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July 9, 1966 –The Beatles song Paperback Writer, topped the charts on this date. The B-side to this single was John Lennon’s Rain. Paul and John would always compete for the A-side of The Beatles singles.

July 9, 1995 –The Grateful Dead, who had been performing for 30 years, gave their last performance on this day, when they performed at Soldier Field in Chicago. During their 30 years, they performed more than 2,300 live concerts. The lead guitarist and backbone of the band, Jerry Garcia, died one month after the finalContinue reading “The long strange trip came to an end”

July 09, 1955 –The Merrie Melodies short, Shuffle Off to Buffalo, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, and Yosemite Sam, was released on this date. This is the first of only four Warner Bros. cartoons in which Bugs Bunny is pitted against all three of his main antagonists, YosemiteContinue reading “This Is a Life? premiered”

July 9 1938 – The Merrie Melodies short, Love and Curses, directed by Ben Hardawayand Carl Dalton, was released on this date. It is the earliest known Merrie Melodies short in the 1937–38 season to update the closing “That’s all Folks!” sequence.

July 9, 1999 –Universal Pictures finally shined a light on the world of pastriality when American Pie, starring Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Tara Reid, Seann William Scott, Eugene Levy, and Shannon Elizabeth was released in the US on this date.< Eugene Levy was told he could improvise much of the dialogue for his character, includingContinue reading “The love of pie”

July 9, 2001 –The mockumentary The Office, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and starring Ricky Gervais and Martin Freeman premiered on BBC Two, on this date. The series started as a small, home-made video by Stephen Merchant when he was trying to get a job at the BBC. He came up with theContinue reading “We met the employees of Wernham Hogg paper company”

You have 4 shopping days until my birthday – Cash is always the gift that shows you care. This however, is not – Does anyone think this is funny?

July 8, 1932 – W.C. Fields’ very funny political satire, Million Dollar Legs, opened on this date. Writer Joseph L. Mankiewicz was inspired to write this film by the wild events of the 1928 Olympic games held in Amsterdam, particularly by an Albanian pole-vaulter who took to the field wearing a pair of goatskin shorts.

July 8, 1932 – Tod Browning’s groundbreaking shockfest Freaks, featuring genuine carnival sideshow performers, premieres at the Rialto theater in New York on this date.< Cast member Olga Roderick, the bearded lady, later denounced the film and regretted her involvement in it. Although Roderick was the most vocal in her dislike of the movie, manyContinue reading “One of us. One of us.”

July 08, 1933 – The Merrie Melodies short, , directed by Rudolf Isingand Hugh Harman, was released on this date. In the sequence with the Jewish baby, the message received by the old man is in Yiddish, and says “Saturday, May 19th. Send me five children. Mrs. Ginzburg.” The dialogue between the baby and theContinue reading “Shuffle Off to Buffalo premiered”