#john gilchrist

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"When you bring Life home, don't tell your mutant turtle kids it's one of those nutritional cereals you've been trying to get them to eat. You're the only rat that has to know." I was surprised that this had not been done. John Gilchrist is even wearing orange in the commercial and his brother is wearing blue, so the idea almost makes itself.

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Little Mikey, star of the Life cereal advertising campaign that ran from the 1970s into the 1980s, grew up to become an advertising executive. Find out here about what happened to Little Mikey, real name John Gilchrist.

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Happy Birfday John Gilchrist Born: February 2, 1968 in The Bronx, New York

John Gilchrist is best known for his role as Mikey in the Life cereal commercials in the 1970s. He would play this role alongside his two real-life brothers. The commercial was filmed in 1971 and he was just 3 years old at the time. By the year 1972 it was being aired nationally it ran on the air until 1986.

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The Sun Remembers This Week in Baltimore Sports: Feb. 8-15

Gus Johnson in his rookie season with the Baltimore Bullets. (William L LaForce, Baltimore Sun photo, 1963)

Feb. 12, 2005: Maryland holds Duke without a field goal in overtime in defeating the No. 7 Blue Devils, 99-92, before a frenzied crowd at Comcast Center. John Gilchrist (19 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists) leads the Terps, the first Atlantic Coast Conference team in a decade to sweep Duke in the regular season.

Feb. 9, 1999: Make it 35 consecutive losses for Overlea's girls basketball team, beaten by Dulaney, 64-19. The streak will end at 39, after which the Falcons win six of their next seven games.

Feb. 9, 1977: A colt named John U To Berry wins the featured eighth race at Bowie Race Course. It's a five-length victory for the horse, a son of Forward Pass.

Feb. 13, 1971: Boog Powell predicts back-to-back 20-win seasons for each of the world champion Orioles' stellar pitchers, Dave McNally, Jim Palmer and Mike Cuellar. “Why can't they do it again? It should be no problem,” says Powell, Baltimore's first baseman and the 1970 American League Most Valuable Player. All three will reach 20 victories in 1971, as does newly acquired right-hander Pat Dobson.

Feb. 12, 1964: Gus Johnson, the Bullets' high-flying rookie forward, gets 30 points to go over 1,000 for the season in Baltimore's 121-115 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers at the Civic Center. With two minutes left, Johnson takes over, recording eight points, three rebounds and a blocked shot.

Feb. 8, 1958: In the earliest start in its 44-year history, Bowie Race Course draws a record crowd of 17,971 despite bitter winds and subfreezing temperatures. Many in the grandstand watch the races while wrapped in blankets.

Feb. 13, 1953: Al Kaline, the leading scorer in the Maryland Scholastic Association, finishes with 21 points as Southern's boys basketball team topples Poly, 48-39.

Feb. 14, 1938: Patterson Park defeats Eastern, 6-3, in girls fencing in the losing team's new gym. Louise Boyce and Rosalie Eisman win two matches each.

Birthday

Feb. 12, 1951: Don Stanhouse, closer for the 1979 AL champion Orioles whose zany antics earned him the nickname “Stan The Man Unusual.”

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Jonathan Goodyear and Nicole Gomes Top Chef Event at Jerome's

Jonathan Goodyear and Nicole Gomes Top Chef Event at Jerome’s

Now that Dish ‘n’ the Kitchen is fully into the second year of madness, I can look forward to writing about ‘annual’ events and happenings around town. Of course my very first ‘foodie’ event was the Top Chef Trevor Bird event at Jerome’s Appliance Gallery. I heard about this year’s event through twitter and manage to secure two tickets to the event through eventbrite. The whole thing was like…

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