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September 19, 1931 – Paramount released the Marx Brother’s third film, Monkey Business on this date. At different times in the movie Chico and Harpo can be heard whistling the song I’m Daffy Over You and Harpo eventually plays it on the harp at Chico’s urging. It is also performed by Chico on the pianoContinue reading “The beer is warm, and the women cold”

September 19, 1975 – The British sitcom Fawlty Towers, created by John Cleese, and starring John Cleese, Connie Booth, Prunella Scales, and Andrew Sachs, premiered on BBC2 on this date. John Cleese (Basil Fawlty) and Connie Booth (Polly Sherman) were really husband and wife when they created and wrote the scripts for the first series.Continue reading “Remember – don’t mention the war”

September 19, 1970 –We got to meet the staff of WJM when The Mary Tyler Moore Show, (the greatest sitcom every produced,) starring Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Cloris Leachman, and Valerie Harper premiered on CBS TV on this date. The lyrics to the theme song were rewritten after the firstContinue reading “She made it VERY well on her own”

Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The holiday is a parody holiday invented in 1995 by John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap’n Slappy), of Corvallis, Oregon, who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. Nothing says Piracy (or the BritishContinue reading “Can you adult audit those classes?”

September 18, 1971 –The fifth studio album by the Who, Who’s Next, reached No. 1 of the Billboard Charts in the U.K. on this date. In an interview with Billboard magazine in February 2010, Pete Townshend discussed how he feels now that 40 years on this and other Who songs take on a deeper meaning.Continue reading “Who’s Next topped the charts”

As with most things, many people and restaurants are claiming the cheeseburgers’ origin, going as far back as 1926, when a sloppy 16 year old Lionel Sternberger, while working at his father’s Pasadena, California sandwich shop, dropped a slice of cheese on a burger he was cooking. Although I should not scoff, the sloppy AlexanderContinue reading “Today is National Cheeseburger Day”

September 18, 1963 –The show that taught elderly men, twin cousins might be lured into immoral acts with the purchase of grilled sausages – The Patty Duke Show, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. Patty Duke was only sixteen when production began, and thus it was decided to film the show in New York CityContinue reading “The Patty Duke Show debuted”

September 18, 1965 –Kleenex stock rose precipitously as I Dream of Jeannie premiered on this date. While filming the first 12 episodes of season 1, Barbara Eden was pregnant with her son, Matthew Ansara. Her pregnancy was disguised by filming her in close-up or with a copious veil covering her front. Barbara Eden has saidContinue reading “It was the start of the search for the missing navel”

September 18, 1960 –Teen heart-throb Tab Hunter was at the peak of his career when his comedy series, The Tab Hunter Show, premiered on NBC-TV on this date. The Tab Hunter Show seemed like an update of The Bob Cummings Show, aimed at a younger audience. Both featured an artist (Bob a photographer, Tab aContinue reading “The Tab Hunter Show premiered”

September 17, 1966 –Wilson Pickett’s cover of Chris Kenner’s song, Land of 1000 Dances, went to No. 1 on the US Billboard Charts on this date. Dances mentioned in Kenner’s version are: The Pony, Mashed Potato, Alligator, Twist, Watusi, The Yo-Yo, Sweet Pea, Fly, Hand Jive, Slop, Chicken, Bop, Fish, Slow Twist, Tango, and theContinue reading “Land of 1000 Dances topped the charts”