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October 9, 1971 –Van Morrison released one of his most popular songs, Wild Night, on this date. One of his few songs with mass appeal, and proof that he could write a terrific Pop song whenever he desired. Morrison, however, generally shied away from couplets like “Come on out and dance, come on out, makeContinue reading “Everything started looking so complete”

October 9, 1986 –The FOX network debuted Joan Rivers’ new The Late Show on this date. At first, Tribune Entertainment was supposed to hire Nell Carter as a talk show hostess for her own show, when it didn’t work, consequently, the job was given to Joan Rivers, and the show was retooled.

October 9, 1984 –The popular children’s show Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends begins its run on BBC-TV, featuring a narrator by the name of Ringo Starr on this date. Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Annie, Clarabel, Henrietta, Bertie, and The Fat Controller (known in the American dubs as “Sir Topham Hatt“) areContinue reading “The start of an obsession for some children”

There’s a lot going on, so just that you can keep it all straight in your head Diwali and, Halloween are in 22 days, I’m not going to remind you that the General election is in 27 days, you’re scared enough. But Thanksgiving is in 50 days. and Christmas and Hanukkah are in 77 days.Continue reading “We’re looking out for you”

A wiser man than I once said – A corpse is meat gone bad. Well, and what then, is cheese? Corpse of milk, which leads us to the fact that today is also Moldy Cheese day. Am I really going to encourage you to eat rotting cheese, (while bleu, Camembert, Gorgonzola, maytag blue, Roquefort, brie,Continue reading “Age is unimportant unless you’re a cheese.”

Given your newsfeed is jam packed with other, more heady news, it is understandable that some may not remember that since 2007, ACME has been proud to recognize that every year from the 8th to the 12th of October, International Cephalopod Awareness Days come around to teach the world about Cephalopods! Today is Octopus Day,Continue reading “We’d all like to be in an an octopus’s garden”

October 8, 1983 – Francis Ford Coppola’s under-rated arthouse teen drama Rumble Fish, starring Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Vincent Spano, Diane Lane, Diana Scarwid, Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, and Tom Waits, opened in limited release in NYC on this date. To mix the black-and-white footage of Rusty James and the Motorcycle Boy in the petContinue reading “Rumble Fish premiered”

October 8, 1927 –The Hal Roach studio released The Second Hundred Years short, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy – the first Laurel and Hardy film with them appearing as a team on this date. Laurel and Hardy’s heads were shaved for their appearance in this film, and their hair had not yet grown backContinue reading “The Second Hundred Years premiered”

October 8, 1956 –New York Yankees pitcher Donald James Larsen pitches the first perfect game in a World Series – no walks, no hits, no runs. His perfect game was the only no-hitter of any type ever pitched in postseason play until Doc Halladay pitched one on October 6th, 2010.

October 8, 1980 –… The hand speaks, the hand of a government man … Today is the 44th anniversary of Talking Heads‘ fourth studio Remain in Light was released on this date