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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 “One of the world’s most famous photos was taken”

March 30, 1909 – …The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge, is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.… – The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald The Queensboro Bridge (originally known as Blackwell’s Island Bridge, affectionately known as theContinue reading “Queensboro Bridge opened”

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 finale of The Carol Burnett Show”

March 29, 1943 –Life took over 4 billion years to evolve into you, and you’ve about 70 more years to enjoy it. Don’t just pursue happiness, catch it. Eric Idle, comedian and composer, made his first public appearance at Harton Hospital, South Shields, England on this date.

March 29, 1975 –Labelle’s song Lady Marmalade (psst, it’s about New Orleans prostitutes) 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”Continue reading “Lady Marmalade topped the charts”

March 29, 1959 –Billy Wilder’s film, Some Like It Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, premiered on this date. When Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon first put on the female make-up and costumes, they walked around the Goldwyn Studios lot to see if they could “pass” as women. Then they tried usingContinue reading “Some Like It Hot opened”

March 28, 1999 – We get to find out how Philip J Fry came to work for his great (×30) grandnephew and great (×31) grandson, Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth when Futurama premiered on the Fox Network. According to Matt Groening, viewers were able to decipher the alien language that is sometimes seen in the backgroundContinue reading “Futurama debuted”

March 28, 1974 –Writer and comedian, Pat McCormick, carrying a cocktail streaked nude across the set of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, forcing NBC censors to black out the lower half of the screen. the streaker was arrested and later released, said Carson, for “lack of evidence.”

March 28, 1967 – NBC broke new ground in television programming by using a world-premiere, feature length movie as the preview of a potential new television series called Ironside, on this date. Chief Ironside is seen as a physically able character for about a minute at the beginning of the TV film. (I’ve often wonderedContinue reading “Ironside TV movie debuted”

March 28, 1973 –Atlantic Records released the fifth studio album by Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy, on this date. The cover photo for Houses of the Holy depicts a group of unnaturally hued feral children making their way up an ancient incline of geometric stones, evoking the band’s fascination with the supernatural and scienceContinue reading “Houses of the Holy went on sale”