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December 30, 1951 –The Roy Rogers TV Show, surprisingly starring Roy Rogers, Dave Evans, Trigger, the Golden Palomino, and Bullet, the Wonder Dog premiered on NBC-TV, on this date. The phrase “Whoa Nelly!” originated with Pat Brady. Nelly was short for Nellybelle, the name of his cantankerous Jeep. He used the phrase in nearly everyContinue reading “Whoa Nelly!”

December 30, 1949 –Stanley Donen/ Gene Kelly’s wonderful take on the Comden and Green musical, On the Town, starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra, opened nationwide on this date. When On the Town premiered at Radio City Music Hall, the line to get in was the largest in that theater’s history.

December 30, 1965 –Unbelievably but The Kinks, The Who, Manfred Mann, The Hollies and Gerry and the Pacemakers all appeared on the episode of Shindig!, on this date. The show was canceled in 1966, after experimenting unsuccessfully with more mainstream musical guests

December 30, 1970 –Paul McCartney sued the other three Beatles to dissolve the partnership and gain control of his interest. The suit touched off a bitter feud between McCartney and the others, especially his co-writer on many of the Beatles compositions, John Lennon. The Beatles were legally disbanded, four years to the day after PaulContinue reading “They were so litigious they accidentially sued themselves”

Tonight is the Fourth night of Kwanzaa. Ujamaa (oo-jah-MAH) is a commitment to the practice of shared social wealth and the work needed to achieve it.

Today is the Fifth Day of Christmas. Your house is currently stuffed with; five golden rings, eight calling birds, nine French hens, ten turtledoves and five partridges in their respective pear trees (begin thinking preserves.) The official gift tally total (37 gifts) Today is also the Feast of St. Thomas Becket who was the ArchbishopContinue reading “Finally, a useful gift”

December 29, 1967 – Star Trek first aired The Trouble with Tribbles episode – arguably one of their most famous episodes – on this date. To create the one tribble moving on its own, the prop supervisor bought a battery powered toy dog and stripped it down to the mechanical works. Once recovered with furContinue reading “I believe everyone has seen this episode”

December 29, 1933 –One of their best remembered films, Laurel and Hardy’s Sons of the Desert, premiered on this date. During the shooting, Stan Laurel was also seeing someone else, Virginia Ruth Rogers, even though his divorce from his first wife was not yet final. Rogers even filled in as a crowd scene extra andContinue reading “Are you a member?”

Tonight’s the third night of Kwanzaa. The principle celebrated is Ujima (oo-JEE-muh) or collective work and responsibility. That means to build and maintain the community together and take on the community’s problems and to solve them together. Hope you’re having a good Kwanzaa.

It’s the Fourth day of Christmas and you’ve just received four calling bird, sometimes know as colly birds or collie birds (which are actually blackbirds). Today’s score: you currently have 22 gifts – four calling birds, six French hens, eight turtledoves and four partridges in their respective pear trees (when do these trees become aContinue reading “Allow the appropriate spacing for the cages”