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May 10, 1952 – The Looney Tunes short, Sock a Doodle Do, directed by Bob McKimson, starring Foghorn Leghorn, debuted on this date. Kid Banty was voiced by Sheldon Leonard.

May 10, 1969 –While President Nixon was conveniently out of the country, the group The Turtles were invited to play at the White House at a party for Tricia Nixon, making them the first rock band to play the White House. Rumor has it that Mark Volman, fell off the small stage five times duringContinue reading “Getting down in the White House”

Today is Lost Sock Memorial Day, the day that we take a moment out of our busy lives to mourn the lost of a sock while we do the laundry. After a proper amount of time; stop hoping it will appear to reunite with its mate. Focus on the only healthy choices before you: ThrowContinue reading “Come check our house – we have a whole drawer full of them”

May 9, 1958 – Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Vertigo starring James Stewart and Kim Novak premiered in San Francisco on this date. There is a 25 year age difference between James Stewart and Kim Novak, who were 49 and 24 respectively when the film was shot in 1957.  Alfred Hitchcock was embittered at the critical andContinue reading “Bunkies, this film is even weirder than you think”

May 9, 1973 –Paramount Pictures comedy Paper Moon, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Ryan O’Neal, Tatum O’Neal. Madeline Kahn, and John Hillerman, opened on this date. Orson Welles, a close friend of director Peter Bogdanovich, did some uncredited consulting on the cinematography. It was Welles who suggested shooting black and white photography through aContinue reading “Paper Moon premiered”

May 9 1953 – The Looney Tunes short, Ant Pasted, directed by Friz Freleng, starring Elmer Fudd, debuted on this date. This was one of the few Elmer Fudd cartoons without either Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck.

May 8, 1942 – The Merrie Melodies short, The Draft Horse, directed by Chuck Jones, debuted on this date. This cartoon marked a new change in direction for Chuck Jones, where he eschewed the slow-paced, Disney-inspired style for which his earlier cartoons from the late-1930s and early-1940s have been known in favor of making fast-pacedContinue reading “The Draft Horse premiered”

May 8, 1954 – The Looney Tunes short, Hot-Rod and Reel!, directed by Chuck Jones, starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, debuted on this date. The original sci film classic The Fly was still four years away from release when this short, with its monstrous fly, premiered.

May 9, 1970 –The Guess Who started a three-week run at No.1 on the Billboard Charts with their single American Woman. on this date. Fortunately for The Guess Who, American radio stations either didn’t hear this as a protest song or didn’t care. With a monster riff and the word “American” in the title, itContinue reading “American Woman topped the charts”

May 9, 1964 –The Beatles’ I Wanna Hold Your Hand had been the number one album for over three and a half months straight. Louis Armstrong’s show tune Hello Dolly! finally ended the record-breaking run on this day, knocking the Beatles out of first place in the music charts.