They talked about the Pinesburger challenge (never heard of it, but apparently refers to a restaurant off campus) and "flying in the burgers from Ithaca" and "spending time together in Clark Hall."
Network TV hasn't been this Cornellish since "The Office" (a much better show.)
Glenwood Pines, west side of the lake, about halfway to Taughannock. Kids welcome.
I had absolutely no idea that the dude in Bad Religion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Graffin) was a Cornell professor until yesterday.
Um... presumably they've been in a movie.
you went to cornell and never heard of a Pines Burger?
Pinesburgers have existed for a long time. The Pinesburger Challenge only started this century.
(Eating 4 Pinesburgers, if you were wondering)
Quote from: upprdeckyou went to cornell and never heard of a Pines Burger?
I'd actually not heard of a Pines burger until just now. And I've gotten drunk at the Pines.
Quote from: RichHPinesburgers have existed for a long time. The Pinesburger Challenge only started this century.
(Eating 4 Pinesburgers, if you were wondering)
Oh, so "Designated Survivor"
didn't make that up? I was sure they were just embellishing. Thanks.
ETA: On the other hand, that means the dialogue was a bit anachronistic. Unless the President's friend has returned to the Pines in the last few years, he would have no reason to know about the Challenge, and the scene was clearly more about invoking nostalgia.
Quote from: BeeeejQuote from: RichHPinesburgers have existed for a long time. The Pinesburger Challenge only started this century.
(Eating 4 Pinesburgers, if you were wondering)
Oh, so "Designated Survivor" didn't make that up? I was sure they were just embellishing. Thanks.
ETA: On the other hand, that means the dialogue was a bit anachronistic. Unless the President's friend has returned to the Pines in the last few years, he would have no reason to know about the Challenge, and the scene was clearly more about invoking nostalgia.
So basically the writer sticking in Cornell references is younger than Sutherland and trying to stick in some shoutouts. :P
Quote from: dag14Glenwood Pines, west side of the lake, about halfway to Taughannock. Kids welcome.
The Stanley Cup has been there three times. Joe Nieuwendyk (a regular at the Pines) twice and Ithaca native Dustin Brown once. http://www.glenwoodpines.com/stanleycup.htm
http://www.foodchallenges.com/challenges/the-glenwood-pines-4-pinesburger-challenge-ithica-new-york/
Doesn't sound too appealing, actually. I want to hear President Kirkman say to the press, "I have to postpone this press conference, The Cornell-Harvard hockey game starts in a few minutes. We WILL pass this bill. And Harvard sucks."
Quote from: djk26http://www.foodchallenges.com/challenges/the-glenwood-pines-4-pinesburger-challenge-ithica-new-york/
Doesn't sound too appealing, actually. I want to hear President Kirkman say to the press, "I have to postpone this press conference, The Cornell-Harvard hockey game starts in a few minutes. We WILL pass this bill. And Harvard sucks."
During a cabinet debate, he should point at one cabinet member and say "Good cabinet members", then point at another and say "Bad cabinet member", and so forth.
Quote from: French RageQuote from: djk26http://www.foodchallenges.com/challenges/the-glenwood-pines-4-pinesburger-challenge-ithica-new-york/
Doesn't sound too appealing, actually. I want to hear President Kirkman say to the press, "I have to postpone this press conference, The Cornell-Harvard hockey game starts in a few minutes. We WILL pass this bill. And Harvard sucks."
During a cabinet debate, he should point at one cabinet member and say "Good cabinet members", then point at another and say "Bad cabinet member", and so forth.
Are any of the writers from CU? Wouldn't hurt to ask.
They just hired a new showrunner, for season 2 (assuming it gets renewed), Keith Eisner '89. So we may be in for more authentic references.
It's a few years old but we're going through "The Good Wife" on Amazon, and just saw an episode where one of the characters attends an "Ivy Core" mixer, which is apparently for the five Ivy League law schools. Except the banner in the back lists Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton and Dartmouth. :-( They got the number right (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ivy_League_law_schools), but I suppose the people responsible for the props just wrote down the first five Ivies they could think of?
"Tokyo Joe" 1947 Humphrey Bogart is a veteran going back to see if his bar business still exists and gets involved in intrigue. His partner Ito (Teru Shimada) kept it intact. Ito is a Cornell grad, mentioned several times in the movie. It has been many years but there is a small chance the Cornell grad is Bogart's Japanese nemesis in the film, not his partner. Good movie of it's own right. 3 Stars
Under Cover of Night (1937). Establishing shot of "Trent University" is the bell tower shot from between the pillars of Goldwin Smith.
Quote from: TrotskyI had absolutely no idea that the dude in Bad Religion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Graffin) was a Cornell professor until yesterday.
Um... presumably they've been in a movie.
Well, Jeff Dowd (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Dowd) is the inspiration for "The Dude (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjWlOBhjAbs)" in
The Big Lebowski (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/?ref_=nv_sr_1). I'm not sure if Jeff ever attended Cornell, but he was an activist in Cornell SDS during the sixties. His father, Doug (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fitzgerald_Dowd), was a Cornell economics professor. Doug passed away this past September.
I don't think anyone who knew them both ever thought Jeff would become more famous than Doug. ::doh::
I remember a science fiction movie in the late 1980s that was similar to Close Encounters of the Third Kind where some bureaucrat told a scientist that he should take his Cornell degree and do something inappropriate with it. Does anybody recall what that movie could be?
Quote from: David WadeI remember a science fiction movie in the late 1980s that was similar to Close Encounters of the Third Kind where some bureaucrat told a scientist that he should take his Cornell degree and do something inappropriate with it. Does anybody recall what that movie could be?
I assume you're talking about "Starman," but I don't recall that particular line. Charles Martin Smith played a SETI scientist who had a Cornell degree.
EDIT: Found it.
Mark Shermin : Listen, Mr. Fox, I'd like to be a team player and all of that, but, there's something that I want to call to your attention.
George Fox : There's one thing I don't need from you is a lecture on morality.
Mark Shermin : Alright, okay, screw morality. What the hell ever happened to good manners? We invited him here!
George Fox : I don't have time for this Shermin.
Mark Shermin : I'm trying to make a point.
