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March 12, 1973 –After six seasons, the last episode of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In aired on NBC TV, on this date. George Schlatter did not produce the final season, but he won the rights to those episodes in a subsequent court battle. For many years, he neither allowed those episodes to be re-aired, nor anyContinue reading “The finale of Laugh-In”

March 12, 2001 –The Chris Isaak Show, a television sitcom which follows a fictionalized version of the life of American rock musician Chris Isaak, premiered on Showtime on this date. The character of Mona is based on a real woman at the Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco known as “Dolphina“. In the 1930s, aContinue reading “Chris got his first show”

March 12, 2007 –Amy Winehouse made her US television debut on the Late Show with David Letterman performing Rehab on this date. On August 14, 2007, Winehouse entered The Causeway Retreat, a rehab center in Essex, England, with her new husband (and fellow addict), Blake Fielder. Addiction specialists know that admitting a couple to rehabContinue reading “Amy’s first time on US TV”

March 12, 1991 –Warner Bros. Records released the seventh studio album by R.E.M., Out of Time, on this date. The opening track on Out of Time, Radio Song features the influential rapper KRS-One. R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck explained to Guitar School in 1991: “When we wrote it out, we only had acoustic guitar, bongos, bass,Continue reading “Hey, I can’t find nothing on the radio …”

March 12, 1888 –The day before started off seemingly fine – the temperature was mild as a light rain began to fall on March 11th, 1888. And then the weather changed. The rain became heavier and by the next day, the rains changed to heavy snow and buried the unprepared city in drifts of upContinue reading “Don’t complain about the weather”

Today is National Napping Day, the holiday is observed the day following the return of daylight saving time. National Napping Day provides everyone with the opportunity to have a nap (by themselves or with a friend) and catch up on the hour of sleep they lost due to the spring forward time change. (Remember theContinue reading “I’ll have no problem celebrating this”

March 11, 1970 –The first album by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Déjà Vu was released on this date. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it #148 on the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was certified 7-times platinum with over 8 million copies sold, and spent 88 weeks on the Billboard chart. It remains theContinue reading “A new day, a new way …”

March 11, 1968 – In the episode of The Monkees, Monkees Blow Their Minds that aired on this date, Frank Zappa appeared as Mike Nesmith and vice versa, debating qualities of each other’s music. Many a young mind was blown today. The song heard while Michael Nesmith and Frank Zappa play the car is MotherContinue reading “One of TV’s more surreal moments”

March 11, 1961 –Kenneth Sean Carson, the cultural icon from Willows, Wisconsin and Barbie’s go-to counterpart, was introduced at the American International Toy Fair, on this date. For those wondering where Barbie and Ken met, their official story is that they met on the set of their first commercial together in 1961.

March 11, 1950 – A very funny Bugs Bunny cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones, Homeless Hare, was released on this date. When Bugs falls into the rain water barrel and regains his senses after taking an I-beam to the head, he laments that “This isn’t Saturday night.” Bugs is referring to the common practice ofContinue reading “Homeless Hare premiered”