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Bunkies, let’s check out the ACME Calendar

There are 44 days until Halloween, 71 days until Thanksgiving – 99 days until Christmas – And 48 days until the General Election. Make sure that you have registered: Voting is one of your only obligations as a citizen – There’s is still time to change your rankings on the Naughty/ Nice list. Make yourContinue reading “Bunkies, let’s check out the ACME Calendar”

Today’s lesson: Anarchists hate tourists

September 16, 1920 –A horse-drawn carriage loaded with dynamite exploded in front of the J.P. Morgan and Company headquarters at 23 Wall Street in New York’s financial district on this date. Thirty people were killed in the blast, and more than 400 were injured. Although the crime was never solved, it was believed to beContinue reading “Today’s lesson: Anarchists hate tourists”

Fistful of Dollars premiered

Sept 16, 1964 – The first of Sergio Leone’s “Man with No Name” westerns, Fistful of Dollars, opened in Italy, three years before it would arrive in the United States. The term ‘Spaghetti Westerns‘ was coined by Spanish journalist Alfonso Sánchez. As pointed out by one of our more astute bunkies, most ‘Spaghetti Westerns‘ wereContinue reading “Fistful of Dollars premiered”

The Bob Newhart Show debuted

September 16, 1972 – Everybody’s favorite therapist, before Frasier (see below) walked through his front door as The Bob Newhart Show premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Actor Peter Bonerz who played Jerry the dentist learned how to direct on the set of this show and went on to become an award-winning director of otherContinue reading “The Bob Newhart Show debuted”

I only vaguely remember this series

September 16, 1969 –The hardest working person in Hollywood had her series, The Debbie Reynolds Show, starring (besides her,) Don Chastain, Patricia Smith, Tom Bosley, and Debbie Thompson debuted, on NBC TV, on this date Debbie Reynolds‘ contract with NBC guaranteed a two season run, promised her a starring role in a feature film toContinue reading “I only vaguely remember this series”

Summer has truly ending in the city

September 15, 1922 –According to fashion arbiters from days gone by – you should not be wearing your straw hats any longer this season – In the early 20th Century, tradition held that a man switch from straw hats to felt ones on September 15th. If he wore “the taboo headgear” after that date, hooligansContinue reading “Summer has truly ending in the city”