July 02, 1949 – The Looney Tunes short, Henhouse Henery, directed by Bob McKimson, and starring Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg, was released on this date. This is the first Foghorn Leghorn short to feature the song Camptown Races, which would be associated with the character.
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Something in your eyes was so inviting
July 2, 1966 –The title track of Frank Sinatra’s comeback album, Strangers in the Night reached the number one spot (on this date) on the Billboard charts and marked his return to the top of the pop charts in the mid-‘60s. Sinatra knocked The Beatles down a peg when this song hit #1 in theContinue reading “Something in your eyes was so inviting”
Beau Bosko premiered
July 01, 1933 – The Looney Tunes short, Beau Bosko, directed by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising and starring Bosko was released on this date. The title and the cartoon are a play on the 1924 book Beau Geste and its multiple film adaptations.
Everyone knows it Windy
July 1, 1967 –The Association’s song Windy (not to be confused with The Beach Boy’s song, Wendy,) hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on this date. It was the Association’s second No. 1 hit, following Cherish in 1966. Although the writer of the song, Ruthann Friedman never revealed the identity of Windy, sheContinue reading “Everyone knows it Windy”
Earth vs The Flying Saucers premiered
July 1, 1956 –Columbia Pictures released the classic sci-fi movie, Earth vs The Flying Saucers, featuring special effects by Ray Harryhausen, on this date. The supposed satellite launches are actually stock footage of Viking rockets, high-altitude probes that were the predecessors of the Vanguard, intended to be the first satellite launcher. The later shots ofContinue reading “Earth vs The Flying Saucers premiered”
Were just two little girls in Little Rock
July 1, 1953 – The Howard Hawk musical comedy, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe premiered in Atlantic City on this date According to Marni Nixon, the studio initially wanted Marilyn Monroe’s entire voice dubbed, as they thought her voice was silly. Nixon thought that was “awful“, as she felt Monroe’s voiceContinue reading “Were just two little girls in Little Rock”
When fireflies write love letters in the dark.
According to the Gregorian calendar, July is the seventh month. On the Roman calendar, it was the fifth month and it was called ‘Quintilis‘, meaning ‘fifth‘. Julius Caesar gave the month 31 days in 46 B.C. Being a dictator he could. Luckily for us he didn’t authorize the constant changing of underpants or most ofContinue reading “When fireflies write love letters in the dark.”
Saluting our neighbors to the North
As always, your friends from the ACME Corp would like to salute our friends in Canada on Canada Day. Canada is the second-largest nation in the world. It is not part of the United States – (it’s the U.S.‘ nicer sister, not dissing Mexico, the U.S.’ feistier sister.) A little jewel sitting at the topContinue reading “Saluting our neighbors to the North”
Today is a great day to celebrate
Today is National Ice Cream Soda day. Remember to pour the soda over the ice cream (you get a thicker ice cream soda foam.) If you added a little Kahlua in first, even better.
Carnal Knowledge premiered
June 30, 1971 –Mike Michols’ very adult drama, Carnal Knowledge, written by Jules Feiffer and starring Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Rita Moreno, and Cynthia O’Neal, opened on this date. Mr. Jenkins, a theater manager in Albany, Georgia was convicted of obscenity-related charges in 1972 for showing the film in his establishment, dueContinue reading “Carnal Knowledge premiered”
