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March 31, 1994 –Madonna appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman on this date. She dropped the f-bomb more than a dozen times, exchanged less- than-friendly barbs with Dave and then stubbornly refused to leave the set. This made the episode the most censored in American network television talk-show history; it also resulted inContinue reading “Naughty Madonna”

March 30, 1966 –Barbra Streisand’s second television special, Color Me Barbra aired on CBS-TV, on this date. The concert was one of the first to be filmed in color. The technology was so new that when two of the three cameras broke immediately prior to the show, there were no parts available to repair them.

March 30, 1964 –This game show is celebrating its’ 61th anniversary on this date? Pens down. Merv Griffin’s game show Jeopardy! made its debut on television. He sold the rights for the show to Coca-Cola for $250 million in 1986. The show was hosted by Art Fleming until 1975. It resurfaced in syndication in 1984Continue reading “Everyone’s favorite game show”

March 30, 1967 –The Beatles visited Michael Cooper’s London photographic studio on this date and shot the most iconic album cover ever created. The cover of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was designed by Peter Blake and put together by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth, who painstakingly combed through hundreds of photos for monthsContinue reading “Sgt. Pepper’s album cover”

March 30, 1985 –Phil Collins scores his second #1 hit as a solo artist with One More Night on this date. The track was taken from his third album, No Jacket Required. Being a drummer at heart, it’s not surprising that Collins started this song on a drum machine. He explained to Playboy that heContinue reading “One More Night topped the charts”

March 29, 1979 –The group, Supertramp release their sixth album Breakfast in America on this date, which goes on to sell six million copies in the U.S. and win two Grammy Awards. Like the Lennon/McCartney partnership, most of Supertramp’s songs are credited to their lead singers Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies, although in many casesContinue reading “I should have known that it would let me down”

March 29, 1978 –After 11 seasons, CBS aired the last episode of The Carol Burnett Show on this date. The show won 25 Emmy Awards during it’s run. The Carol Burnett Show was one of the longest-running variety shows in television history; its conclusion marked the closing of another chapter in television as Burnett wasContinue reading “She was really glad we had all that time together”

March 29, 1959 – Billy Wilder’s film, Some Like It Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, premiered on this date. Supposedly when Orry-Kelly was measuring all three stars for dresses, he half-jokingly told Marilyn Monroe, “Tony Curtis has a nicer butt than you,” at which point Monroe pulled open her blouse andContinue reading “Well, nobody’s perfect”

March 29, 1943 –John Cleese once told me he’d do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.. Eric Idle, comedian and composer, made his first public appearance at Harton Hospital, South Shields, England on this date.

Happy National Weed Appreciation Day. National Weed Appreciation Day was established to remind people that a weed is simply a plant growing where you don’t want it to grow. A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation—”a plant in the wrong place.” Common examples include plants unwanted in human-controlled environments such asContinue reading “Taxonomically, the term has no botanical significance”