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It’s dangerously hot out there. Take it slow and easy(And If you’re in NYC), Please don’t forget to vote, if you haven’t already.

June 24, 1970 –Mike Nichols‘ adaptation of Joseph Heller’s Catch 22was released on this date . Austin Pendleton had worked on the film for two weeks; all of all of his scenes were with Orson Welles. Pendleton claimed that Welles had made working on the film, which was already difficult to begin with, even moreContinue reading “The original Catch 22 premiered”

June 24, 1970 – 20th Century Fox, for some unknown reason, released Myra Breckinridge, starring Raquel Welch, John Huston, Mae West, Farrah Fawcett, Rex Reed, Roger Herren, Roger C. Carmel, and Tom Selleck(in his film debut), on this date. It’s as bad as you think it might be but you must watch it. Raquel WelchContinue reading “You probably never saw it went it came out”

June 24, 1994 –Weezer release the song Undone – The Sweater Song, from their debut album, Weezer (aka The Blue Album) on this date. Rivers Cuomo told Rolling Stone: “I was trying to write a Velvet Underground-type song because I was super into them, and I came up with that guitar riff. I just pickedContinue reading “You could start enjoying that sweater today”

June 23, 1980 –The unsuspecting American public got their first taste of Letterman when his morning talk show, The David Letterman Show, first aired on NBC TV on this date. The David Letterman Show lasted nineteen weeks on the air . Letters poured into NBC condemning the cancellation. College kids hitched across the country withContinue reading “Dave’s first TV show”

June 23, 1994 –Life may or may not be a box of chocolate but Forrest Gump opened in Los Angeles, on this date. The line, “My name is Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump,” was ad libbed by Tom Hanks while filming the scene, and director Robert Zemeckis liked it so much that heContinue reading “Forrest Gump premiered”

June 23, 1984 –Duran Duran started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with The Reflex, the group’s first US No.1, was taken from their third album, Seven and the Ragged Tiger. Instead of staying on brand by shooting in an exotic locale, the music video was shot at a DuranContinue reading “You’ve gone too far this time”

June 22, 1971 –Reprise Records released the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, Blue, on this date. The album is considered Mitchell’s most personal album, considering her situation and lifestyle choices at the time. She’s always been an artist who allows her audience to live her life vicariously through her music, and in noContinue reading “Blue came out”

June 22, 1946 – Another of the classic 40s Daffy Duck cartoons, Hollywood Daffy, was released on this date. The director of the cartoon was an uncredited effort by Friz Freleng.

Today is the anniversary of the Cleveland, Ohio’s Cuyahoga River catching fire in 1969. If that is too disturbing a holiday to commemorate, it’s also National Chocolate Eclair Day. While the eclair is a delicious dessert, their charms escape me. Maybe it’s the fake vanilla pudding most bakeries use rather than Bavarian cream.