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November 4, 2016 –Netflix began airing the incredibly successful series about a young woman forced to take over a multinational business after the unexpected death of her beloved father, The Crown, starring, Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Victoria Hamilton, Jared Harris, John Lithgow and Eileen Atkins, on this date. Originally, creator Peter Morgan envisagedContinue reading “The Crown premiered”

November 4, 1981 – The Fall Guy starring Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas, first aired on ABC, on this date. Since Lee Majors started his acting career by hanging out with stuntmen, and occasionally working as one, he made sure real stuntmen got plenty of work on the show.

Did you remember to set all of the clocks back? the DVD player (I no longer have a VCR,) the microwave, the automatic coffee pot in the kitchen? If you’ve already done so, you can watch this and amuse yourself to learn that the decision to cast Lillian Roth in this film was, in essence,Continue reading “I woke up late myself”

November 3, 1967 – Captain Kirk and the crew has a second run in with the con man, Harry Mudd and his army of androids when the Star Trek episode I, Mudd premiered on CBS-TV on this date. NBC considered making a Harry Mudd spin-off show after the success of I, Mudd. They assigned GeneContinue reading “I, Mudd first aired”

November 3, 1978 –Diff’rent Strokes premiered on NBC-TV on this date. Gary Coleman’s parents actually took all of his money that he made from this show. By the time he sued his parents, they had no money left. Coleman ended up working as a security guard for the final years of his life.

November 3, 1990 –The American public apparently went insane and Vanilla Ice’s single, Ice Ice Baby was the number one single on the U.S. music charts, on this date. The song clearly samples the 1980 song Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie, but Vanilla Ice never got permission to use it. No lawsuit wasContinue reading “Hope this doesn’t become a earworm”

November 2, 1978 –The Police release their debut album, Outlandos d’Amour, on this date. The working title, Police Brutality, was changed to make is sound more romantic. The title loosely translates as Outlaws of Love but the term Outlandos is actually a mix of the words for Outlaws and Commandos. The Police started mading videosContinue reading “Outlandos d’Amour went on sale”

November 2, 1957 – The often edited for S & P (I definitely should know) Bugs vs. Daffy Looney Tunes cartoon, Show Biz Bugs, first opened on this date. The exploding musical instrument scheme is the same in three Warner Brothers cartoons. The musical score is Those Endearing Young Charms. In order, they are, firstContinue reading “I know, I know, but I can only do it once.”

November 2, 1940 – Another funny Porky Pig Looney Tunes, The Sour Puss, premiered on this date. This is the first appearance of the gag where a character commits suicide after saying “Now I’ve seen everything!” The gag is most commonly used in cartoons directed by Bob Clampett and is often censored when the cartoonContinue reading “Well now I’ve seen everything!”

November 2, 1942 –Another Preston Sturges laugh out loud comedy, The Palm Beach Story, opened on this date. (Sturges, himself, had to shove a handkerchief in his mouth to avoid ruining a take by laughing.) In the long dolly shot of Joel McCrea and Mary Astor strolling on the pier from Rudy Vallee’s yacht, PrestonContinue reading “The Palm Beach Story premiered”