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October 24, 1962 – A taut thriller with the underlying theme of an afternoon tea party gone horribly wrong – The Manchurian Candidate, premiered on this date. Frank Sinatra broke the little finger of his right hand on the desk in the fight sequence with Henry Silva. Due to on-going filming commitments, he could notContinue reading “Remember – Don’t play cards with your mom”

October 24, 1970 –One of the greatest character actresses, Nancy Walker, made her first appearance in one of her most famous roles, Ida Morgenstern, in the The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode Support Your Local Mother on this date. This episode’s guest star Nancy Walker and the preceding episode’s guest star John Schuck each landedContinue reading “Listen to your mother.”

October 24, 1836 — (Please follow along on your flow charts — this will be on the test.) Mankind wasn’t fully mankind until it learned how to set things on fire. That happened a very long time ago and enabled such hallmarks of early civilization as cooked meat, heated homes, and flaming heretics. Only inContinue reading “Be patient – we’ll get to the point”

October 24, 2004 –Reprise Records released the third studio album from My Chemical Romance, The Black Parade, on this date. The concept of the album is “The Patient“, who dies of cancer at an early age. According to lead singer Gerald Way, death comes in the form of your most powerful memory, and for “TheContinue reading “Now, come one, come all to this tragic affair”

I’m sure that you thought that all the excitement of the day was because it’s the anniversary of the Byzantine Empress Irene attending the final session of the second church council at Nicaea, Bithynia [now Iznik, a city in Anatolia (now part of Turkey)] on this date. The council formally revived the adoration of iconsContinue reading “The excitement is almost too much to bear – Happy Mole Day”

We celebrate and honor all TV Talk Show hosts (while they are still on the air.) This very special day is celebrated on the birth date of legendary night time talk show host Johnny Carson. Carson is considered the “King of Late Night Television“. He hosted The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992 for aContinue reading “Today is TV Talk Show Host Day.”

October 23, 1952 –Limelight, directed, written, produced and starring Charlie Chaplin and Claire Bloom with appearance by Buster Keaton premiered in NYC on this date. The Academy Award that Charles Chaplin won for composing this film’s score is the only competitive Oscar he ever received; his other awards were given to him for special achievementContinue reading “Life can be wonderful if you’re not afraid of it.”

October 23, 1941 – Walt Disney studios release their fourth animated film, Dumbo on this date. The first Walt Disney movie for Sterling Holloway (the Stork) and Verna Felton (the Elephant Matriarch). Both would become regulars in Disney animated films over the next 35 years.

October 23, 2006 –Ironically one of Amy Winehouse’s most famous songs Rehab, from her second studio album, Back to Black, was released on this date. On August 14, 2007, Winehouse entered The Causeway Retreat, a rehab center in Essex, England, with her new husband (and fellow addict), Blake Fielder. Addiction specialists know that admitting aContinue reading “Perhaps, they should have tried harder”

Today is INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK Day. It is the day that campaigns for the removal of the caps lock button from standard QWERTY keyboards (or for the moving of the button), due to people continually accidentally pressing the button when they mean to use other keys. There’s also a tendency for people to ‘shout’ (eitherContinue reading “My Caps Lock Key Is Loud!”