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The 37h annual Fleet Week New York will start today and continue through May 27th, and the U.S. Navy says about 2,600 Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen will be on hand to join in the “celebration of sea services.” The event featured a Parade of Ships, public ship tours, and various other military demonstrations andContinue reading “Please refrain for singing, “In The Navy””

May 21, 1990 –The final episode of Newhart aired on CBS, bringing the show to a close after eight successful seasons. Bob Newhart played Dick Loudon, a Vermont innkeeper, in this quirky sitcom. But what truly made TV history was the final scene of the series. Following his decision to end the show after SeasonContinue reading “Wow, Bob must be one heavy sleeper”

May 21, 1992 –Bette Midler appeared as the last scheduled guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, on this date. Carson had already announced his retirement, and this was the penultimate episode before his final farewell the next day. (This was the apex of TV. It hasn’t gotten any better than this.) What madeContinue reading “Johnny got all verklempt”

May 21, 1982 – The ingeniously crafted comedy Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, a unique blend of parody, homage, and technical wizardry that paid loving tribute to the film noir genre of the 1940s opened on this date. Directed and co-written by Carl Reiner, and starring Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, and Carl Reiner, the filmContinue reading “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid premiered”

May 20, 1967 –BBC disc jockey Kenny Everett gave the official preview of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on the radio show Where It’s At, broadcast on the BBC Light Program on this date. He was unable to play the final track A Day in the Life, which the BBC had banned a dayContinue reading “A preview of things to come”

May 20, 1967 –The Young Rascals’ (later to be known just as the Rascals,) had their second No. 1 hit Groovin’ in America, on this date. This was the second of three #1 hits for The Rascals, after Good Lovin‘ and before People Got to Be Free.

May 20, 2000 –Director Wong Kar-Wai’s lush, visually hypnotic masterpiece, In the Mood for Love (Faa Yeung Nin Wa), starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung premiered at Cannes Film festival, on this date. The film’s creation was as evocative and painstaking as its final form – filming stretched over fifteen months, a result of Wong’sContinue reading “Possibly the most beautiful film ever created premiered”

May 20, 2015 –Dave said his final goodnight when Late Night With David Letterman aired the last new episode (episode no. 4,261 – the 6,028th episode on late night television,) on this date. The episode was a mix of comedy, nostalgia, and reverence, perfectly capping off Letterman’s influential 33-year run in late night television. ForContinue reading “No Mr. Ford, Dave was not a national nightmare”

Surveillance cameras confirm that Julietta received her Master’s Degree yesterday. Congratulations SOS

May 19, 1986 –Peter Gabriel’s fifth solo album So was released, on this date. Many of its songs reflect conventional pop-writing style and became Gabriel’s first radio hits, including Sledgehammer, In Your Eyes, and Big Time. So was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1987 but lost to Paul Simon’sContinue reading “Red rain is coming down …”