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but sometimes you’re the guest of honor, sometimes you’re the turkey. — B. Huijsen Once again, ACME is proud to repost the following holiday recipes over the next few days, so you can get through Thanksgiving with your liver intact: It’s time to consider the main course – Turkey. I am reminded of the JuliaContinue reading “Life is always a party, even Thanksgiving,”

November 24, 1996 –Crowded House played their farewell concert, performing on the steps of the Sydney Opera House to a crowd of over 100,000 (with some estimates of 250,000 people in attendance) on this date. In 2007, they got back together for a reunion tour.

November 24, 1966 –Captain Pike has an illusion, and you have reality. May you find your way as pleasant. The Star Trek episode The Menagerie, Part II first aired. This episode incorporate most of the unseen (at the time) pilot episode of Star Trek, The Cage, featuring Jeffrey Hunter, as Christopher Pike, captain of theContinue reading “The concluding episode of The Menagerie”

November 24, 1965 – NBC aired the Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music to honor Sinatra, on this date. According to the April 1966 Esquire article Frank Sinatra Has a Cold by Gay Talese, Sinatra was suffering from a cold, when he started recording this special. If you pay close attention, you can seeContinue reading “And remember, it was brought to you by Bud”

November 24, 1958 – A precursor episode to the science fiction television series The Twilight Zone, The Time Element aired on this date as part of the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse anthology series on CBS-TV. Though not the pilot episode of Rod Serling’s series, The Twilight Zone, it was Rod Serling’s production that lead to TheContinue reading “Before there was a Twilight Zone”

Should you need them in a few days Before you go – You know what a prebiotic soda needs in a holiday ad – Large Abominable Snowpeople. Olipop’s ad introduces bunkies to two lovable yetis, Oli and Pop, whose large and intimidating appearances make it hard for them to connect with others. Despite their bestContinue reading “A couple more recipes to follow”

For those of you so inclined, today is Fibonacci Day. Once again, I suggest celebrating by eating Fibonachos!

November 23, 1990 – MTV banned Madonna’s video Justify My Love due to its sexually-explicit content on this date. Oh, do you remember when television was this quaint, or Madonna was this relevant?

November 23, 1983 –James L. Brooks adaptation of Larry McMurty’s novel, Terms of Endearment, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Danny Devito, Jeff Daniels and John Lithgow, opened in limited release on this date. James L. Brooks received a special gift at the end of production, to congratulate him for completing his first movie. This wasContinue reading “Terms of Endearment premiered”

November 23, 1963 – The first episode of Doctor Who, The Unearthly Child, premiered on the BBC, on this date. Of the 253 episodes of Doctor Who that were produced in the 1960s, 97 no longer exist in the BBC Television Archives due to an archive purge between 1967 and 1978, during which BBC EnterprisesContinue reading “The first in a long line of Doctors”