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August 12, 1970 –The romantic comedy, Lovers And Other Strangers, directed by Cy Howard, adapted from the 1968 Broadway play by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna, and starring Beatrice Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon, Richard Castellano, Diane Keaton, Bob Dishy, Harry Guardino, Marian Hailey, Anne Jackson, Cloris Leachman, Anne Meara, and Gig Young, was releasedContinue reading “Lovers And Other Strangers premiered”

It ain’t no joke if you lose your vinyl. Today is National Vinyl Day (and not Record Store Day which was April 18th this year.) National Vinyl Record Day is celebrated every year on August 12 (commemorating the day Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877) to remember the culture, art, the very sound ofContinue reading “Vinyl’s two sides represent the dualism of human nature”

August 11, 1972 –Mott the Hoople’s Glam Rock Anthem, All The Young Dudes was released in the UK on this date. Even though the band was heterosexual, this became a gay anthem, at least in America, thanks to lyrics like “Lucy looks sweet ’cause he dresses like a queen.” This was the nature of glamContinue reading “I’ve wanted to do this for years …”

August 11, 1991 – The first regularly scheduled episode of The Ren and Stimpy Show premiered on The Nickelodeon channel on this date. Originally, the microphone was planned to go into Stimpy’s mouth during the end of part one (Stimpy’s Big Day.) However, it seemed to remind Nickelodeon executives of a certain sexual act, soContinue reading “Happy-happy, joy-joy.”

August 11, 1951 – The Looney Tunes short, His Hare Raising Tale, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Bugs Bunny, was released on this date. This is the first cheater short in the series, which are shorts that primarily uses cut footage from previous shorts as clips. This short uses footage from Baseball Bugs, StageContinue reading “His Hare Raising Tale premiered”

August 11, 1945 – The Looney Tunes short, Hare Conditioned, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny, was released on this date. The department store manager (voiced by an uncredited Dick Nelson) is a parody of The Great Gildersleeve, a character played by Harold Peary in the radio program Fibber McGee and Molly.

August 11, 1995 –The Hollywood Picture film, Dangerous Minds, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, and Courtney B. Vance, was released in US theaters on this date. The movie’s soundtrack tops the Billboard albums chart thanks to its lead single, Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise. Originally entitled My Posse Don’t Do Homework, the name of the book from which thisContinue reading “Dangerous Minds premiered”

August 11, 1937 –The bio-pix, The Life of Emile Zola, directed by William Dieterle, and starring Paul Muni, Gloria Holden, Gale Sondergaard, and Joseph Schildkraut, was released on this date. Writers Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg initially took the project to Ernst Lubitsch at Paramount, who immediately recognized the potential of the film. He alsoContinue reading “The Life of Emile Zola premiered”

Today is the Feast of St. Clare. St. Clare of Assisi (or Clair or Claire – spelling wasn’t a major issue back then – living past 29 years old was considered miraculous,) didn’t want to marry the rich young man her parents picked out for her and ran away from home to become the biggestContinue reading “We become what we love”

The Dog Days of Summer are officially over today. As the leaves turn orange and fall from the trees, mark your calendar for the upcoming ‘Crazy Political Campaign‘ season of Autumn.