March 7, 1975 –Felix finally moves out of Oscar’s apartment at 1049 Park Ave. when The Odd Couple aired the final episode Felix Remarries, on this date. While this was the final first-run episode that aired, Your Mother Wears Army Boots was the last episode that was filmed.
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Another episode of The Crazy Mixed-Up Russian Revolution
March 7, 1917 –Russia’s 1917 February Revolution began on March 7, which was then the middle of February, in the city of St. Petersburg, which was then Petrograd, in what was then Russia, but would soon be the Soviet Union. Tsar (or Czar) Nicholas II of the Romanov (or Romanoff) line had been away fromContinue reading “Another episode of The Crazy Mixed-Up Russian Revolution”
When I find myself in times of trouble …
March 6, 1970 –The Beatles released Let it Be in the UK on this date. Paul McCartney wrote this song supposedly after he had a dream about his mother who died when he was 14. Since Let It Be was The Beatles last album, it made an appropriate statement about leaving problems behind and movingContinue reading “When I find myself in times of trouble …”
Well, my time went too quickly
March 6, 1973 –Closing Time, one of Tom Waits’ most melodic albums, (and a fascinating snapshot into his early days as a bar-room balladeer,) was released on this date. A number of artists covered songs from the album, starting a trend that would continue throughout Waits’ career. Martha was recorded by Tim Buckley and frequentlyContinue reading “Well, my time went too quickly”
If it wasn’t for TV, we’d be eating frozen radio dinners
It’s Frozen Food Day. The day was established by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 with Proclamation #5157: “Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim March 6, 1984, as Frozen Food Day, and I call upon the American people to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.”Continue reading “If it wasn’t for TV, we’d be eating frozen radio dinners”
So they call me Concentration Camp Ehrhardt?
March 6, 1942 –Ernst Lubitsch World War II comedy, To Be or Not to Be, starring Jack Benny, Carole Lombard and Robert Stack premiered on this date. The biggest problem early in the shoot was Jack Benny’s insecurity about acting the central role in such an important production by a major filmmaker. He seemed dumbfoundedContinue reading “So they call me Concentration Camp Ehrhardt?”
Cronkite retired
March 6, 1981 –After 19 years presenting the CBS Evening News, Uncle Walter Cronkite, the most trusted man in America, signs off for the last time. With all that we’ve been through, once again we must ask, is there no one who can carry that weight now?
You make me feel so young
March 5, 1956 –Frank Sinatra released his tenth studio album Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! on this date. Sinatra aficionados often rank it his best album and many music critics consider it one of the greatest albums of its era.
Bizarre ironies of History –
On March 1, 1953, after an all-night dinner with interior minister Lavrenty Beria and future premiers Georgi Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, Josif Stalin, truly Evil Bastard, did not emerge from his room the next day, having probably suffered a stroke that paralyzed the right side of his body. Although his guards thought itContinue reading “Bizarre ironies of History –”
Imagine Grandma making a movie
March 5, 1978 –Mae West’s final film, Sextette, was released on this date. Eighty-four-year-old Mae West had trouble remembering her lines. She wore a wireless earpiece during filming, and Director Ken Hughes would speak her lines, which she would repeat. The earpiece occasionally picked up police radio transmissions. Once, West picked up a police callContinue reading “Imagine Grandma making a movie”
The Haus of Dcaligari 