George Fox : So am I, damn it! You make a great show of being a rebel; but, the fact is this: you are a GS-11 public servant. Anytime that becomes too much of a burden, you can go back to Cornell or whenever the hell it was that we found you and lets see you make it through on an instructor's salary. Now, shape up! Or, get out.
You'll recognize many familiar scenes in this old one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwRvuvSMVZE&fbclid=IwAR2_b2JHFLD8Jdkr5rTE_W-PrS8RzDU9-DYPE-83n3B6LwebJY5AZ73Hcic
and cringe at much of the message.
Those elms, tho.
The 3/30/2019 edition of NPR's Only a Game had a story about the filming of Love Story and the casting of Joe Bertagna and the Cleary Brothers.
https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2019/03/29/love-story-hockey-cleary-bertagna
How many days until the Hahvahd game?
Quote from: RitaThe 3/30/2019 edition of NPR's Only a Game had a story about the filming of Love Story and the casting of Joe Bertagna and the Cleary Brothers.
https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2019/03/29/love-story-hockey-cleary-bertagna
How many days until the Hahvahd game?
I was going to post this in the HARVARD SUCKS thread, but I thought it was on Weekend Edition and couldn't find the link in the rundown.
Quote from: jtwcornell91Quote from: RitaThe 3/30/2019 edition of NPR's Only a Game had a story about the filming of Love Story and the casting of Joe Bertagna and the Cleary Brothers.
https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2019/03/29/love-story-hockey-cleary-bertagna
How many days until the Hahvahd game?
I was going to post this in the HARVARD SUCKS thread, but I thought it was on Weekend Edition and couldn't find the link in the rundown.
Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal had a horrible plot to deal with there but Ali had another shot at portraying a college aged woman and not only is the movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R06Ujp-UBx0&t=22s) worth a watch, but the novella (https://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Columbus-Five-Short-Stories/dp/B000OKBKKA/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1YQDHRPL0MM55&keywords=goodbye+columbus&qid=1554391839&s=gateway&sprefix=goodbye+col%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-4) is one of Roth's better efforts (IIRC).
Ali MacGraw was on the cover of so many magazines in 1970 that she showed up on the picture advertising "Time" magazine that was inside the 3 or 4 section Cornell stamped spiral ring notebooks sold at "The Campus Store".
Quote from: martyQuote from: jtwcornell91Quote from: RitaThe 3/30/2019 edition of NPR's Only a Game had a story about the filming of Love Story and the casting of Joe Bertagna and the Cleary Brothers.
https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2019/03/29/love-story-hockey-cleary-bertagna
How many days until the Hahvahd game?
I was going to post this in the HARVARD SUCKS thread, but I thought it was on Weekend Edition and couldn't find the link in the rundown.
Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal had a horrible plot to deal with there but Ali had another shot at portraying a college aged woman and not only is the movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R06Ujp-UBx0&t=22s) worth a watch, but the novella (https://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Columbus-Five-Short-Stories/dp/B000OKBKKA/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1YQDHRPL0MM55&keywords=goodbye+columbus&qid=1554391839&s=gateway&sprefix=goodbye+col%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-4) is one of Roth's better efforts (IIRC).
Ali MacGraw was on the cover of so many magazines in 1970 that she showed up on the picture advertising "Time" magazine that was inside the 3 or 4 section Cornell stamped spiral ring notebooks sold at "The Campus Store".
Isn't that character supposed to be partially responsible for the large number of Gen-Xers named "Jennifer"?
Quote from: jtwcornell91Quote from: martyQuote from: jtwcornell91Quote from: RitaThe 3/30/2019 edition of NPR's Only a Game had a story about the filming of Love Story and the casting of Joe Bertagna and the Cleary Brothers.
https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2019/03/29/love-story-hockey-cleary-bertagna
How many days until the Hahvahd game?
I was going to post this in the HARVARD SUCKS thread, but I thought it was on Weekend Edition and couldn't find the link in the rundown.
Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal had a horrible plot to deal with there but Ali had another shot at portraying a college aged woman and not only is the movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R06Ujp-UBx0&t=22s) worth a watch, but the novella (https://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Columbus-Five-Short-Stories/dp/B000OKBKKA/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1YQDHRPL0MM55&keywords=goodbye+columbus&qid=1554391839&s=gateway&sprefix=goodbye+col%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-4) is one of Roth's better efforts (IIRC).
Ali MacGraw was on the cover of so many magazines in 1970 that she showed up on the picture advertising "Time" magazine that was inside the 3 or 4 section Cornell stamped spiral ring notebooks sold at "The Campus Store".
Isn't that character supposed to be partially responsible for the large number of Gen-Xers named "Jennifer"?
Yes, but it's probably at least as much the novel's fault as it is the film's.
Shoutout on the new ABC show Grand Hotel.
there was an ithaca mention on whiskey cavalier before it was cancelled.. dont recall if it said cornell.
Arts quad scene in 'The Sure Thing'
WARNING: blatantly political, but a brief mention of Cornell — GEE, ANTHONY FAUCI . . . (https://youtu.be/lUiDLcp_hIw) Sorry if anyone's offended, but I think many of us could use a laugh about now.
There is a reference to Cornell in the new Netflix series Queens Gambit . A book the main char picks up on some mathematical theory shows Cornell on the cover for the writer. I was going to go back and see if its a real book.
Quote from: upprdeckThere is a reference to Cornell in the new Netflix series Queens Gambit . A book the main char picks up on some mathematical theory shows Cornell on the cover for the writer. I was going to go back and see if its a real book.
MONOMIAL REPRESENTATIONS AND SYMMETRIC PRESENTATIONS BY ALICE HARMON, PH.D.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElWjEwWXUAMFgiL.jpg)
Some Group Theory shit. It's s'posed to be good for you.
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/vsbattles/images/6/6a/Evariste.png/revision/latest?cb=20161229031155)
https://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Monomial_representation
https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Representation_of_the_symmetric_groups
Grab a drink and have fun! "Monomial" in this context just means a matrix with one non-zero element in every row and every column. The fact that you can represent a group as the product of such a matrix and each element I'm sure implies some weird-ass matrix operational shit that you can then do to prove Math Things, achieve Nirvana, get cheaper auto insurance, etc.
I don't know. But I'll bet Whelan knows. Whelan knows fucking
everything.
Quote from: TrotskyQuote from: upprdeckThere is a reference to Cornell in the new Netflix series Queens Gambit . A book the main char picks up on some mathematical theory shows Cornell on the cover for the writer. I was going to go back and see if its a real book.
