Charles Gates Dawes (1865–1951) was an American diplomat and Republican politician who was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under Calvin Coolidge.  He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925 for his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations.  Born in Marietta, Ohio, Dawes attended Cincinnati Law School before beginning a legal career in Lincoln, Nebraska.  After serving as a gas plant executive, he managed William McKinley's 1896 presidential campaign in Illinois.  After the election, McKinley appointed Dawes as the Comptroller of the Currency.  He remained in that position until 1901 before forming the Central Trust Company of Illinois.  Dawes served as a general during World War I and was the chairman of the general purchasing board for the American Expeditionary Forces.  In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Dawes as the first director of the Bureau of the Budget.  Dawes served on the Allied Reparations Commission, where he helped formulate the Dawes Plan to aid the struggling German economy.  Dawes was a descendant of Edward Doty, a passenger on the Mayflower, and William Dawes who rode with Paul Revere to warn American colonists of the advancing British army at the outbreak of the American Revolution.  Dawes was a self-taught pianist, flutist and composer. His composition Melody in A Major became a well-known piano and violin piece in 1912.  Marie Edwards made a popular arrangement of the work in 1921.  Also, in 1921, it was arranged for a small orchestra by Adolf G. Hoffmann.  Melody in A Major was played at many official functions that Dawes attended.  In 1951, Carl Sigman added lyrics to Melody in A Major, transforming it into the song "It's All in the Game".  Tommy Edwards's recording of "It's All in the Game" was a number-one hit on the American Billboard record chart for six weeks in 1958.   Edwards's version of the song became number one on the United Kingdom chart that year.   Since then, it has become a pop standard.  Numerous artists have recorded versions, including Cliff Richard, the Four Tops, Isaac Hayes, Jackie DeShannon, Van Morrison, Nat "King" Cole, Brook Benton, Elton John, Mel Carter, Donny and Marie Osmond, Barry Manilow, Merle Haggard, and Keith Jarrett.  Dawes is the only U.S. vice president to be credited with a number-one pop hit.   Dawes and Bob Dylan (as a writer) are the only persons credited with a number-one pop hit to have also won a Nobel Prize.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_G._Dawes    

Idioms using the word red:  Red herring, red flag, red in the face, paint the town red, red-letter day, and seeing red.  See other idioms using the word red at https://literary-techniques.com/red-idioms/   

What should not go in your garbage disposal: 

·        Toss your coffee grounds in the trash can, add them to your compost pile, or sprinkle them around your garden as a natural fertilizer.

·        Celery, artichokes, rhubarb, corn husks, edamame pods, and kale are all no-go foods for a garbage disposal.  They have stringy bits that can get wrapped around the garbage disposal blades and cause a jam.

·        Eggshells have a thin membrane that can get wrapped around the blades and cause a clog.  Toss them in the trash can instead.

·        Toss bones in the trash rather than the disposal.  

·        Pasta or rice expand when soaked in water—rice, for example, can grow up to four times in size.   

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/how-to-clean-garbage-disposal#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20quickest%20and,drain%2C%20disposal%2C%20and%20pipes.   

Svengoolie is an American hosted horror movie television program.  The show features horror and science fiction films and is hosted by the character Svengoolie, who was originally played by Jerry G. Bishop from 1970 to 1973, before Rich Koz succeeded him in the role from 1979 on.  Before and after commercial breaks, Svengoolie presents sketches, tells jokes, and performs parody songs related to the films being aired.  The show is a long-running local program in the Chicago area and in recent years expanded nationally, airing Saturday nights on MeTV.  The show airs both low-budget and classic horror and science-fiction movies, with host "Svengoolie"--a portmanteau of the words Svengali and ghoul--played by Rich Koz (pronounced "Koze"), who wears thick skull-like makeup around his eyes and cheekbones, a moustache, goatee, and long wig, all black, and a black top hat with a tuxedo jacket over a bright-red, open-collared, pleated tuxedo shirt.  The show opens with a reference to early radio broadcasting:  "Calling all stations, clear the air lanes, clear all air lanes for the big broadcast."  This is a sound clip from the preview "trailer" of one of the four "Big Broadcast Of . . . (1932, 1936, 1937, 1938)" movies.  In a running gag throughout the series, Svengoolie's mentions of the Chicago suburb of Berwyn are met with an audio clip of several people groaning "BERWYN?!?"  Another recurring gag involves rubber chickens thrown at Svengoolie after a weak joke, usually at the end of an episode's opening and closing sketches.  Visitors assist the crew in throwing rubber chickens during taping.  Rich Koz did most of the artwork for the show when he revived it as Son of Svengoolie at WFLD.  For every episode, Koz researches the film to find interesting facts, then writes each episode, spending about four hours doing so.   The camera shots and audio effects are handled by director Chris Faulkner and Kevin Reisberg, the show's assistant director.   In 2014, the original casket prop used by both Bishop and Koz on camera was retired and donated to the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago.  Segments showcasing the original casket continued to be rebroadcast on the MeTV schedule.  Rebroadcasts often will use improved prints of the films if they have become available, while keeping the old comedy skits.  The show's original title was Screaming Yellow Theater.  The title was derived from Screaming Yellow Zonkers, a yellow, sugary glazed popcorn snack, first produced in the 1960s.  The show debuted on September 18, 1970, on WFLD (channel 32) and ran on the station until September 7, 1973.  Svengoolie was played then by Jerry G. Bishop.  In later seasons, Rich Koz--a fan who sent in sketch ideas--became a show writer.  In 1973, Kaiser Broadcasting took over WFLD from Field Communications and Screaming Yellow Theater was cancelled and replaced with The Ghoul from Cleveland.  The Ghoul lasted until 1974 when it was taken off the air.  Field Communications re-purchased WFLD back from Kaiser Broadcasting in 1978, which led Jerry Bishop and Rich Koz to discuss the show's resurrection.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svengoolie     

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