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November 29, 1945 –Remarkable for it frank portrayal of alcoholism (for it’s day), The Lost Weekend, premiered in Los Angeles on this date. Billy Wilder claimed the liquor industry offered Paramount Pictures $5 million not to release the film; he also suggested that he would have accepted had they offered it to him personally.

So sending your greetings are now just a click away. The day celebrates the fact that you can send someone a card from one office bathroom stall to another.

November 29, 1992 –U2’s first TV special, called U2’s Zoo TV Outside Broadcast, aired on Fox-TV on this date. The show contains footage from their concerts at Yankee Stadium in New York and the Houston Astrodome, earlier that year.

November 28, 1974 –John Lennon makes his last-ever concert appearance when he joinsElton John on stage at Madison Square Garden, reciprocating forElton’s appearance on Whatever Gets You Thru The Night and making good on a bet he lost: Elton wagered that Whatever Gets You Thru The Night would hit #1 in the US, and whenContinue reading “I’m sure he didn’t think this was his last concert”

November 28, 1969 –The Rolling Stones released their eighth British album Let It Bleed on this date. It is the follow-up to 1968’s Beggars Banquet and the last album by the band to feature Brian Jones as well as the first to feature Mick Taylor.

November 28, 1951 –The British film Scrooge (aka A Christmas Carol,) starring Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Mervyn Johns, Jack Warner, and Patrick Macnee, premiered in NYC on this date. (One of our favorite versions.) Changes to the screenplay from the Charles Dickens book were made, mostly in the Christmas Past sequence.Continue reading “We watch this every year”

November 28, 1985 –Ahmad Rashad proposed to Phylicia Ayers-Allen on live TV during NBC’s halftime coverage of the Detroit Lions-New York Jets football game, on this date. Ayers-Allen, was in New York for NBC’s coverage of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, was rushed to network’s New York studio and looked at Rashad over a videoContinue reading “The airwaves are not for personal use”

It’s National French Toast Day Eating your French Toast (Pan Perdu) as you are served it, is always the best bet.

November 27, 1967 –The Beatles released Magical Mystery Tour album the US on this date. Unfortunately, Charles Manson used to refer to life as A Magical Mystery Tour after hearing the title song. He later warped other Beatles songs (Helter Skelter, Piggies, Blackbird) to explain a race war named Helter Skelter. He used to sayContinue reading “Roll up, roll up for the “Magical Mystery Tour””

November 27, 1970 –George Harrison’s first solo work after the break-up of the Beatles, All Things Must Pass, a three album set, was released on this date. The album includes the hit singles My Sweet Lord, What Is Life, Isn’t It a Pity, and All Things Must Pass. Harrison was joined by Eric Clapton, RingoContinue reading “Sunrise doesn’t last all morning”