December 6, 2024: This and That!

How many cigarettes per day was 16-year-old Judy Garland encouraged to smoke in order to keep her weight down during filming of The Wizard of Oz (1939)?

[Answer at the end of today’s blog entry]

Akemi having dinner last night.

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It’s a miracle!

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Apparently an alien invasion was predicted for December 3rd.  I don’t watch network news so I may have missed it.

Answer to our trivia question: The answer is 80! 16-year-old Judy Garland was encouraged to smoke 80 cigarettes a day to keep her weight down during filming of The Wizard of Oz in addition to adhering to a strict diet of black coffee and chicken soup, and taking amphetamines to keep her focused on those long days and then barbiturates to help her sleep nights. Finally, to be extra sure, she was fitted with a corset.

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