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November 12, 1945 –As I get older, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn’t see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more. Happy Birthday Neil Young !!!

Check your stemware I hadn’t realized how many different supermarket chains there were in the UK – next up Salisbury has a very charming advert featuring Roald Dahl’s the Big Friendly Giant or BFG – Remember no humans were consumed during the making of this commercials.

November 12, 2016 –Kate McKinnon sang Hallelujah in character as Hillary Clinton to open Saturday Night Live the Saturday after the 2016 presidential election. It’s very déjà vu and still incredibly poignant.

November 12, 1992 – The screamingly funny TV comedy Absolutely Fabulous, written by Jennifer Saunders, starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley premiered on the BBC on this date. The inspiration for casting Joanna Lumley as Patsy came from a sketch on The Full Wax. There, Ruby Wax interviewed Lumley, where the actress (who had previouslyContinue reading “Another little drinkie before we go”

November 12, 1976 –Featuring a cast of 50 million, the very strange documentary All This And World War II, a collection of WWII newsreel footage, clips from other movies, and covers of Beatles songs, opens in US theaters on this date. The film’s director Susan Winslow was hired as she had been a researcher onContinue reading “All This And World War II premiered”

November 12, 1964 –On his 19th birthday, Neil Young wrote Sugar Mountain, where he reflects on his fleeting youth (“You can’t be 20 on Sugar Mountain“), the first formal release was a recording of the song made on November 10, 1968. Joni Mitchell’s The Circle Game was inspired by this song. As she explained toContinue reading “Neil first thought about that mountain”

It’s National Pizza with the Works (Except Anchovies) Day. What’s so wrong about anchovies? (Well there is an old joke by George Carlin, but I’m not going to play it to you, you’ll have to find it yourself, but I guess that would put me off anchovies.)

(And more importantly, who’s not making the cut this year.) Another supermarkets boast their love for Christmas … and mysteries. The supermarket chain Waitrose has launched the first part of its Christmas advert series, Sweet Suspicion: A Waitrose Mystery – Who stole the Christmas dessert – stay tuned for part two, coming soon.

November 11, 397 –St. Martin of Tours, another in the series of anorexic visionaries, patron saint of France, soldiers (he is known as the he man’s saint), reformed alcoholics and winemakers, died on this date. When the armistice fell on the Saint Martin’s Day, November 11, 1918, the French people saw it was a signContinue reading “… I will not refuse the work”

November 11, 1978 –Donna Summer started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with her version of Jimmy Webb’s MacArthur Park, which was also a hit for actor Richard Harris in 1968, (made No.5 in the UK). (Sorry for the earworm.) Donna Summer recorded her disco version in 1978 with herContinue reading “Donna Summer’s baked good faux pas”