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April 3, 1971 –The Temptations had their third of four No. #1 Billboard charting hits with Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) on this date. This was the last single for the Temptations with Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams in the group. Eddie started a solo career and in 1973 scored his biggest hitContinue reading “Just My Imagination topped the charts”

April 3, 2010 – Matt Smith makes his first appearance as the 11th Doctor in BBC program Doctor Who during The Eleventh Hour episode, on this date. One clothing retailer reported that in the month following the airing of this episode in which the Doctor declared that “bow ties are cool,” its bow tie salesContinue reading “Another new Doctor Who”

April 3, 1956 –Elvis Presley performed on The Milton Berle Show, on this date. The show was broadcast live from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock. Elvis played the songs Heartbreak Hotel, Money, Honey, and Blue Suede Shoes. I would not suggest that you place you hand upon the screen – the power you feel emanatingContinue reading “Elvis and Uncle Miltie”

April 2, 2006 –Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy makes history by becoming the UK’s first-ever #1 single to top the chart solely on download sales. Gnarls Barkley is producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) and vocalist Cee-Lo Green (Thomas Callaway). Danger Mouse produced The Gorillaz album Demon Days; Cee-Lo was in Goodie Mob. The name “Gnarls Barkley” isContinue reading “Crazy topped the charts”

April 2, 1968 –Stanley Kubrick’s influential science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, premiered in Washington D.C. on this date. Stanley Kubrick calculated that it would take one person 13 years to hand draw and paint all the mattes needed to insert the assorted spacecraft into the starry backgrounds. Kubrick hired 12 other people, and didContinue reading “The terrors of AI were first revealed”

April 2, 1971 – The last episode of the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, which aired on ABC-TV, was shown on this date. Due to the grueling five-shows-a-week schedule, the expense and the difficulty of video editing in those days, most scenes were shot in a single take. Actors and actresses routinely flubbed their linesContinue reading “The finale of Dark Shadows”

April 2, 1948 – I Taw a Putty Tat, another classic Sylvester and Tweety cartoon, premiered on this date. Look for the first appearance of Hector the Bulldog.

… you can’t expect to control your life. – Bill WattersonAccording to the Nation Peanut Board, Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches are good for the planet. It takes fewer than five gallons of fresh water to produce one ounce of peanuts, and peanuts add beneficial nutrients to the soil. Today is Peanut Butter and JellyContinue reading “If you can’t control your peanut butter ….”

When you woke up this morning, one of your first thoughts probably was probably, Did the kids find all the hidden Easter eggs?. Don’t worry, you’ll know soon enough. But anyway, it’s April (again.) April is National Poetry Month It is a cruel month – usually mixing memory with tax payments (hopefully you’ve heard thatContinue reading “Life’s transformations are beautiful and inevitable.”

April 1, 1976 – Five years after the infamous trial, CBS aired a made-for-television movie Helter Skelter, about the Charles Manson Family murders, on this date. Steve Railsback received so much critical acclaim for his portrayal of Charles Manson that major movie studios later offered him several roles as villains and killers in theatrically-released movies.Continue reading “Helter Skelter premiered”