When I think of Hoth my mind goes to directly to the frozen planet of the Star Wars Galaxy. This points out, one, what a geek I am and, two, that George Lucus has warped my fragile little mind. But I have to assume this weeks episode does not take place on planet Hoth. (Although I'm not sure I'd be surprised.) So I went on a search to find other meanings of Hoth. To wiki we go:
- First and foremost I'd like to mention that upon searching for Hoth at wiki, I was immediatly redirected to the Hoth plant wiki site for the fictional planet. (I feel a tad less geeky now)
- Höðr, a god in Norse mythology also known as Hoth.
- Hermann Hoth, a German general in World War II
- Harrow-on-the-Hill station,(H.O.T.H.) a London Underground and Chiltern Railways station in Harrow, Greater London.
- Houses of the Holy, (H.O.T.H.)an album by English Rock band Led Zeppelin
- According to the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda the goddess Frigg made everything in existence swear never to harm Baldr, except for the mistletoe which she found too young to demand an oath from. The gods amused themselves by trying weapons on Baldr and seeing them fail to do any harm. Loki, upon finding out about Baldr's one weakness, made a missile from mistletoe, and helped Höðr shoot it at Baldr. After this Odin and the giantess Rindr gave birth to Váli who grew to adulthood within a day and slew Höðr.
- The Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus recorded an alternative version of this myth in his Gesta Danorum. In this version the mortal hero Høtherus and the demi-god Balderus compete for the hand of Nanna. Ultimately Høtherus slays Balderus.
- Hermann "Papa" Hoth (12 April 1885 – 25 January 1971) was an officer in the German military from 1903 to 1945, attaining the rank of Generaloberst during World War II. He fought in France, and is most noted for his later exploits as a panzer commander on the Eastern Front. Hoth commanded the 4th Panzer Army during Operation Barbarossa in 1941, and later during the Wehrmacht's 1942 summer offensive. Following the encirclement of the 6th Army in Stalingrad in November 1942, Hoth commanded the panzer army during Operation Wintergewitter. After Stalingrad, Hoth was involved in the Kursk counter offensive in the summer of 1943 and the Battle of Kiev. The Fourth Panzer Army under his command at Kursk was the largest tank formation ever assembled. Hoth was dismissed from command by Adolf Hitler in 1943, only to be reinstated for a short time during the last weeks of the war. After the war, he served six years in prison for war crimes, and became a writer on military history.
- Some Like It Hot (1959) is an American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon.
- Two struggling musicians, Joe and Jerry (Curtis and Lemmon), witness what looks like the Saint Valentine's Day massacre of 1929. When the Chicago gangsters, led by 'Spats' Columbo (Raft) spot them, the duo flee for their lives. They escape and decide to leave town, only to find the sole out-of-town jobs available are in an all-girl band headed to Florida. The two disguise themselves as women, calling themselves Josephine and Geraldine (later Jerry changes his pseudonym to Daphne), join the band and board a train.
I'll indulge one geeky Star Wars thought:
- 1977, the year the survivors are in, is the year Star Wars came out. However, Hoth was not a known planet until Empire Strikes Back released in 1980.
Thoughts, comments, concerns?
If not before we'll figure it out tonight.
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