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February 12, 1943 – Much of the cast of Citizen Kane/ The Magnificent Ambersons was reunited for the Action/ Thriller, Journey Into Fear, directed by Norman Foster and starring Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Rio, Ruth Warrick, Agnes Moorehead, and Orson Welles, opened in NYC on this date. When production on Journey Into Fear began, co-starsContinue reading “Journey Into Fear premiered”

On this day in 1940, Superman appeared on a radio station (a Mutual Radio station WOR in New York City) for the first time, the first time in a non-print medium. It was the debut of the radio show called The Adventures of Superman and the episode was called The Baby From Krypton. We don’tContinue reading “Superman premiered”

February 12, 1972 –The Rev. Al Green’s song, Let’s Stay Together, hit no. 1 on this date. You do not have to place your hands upon the screen when listening to the good reverend; just hearing his voice will send the healing power directly to your nether regions.

Some of you may actually be watching the Super Bowl later today. According to the Hass Avocado Board, more than 61 million pounds of avocados were shipped into the U.S. last week. The price of a 20-pound box of avocados from the state of Michoacan in Mexico — the country’s largest exporter of the fruitContinue reading “Enjoy the game”

February 11, 1975 –NBC-TV premiered the TV movie Sarah T: Portrait of A Teenage Alcoholic, directed by Richard Donner starring Linda Blair, Larry Hagman, William Daniels and Mark Hammill, on this date. While Richard Donner was on a talk show discussing Superman, which he had recently directed, and was asked questions about his early directorialContinue reading “Sarah T: Portrait of A Teenage Alcoholic premiered”

February 11, 1963 –Julia Child whetted America’s appetite for better cooking when The French Chef premiered on this date. In her first black-and-white episode, she made Boeuf Bourguignon, spending a half hour in the kitchen, recording the show live.

February 11, 1987 –Morrissey’s favorite Smiths’ song went to No.1 in the UK indie charts with Shoplifters Of The World Unite, on this date. The title alludes to the communist slogan “workers of the world, unite!” Morrissey has explained the meaning of the song as follows: “It’s more or less spiritual shoplifting, cultural shoplifting, takingContinue reading “Shoplifters Of The World Unite topped the charts”

No, not this one (her real name is Patricia Reichart.) This one It’s minty chocolatey goodness.

February 10, 1840 –Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, (whose first language was German, was taught English and French, and became virtually trilingual, though her mastery of the conjugation of the past-participles irregular verbs in English remained incomplete, which was luckily not on the English Monarchy exam), married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-GothaContinue reading “Vicky and Bert heard the bells”

February 10, 1976 –Sesame Street episode #847 featured Margaret Hamilton reprising her role as the Wicked Witch of the West from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, aired on this date. It scared children so badly that the episode has never been re-aired. So Bunkies, ask your folks before you watch the video.