MONOMIAL REPRESENTATIONS AND SYMMETRIC PRESENTATIONS BY ALICE HARMON, PH.D.
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Some Group Theory shit. It's s'posed to be good for you.
https://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Monomial_representation
https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Representation_of_the_symmetric_groups
Grab a drink and have fun! "Monomial" in this context just means a matrix with one non-zero element in every row and every column. The fact that you can represent a group as the product of such a matrix and each element I'm sure implies some weird-ass matrix operational shit that you can then do to prove Math Things, achieve Nirvana, get cheaper auto insurance, etc.
I don't know. But I'll bet Whelan knows. Whelan knows fucking everything.
Searching the Cornell Library catalog, I can't find either the title or the author. All theses are supposed to be there.
Quote from: TrotskyQuote from: upprdeckThere is a reference to Cornell in the new Netflix series Queens Gambit . A book the main char picks up on some mathematical theory shows Cornell on the cover for the writer. I was going to go back and see if its a real book.
MONOMIAL REPRESENTATIONS AND SYMMETRIC PRESENTATIONS BY ALICE HARMON, PH.D.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElWjEwWXUAMFgiL.jpg)
Some Group Theory shit. It's s'posed to be good for you.
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https://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Monomial_representation
https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Representation_of_the_symmetric_groups
Grab a drink and have fun! "Monomial" in this context just means a matrix with one non-zero element in every row and every column. The fact that you can represent a group as the product of such a matrix and each element I'm sure implies some weird-ass matrix operational shit that you can then do to prove Math Things, achieve Nirvana, get cheaper auto insurance, etc.
I don't know. But I'll bet Whelan knows. Whelan knows fucking everything.
Nah, my applied group theory these days is limited to trying to figure out if the kids' train track loops are going to close. I'd have to ask my colleagues in discrete math, if I weren't about to go into "lockdown light" in a different country. Although I am actually giving a discrete math seminar in a couple of weeks. I plan to start it with a little differential geometry, so I may get the hook in the first five minutes...
Quote from: jtwcornell91Nah, my applied group theory these days is limited to trying to figure out if the kids' train track loops are going to close. I'd have to ask my colleagues in discrete math, if I weren't about to go into "lockdown light" in a different country. Although I am actually giving a discrete math seminar in a couple of weeks. I plan to start it with a little differential geometry, so I may get the hook in the first five minutes...
You can never go wrong with Eigenvalues. They're just so fun to say!
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Quote from: Josh '99Some scenes in GoldenEye (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldeneye) were filmed at the Arecibo Observatory, though it was never identified as such.
Arecibo radio telescope to be decommissioned. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/science/arecibo-observatory.html?referringSource=articleShare) Cornell faculty were integral in its design and the university operated it from its construction in the 1960s until 2011.
Quote from: upprdeckThere is a reference to Cornell in the new Netflix series Queens Gambit . A book the main char picks up on some mathematical theory shows Cornell on the cover for the writer. I was going to go back and see if its a real book.
So are they implying going to Cornell drove her mom crazy?
Quote from: French RageQuote from: upprdeckThere is a reference to Cornell in the new Netflix series Queens Gambit . A book the main char picks up on some mathematical theory shows Cornell on the cover for the writer. I was going to go back and see if its a real book.
So are they implying going to Cornell drove her mom crazy?
I had the same thought.
For those who haven't seen it, The Queen's Gambit is terrific. Anya Taylor-Joy (who I'd never heard of before) is spellbinding as the central character.
Quote from: George64Arecibo radio telescope to be decommissioned. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/science/arecibo-observatory.html?referringSource=articleShare) Cornell faculty were integral in its design and the university operated it from its construction in the 1960s until 2011.
Here's Cornell's announcement. (https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/11/nsf-decommission-cornell-designed-arecibo-telescope)
Quote from: French RageQuote from: upprdeckThere is a reference to Cornell in the new Netflix series Queens Gambit . A book the main char picks up on some mathematical theory shows Cornell on the cover for the writer. I was going to go back and see if its a real book.
So are they implying going to Cornell drove her mom crazy?
Maybe. There's certainly a great moment when she passes out drunk against a table and you get a little flashback of Mom saying "that's my girl."
Quote from: George64Quote from: Josh '99Some scenes in GoldenEye (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldeneye) were filmed at the Arecibo Observatory, though it was never identified as such.
Arecibo radio telescope to be decommissioned. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/science/arecibo-observatory.html?referringSource=articleShare) Cornell faculty were integral in its design and the university operated it from its construction in the 1960s until 2011.
And so it goes . . . (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/science/space/arecibo-telescope-puerto-rico.html?referringSource=articleShare)
Kurt Vonnegut '44
Jonathan Friedman '84 quoted. (https://rochesterdemocrat-ny-app.newsmemory.com/?publink=00cf104ab)
Quote from: George64Quote from: Josh '99Some scenes in GoldenEye (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldeneye) were filmed at the Arecibo Observatory, though it was never identified as such.
Arecibo radio telescope to be decommissioned. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/science/arecibo-observatory.html?referringSource=articleShare) Cornell faculty were integral in its design and the university operated it from its construction in the 1960s until 2011.
Quote I wanted to hear: "Cornell maintained Arecibo at a high level," said a university spokesperson, "as if it was, say, one of our dormitories."
Cornell gets a shout-out as part of the clue package for Bill Nye on The Masked Dancer.
Quote from: French RageCornell gets a shout-out as part of the clue package for Bill Nye on The Masked Dancer.
Well thanks for the spoiler :-D
OTOH you just saved me an hour of my life.
Quote from: George64Quote from: George64Arecibo radio telescope to be decommissioned. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/science/arecibo-observatory.html?referringSource=articleShare) Cornell faculty were integral in its design and the university operated it from its construction in the 1960s until 2011.
Here's Cornell's announcement. (https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/11/nsf-decommission-cornell-designed-arecibo-telescope)
An interesting article in The New Yorker on the history of and reflections on the impact of the radio telescope at Arecibo (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/05/the-collapse-of-puerto-ricos-iconic-telescope).
Quote from: George64Quote from: George64Quote from: George64Arecibo radio telescope to be decommissioned. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/science/arecibo-observatory.html?referringSource=articleShare) Cornell faculty were integral in its design and the university operated it from its construction in the 1960s until 2011.
