Curse of the Bambino Nanette" had originated as a non-musical stage play called "My Lady Friends", which opened on Broadway in December 1919. That play had, indeed, been financed as a direct result of the Ruth deal. Various researchers, including Montville and Shaughnessy, have pointed out that Frazee had close ties to the Yankees owners, and that many of the player deals, as well as the mortgage deal for Fenway Park itself, had to do with financing his plays. Yankee fans taunted the Red Sox with chants of "1918!" one weekend in September 1990. The demeaning chant echoed at Yankee Stadium each time the
Monster Garage "The Curse of the Hearse" Monster Garage "The Curse of the Hearse" The Discovery Channel Monster Garage "Curse of the Hearse" was sparked from the original Halloween episode "Grim Ripper". The original monster plan was to turn an old, retired 1973 Cadillac Hearse into a mobile car crusher. After the design phase (Day 1) was complete, Jesse James and his build team started to rip into the hearse and cleared it out. That's when the show's producers started to "play" with the team. A series of distractions poured into the garage, ranging from a casket go-kart from a So Cal hearse club member, to a