CHOW-DAH! SAY IT! CHOW-DAH! When Lenny Bruce took the stage for the first time after the JFK assassination, no one knew what he'd start with. He delivered one immortal sentence: "Man, Vaughn Meader is screwed!" Meader had won the 1962 Album of the Year and Best Comedy Performance Grammys for his album "The First Family," which rested on his uncanny impressions of JFK and RFK. (He was defeated in the Best New Artist category by Robert Goulet.) While Meader later referred to November 22, 1963 as "the day I died," Meader died on Friday. The NY Times has a remembrance, which Ann Althouse graciously points us. Without Meader, we wouldn't have Diamond Joe Quimby, and that's reason enough to remember him.

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN: More evidence, this time from ESPN, that the Cubs are the most-cursed team. In a weighted look at the 54-most cursed franchises (taking into account many factors), the Cubs and White Sox finished one-two, followed by the Browns, Eagles, and Indians.

NINETY-SIX YEARS AND COUNTING: SI makes it official, we Cubs fans have taken over the title of longest-suffering idiots now that the BoSox have won it all. Others on the list of the five most die-hard fans are fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Bills, Clevelands teams, and the Texas Longhorns. Nary a mention of Philly's wildly successful teams on the list.

And speaking of the Sox, coming in the same year as a Pats Super Bowl and NFL-record winning streak, if Kerry wins Tuesday (and the fact that it is an if and not a when makes sob uncontrollably), you've got to reach to find another city having as good a year as old Beantown. Hell, even the Celtics and Bruins made the playoffs last spring and Mystic River won two Oscars. And say what you will about Ben Affleck, but he rebounds nicely.

PIECES OF MY CAREER: Two days before the Presidential election, and "60 Minutes" is blowing the lid off of something critically important--Ashlee-gate! Yep, "60 Minutes" has the backstage footage in which we'll know what really happened, and Lorne Michaels attempting to claim that no one has ever used the lip-sync technology before. We'll also get a look behind the scenes of "SNL," and maybe even figure out why it so frequently sucks.

BEYOND THE MASH: MSNBC scares up a list of Tunes to Trick or Treat by including the omnipresent "graveyard smash."

I AM THE WALRUS: In a spirit of generosity, I introduce you to my comrade The Eggman, who's finally decided to start his own blog rather than pester me to blog about the subjects he wishes to blog about. Check it out.

WHAT, NO MADONNA 'AMERICAN PIE'? The Guardian U.K. attempts to list the ten worst cover songs of all time. It's Britocentric, but should inspire some response in the Comments nevertheless.