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October 11, 1962 –We all got to follow the wacky adventures of the crew of PT-73 when McHale’s Navy set sail for the first time on this date on ABC-TV. During an interview, Ernest Borgnine related that when he was initially approached by his agent with an offer to star in the pilot for theContinue reading “Starring the man who taught Ethel Merman the language of love”

Yom Kippur starts this evening. If you’re celebrating (strange choice of words,) you better hurry up and finish reading this before sundown. May your fast pass easily – Don’t hesitate to contact me if you can’t remember the things you should be atoning for by now. May your fast pass easily. Hopefully your sins areContinue reading “Gmar chatima tova”

It’s World Egg Day! So yes, let’s all celebrate the incredible edible egg Egg prices are slightly higher than they were earlier this year. I will speak to the Egg Board about that situation.

October 10, 1986 –Warner Bros. released the quirky musical comedy, True Stories, starring David Byrne, John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, and Spalding Gray in the US on this date. Talking Heads recorded an album featuring their versions of the songs featured in the movie. The Puzzling Evidence segment of the film was inspired by the ChurchContinue reading “True stories premiered”

October 10, 1964 –NBC-TV aired the opening ceremonies of the XVIII Olympiad in Tokyo on this date. The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia, and the first time South Africa was barred from taking part due to its apartheid system in sports. It was the first live color TV program toContinue reading “The start of The Tokyo Summer Olympics”

October 10, 1980 –The very funny comedy, directed by Howard Zieff, Private Benjamin, starring Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, and Armand Assante, went into general release in the US on this date. This movie was the first ever movie screenplay especially written and tailored for Goldie Hawn. This was also the first film that she everContinue reading “Private Benjamin was released”

October 10, 1957 –Guy Williams galloped across TV screens as the masked hero, when Zorro, debuted on ABC-TV on this date. Although Zorro was the most popular show in its Thursday evening slot, the series was pulled in 1959 due to legal wrangling between the Disney Studios and the ABC network. Disney tried to keepContinue reading “Out of the night, when the full moon is bright …”

October 10, 1985 – … Our works in stone, in paint, in print, are spared, some of them, for a few decades or a millennium or two, but everything must finally fall in war, or wear away into the ultimate and universal ash – the triumphs, the frauds, the treasures and the fakes. A factContinue reading “A sad day to remember”

While it seems that we can’t agree on much, I do know that it is certain that we are celebrating cephalopods this week – today we revel in Squid Day/Cuttlefish Day. Calamari could loom large in your day today.

October 9, 1985 –Happy Birthday John (and Sean.) Central Park’s Strawberry Fields was dedicated on John Lennon’s birthday, by Yoko Ono, who had underwritten the project, on this date.