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Today is Malaria Awareness Day. Malaria Awareness Day was designated on this date by President George W. Bush in 2007, to remind people that Malaria kills 3,000 children a day. He asked the world to join the fight to wipe out malaria on the African continent. So I encourage all Americans to begin heavily drinkingContinue reading “Unfortunately, more people are dying of malaria than any specific cancer.”

April 25, 1978 –We all got to hang out on the strip with Dan Tanna, when the pilot of Vega$, starring Robert Urich, first aired on ABC TV on this date. Robert Urich was 31 when the series premiered, but since he looked a decade younger than he was, they wanted to make the characterContinue reading “Vega$ premiered”

April 25, 1997 –The surprise comedy hit, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, starring Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino, Janeane Garofalo, Camryn Manheim and Alan Cumming, opened in the US on this date. Lisa Kudrow received a degree in Biology from Vassar College, and Mira Sorvino a degree in Asian Studies from Harvard University, so duringContinue reading “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion premiered”

April 25, 1974 –Steely Dan’s most successful single, (it charted at #4,) Rikki Don’t Lose That Number, was released on this date. The Rikki of the title is Rikki Ducornet, a New York writer and artist. Steely Dan co-front Donald Fagen met her while both were attending Bard College, a small liberal arts school locatedContinue reading “We hear you’re leaving, that’s okay …”

Somehow it’s Pig in a Blanket Day again, encouraging the consumption of ‘pigs in blankets’ – small pork sausages wrapped in bacon or pastry, and cooked until crispy (for those of you porcine adverse, choose your own ground meat filling.) Please celebrate sensibly.

April 24, 2000 – The TV biopic The Three Stooges, starring Michael Chiklis, Paul Ben-Victor, John Kassir, Jim Lemley, and Evan Handler, premiered on ABC TV, on this date. The movie made use of a Sydney landmark in an innovative way. New York’s Coney Island amusement park used to have an attraction within its groundsContinue reading “You’re forgiven if you didn’t see this one”

April 24, 2000 – In support of their first studio album after twenty years, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen appeared on an episode of The VH-1 series Storytellers, and spend an hour on the show, playing their songs, take requests from the audience, and in their typically cryptic fashion divulge some of the concepts behindContinue reading “VH-1 Storytellers: Steely Dan premiered”

April 24, 1941 –George Stevens’ tearjerker classic, Penny Serenade, starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, and Edgar Buchanan, opened in the US on this date. In a flagrant disregard of the then Production Code, it would appear that Irene Dunne and Cary Grant share a marital bed instead of separate ones. Also, there’s anContinue reading “Penny Serenade premiered”

April 24, 1974 –David Bowie released his iconic album, Diamond Dogs, on this date. This song introduces us to Bowie’s post-Ziggy Stardust persona, Halloween Jack: “The Halloween Jack is a real cool cat and he lives on top of Manhattan Chase.” It has also been suggested this song was influenced by Dhalgren, a science fictionContinue reading “This ain’t rock and roll, this is genocide …”