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December 11, 1968 – Filming begins on The Rolling Stones‘ Rock And Roll Circus movie. Conceived by Mick Jagger, the event was comprised of two concerts on a circus stage and included such acts as John Lennon and his fiancée Yoko Ono performing as part of a supergroup called The Dirty Mac, along with EricContinue reading “The Rolling Stones‘ Rock And Roll Circus was filmed”

December 11, 1980 – Hawaiian shirts and free mustache rides abound when Magnum PI, starring Tom Selleck, premiered on CBS-TV on this date. The show was set in Hawaii partly because CBS did not want to close its Hawaii production offices when Hawaii Five-O ceased production in 1980. This show started production that year andContinue reading “Magnum PI premiered”

For children you don’t really know Demand Euphoria!

The ‘supposed‘ charity event – the 11th annual Santacon in NYC today. (It may be the 15th one, but who cares, I don’t.) The amateur drinkers (in various states of holiday undress) are once again back in Manhattan this year: they will be in Midtown and Lower Manhattan, stating at 10 AM. I can takeContinue reading “It’s that damn time of year”

December 10, 1974 – Another Rankin/Bass animated holiday special The Year Without A Santa Claus premiered on ABC-TV on this date. The names of the reindeer are consistent with the Clement Moore poem and other sources. Vixen is the baby reindeer who takes Jingle & Jangle to Southtown (and gets sick). Dasher is the oneContinue reading “The Year Without A Santa Claus premiered”

December 10, 1955 –The Mighty Mouse Playhouse began a long-standing ‘Saturday Morning Cartoon’ tradition on CBS-TV, on this date. Terrytoons Studios produced 80 theatrical Mighty Mouse cartoons between 1942 to 1961, which were shown on this cartoon TV series on Saturday mornings. Each episode contained three Mighty Mousetheatrical cartoons and a one-shot one (especially withContinue reading “The Mighty Mouse Playhouse premiered”

December 9, 1947 – An oft forgotten holiday classic, The Bishop’s Wife, starring Cary Grant, David Nivens, and Loretta Young premiered in NYC on this date. One scene shows Cary Grant and Loretta Young in a conversation. Director Henry Koster staged this with the two facing each other, but both complained that this showed theContinue reading “The Bishop’s Wife premiered”

He could not maintain his strict dedication to the all-natural fiber clothing manifesto and make it through the holiday season. Demand Euphoria!

December 8, 1976 – Asylum release the fifth studio album of the Eagles, Hotel California, on this date. Hotel California would go on to sell 16 million copies in the U.S. and double that figure worldwide.

It’s apparently National Brownie day today, as opposed to ‘Send Kevin the loose bills in your pocket day.’ According to several sources, Brownies seem to have made their first appearance at the Parker House Hotel in Chicago in 1893 celebrating the Columbian Exposition World’s Fair in Chicago, (you may find their original recipe for theContinue reading “Just in time for the holidays”