"The Post-Modern Prometheus" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files, originally airing on the Fox network on November 30, 1997. It was written and directed by series creator Chris Carter. The story follows FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) as they investigate a creature called "The Great Mutato" that has impregnated a middle-aged woman; it turns out to be the genetic creation of a Frankenstein-like doctor. The creature is first ostracized and then accepted by his community. Carter's story draws heavily on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (subtitled The Modern Prometheus) and particularly on James Whale's 1931 film version of the story. The episode was filmed in black and white, with a sky backdrop imitating the style of old Frankenstein films. Talk-show host Jerry Springer appeared as himself, and Chris Owens played The Great Mutato. Many critics praised the episode; some even called it a "classic". It was nominated for seven awards at the 1998 Emmys, winning one.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1700:

Great Northern War: Swedish forces led by King Charles XII defeated the Russian army of Tsar Peter the Great at the Battle of Narva. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Narva_(1700)

1864:

American Civil War: The Confederate States Army suffered its worst disaster of the war as the Army of Tennessee conducted numerous unsuccessful frontal assaults against fortified positions at Franklin, Tennessee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Franklin_(1864)

1934:

The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman became the first to officially exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A3_4472_Flying_Scotsman

1942:

World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy warships defeated United States Navy forces during a nighttime naval battle near the Tassafaronga area on Guadalcanal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tassafaronga

1982:

Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, was released. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(Michael_Jackson_album)

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gardyloo: (Scotland, obsolete) Used by servants in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gardyloo

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If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.   --Winston Churchill https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill