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December 3, 1990 –Madonna was interviewed by Forrest Sawyer on the news program Nightline, where she debuts her video for Justify My Love, which MTV has refused to play on this date. It was unusual for an entertainment story to be the focus of Nightline, but this one made the news because it raised censorshipContinue reading “Can you even remember when she was this relevant”

The other hand upon the afflicted area December 3, 1968 – NBC premiered the iconic Elvis special (usually referred the ‘68 Comeback Special,) sponsored by the Singer Corporation, on this date. St. Elvis appeared to his devoted acolytes on this date. The leather clad Elvis – not the sweaty holy Elvis. This is the “ElvisContinue reading “Remember, one hand on the TV screen,”

December 2, 1969 – Jeanie finally married Major Anthony Nelson (her ‘master’) on the I Dream of Jeannie episode, The Wedding, on this date. Although personally Barbara Eden strongly disagreed with the decision for Tony and Jeannie to marry, she has mentioned several times that this was one of her favorite episodes, mainly because itContinue reading “Did you remember to get a piece of wedding cake?”

December 2, 1972 –Carly Simon released her hit, You’re So Vain, with background harmonies supplied by Mick Jagger (who just happened to be in an adjoining studio at the time,) on this date. Carly Simon started recording this with Harry Nilsson singing backup, but Mick Jagger ended up singing on it instead (listen for himContinue reading “Does anyone really know how to gavotte?”

December 2, 1988 –Paramount Pictures’ very silly film, (based on the short lived TV series)The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalbán, and George Kennedy, premiered on this date. While Frank is impersonating an umpire, the batter swings back and hits Frank in the face. This jokeContinue reading “Nice beaver!”

The Oxford English Dictionary has selected Rage Bait as its Word of the Year for 2025. The OED defines it as “online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted in order to increase traffic to or engagement with a particular web page or social media content.”Continue reading “Another new word heard from”

December 2, 1986 –Desi Arnaz died from lung cancer, on this date. Although recognized as a great innovator of television, I guess he might have had second thoughts about that Philip Morris sponsorship of the I Love Lucy show.

We have just been notified that it is Cyborg Monday, oh no, run for your lives. Wait – an update – it’s Cyber Monday. Continue to run for your lives!!! The term “Cyber Monday” was dreamt up in 2005 by by a young public relations executive named Ellen Davis at Shop.org, a division of theContinue reading “Clear the airwaves!”

December 1, 1956 –The Frank Tashlin musical comedy film, The Girl Can’t Help It, starring Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, Edmond O’Brien, Henry Jones, and Julie London, premiered in the US on this date. In this film, Eddie Cochran performs Twenty Flight Rock. That song’s influence was so great across the Atlantic in Liverpool, England, thatContinue reading “One of the first rock movies”

December 1, 1989 –The very silly National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid, Juliette Lewis and Johnny Galecki, premiered on this date. After failing to get the Christmas lights to work one last time, Clark Griswold takes his frustration out on the plastic decorations in the front yard. Chevy Chase actuallyContinue reading “Is your house on fire, Clark?”