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March 29, 1941 – A very rarely seen Merrie Melodies cartoon (due it it’s racial stereotypes), Confederate Honey, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Elmer Fudd, debuted on this date. This cartoon was originally planned to be an Egghead cartoon directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton. However, when Friz Freleng returned after leaving fromContinue reading “Confederate Honey premiered”

March 30, 1967 –The Beatles visited Michael Cooper’s London photographic studio on this date and shot the most iconic album cover ever created. The cover of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was designed by Peter Blake and put together by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth, who painstakingly combed through hundreds of photos for monthsContinue reading “When album covers became an art form”

March 30, 1985 –Phil Collins scores his second #1 hit as a solo artist with One More Night on this date. The track was taken from his third album, No Jacket Required. Being a drummer at heart, it’s not surprising that Collins started this song on a drum machine. He explained to Playboy that heContinue reading “I’ve been trying, ooh, so long”

Happy Palm Sunday The name Palm Sunday comes from the tradition for worshippers being given palm fronds which they use to participate in the reenactment of Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem. Once again, Our sponsor ACME will quote the great theologian, my mother: “I swear to God if you kids don’t cut that shit out, IContinue reading “Hosanna in the highest!”

March 29, 1975 –Labelle’s song Lady Marmalade hit no. #1 on this date. (Please clear a space around your desk, while watching this clip; you will immediately feel the need to shake your groove thing and might injury yourself otherwise.) The chorus of “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir” is French for “Do you wantContinue reading “(Psst, it’s about New Orleans prostitutes)”

Did you know that bananas are radioactive. Due to being rich in potassium, every banana is actually slightly radioactive thanks to containing the natural isotope potassium-40. Interestingly, your body contains around 16mg of potassium-40, meaning you’re around 280 times more radioactive than a banana already. Any excess potassium-40 you gain from a banana is excretedContinue reading “For that glow in the dark look”

March 29, 1974 –The swashbuckling film, The Three Musketeers, directed by Richard Lester, and starring Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, Raquel Welch, Geraldine Chaplin, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Lee, Simon Ward, Georges Wilson and Spike Milligan, made its U.S. debut on this date. As a result of producers AlexanderContinue reading “The Three Musketeers premiered”

March 29, 1978 –After 11 seasons, CBS aired the last episode of The Carol Burnett Show on this date. The show won 25 Emmy Awards during it’s run. The Carol Burnett Show was one of the longest-running variety shows in television history; its conclusion marked the closing of another chapter in television as Burnett wasContinue reading “The last time we had this time with Carol”

March 28, 1981 –Blondie’s venture into rap, the song Rapture hit no. #1 on the Billboard charts, on this date. Harry’s rap is so goofy that it sounds like she could be mocking the genre, but this was very early in the evolution of hip-hop, and many of the rhymes that came out of theContinue reading “Fab 5 Freddy told me everybody’s fly”

March 28, 1942 –Another fine Looney Tunes cartoon, The Wabbit Who Came to Supper, was released on this date. As Bugs steps out of the bathtub and readjusts his towel (at appx 3:00 in), the white tub in the gap between his legs creates the illusion that he is exposing himself. Try not to goContinue reading “You don’t get the dough, eh, butterball?”