Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:58 pm EST

Sorry, folks — you're not getting any work done the rest of the day.
At least not that you now know about the new LIFE photo archive over on Google. They've just dumped 10 million images online for our perusing pleasure and a great deal of them focus on our national pastime. Our retro C-a-C's should benefit greatly from these additions.
Type in any old ballplayer and you're bound to get a few pages of classic results. Joe D. was the first person who popped into my mind when I thought about LIFE magazine and I've taken the liberty of posting a few of my favorites — though not this incredible pic of Marilyn right before she announces her divorce from the Clipper — after the jump.
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PS — That's Morgan Fairchild.
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And I have to give modern science credit, cause Morgan hasn't changed that much over the years.
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(props to anyone who guesses what show that line is from)
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This seemed relevant to this posting when the host, Tom Rothman, mentioned a story that, while it may be well-known to some, was new to me. That the day the on-location shot was being done, a publicist at Fox leaked to the NY media that the "upskirt" scene was going to be filmed on Lexington Ave, which led to a press and fan feeding-frenzy, including Marilyn's new husband...one Joe DiMaggio.
Supposedly, after about 40 takes (most ruined by the crowd's hoots and hollers), DiMaggio angrily stormed off in a huff, without speaking to Marilyn. Rothman intimated the incident may have contributed to him divorcing her soon after, which led to her Britney-esque downward spiral, and eventual early death; the irony was that they ended up reshooting the "blowing skirt" scene later on-set at Fox' Hollywood studio, and thus never would have NEEDED to shoot it in public in NYC in the first place.
One wonders how both Marilyn and DiMaggio's lives might have been different if they hadn't.
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