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I’m sure that you thought that all the excitement of the day was because it’s the anniversary of King Carlos I being crowned as German emperor Charles V, a Holy Roman Emperor, on this date, or the Feast day of St. John of Capistrano, patron saint of jurists, and that all of the swallows areContinue reading “Oh Happy Day!”

October 22, 1965 –The Rolling Stones released the single Get Off My Cloud on this date in the U.K. The B-side of this single was I’m Free, which remained obscure until it was revived by The Soup Dragons in 1990.

The Gare Montparnasse, one of the six large terminus train stations of Paris, became famous for a derailment on October 22, 1895 of the Granville-Paris Express that overran the buffer stop. The engine careened across almost 100 ft off the station concourse, crashed through a two foot thick wall, shot across a terrace and sailedContinue reading “This must have been a sight”

October 22, 1948 –Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger technicolor fever dream about the world of ballet, The Red Shoes, starring Moira Shearer and Anton Walbrook, opened in New York City on this date. Little girls and boys were forever ensnared in it’s magical, evil web. This is one of director Martin Scorsese’s favorite films andContinue reading “Take off the red shoes”

October 22, 1955 –Quatermass II, the sequel to The Quatermass Experiment, a British science fiction serial, first aired on BBC Television, on this date. Reginald Tate, from the original series, was cast again as Quatermass but died shortly before filming. André Morell was offered Quatermass but was attached to another project so John Robinson wasContinue reading “Quatermass II premiered”

Today is INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK Day. It is the day that campaigns for the removal of the caps lock button from standard QWERTY keyboards (or for the moving of the button), due to people continually accidentally pressing the button when they mean to use other keys. There’s also a tendency for people to ‘shout’ (eitherContinue reading “Step back, I’m about to hit the CAPS LOCK key.”

October 21, 1980 –Originally written for the Ramones, but kept for himself, Bruce Springsteen’s single, Hungry Heart was released on this date. It would become Springsteen’s first Top 10 hit as a performer. When Springsteen met Joey Ramone in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Ramone asked Bruce to write a song for his band, The Ramones.Continue reading “Hungry Heart went on sale”

October 21, 1954 –The episode of Climax!, an anthology series – broadcast live, on this evening was the first time James Bond (Barry Nelson) appeared on-screen in Casino Royale, and more than half a century later Bond is still making movies. The program was thought to be lost for decades until it resurfaced in 1981Continue reading “The first James Bond was an American”

October 21, 1964 – Possibly the most fully realized movie musical, My Fair Lady first opened at the Criterion Theater in New York, on this date. When Rex Harrison accepted his Academy Award for this movie, he dedicated it to his “two fair ladies,“ Audrey Hepburn and Julie Andrews, both of whom had played ElizaContinue reading “My Fair Lady premiered”

October 20, 1985 –The first of two reunion films, I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later, starring Barbara Eden, Wayne Rogers, and Bill Daly aired on NBC on this date. Larry Hagman was unavailable to reprise his role as Tony Nelson reportedly because he was too busy filming his CBS series Dallas at the time.Continue reading “This must be a lucky day for Jeannie”