April 2, 1971 – The last episode of the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, which aired on ABC-TV, was shown on this date. Due to the grueling five-shows-a-week schedule, the expense and the difficulty of video editing in those days, most scenes were shot in a single take. Actors and actresses routinely flubbed their linesContinue reading “Dark Shadow’s finale”
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I Taw a Putty Tat premiered
April 2, 1948 – Another classic Sylvester and Tweety cartoon, I Taw a Putty Tat, opened on this date. Look for the first appearance of Hector the Bulldog.
Crazy topped the charts
April 2, 2006 –Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy makes history by becoming the UK’s first-ever #1 single to top the chart solely on download sales. Gnarls Barkley is producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) and vocalist Cee-Lo Green (Thomas Callaway). Danger Mouse produced The Gorillaz album Demon Days; Cee-Lo was in Goodie Mob. The name “Gnarls Barkley” isContinue reading “Crazy topped the charts”
Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.
When you woke up this morning, one of your first thoughts probably was probably, Will there be tariffs on clean underwear?. Don’t worry, you’ll know soon enough. But anyway, it’s April (again.) April is National Poetry Month It is a cruel month – usually mixing memory with tax payments (hopefully you’ve heard that you haveContinue reading “Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.”
My Humps
April 1, 2007 –Showing her very acute sense of irony, Alanis Morissette transforms the Black Eyed Peas’ song My Humps into a mournful piano ballad for an April Fools’ Day prank. The accompanying music video debuts on YouTube on this date and became a viral sensation, garnering millions of views.
The final episode of The Bob Newhart Show
April 1, 1978 – Tonight was the last time you could play the original version of the game, ‘Hi Bob‘ because the final episode of The Bob Newhart Show aired on this date. Over the course of the series, the phrase, “Hi, Bob” was said 256 times. Howard Borden (Bill Daily) said it a totalContinue reading “The final episode of The Bob Newhart Show”
Helter Skelter premiered
April 1, 1976 – Five years after the infamous trial, CBS first aired a made-for-television movie Helter Skelter, about the Charles Manson Family murders, on this date. Steve Railsback received so much critical acclaim for his portrayal of Charles Manson that major movie studios later offered him several roles as villains and killers in theatrically-releasedContinue reading “Helter Skelter premiered”
Feel free to draw on the wall
March 31 marks National Crayon Day. Crayola Crayons have been around for 122 years. The Crayola brand was born in 1903 when cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith released the their first crayon box with its eight-count box that was sold for only a nickel. The average child will go through hundreds of crayonsContinue reading “Feel free to draw on the wall”
Why would a fella want a girl like her?
March 31, 1957 –The original version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, starring Julie Andrews, aired live in color on CBS on this date (only black-and-white kinescopes exist today.) The only production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein version to be telecast while Oscar Hammerstein was still alive. He died in 1960, five years before the secondContinue reading “Why would a fella want a girl like her?”
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life premiered
March 31, 1983 –All good things must come to an end: the sixth and final Monty Python film featuring all six member of the troupe before Graham Chapman’s death in 1989, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life opened in the US on this date. Monty Python refused to show Universal Studios a movie script, figuring,Continue reading “Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life premiered”
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