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I’m sure that you thought that all the excitement of the day was because it’s the anniversary of the Byzantine Empress Irene attending the final session of the second church council at Nicaea, Bithynia [now Iznik, a city in Anatolia (now part of Turkey)] on this date. The council formally revived the adoration of iconsContinue reading “The excitement is almost too much to bear – Happy Mole Day”

We celebrate and honor all TV Talk Show hosts (while they are still on the air.) This very special day is celebrated on the birth date of legendary night time talk show host Johnny Carson. Carson is considered the “King of Late Night Television“. He hosted The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992 for aContinue reading “Today is TV Talk Show Host Day.”

October 23, 1952 –Limelight, directed, written, produced and starring Charlie Chaplin and Claire Bloom with appearance by Buster Keaton premiered in NYC on this date. The Academy Award that Charles Chaplin won for composing this film’s score is the only competitive Oscar he ever received; his other awards were given to him for special achievementContinue reading “Life can be wonderful if you’re not afraid of it.”

October 23, 1941 – Walt Disney studios release their fourth animated film, Dumbo on this date. The first Walt Disney movie for Sterling Holloway (the Stork) and Verna Felton (the Elephant Matriarch). Both would become regulars in Disney animated films over the next 35 years.

October 23, 2006 –Ironically one of Amy Winehouse’s most famous songs Rehab, from her second studio album, Back to Black, was released on this date. On August 14, 2007, Winehouse entered The Causeway Retreat, a rehab center in Essex, England, with her new husband (and fellow addict), Blake Fielder. Addiction specialists know that admitting aContinue reading “Perhaps, they should have tried harder”

Today is INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK Day. It is the day that campaigns for the removal of the caps lock button from standard QWERTY keyboards (or for the moving of the button), due to people continually accidentally pressing the button when they mean to use other keys. There’s also a tendency for people to ‘shout’ (eitherContinue reading “My Caps Lock Key Is Loud!”

October 22, 1955 – Quatermass II, the sequel to The Quatermass Experiment, a British science fiction serial, premiered on BBC Television, on this date. Reginald Tate, from the original series, was cast again as Quatermass but died shortly before filming. André Morell was offered Quatermass but was attached to another project so John Robinson wasContinue reading “Try to catch it, if you can”

October 22, 1948 –Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger technicolor fever dream about the world of ballet, The Red Shoes, starring Moira Shearer and Anton Walbrook, opened in New York City on this date. Little girls and boys were forever ensnared in it’s magical, evil web. The film went massively over budget and the Rank Company,Continue reading “The Red Shoes premiered ln the US”

October 22, 1965 –The Beatles recorded the song Nowhere Man for their influential album Rubber Soul on this date. Natalie Merchant performed this at the 2001 special, Come Together: A Night For John Lennon’s Words And Music. She did a mellow version, as the show was also a tribute to victims of the terrorist attacksContinue reading “Doesn’t have a point of view”

October 22, 1976 – Bob Seger releases his ninth studio album (and his first studio album to credit the Silver Bullet Band,) Night Moves, on this date. It is his first studio album to make an impact outside of Michigan.< The phrase “night moves” has a number of meanings, which made it an intriguing songContinue reading “So you’re a little bit older”