Day Tripping: November 19

The Brave One

Born in 1962, Alicia Foster was a gifted child who learned to read at the age of three. She also attended a French-language prep school where her fluency opened the door to act in French cinema. Alicia was also valedictorian upon graduating and then attended Yale University.

But before all that when she was still three, the child her siblings nicknamed Jodie, starred in an internationally acclaimed Coppertone commercial.

“Normal is not something to aspire to, it is something to get away from.”

Jodie Foster got her first recurring television role in 1969 with The Courtship of Eddie’s Father. After appearing in Martin Scorcese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, he cast her in his next feature Taxi Driver.

Foster’s mother was not pleased about her 14-year-old daughter playing a prostitute, but the role launched a film career that has spanned decades. Since 2010, Jodie has taken her talents as a filmmaker mostly behind the camera to direct.

Today is:

International Men’s Day Woman’s Entrepreneurship Day — See, we can get along.

Musical Ride

About a month after firing his drummer, Tom Petty appeared with the Heartbreakers on SNL in 1994 with guest drummer, Dave Grohl. After the set, Dave considered joining the band permanently, but Petty won’t let him hang around with a bunch of old guys who will hold him back, saying, “Not that I wouldn’t have hired him in a second — it was discussed and I know he thought about it.”

Interesting Notes

Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address in 1863.

Better Forgotten

Mass murdering madman Charles Manson in 2017.

Notable Births

Weird — a day for hosts

1933 — Larry King: “I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.”

1936 — Dick Cavett: “Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.”

K. Barrett Maria Rattray Maryam Merchant Dr. Mehmet Yildiz Tree Langdon Myriam Ben Salem Phil Truman Chelsea Mandler MAT Terry Mansfield Hollie Petit, Ph.D. Terry Trueman Dr. Preeti Singh John Gruber Bill Abbate James G Brennan ScienceDuuude Marcus Liam Ireland Claire Kelly Noorain Hassan, BMS Amy Pierovich David Acaster Nora Thewriteyard David Perlmutter Joe Luca Holly Kellums Michael Burg, MD Lucy Dan Dave Logan

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