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February 25, 1950 –The comedy-variety program Your Show of Shows, starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca and Carl Reiner, debuted on NBC-TV on this date. Writers for the show included Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Larry Gelbart. A common misconception is that Woody Allen wrote for Your Show of Shows; he in fact wrote for itsContinue reading “Your Show of Shows premiered”

February 24, 1973 –The song, Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack topped the charts on this date. Robert Flack heard Lori Lieberman original version of the song on an in-flight tape recorder while flying from Los Angeles to New York. She loved the title and lyrics and decided to record it herself.Continue reading “Robert Flack’s Killing Me Softly With His Song premiered”

February 24, 2002 –CBS-TV aired the bio-pix Ride to Freedom: The Rosa Parks Story starring Angela Bassett, on this date. Angela Bassett won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for her performance.

Raise your Frozen Margaritas tonight – today is National Tortilla Chip Day. Contrary to popular belief, Tortilla Chips are not from Mexico. They were invented in Los Angeles in the late 1940s by Rebecca Webb Carranza. Demand Euphoria!

February 23, 1985 –The Smiths scored their first UK No.1 album with Meat Is Murder on this date. The album’s sleeve uses a 1967 photograph of Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn in the Vietnam War, though with the wording on his helmet changed from “Make War Not Love” to “Meat Is Murder“. The Smiths produced MeatContinue reading “Meat Is Murder”

I’m not sure how many millions of dollars will be lost with the number of people are taking the day off from work. Do not make a rookie mistake; just encourage all those involved – Celebrate Responsibly.

February 23, 1940 –The second animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Productions, Pinocchio, premiered in the US on this date. During the musical number When You Wish Upon a Star, when a spotlight is seen on Jiminy Cricket, one is able to see two books to the left of the screen, which are PeterContinue reading “Walt Disney’s Pinocchio premiered”

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. – George Washington Young George Washington was born on February 11, 1731 (or so he thought.) Unfortunately for him, England had been tenaciously clinging onto the Julian calendar – they wanted none of thatContinue reading “Third time seems to have been a charm”

February 22, 1956 –The film widely considered the worst film produced by a major studio in the 50s, The Conqueror, directed by Dick Powell and starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, and Pedro Armendáriz, premiered in the US on this date. The film was shot downwind from a nuclear test siteContinue reading “The Conqueror premiered”

As you are probably know, today is February 22, 2022 (2/22/22). Just that you are aware, February 22, 2022 falls on a Tuesday Keep it mind, it doesn’t happen again until March 3rd, 2033, except that will be a Thursday and not a Tuesday. It’s also National Margarita Day. Margarita, in spanish it means DaisyContinue reading “Happy Twosday”