Here's Cornell's announcement. (https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/11/nsf-decommission-cornell-designed-arecibo-telescope)
An interesting article in The New Yorker on the history of and reflections on the impact of the radio telescope at Arecibo (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/05/the-collapse-of-puerto-ricos-iconic-telescope).
usually arrive exactly when they say they will
https://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2021/09/10
Check the items on top of the file cabinet to her left: https://www.cnn.com/videos/opinions/2021/09/15/se-cupp-california-republicans-newsom-elder-gop-unfiltered-vpx.cnn
Quote from: Al DeFlorioCheck the items on top of the file cabinet to her left: https://www.cnn.com/videos/opinions/2021/09/15/se-cupp-california-republicans-newsom-elder-gop-unfiltered-vpx.cnn
She and Maher yuck it up about Cornell all the time on his show.
the guy on Home Economics show had a Cornell sweat shirt on for much of the last episode
Jake Lacy, who plays a jerkey newlywed in HBO's White Lotus, wears a Cornell hat in a couple of episodes.
SNL!
Quote from: French RageSNL!
I didn't watch—what skit was Cornell mentioned in?
Quote from: scoop85Quote from: French RageSNL!
I didn't watch—what skit was Cornell mentioned in?
There was a sketch about a classics lecture; an exterior establishing shot of Bailey Hall, followed by a professor introducing the lecture behind a podium labeled "Cornell University" and in front of a framed picture of McGraw Tower. He mentioned "Cornell" in his introduction. After that it was a series of gay jokes about poems from the isle of Lesbos. The sketch itself was only sort of funny, and not well-written enough to be offensive. The pictures of Bailey Hall and McGraw Tower were Cornelly enough for me to cause a smile.
Quote from: djk26Quote from: scoop85Quote from: French RageSNL!
I didn't watch—what skit was Cornell mentioned in?
There was a sketch about a classics lecture; an exterior establishing shot of Bailey Hall, followed by a professor introducing the lecture behind a podium labeled "Cornell University" and in front of a framed picture of McGraw Tower. He mentioned "Cornell" in his introduction. After that it was a series of gay jokes about poems from the isle of Lesbos. The sketch itself was only sort of funny, and not well-written enough to be offensive. The pictures of Bailey Hall and McGraw Tower were Cornell enough for me to cause a smile.
It was a shitty episode in general and the host was awful. The skit had promise. Was it based on something real -- did they really finally find Sappho's full poems (which would be amazing) -- or just totally random? (Edit: oh (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/25/doubts-cast-over-provenance-of-unearthed-sappho-poems).) They also felt the need to inscribe Bailey with "Cornell University," since you know you might forget while in the center of campus.
This is the first show I saw Kate McKinnon not be any good. Might be time, old girl. Keenan's held on but, I'm just saying.
Quote from: TrotskyThis is the first show I saw Kate McKinnon not be any good. Might be time, old girl. Keenan's held on but, I'm just saying.
I'm as much (if not more) a SNL nerd as I am a Cornell nerd, so here we go:
The cast is too damn big. 21 cast members, including 5 featured players, is ridiculous. The thing is, there is a lot of talent among the new people. James Austin Johnson is great as Biden and Trump, and shows more than enough outside of those characters. Sarah Sherman's Weekend Update rant about Colin Jost a few episodes back makes her worth a second look. Aristotle Athari's robot character is solid. Punkie Johnson is nigh invisible and it's tough to break through so I would cut her. Andrew Dismukes was featured quite a bit in the last episode and I just didn't get much of a laugh from anything he did. Sorry, kid, it's a tough business.
So that's two down from the new kids. I would also encourage the people who have gotten the point where they can be stars outside the show to move on. That's the five biggest names in the cast--time to go and let someone else shime--the show will suffer in the short term but then get better as Redd, Nwodim, Fineman, Gardner, Day, Villasenor, Yang and Moffat finally have room to grow. That means Keenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong and Pete Davidson finally move on to bigger and better things. And I like Kyle Mooney a lot, I just don't know if his talents are right for this show where he has to play off others.
So that's eight people out of the cast, making it a much more manageable 13. And Michael Che and Colin Jost don't generally appear in sketches outside of Weekend Update, so that's a sketch cast of 11, which is reasonable.
Thank goodness for JSID. Here's a hockey reference: Keenan Thompson knows how to skate. As he said during the end of the world Christmas show a few weeks ago, "Mighty Ducks forever, bitches!"
Quote from: djk26Quote from: TrotskyThis is the first show I saw Kate McKinnon not be any good. Might be time, old girl. Keenan's held on but, I'm just saying.
I'm as much (if not more) a SNL nerd as I am a Cornell nerd, so here we go:
The cast is too damn big. 21 cast members, including 5 featured players, is ridiculous. The thing is, there is a lot of talent among the new people. James Austin Johnson is great as Biden and Trump, and shows more than enough outside of those characters. Sarah Sherman's Weekend Update rant about Colin Jost a few episodes back makes her worth a second look. Aristotle Athari's robot character is solid. Punkie Johnson is nigh invisible and it's tough to break through so I would cut her. Andrew Dismukes was featured quite a bit in the last episode and I just didn't get much of a laugh from anything he did. Sorry, kid, it's a tough business.
So that's two down from the new kids. I would also encourage the people who have gotten the point where they can be stars outside the show to move on. That's the five biggest names in the cast--time to go and let someone else shime--the show will suffer in the short term but then get better as Redd, Nwodim, Fineman, Gardner, Day, Villasenor, Yang and Moffat finally have room to grow. That means Keenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong and Pete Davidson finally move on to bigger and better things. And I like Kyle Mooney a lot, I just don't know if his talents are right for this show where he has to play off others.
So that's eight people out of the cast, making it a much more manageable 13. And Michael Che and Colin Jost don't generally appear in sketches outside of Weekend Update, so that's a sketch cast of 11, which is reasonable.
Thank goodness for JSID. Here's a hockey reference: Keenan Thompson knows how to skate. As he said during the end of the world Christmas show a few weeks ago, "Mighty Ducks forever, bitches!"
I am all for all of this.
Quote from: djk26And I like Kyle Mooney a lot, I just don't know if his talents are right for this show where he has to play off others.
