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September 27, 1941 – The Merrie Melodies short, The Brave Little Bat, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Sniffles, was released on this date. This is also the final Sniffles cartoon with the Disney-esque cutesy direction and slow pacing. Beginning with The Unbearable Bear, the Sniffles cartoons are faster-paced and more comedic in tone, dueContinue reading “The Brave Little Bat premiered”

September 27, 1933 – The Merrie Melodies short, Bosko’s Mechanical Man, directed by Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising, was released on this date. The newspaper Bosko reads is called The Daily Bugle, coincidentally the same name later used for the fictional newspaper where Spider-Man/Peter Parker works.

September 27, 1975 –The documentary film by Albert and David Maysles, Grey Gardens, debuted in the New York Film Festival on this date. Edith Bouvier Beale was the sister of Jacqueline Kennedy’s father, John V. “Blackjack” Bouvier. As a child, Jaqueline spent a great deal of time with her aunt and cousin Edith ‘Little Edie‘Continue reading “Grey Gardens premiered”

September 27, 1987 –The Dolly Parton Variety Show premiered on ABC-TV on this date The series, starring Dolly Parton, was an attempt to revive the variety show genre and was promoted as a more creative venture for Parton compared to her 1976 syndicated show of the same name.

There are 90 days until Christmas (and 79 days until the first night of Hanukkah.) (I’m sure many of you have failed the naughty/ nice test already. Maybe you still have time.)

September 26, 1969 –The Beatles release the Abbey Road album in London, on this date. It was their 13th album in the U.K. It was also their last album together as a group.

September 26, 1980 –The concert film of Bette Mildler’s 1979 tour, Divine Madness, was released on this date. The 94 minute theatrical cut of this film was edited from around 185 hours of footage equating to about one million feet of exposed film.

September 26, 1580 –Francis Drake returned to Plymouth, England, on this date, ending a three-and-a-half year journey around the world. Drake was knighted and awarded a prize of 10 thousand pounds (which he probably invested in his delicious snack cake company.) It was almost four centuries, however, before The Beverly Hillbillies premiered on CBS-TV (onContinue reading “The first time we heard about a man name Jed”

September 26, 2003 –The famous blue eyed soul singer also known for his sharp suits, Robert Palmer, died in Paris of a heart attack on this date. Palmer won two Grammy Awards – 1986 Best Male Rock Vocalist (Addicted To Love) & 1988 Best Male Rock Vocalist (Simply Irresistible) – He also won MTV’s BestContinue reading “Robert Allen Palmer”

You wouldn’t be mistaken to be a tad confused when you heard today is National Pancake Day. Sometimes, it happens on Februay 28th, sometimes it’s March 4th (either time could be Ash Wednesday, wihich makes some sort of sense.) Whenever you celebrate, (the girls and I are on the upper East Side indulging this morning,)Continue reading “Today is the perfect day to celebrate”