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Today is Read a Book Day, which should not be confused with National Book Lovers Day, celebrated on August 9th. I’m currently reading What Fresh Hell Is This a biography about Dorothy Parker by Marion Meade.

Today is National Cheese Pizza Day. While you do not have to don tight fitting polyester pants and strut down 86th Street in Bensonhurst to celebrate, please remember that you have to fold your pizza in half to eat it, and for god’s sake, don’t use a fork and a knife.

September 5, 1976 – The first regularly scheduled episode of The Muppet Show, starring guest host Joel Grey, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. Originally, the producers intended to create Muppet versions of each guest star. These can be seen in the early episodes when the guest star takes his or her bow. The practiceContinue reading “So, this is what they called The Muppet Show”

September 5, 1916 –D. W. Griffith classic silent-film masterpiece, Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages, premiered on this date. The Babylonian orgy sequence alone cost $200,000 when it was shot. That’s nearly twice the overall budget of The Birth of a Nation, another D.W. Griffith film and, at the time, the record holder for mostContinue reading “Intolerance debuted”

September 5, 1927 –Walt Disney’s Trolley Troubles, first appearance of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons, debuted on this date. Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks worked for Universal Pictures on this cartoon. Universal showed their appreciation for the two for making Oswald a star by threatening to cut their salaries. As a result, the two walked…andContinue reading “Trolley Troubles premiered”

September 5, 1981 –Soft Cell’s single Tainted Love was at No.1 on the UK singles chart on this date. This is a cover of a 1964 song by the American soul singer Gloria Jones, whose original version was released as the B-side of her single My Bad Boy’s Comin’ Home. A club DJ named RichardContinue reading “Now I know I’ve got to … run away”

September 4, 1972 –The game show The Price is Right, featuring the host Bob Barker, premiered on CBS-TV on this date. The final three pricing games played on Bob Barker’s final show (‘Double Prices‘, ‘Bonus Game‘, and ‘Any Number‘) were the first three games played on his first show, but in reverse order. On DecadesContinue reading “The Price is Right debuted”

September 4, 1942 –Warner Brothers reunited most of the cast of The Maltese Falcon for John Huston’s war drama, Across the Pacific, which opened on this date. Across the Pacific may be the title but the narrative never actually gets there. It starts in New York City (Governors Island), moves to Canada, back to NewContinue reading “Across the Pacific premiered”

September 4, 1971 –Paul and Linda McCartney single from the album, Ram, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey went to No.1 on the Billboard charts on this date. This was the first No. 1 single by a Beatle after the group’s break-up. Linda McCartney is credited as a co-writer on this song with Paul. She sang background andContinue reading “We’re so sorry if we caused you any pain …”