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January 19, 1949 –I believe that my music is just about feelings, and the style is just a side effect. Robert Palmer, blue-eyed soul singer, was born on this date.

January 19, 1952 – In the first match-up between Wile E. Coyote and Bugs Bunny, Operation: Rabbit, directed by Chuck Jones, premiered on this date. This was the second cartoon to feature Wile E. Coyote (following 1949’s Fast and Furry-ous), and the first in which he is identified by his full name. It is alsoContinue reading “And remember, mud spelled backwoids is dum”

January 19, 1940 –Any resemblance between the characters in this picture and any persons, living or dead, is a miracle. The Three Stooges short You Nazty Spy! about the Nazis released on this date. Filmed in 1939, not released until 1940, the film was the first Hollywood film to spoof Adolf Hitler, released nine monthsContinue reading “You Nazty Spy! premiered”

January 19, 1953 –68% of all television sets in the United States were tuned in to I Love Lucy on this date to watch Lucy give birth to a baby boy – the same day Lucille Ball gave birth to her son, Desi Arnaz Junior. All the while they couldn’t say pregnant on TV orContinue reading “Ricky, it’s time.”

Blue Monday refers to the third Monday in January, dubbed the “most depressing day of the year” by a psychologist Cliff Arnall in 2004 for, Sky Travel, a UK travel company using a pseudoscientific formula to sell vacation packages, factoring in cold weather, debt, and post-Christmas slump. The PR stunt succeeded in generating media buzzContinue reading “Today is known as Blue Monday”

January 19, 1809 –It’s the birthday of the poet and short-story writer Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston on this date. He was the son of two actors, but since he was Edgar Allan Poe, both of his parents died of tuberculosis when he was just a boy. He was taken in by a wealthyContinue reading “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

Today is Thesaurus Day. It celebrates the birthday of Peter Mark Roget and his famous work, volume, tome, manual, opus. You could spend all day perusing, studying, scanning, looking through, scuritying for fun. Well some people could.

January 18, 1973 – The third season finale of Monty Python, The British Showbiz Awards (aka Grandstand,), aired on the BBC on this date Eric Idle portrays “Dickie Attenborough,” a clear reference to Richard Attenborough, who also sometimes went by Dickie. His brother, David Attenborough, worked at the BBC and actually gave this series theContinue reading “How do you find the vicarage”

January 18, 1977 –The last wet dream of the Nietzchian Uberman came to fruition when Arnold Schwarzenegger was introduced to America, when George Butler’s bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron hit the theaters on this date. Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted that he had made up several stories in the movie for attention because the producers told him thatContinue reading “Pumping Iron premiered”

January 18, 1978 –Warren Zevon third studio album, Excitable Boy, was released on this date. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career. Co-produced by Jackson Browne, the album is laced with such horror-tinged songs like Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner, Werewolves Of London and the title track,Continue reading “Dry your eyes, my little friend …”