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Raise your Frozen Margaritas tonight (but don’t double dip,) today is National Tortilla Chip day. Contrary to popular belief, Tortilla Chips are not from Mexico. They were invented in Los Angeles in the late 1940s by Rebecca Webb Carranza.

February 23, 1964 –The Beatles appear for the third consecutive appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on this date. They performed Twist and Shout and Please Please Me and closed the show once again with I Want to Hold Your Hand. The third broadcast, February 23, showed a performance taped earlier in the day ofContinue reading “They kept showing up at Ed’s place”

February 23, 1985 –The Smiths scored their first UK No.1 album with Meat Is Murder on this date. The album’s sleeve uses a 1967 photograph of Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn in the Vietnam War, though with the wording on his helmet changed from “Make War Not Love” to “Meat Is Murder“. The Smiths produced MeatContinue reading “Belligerent ghouls run Manchester schools”

February 23, 1952 –The Looney Tunes cartoon, Mouse-Warming, directed by Chuck Jones and featuring Claude Cat debuted on this date. The rodent moving team bears a slight resemblance to the popular comedy sketch characters of Ralph and Ed from what would become the TV sitcom The Honeymooners a few years later.

February 23, 1945 – The Merrie Melodies cartoon, The Unruly Hare, directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, debuted on this date. This was the final cartoon in which Frank Tashlin received onscreen credit; he was uncredited in his final four cartoons Behind the Meat-Ball, Tale of Two Mice, Nasty QuacksContinue reading “The Unruly Hare premiered”

February 23, 1950 – A nearly forgotten Alfred Hitchcock film,Stage Fright starringMarlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman, Richard Todd, and Michael Wilding, opened in New York City on this date. In an extraordinary move for the normally controlling director,  Alfred Hitchcock provided Marlene Dietrich an exceptional amount of creative control for this movie, particularly in how sheContinue reading “Stage Fright debuted”

February 23, 1969 –The BBC2 documentary series, Civilisation, hosted by Kenneth Clark, guided us through the history of Western art, architecture and philosophy, debuted on this date. While popular at the time of its release, the Civilisation series has been criticized over the decades for presenting a 19th-century worldview of history being shaped by relativelyContinue reading “Civilisation premiered”

I’m not sure how many millions of dollars will be lost with the number of people are taking the day off from work. Do not make a rookie mistake; just encourage all those involved – Celebrate Responsibly.

The seventh day of the first lunar month is known as Ren Ri, also called “People’s Day” or the “Birthday of Mankind.” It is celebrated as a key part of the Lunar New Year festivities and is traditionally regarded as the day when everyone grows one year older, effectively serving as a shared birthday forContinue reading “It’s a party today”

Margarita, in Spanish means Daisy Remember, because of today’s blizzard, you probably don’t have work tomorrow – celebrate responsibly.