I continue to hope he and Beck Bennett will reconnect for a
Mr. Show-a-like.
Does this count as Cornell being in the movies (https://news.yahoo.com/cornell-university-early-investor-massive-183901542.html)?
Quote from: ugarteDoes this count as Cornell being in the movies (https://news.yahoo.com/cornell-university-early-investor-massive-183901542.html)?
In Soviet Russia, movies in you.
In HBO's new dramatization of "The Staircase" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11324406/) one of the daughters is going away to college "in New York." Later, when the family is in crisis, we see her in her bedroom with a "Cornell University" pillow on the bed.
And, in Episode 6, she's wearing a Cornell sweatshirt when she's home sometime after Thanksgiving and before Xmas.
Reported by Chuck Levitan'68 in latest Cornellians — "I think our classmates should be outraged with the writers, producers, directors, and star of the TV show "Billions." Paul Giamatti, in a particular scene, is on a phone call with his ex, talking about their prep school son whose presumed destiny is to follow in the footsteps of his father and earlier generations to Harvard, and likely Harvard Law. We only hear the Giamatti side of the conversation as he expresses his displeasure at something his ex tells him to which he answers sarcastically with words something to this effect: "Don't tell me again that Cornell is 'good enough.'" To which I say, damn right Cornell is good enough . . ."
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Last night we watched an episode ("Spock Amok") of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds which apparently aired earlier in the summer. The alien race with which they're conducting diplomatic negotiations are the Rongovians. (Actually, since the Rongo closed a few years back (https://www.14850.com/11092050-rongovian-embassy-closing/), this could also have gone in the "Another ... Bar Bites the Dust" thread as well.)
@MHAIthaca, did you or Uncle Mikey have anything to do with this?
Quote from: George64Reported by Chuck Levitan'68 in latest Cornellians — "I think our classmates should be outraged with the writers, producers, directors, and star of the TV show "Billions." Paul Giamatti, in a particular scene, is on a phone call with his ex, talking about their prep school son whose presumed destiny is to follow in the footsteps of his father and earlier generations to Harvard, and likely Harvard Law. We only hear the Giamatti side of the conversation as he expresses his displeasure at something his ex tells him to which he answers sarcastically with words something to this effect: "Don't tell me again that Cornell is 'good enough.'" To which I say, damn right Cornell is good enough . . ."
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I was similarly pissed at the Cornell line, but Chuck attended Yale undergrad and taught at Yale Law School. I don't remember ever learning for certain where he attended law school.
Quote from: jtwcornell91Last night we watched an episode ("Spock Amok") of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds which apparently aired earlier in the summer. The alien race with which they're conducting diplomatic negotiations are the Rongovians. (Actually, since the Rongo closed a few years back (https://www.14850.com/11092050-rongovian-embassy-closing/), this could also have gone in the "Another ... Bar Bites the Dust" thread as well.)
@MHAIthaca, did you or Uncle Mikey have anything to do with this?
mhaithaca asked this question when the episode was released, and "Spock Amok" co-writer Henry Alonso Myers identified himself as an "Ithacan-American."
https://twitter.com/alonsomyers/status/1532441671526273024
I streamed the second episode of The Sinner last night. When the lead detective talks with the murder victim's parents, the mother mentions that her dead son went to Cornell and worked "a hundred hours a week." BTW, he got into medical school.
the ATF agent in the new Stallone series Tulsa King graduated from Cornell in political science.. maybe they work in a Cornell reference one day
A Cornell Hotelee just got a job working at the BNB on the tv show Ghosts ,,
Quote from: upprdeckA Cornell Hotelee just got a job working at the BNB on the tv show Ghosts ,,
Was he/she alive? ::faint::
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82Quote from: upprdeckA Cornell Hotelee just got a job working at the BNB on the tv show Ghosts ,,
Was he/she alive? ::faint::
Yes. And apparently *not* a murderer!
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82Quote from: upprdeckA Cornell Hotelee just got a job working at the BNB on the tv show Ghosts ,,
Was he/she alive? ::faint::
Cripe! For a moment I confused this with the shows of the Paranormal channel, which on our Verizon system you get to if you go one channel down below HGTV to Magnolia (sort of HGTV meets Jesus Loves You) to a Guy Fieri channel (warning it's getting weirder) to Paranormal. So you were warned.
Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.
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Quote from: George64Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.
Also, Dale Corson (CU president, 1969–1977) and Robert Wilson (synchrotron) worked on the Manhattan Project.
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Quote from: George64Quote from: George64Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.
Also, Dale Corson (CU president, 1969–1977) and Robert Wilson (synchrotron) worked on the Manhattan Project.
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Also Professors Kenneth Greisen, John DeWire, William Woodward, Lyman Parrot, and Boyce McDaniel. Those are ones I crossed paths with in addition to some of the above. There's a longer list on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cornell_Manhattan_Project_people.
Quote from: David HardingQuote from: George64Quote from: George64Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.
Also, Dale Corson (CU president, 1969–1977) and Robert Wilson (synchrotron) worked on the Manhattan Project.
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Also Professors Kenneth Greisen, John DeWire, William Woodward, Lyman Parrot, and Boyce McDaniel. Those are ones I crossed paths with in addition to some of the above. There's a longer list on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cornell_Manhattan_Project_people.
and George Santos also made significant contributions.
Quote from: Roy 82Quote from: David HardingQuote from: George64Quote from: George64Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.
Also, Dale Corson (CU president, 1969–1977) and Robert Wilson (synchrotron) worked on the Manhattan Project.
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Also Professors Kenneth Greisen, John DeWire, William Woodward, Lyman Parrot, and Boyce McDaniel. Those are ones I crossed paths with in addition to some of the above. There's a longer list on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cornell_Manhattan_Project_people.
and George Santos also made significant contributions.
He calculated the drag coefficient.
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82Quote from: Roy 82Quote from: David HardingQuote from: George64Quote from: George64Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.
Also, Dale Corson (CU president, 1969–1977) and Robert Wilson (synchrotron) worked on the Manhattan Project.
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Also Professors Kenneth Greisen, John DeWire, William Woodward, Lyman Parrot, and Boyce McDaniel. Those are ones I crossed paths with in addition to some of the above. There's a longer list on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cornell_Manhattan_Project_people.
and George Santos also made significant contributions.
He calculated the drag coefficient.
