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The Proust Questionnaire Please note – I originally created this 6 years ago. Some of my answers have changed.

If you missed seeing Manhattanhenge last night, (as unfortunately I did – I was celebrating with the Caligaris in an undisclosed location.) you could try again tonight at 8:21 pm ET (enjoy it for me.). Those Illuminati are generous, aren’t they? (And hey, pay attention to the traffic lights. Don’t ruin my birthday by gettingContinue reading “Every day can end beautifully”

Well, it’s the anniversary of my 39th Birthday again – the 27th to be precise. It’s the 27h anniversary of my 39th Birthday (Thank you Mr. Benny). As always, I’m very happy you Bunkies have decided to join me in the annual review of my Desert Island Discs selections, Godzilla’s Atoll LPs, brought to youContinue reading “When she smiled, she said it all”

It was great foresight on the part of our beloved city forefathers to lay out the city in such a way that this happens every year just around my birthday. Once again, the sun will be perfectly lined up with the east-west streets of New York So get outside to catch the ‘Full Sun onContinue reading “Don’t let the sun go down without me”

ACME would like to issue this public service announcement concerning Brain Freeze (also known as sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia)  – Now to the point at hand – Why bring this up? The date today is 7/11 (at least in this country. Foreigners and other degenerates refer to the day as 11/7 but that’s another story…) The convenienceContinue reading “It’s cold inside”

July 11, 1983 –Reading Rainbow, hosted by Levar Burton premiered on PBS on this date While developing the show, the creators of Reading Rainbow met with Fred Rogers and Joan Ganz Cooney of Sesame Street and The Electric Company fame to find out how to make more engaging television programming.

July 11, 1997 –The under-rated Robert Zemeckis Sci-Fi film (based on a Carl Sagan novel,) Contact, starring Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Angela Bassett, Rob Lowe, and David Morse, opened on this date. The remark made throughout the movie by different characters, that if humans were the only life inContinue reading “Contact premiered”

July 11, 1936 – The Looney Tunes short, Porky’s Pet, directed by Jack King, and starring Porky Pig, was released on this date. A sign in the station invites travellers to stop at the Millar Manor, a nod to the short’s writer, Marvin Millar.

July 11, 1942 –The Looney Tunes short, Wacky Blackout, directed by Bob Clampett, was released on this date. Thurl Ravenscourt, who would go on to bring cereal mascot Tony the Tiger to TV screens everywhere, is featured here, along with the future Betty Rubble, Bea Benaderet.

July 11, 1942 – A classic 40s Merrie Melodies cartoon, Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid was released on this date. The part where Bugs and Killer are temporarily fooled into thinking that the bones are theirs is a reference to a Harold Lloyd film, The Freshman.