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Today in 1864 –In Atlanta, Captain Rhett Butler rescues Scarlett O’Hara Hamilton, her sister-in-law Melanie Wilkes and her sister-in-law’s brand new baby from Aunt Pittypat’s Peachtree Street home before the Union army advances on the city. Rhett declared his love for Scarlett but she rebuffed him. But that’s not why we’re here … Meanwhile inContinue reading “The March to the Sea began”

November 14, 1964 – The cult classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (the non-MST3K version), starring featuring the classically kitch Pia Zadora, premiered on this date. This film includes the first documented appearance of Mrs. Claus.

November 14, 1988 – The comedy series Murphy Brown, starring Candice Bergen premiered on CBS TV on this date. One of the running series jokes was Murphy Brown’s inability to get a good secretary or one that could work with her. During the show’s first ten seasons, Murphy had a total of ninety-three secretaries. TheyContinue reading “Don’t forget – Kramer was once her secretary”

November 14, 2015 –Singer Adele’s song Hello, from her third studio album, 25, hit No. #1 on the Billboard charts on this date. And just in time for Thanksgiving The song was written by Adele and Greg Kurstin (Pink’s Blow Me (One Last Kiss), Sia’s Chandelier), who also produced the song. It appears to continueContinue reading “Hello topped the charts”

November 14, 1851 – Harper & Brothers published Herman Melville’s most famous novel on this date. Titled Moby-Dick, the tale is teeming with seamen, spermaceti, and rigid harpoons. Scholars continue to debate its symbolism. The British publisher accidentally left out the ending – the epilogue – which confused many British readers. Without it, there wasContinue reading “Everyone drowns save one”

November 13, 1975 –Morris Albert’s song Feelings went gold on this date. In 1987, Morris Albert was found guilty of plagiarism, with a jury finding that this borrowed heavily from a French song from 1956 called Pour Toi. You can blame me later for this ear worm

November 13, 1954 – Looney Tunes first 3D cartoon, Lumber Jack Rabbit, starring Bugs Bunny, premiered on this date. Chuck Jones left Warner Brothers for four months over the production of this cartoon, which he felt was unsatisfactory. He went to Disney for those months, and worked on Sleeping Beauty, but eventually realized that, althoughContinue reading “Jimmy Crack Corn, and I don’t care”

While he was host of Lorne Greene’s Wild Kingdom, Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator.

November 13, 1940 – Walt Disney’s third animated film Fantasia, opened in New York on this date. The filming of the final Ave Maria sequence was plagued by mishaps. To achieve the effect of moving through the scene, several panes of painted glass were used. The whole setup was over 200 feet long and hadContinue reading “When was the last time you saw a hippo dance”

November 13, 1987 –Sonny & Cher were guests on NBC’s Late Night with David Letterman and after a short interview the pair agreed to sing I Got You Babe for a delighted audience, on this date. Clearly extremely comfortable with one another, the divorced pair happily sang together and couldn’t hide their glee and theyContinue reading “I guess they really did have each other”