That jerk.
Quote from: Roy 82Quote from: David HardingQuote from: George64Quote from: George64Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.
Also, Dale Corson (CU president, 1969–1977) and Robert Wilson (synchrotron) worked on the Manhattan Project.
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Also Professors Kenneth Greisen, John DeWire, William Woodward, Lyman Parrot, and Boyce McDaniel. Those are ones I crossed paths with in addition to some of the above. There's a longer list on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cornell_Manhattan_Project_people.
and George Santos also made significant contributions.
A+
In White Lotus, perhaps the most obnoxious character, among a host of really unlikable characters, Shane Patton, apparently went to Cornell, at least he wears a Cornell cap in episode 4, season 1. His put-upon wife, who's the only likable character so far, went to SUNY Potsdam.
Quote from: George64In White Lotus, perhaps the most obnoxious character, among a host of really unlikable characters, Shane Patton, apparently went to Cornell, at least he wears a Cornell cap in episode 4, season 1. His put-upon wife, who's the only likable character so far, went to SUNY Potsdam.
In season 2, the similarly (or even more) obnoxious character went to Yale. Mike White, the creator/director of White Lotus, went to Wesleyan.
Early on in Inspector Morse, season 1, episode 2, Donald Martin, who turns out to be the killer, has a Cornell pennant in his Oxford office.
Not exactly a movie, but I stumbled on this kinescope from an early Merv Griffin Show (https://youtu.be/odicCVk-ZRI) that features the Chapin Brothers. Merv gives a shoutout to Cornell, but by 1965, classmate Harry Chapin was long gone from the Hill. We used to kid him, if don't quit balladeering all the time, you'll bust out and never be successful. Well, we were partly right. He returned in 1972, along with Phil Ochs and Eric Weissberg (Dueling Banjos), for a Barton Hall concert benefitting Ramsey Clark, who was vying for the Democrat nomination for president.
Harry's family lived in the Bronx, so during my sophomore year, I drove Harry home several times on my way to Long Island. During his freshman year, he apparently took the Greyhound, as did I, that went through Scranton (30,000 Pounds of Bananas). Another of his popular songs was Old College Avenue. He tragically died in 1981, when the VW he was driving was rear-ended on the LIE.
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On a recent episode of the rebooted "Quantum Leap," "Live. Die. Repeat." (S1E11), we get about a 1/2 second glimpse of a Cornell diploma on the wall in nuclear physicist (played by Robert Picardo) Dr. Woolsey's office. Looking on pause, I'm not even sure they went to the trouble of getting one that credibly looks like it says "Woolsey," but it was a nice detail.
Quote from: BeeeejOn a recent episode of the rebooted "Quantum Leap," "Live. Die. Repeat." (S1E11), we get about a 1/2 second glimpse of a Cornell diploma on the wall in nuclear physicist (played by Robert Picardo) Dr. Woolsey's office. Looking on pause, I'm not even sure they went to the trouble of getting one that credibly looks like it says "Woolsey," but it was a nice detail.
So there is a Quantum Leap reboot. Are there still 500 different series to choose from? I don't know which show is my favorite this year because I'm sure I haven't watched it.
Quote from: martyQuote from: BeeeejOn a recent episode of the rebooted "Quantum Leap," "Live. Die. Repeat." (S1E11), we get about a 1/2 second glimpse of a Cornell diploma on the wall in nuclear physicist (played by Robert Picardo) Dr. Woolsey's office. Looking on pause, I'm not even sure they went to the trouble of getting one that credibly looks like it says "Woolsey," but it was a nice detail.
So there is a Quantum Leap reboot. Are there still 500 different series to choose from? I don't know which show is my favorite this year because I'm sure I haven't watched it.
Yes, and it's not a reimagining; it takes place in the present, thirty years after Sam Beckett's "final" disappearance. It has its weaknesses, but its two greatest strengths are a) a larger regular cast, since we get to see the Quantum Leap staff every episode along with the person leaping, and b) an underlying story arc. It's been renewed for a second season, so I guess enough people are enjoying it. Scott Bakula declined to be involved, apparently after much soul-searching; we'll see if that lasts the duration of the series.
And yes, there are still far too many original TV series for any one person to keep up with, but we try anyway.
My hope is that Quantum leap finds out when its gonna end with enough time to get Bakula into some kind of ending for his char. if its next yr to 5 yrs from now. Even if he wont come back to film anything they can do something with it
Maybe in some alternate reality, he already has
This tournament feels relevant lol:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MxnWvIy8r_bTPFy5cVpnbS_FjyLSLkFl_8jG6Rbpr9E/edit#gid=1108555858
I am very proud of the fact that most of those entries mean nothing to me.
Perhaps the definitive Cornell in the Movies list, courtesy of Corey Earle '07 (https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/fictional-cornellians/?utm_source=central&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cornelliansmonthly&utm_content=1588308)
Here are the downloadable brackets. (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MxnWvIy8r_bTPFy5cVpnbS_FjyLSLkFl_8jG6Rbpr9E/edit#gid=1108555858)
Waiting for the ECAC playoffs to resume — Love Story (https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/7dd20bc6-a3b3-4b70-824b-947fc0972b55)
Those characters are both so magnificently punchable. But the movie does provide a valuable public service in demonstrating that, regardless of social caste, Harvard always has sucked and always will suck.
Rob Lowe's son's character in Unstable on Netflix went to Cornell and there's a quick clip of Rob Lowe's character giving a commencement speech at Cornell.
In So Help Me Todd the leads Girlfriend is now attending Cornell.
So, Hollwood uses Harvard and Princeton to indicate privilege and Yale and MIT to indicate intelligence. What are they conveying when they connect a character to Cornell? Is it "smart but relateable"?
Quote from: TrotskySo, Hollwood uses Harvard and Princeton to indicate privilege and Yale and MIT to indicate intelligence. What are they conveying when they connect a character to Cornell? Is it "smart but relateable"?
Smart but did not live up to their potential (or did not have the right connections).
(I'm reminded of the scene in the Netflix comedy Never Have I Ever from Mindy Kaling where the college consultant throws the Penn and Cornell mascots into the trash.)
Is there any distinction between Eng (best Ivy to go to, smart and perhaps Asian kid) vs A&S (Oh... So close, honeybunny. Maybe next year in New Haven)?
