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March 2, 1940 – The Looney Tunes short, Elmer’s Candid Camera, directed by Chuck Jones, and featuring the newly redesigned Elmer Fudd for the first time, debuted on this date. Elmer Fudd evolved from Egghead, a character created by Tex Avery in the mid-‘30s. In this cartoon, Elmer still wears the same attire (derby hat,Continue reading “Elmer’s Candid Camera premiered”

March 2, 1991 –Chris Isaak’s single Wicked Game reached the #6 position on the US Billboard charts, on this date. Lee Chesnut, who was music director of an Atlanta radio station and a huge fan of David Lynch films, helped popularize this song when he added it to his playlist after watching Wild At Heart.Continue reading “This world is only gonna break your heart”

March 2, 1939 –The first of many collaborations between John Ford and John Wayne, Stagecoach, went into general release on this date. The hat that John Wayne wears was his own. He would wear it in many westerns during the next two decades before retiring it after Howard Hawks’ Rio Bravo because it was simplyContinue reading “Stagecoach opened”

March 2, 2009 – Jimmy Fallon premiered on the third incarnation of the Late Night franchise, first hosted by David Letterman, followed by Conan O’Brien, on this date. In 2013, Fallon was selected by NBC to succeed the continually retiring Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show. The last episode of Late Night underContinue reading “Jimmy Fallon first gave it a go”

March 2, 1944 –I was a product of Andy Warhol’s Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people who were continually making art, and it was impossible not to be affected by that…. Lewis Allan Lou Reed singer, songwriter, poet and guitarist was born (on the wild side.)

March 1, 1969 –While performing with the Doors at The Dinner Key Auditorium in Miami, the formerly svelte, now tubby alcoholic Jim Morrison asks the audience Do you wanna see my cock? then exposes himself briefly on the Miami stage. For thus showing why he was known as The Lizard King, Morrison received a sentenceContinue reading “Mr. Mojo Rising indeed”

March 1, 1973 –Pink Floyd released their eighth studio album, Dark Side Of The Moon, on this date. The album debuts at an inauspicious #95 on the US Albums chart, but has become the album with the most weeks on the Billboard charts, thanks in large part to a run from 1977-1988 when it neverContinue reading “Us and Them”

March 1, 1968 – The Star Trek episode The Omega Glory aired in this date. In it, the Enterprise comes across the derelict Federation ship Exeter, and the crew discovers that its entire crew has been killed by a plague. NBC announced that Star Trek would be renewed for a third season during the closingContinue reading “The Omega Glory premiered”

March 1, 1981 –NBC-TV aired the made-for-TV film Elvis and the Beauty Queen, starring Don Johnson and Stephanie Zimbalist on this date. The color scheme seen when Elvis is first showing Linda Thompson around Graceland is inaccurate. Linda and Elvis worked together to come up with the red theme. Also, Linda designed the stained glassContinue reading “Elvis and the Beauty Queen premiered”

March comes in like a the Spiny Lumpsucker and goes out like a Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko. The name of March comes from ancient Rome, when March was the first month of the year and called Martius after Mars, the Roman god of war. In Rome, where the climate is Mediterranean, March is the first monthContinue reading “The March winds are the morning yawn”