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August 7, 1948 – … Five dollars for the best duck? You mean I came all the way from Dubuque for a measly five bucks?. Chuck Jones guided Daffy Duck’s personality change from a “screwball” character, to a greedy, self-centered one in You Were Never Duckier which premiered on this date.

August 07, 1937 –The Looney Tunes short, Porky’s Railroad, directed by Frank Tashlin, and starring Pork Pig, was released on this date. The Morse code heard in this cartoon translates as QST QSL ‘LEON SCHLESINGER’ HOLLYWOOD FOR PICTURE OF PORKY‘.

Happy National Root Beer Float Day – also known as the “Black Cow,” the root beer float got its start in Cripple Creek, Colorado, in a mining camp. Frank J. Wisner the owner of Cripple Creek Brewing, gets the credit for inventing the Black Cow in August of 1893. Which means, you know, we getContinue reading “All you need is love (and ice cream).”

A quick check of the calendar : It’s the half way point of summer today and there are 141 days until Christmas

August 6, 1965 –The clasic exploitation film, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, directed by Russ Meyer and starring Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Susan Bernard, Stuart Lancaster, Paul Trinka, Dennis Busch, Ray Barlow, and Mickey Foxx, was released on this date. Although the film did make a profit, it was not a big hit when itContinue reading “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! premiered”

August 6, 2015 –This show isn’t ending. This is just a pause in the conversation … Jon Stewart gave up his very reluctant mantle as the ‘most trusted man on television‘ when he hosted his final episode (of his more than a decade long career) on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, on this date.

August 06, 1932–The Merrie Melodies short, I Love a Parade, directed by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, was released on this date. Look closely, there is a Mickey Mouse and Pluto character in the parade at the beginning.

August 6, 1938 – … … In this corner, at 203 and one-third pounds, the most magnificent marvelous multiple monstrous mad mauling mass of meaty muscles ever to master, modify, mat, make mince-meat, and mangle many menacing monsters from Manitoba to Minneapolis! An early pairing of this comedy duo, Porky and Daffy, directed by BobContinue reading “Porky & Daffy opened”

August 6, 1949 – The Looney Tunes short, The Grey Hounded Hare, directed by Bob McKimson, and starring Bugs Bunny, was released on this date. A tethered, angry racing dog, eager to chase Bugs, ends up digging himself underground. Bugs offers an aside to the audience: “Hey, this kid’s gonna leave his race down thatContinue reading “The Grey Hounded Hare premiered”

August 06, 1955– The Merrie Melodies short, Jumpin’ Jupiter, directed by Chuck Jones, Porky Pig and Sylvester the Cat was released on this date. This cartoon marks the final pairing of Porky Pig and Sylvester in Chuck Jones’ Porky and Sylvester horror trilogy in the classic era, which started with Scaredy Cat and Claws forContinue reading “Jumpin’ Jupiter premiered”