Quote from: George64Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.
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Oppenheimer opens in theaters July 21. Portrayed Cornell faculty include Hans Bethe (Gustaf Skarsgard), Philip Morrison (Harrison Gilbertson) and Richard Feynman (Jack Quaid), also Nobel Laureate, Isidor Isaac Rabi, BS '19 (David Krumholtz).
While at Cornell, Feynman lived at Telluride House, where he said "it's there that I did the fundamental work" for which he won the Nobel Prize in 1965.
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My first assignment as a freshman Cornell journalism student was to interview Hans Bethe.
I hope I was not a total jackwagon, but I have my fears.
(My second was Jason Seley -- one of the most wonderful people I ever met. He died only about a year later.)
Jason Seley '40, But where can I get bumpers this big?
Here's a few:
(https://news.cornell.edu/sites/chronicle.cornell/files/herakles_plinth.jpg?itok=ZqFI-2Bq)
I was listening to XM radio and the radioclassic channel had a green hornet episode they were deciphering a clue of conrad and realized it wasnt a name but a phone number. it was CO 6723.. the CO was the exchange for CORNELL.. I think it was a mid 40s episode.
A new film festival in Ithaca cerebrates silent movies. https://ithacavoice.org/2023/10/celebrating-ithacas-silent-hollywood-past-with-a-new-film-festival/
Quote from: David HardingA new film festival in Ithaca cerebrates silent movies. https://ithacavoice.org/2023/10/celebrating-ithacas-silent-hollywood-past-with-a-new-film-festival/
Silent City Film Festival for anyone interested:
https://www.silentcityfilmfestival.com/
Screening most films at Deep Dive along with a few features at Cinemapolis
Quote from: upprdeckI was listening to XM radio and the radioclassic channel had a green hornet episode they were deciphering a clue of conrad and realized it wasnt a name but a phone number. it was CO 6723.. the CO was the exchange for CORNELL.. I think it was a mid 40s episode.
One of a number of excellent series on XM Classic, along with Johnny Dollar, Escape, Suspense, Broadway is My Beat, Lights Out, X Minus One, Quiet Please. God bless Greg Bell.
The book, Boys in the Boat, was great, the documentary was great, the movie should be terrific, too.
https://fb.watch/nB7bPMIrcW/
As I recall, Cornell was prominently mentioned in the book, so we should get a mention in the movie.
https://www.theonion.com/university-installs-red-light-phones-for-conservative-s-1850907474
Quote from: Trotskyhttps://www.theonion.com/university-installs-red-light-phones-for-conservative-s-1850907474
Love it. Although when I was there, the biggest right-winger didn't wear bow-ties. He wore a monocolor double-knit shirt with monocolor slacks of exactly the same color (as in a kelly green shirt with kelly green slacks). Think "Revenge of the Nerds."
Not exactly Cornell in the Movies, but this morning I heard a song by the Chapin Brothers, Blood Water, that explicitly mentions Cornell.
[spoken intro]
In the Spring of 1964, at Cornell University
a young girl fell 98 feet to her death
in one of the gorges adjoining the campus
It is the custom at Spring Weekend
For the faternities to dye the gorges a color
And that year it happened to be red.
I don't know if Harry '64 wrote it, as I think he had "busted out" by then.
I drove Harry to and from his home in the Bronx several times my sophomore year. I suppose it was better riding with me than taking the bus through Scranton, PA. BTW, several of his other songs allude to Cornell, e.g., Old College Avenue. I think that the "Sue" he mentions in Taxi is another Architecture student, but I'm not certain.
Cornell is name dropped in the Holdovers a few times
Highly recommend The Holdovers, I Loved it
In the 3rd episode of the new Frasier they are at Harvard discussing careers and how if not for Frasier the lady would have ended up at a backwater community college "Cornell"
Quote from: DuncCornell is name dropped in the Holdovers a few times
Highly recommend The Holdovers, I Loved it
Went and saw it yesterday. Nicely done, vintage filming, shows a nice story doesnt need a ton of action.
Quote from: George64The book, Boys in the Boat, was great, the documentary was great, the movie should be terrific, too.
https://fb.watch/nB7bPMIrcW/
As I recall, Cornell was prominently mentioned in the book, so we should get a mention in the movie.
The 1936 Poughkeepsie Regatta, in which Cornell finishes fifth, is depicted in the film. Interestingly, according to Corey Earle, Cornell is the only school with more Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships than the University of Washington (26 to 19). In 1936, Cornell had 14 and Washington had only three. Of course, it helped that early on only Cornell, Columbia and Penn competed. The very first IRA race was held in June 1895 and Cornell won with a time of 21:25.0.
Not a Cornell mention but the last episode of Reacher had a mention of Cortland.. You know that little town just north of Manhatten.
Is there another Cortland in ny?
Quote from: upprdeckNot a Cornell mention but the last episode of Reacher had a mention of Cortland.. You know that little town just north of Manhatten.
Is there another Cortland in ny?
Yes! It's known to me because it's a stop on Metro North. (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cortlandt+Manor,+NY+10567/@41.2871001,-73.8620362,11z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c2c89b14653297:0xb1ea15b5e5577a8b!8m2!3d41.2804112!4d-73.8714752!16zL20vMDc0YzQy) The spelling is not the same.
Quote from: martyQuote from: upprdeckNot a Cornell mention but the last episode of Reacher had a mention of Cortland.. You know that little town just north of Manhatten.
Is there another Cortland in ny?
Yes! It's known to me because it's a stop on Metro North. (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cortlandt+Manor,+NY+10567/@41.2871001,-73.8620362,11z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c2c89b14653297:0xb1ea15b5e5577a8b!8m2!3d41.2804112!4d-73.8714752!16zL20vMDc0YzQy) The spelling is not the same.
I grew up in the Town of Cortlandt (with a "t")
https://townofcortlandt.com/
It was a real town but never seemed to have a postal address with its name. So we used Peekskill NY - where, FUN FACT, the Facts of Life sitcom was set. In recent years, the Van Cortlandt Manor name was allowed to be used because it sounded more pretentious for purposes of selling real estate.
Quote from: DuncCornell is name dropped in the Holdovers a few times
Highly recommend The Holdovers, I Loved it
And I know it takes place and was filmed in New England, but the bar they go to (pinball scene) reminded me a lot of The Palms.
