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May 26, 1988 –Frank Sinatra appeared in a commercial for Michelob singing The Way You Look Tonight, as part of the brewery’s “The Night Belongs to Michelob” ad campaign. At the time, Anheuser-Busch marketing explained Sinatra’s presence in the ad, “We’re trying to show the length and breadth of ‘the night.’” That and the brewingContinue reading “I’m guessing, even he, needed the money.”

May 24, 1974 –The final episode of The Dean Martin Show was aired on NBC on this date. The show had been on the air for nine seasons. Dean Martin’s contract stipulated that he was only required to work on Sundays. This necessitated that blocking the camera setups and rehearsals be done on Saturdays. ItContinue reading “That’s little old winemaker closed up shop”

May 25, 1985 –Wham!’s single, Everything She Wants, hits the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Charts in the US, on this date. The single made them the first group since the Bee Gees to have three #1 hits from the same album. While George Michael dismissed much of Wham’s material once he began hisContinue reading “Ah, ha, ha oh-oh, yeah …”

May 25, 2017 –Patty Jenkins‘ film, the first superhero film directed by a woman – Wonder Woman, starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine, opened in Los Angeles, on this date. Gal Gadot got her part shortly after she decided to give up on acting, being unsuccessful at landing roles and tired of regularly taking 15-hourContinue reading “Wonder Woman premiered”

May 25, 1977 –In a time long ago and in a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas began legally printing money with the release of the first Star Wars movie, which for reasons only know to George was titled – Stars Wars IV: A New Hope. George realized that he did not have enough moneyContinue reading “You may take your light sabers out”

Today is Towel Day. Remember a towel is “about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have.” Towel Day is celebrated every May 25th as a tribute by fans of the late author Douglas Adams. On this day, fans carry a towel with them to demonstrate their love for the books andContinue reading “Celebrate as you see fit”

May 24, 1968 –The Rolling Stones released Jumping Jack Flash, in Britain, on this date. Bill Wyman wrote some of this song, but it was still credited only to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, which Wyman was never happy about. He explained: “We got to the studio early once and… in fact I think itContinue reading “It’s a gas, gas, gas”

May 24, 1964 –The Beatles performed You Can’t Do That from the set of A Hard Day’s Night in a taped segment on The Ed Sullivan Show on this date. Ironically, You Can’t Do That would be cut out of the finished film. May 24, 1969 –The Beatles with Billy Preston hit No. 1 withContinue reading “A double dose of Beatles”

May 23, 1966 –The Beatles released the single Paperback Writer on this date. At the time, The Beatles were about to cease touring and couldn’t make many TV appearances to perform the song. This made it very difficult to promote the single, so they commissioned a film clip that could be shown on these programs,Continue reading “Dear Sir or Madam, Did you read my book?”

May 23, 1969 –… A son! A son! A son! …. The Who released Tommy in the UK, the first rock opera on this date. Somehow this may or may not be connected with the fact, that The BBC gave the go-ahead for 13 episodes of Monty Python’s Flying Circus Truly a brief glorious refloweringContinue reading “Tommy, can you hear me?”