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March 4th It’s the day that tells you to do something. Demand Euphoria

March 4, 1982 –The David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker silliness, Police Squad, starring Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. According to an interview with David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker on the Nerdist podcast, the original choice for Frank Drebin was Robert Stack, but he turned itContinue reading “Police Squad premiered”

March 3, 1969 –Apollo 9, the third manned mission in the United States Apollo space program, blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test the lunar module. It carried astronauts James McDivitt, Russell Schweickart and David Scott and made 151 Earth orbits over 10 days. The mission was the second manned launch ofContinue reading “Apollo 9 launched”

March 3, 2008 –Chumbawamba break the record for longest album title with their 160-word release The Boy Bands Have Won… Using efficient typography, the British band get the full title on the cover: The record of longest album title was established in 1999 with Fiona Apple’s 90-word title for her second album, When The Pawn…Continue reading “Longest Album Titles”

March 3, 1876 –The Kentucky Meat Shower took place on this date in 1876, during which what appeared to be flakes of red meat measuring approximately 5 by 5 centimetres (2 in × 2 in) fell from the sky near the settlement of Rankin in Bath County, Kentucky. The incident sparked plenty of wild theoriesContinue reading “It’s raining meat”

March 3, 1931 – An English beer drinking song became the National Anthem of the United States on this date. The lyrics to said drink song are: To Anacreon in heaven where he sat in full glee,A few sons of harmony sent a petition,That he their inspirer and patron would be,When this answer arrived fromContinue reading “The Star Spangled Banner”

March 3, 1985 – ABC-TV unleashed Bruce Willis, Cybill Shepherd and the crew from the Blue Moon Detective Agency onto an unsuspecting world, when it premiered the pilot episode of Moonlighting on this date. Many episodes included a shot of Maddie’s feet stepping off of the elevator and walking to her office. Glenn Gordon CaronContinue reading “Moonlighting premiered”

March 2, 1944 –Meditation doesn’t have to be complicated. What I do is about as simple as you can get. You could just count the beads, one, two, three, with your eyes closed or open, whatever makes you happy. Lewis Allan Lou Reed singer, songwriter, poet and guitarist was born (on the wild side.)

March 2, 1933 – RKO Studios, on the brink of bankruptcy, gambled the studio on a filmed puppet show for kids, releasing the film King Kong on this date. In the original film, the character’s name is Kong — a name given to him by the inhabitants of “Skull Island” in the Indian Ocean, whereContinue reading “King Kong premiered”

Please don’t wipe the the smudge mark off your friend’s forehead – Today is Ash Wednesday, and you’re not being helpful. (Anyway, did you find the plastic baby in the King Cake yesterday? ) Hominem te esse memento! Memento mori! – So begins forty days (remember that the six Sundays between today and Easter don’tContinue reading “Don’t be an asshole”