I was reading a book on Ty Cobb and there is a mention that in 1900-01 a pro baseball coach drove a car into into an unlit Cornell Swimming pool. Wonder where that would have been at the time if its true.
Quote from: upprdeckI was reading a book on Ty Cobb and there is a mention that in 1900-01 a pro baseball coach drove a car into into an unlit Cornell Swimming pool. Wonder where that would have been at the time if its true.
Ask unofficial Cornell historian Corey Earle '07, cre8@cornell.edu.
if only cornell had a way to present maps of the campus over the years.. Someday someone will invent that ability I suppose.
Quote from: upprdeckif only cornell had a way to present maps of the campus over the years.. Someday someone will invent that ability I suppose.
Check out The Cornell Campus by Kermit Parsons, 1968.
Quote from: George64
Quote from: upprdeckI was reading a book on Ty Cobb and there is a mention that in 1900-01 a pro baseball coach drove a car into into an unlit Cornell Swimming pool. Wonder where that would have been at the time if its true.
Ask unofficial Cornell historian Corey Earle '07, cre8@cornell.edu.
Perhaps the Old Armory (https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/?a=d&d=CDS19211209.2.26.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------), razed in late 50s to make way for Hollister Hall?
Quote from: upprdeckif only cornell had a way to present maps of the campus over the years.. Someday someone will invent that ability I suppose.
I'm pretty sure Cornell does not want to trace the evolution from this (https://news.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/full_size/public/2021-08/rewindrummel460_0.jpg?itok=5uIq09MI) to this (https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/kwwl.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/c6/4c6f1900-0bd0-5952-bdee-870dcf9408c1/65414801bfe22.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C983).
Quote from: upprdeckI was reading a book on Ty Cobb and there is a mention that in 1900-01 a pro baseball coach drove a car into into an unlit Cornell Swimming pool. Wonder where that would have been at the time if its true.
Beebe Lake?
To me the story is better if it was still in Teagle even then.
Quote from: George64Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.
Streamed
Oppenheimer free on Peacock yesterday. Professors Bethe, Feynman and Morrison appeared briefly, but future Nobelist Isidor Rabi '19 had a bigger role. A good friend to Oppenheimer, a real mensch.
Good article about Oppenheimer (https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/earle-oppenheimer/) by Corey Earle '07.
I have been misremembering Altered States for 40 years. I thought Edward Jessup was at Columbia, but he is at "Cornell Medical College." Emily is at Columbia. Note Wikipedia makes the same error.
Quote from: George64Quote from: George64Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.
Oppenheimer opens in theaters July 21. Portrayed Cornell faculty include Hans Bethe (Gustaf Skarsgard), Philip Morrison (Harrison Gilbertson) and Richard Feynman (Jack Quaid), also Nobel Laureate, Isidor Isaac Rabi, BS '19 (David Krumholtz).
While at Cornell, Feynman lived at Telluride House, where he said "it's there that I did the fundamental work" for which he won the Nobel Prize in 1965.
Best Picture, Best Leading Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography . . .
Not a movie, but I just ran across this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Silver_(musician)):
QuoteJonathan Silver is an English musician who was the second drummer for the English rock band Genesis. He replaced Chris Stewart in the summer of 1968 and appears on their first full-length album, From Genesis to Revelation, and on the Genesis Archive 1967-75 box set. He left the band in August 1969 and was replaced by John Mayhew after leaving to study at Cornell University.
I see on another board the Greatful Dead sphere show has a Barton Hall appearance.
Can confirm that - the Grateful Dead & Cornell will forever be connected.
Quote from: George64In White Lotus, perhaps the most obnoxious character, among a host of really unlikable characters, Shane Patton, apparently went to Cornell, at least he wears a Cornell cap in episode 4, season 1.
He is wearing it again later in the season. He is the most vile fictional Cornellian since the Objectivist waiter in Dirty Dancing.
White missed the mark, though. Shane is pure Dartmouth failson.
I'd proudly accept Armand as a Cornell Hotelie!
On Watson the one brother had a Princeton shirt on while the other had his Colgate one on as the safety school.
Until today I guess I never knew Chad Brown was a Cornell Alum. Rocking the shirt on tv today
Quote from: upprdeckUntil today I guess I never knew Chad Brown was a Cornell Alum. Rocking the shirt on tv today
Who?
One of the top trainers in Horse racing
Not exactly in the movies, but Professor Mike Fontaine parodied on SNL (https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/adzwuufjferp0f18qoji6/Saturday-Night-Live-Cornell-Sappho-parody-Y2Mate.is-Sappho-SNL-QfhHSY9uULs-1080p-1642321900834.mp4?rlkey=8tfn4b0n4227oocdasdwebad7&st=ncks10j9&dl=0). He joins Carl Sagan who was portrayed many times by Mike Myers. Jane Goodall, an A.D. White professor, was also parodied on SNL. Any others?
Does not appear they ever parodied Nabokov for Well You Know or Alan Bloom for the neocon cultural pity party. Those are the two obvious Cornell faculty that made a ripple in the public space.
We are presumably not counting derps like Coulter and Maher.
Quote from: TrotskyWe are presumably not counting derps like Coulter and Maher.
Regarding your derp-ometer, being a radio nut I've been sampling Ithaca's airwaves since Thursday evening. I was shocked to hear true local programming on HCU in the morning hours on Friday. The station's local news is a true throwback as compared to anything I can find in the Albany market. The programming I heard was not political - a cautionary tale of street paving amused me.
Quote from: TrotskyWe are presumably not counting derps like Coulter and Maher.
Regarding your derp-ometer, being a radio nut I've been sampling Ithaca's airwaves since Thursday evening. I was shocked to hear true local programming on HCU in the morning hours on Friday. The station's local news is a true throwback as compared to anything I can find in the Albany market. The programming I heard was not political - a cautionary tale of street paving amused me.
Quote from: martyQuote from: TrotskyWe are presumably not counting derps like Coulter and Maher.
Regarding your derp-ometer, being a radio nut I've been sampling Ithaca's airwaves since Thursday evening. I was shocked to hear true local programming on HCU in the morning hours on Friday. The station's local news is a true throwback as compared to anything I can find in the Albany market. The programming I heard was not political - a cautionary tale of street paving amused me.
That is good news. I only know it from their SS Kiddie Hour leading into games.