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September 3, 1990 –Sony Music released George Michael’s second solo album, Listen Without Prejudice, on this date. Listen Without Prejudice was his first release after Sony Music acquired his record label, Columbia, in 1988. The relationship between Michael and Sony was contentious, and when Michael refused to make a video to promote the first singleContinue reading “Listen Without Prejudice went on sale”

September 3, 1969 – The stop-motion western, The Valley of Gwangi, directed by Jim O’Connolly, and starring James Franciscus, Richard Carlson, and Gila Golan opened on this date. This is the last dinosaur film Ray Harryhausen worked on. When this film was first conceived it was supposed to have been a follow-up to King Kong,Continue reading “The Valley of Gwangi premiered”

September 3, 1982 –Amy Heckerling’s coming of age teen comedy (written by Cameron Crowe), Fast Times at Ridgemont High, went into general release on this date. For his masturbation scene, Judge Reinhold brought a large dildo to work with, unbeknown to the rest of the cast. Phoebe Cates’ look of horror and disgust is veryContinue reading “This guy’s been stoned since the third grade”

September 3, 2017 –Co-founder and guitarist for the band Steely Dan, Walter Becker, died aged 67, on this date. Besides being a member of Steely Dan, Becker had produced records for Rickie Lee Jones, China Crisis and Michael Franks.

The Temptations sing, It was the 3rd of September, that day I’ll always remember in their song Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone. This was written by the Motown songwriters Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, and produced by Whitfield. It was first recorded by The Undisputed Truth, but Whitfield also had The Temptations record it, withContinue reading “I never got a chance to see him…”

We here at ACME hope that you’re enjoying your last hot dog and ice cold beer of the summer today, (hopefully you’re using ACME Split Buns to slip your ACME Snappy Weinie – The Almost 100% all beef frank (but hey don’t ask what the other stuff in it is) – in our well butteredContinue reading “He who seeks work finds rest.”

September 2, 2005 –If you ever need the definition of ‘deer in the headlights‘ moment, just watch Mike Meyers in this clip. On NBC’s Concert for Hurricane Relief, Kanye West stated that “George Bush doesn’t care about black people”. The comment went out live on the US east coast, but was cut from a tapedContinue reading “The first time Kanye gave TV censors the vapors”

September 2, 1949 –Carol Reed’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s post war thriller, The Third Man, starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, and Orson Welles, opened in London of this date. The Vienna Police Dept. has a special unit that is assigned solely to patrol the city’s intricate sewer system, as its network of interlockingContinue reading “The Third Man premiered”

September 2, 1950 –If your eagle’s hands are dirty, we’ll wash them clean…. Daffy/ Porky outing, The Ducksters, was released on this date. On the game show Porky Pig wins: 1. The Rocky Mountains2. A 17 – Jewel half Nelson3. The La Brea Tar Pits4. The Rock of Gibraltar5. 600 gallons of genuine Niagara Falls6.Continue reading “One of the funniest non Bugs Bunny cartoons”

September 2, 1994 –Hootie & the Blowfish made their first television appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, on this date. This song got a lot of airplay and helped make the Cracked Rear View album (named for a line in the 1987 John Hiatt song Learning How To Love You) the best sellerContinue reading “Darius and the gang sang for Dave”