Today is the Sixth day of Lunar New Year, and the garbage from the first five days of celebrating is piling up. The rubbish from the first to the fourth day of the Chinese New Year is considered “wealth”, but after the fifth day, the garbage will turn into a sign of “poverty”. So onContinue reading “Unfortunately, you have to keep cleaning”
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One of the most stylized B & W films
February 3, 1932 – Paramount Pictures released Josef von Sternberg’s Shanghai Express, starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook and Anna Mae Wong in Los Angeles on this date. The extras in the film are mostly speaking Cantonese – a Chinese dialect used mainly in southern China. If the film were to be more accurate, the extrasContinue reading “One of the most stylized B & W films”
… cruisin’ in my Stingray late one night …
February 3, 1978 –The TV-movie Dead Man’s Curve, the first to deal with the tragic Jan & Dean story, premieres on ABC-TV on this date. Wolfmand Jack, Dick Clark, and Beach Boys Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, appear in the movie. In the film, Wolfman Jack introduces himself to Jan and Dean in a smallContinue reading “… cruisin’ in my Stingray late one night …”
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
February 3, 1959 –The Day the Music Died: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper were on a tour called “Winter Dance Party” tour. The musicians were traveling from venue to venue on tour buses. A small plane carrying The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson), Buddy Holly and Richie Valens crashed near Mason City, Iowa,Continue reading “I can still remember how that music used to make me smile”
They forgot to put out the cat!
February 3, 1951 – Another great Sylvester cartoon, Canned Feud, premiered on this date. The kitchen shown sports the very latest in accessories, including a Sunbeam mixmaster, with attachments. The adult cinema audiences would have noticed and appreciated this attention to detail.
Before there was MTV
February 2, 1973 –The regular run of the musical series, Burt Sugarman’s The Midnight Special premiered on NBC-TV on this date. Also among the acts that appears on that first show were The Byrds, Ike and Tina Turner Revue, Rare Earth and George Carlin.
The Point! premiered
February 2, 1971 –The animated special based on the Harry Nilsson album, The Point!, originally voiced by Dustin Hoffman, Paul Frees, June Foray, and Mike Lookinland first aired as an ABC Movie of the Week, on this date. Although that version was only licensed for the initial airing, a few different narrations followed, including AlanContinue reading “The Point! premiered”
The original What’s My Line premiered
February 2, 1950 –Produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, the TV game show What’s My Line, first aired on CBS TV on this date. Although there are those who suspect John Daly was sending the panel signals, Moderator Daly insisted that there is only one signal he ever gave to the panel: When heContinue reading “The original What’s My Line premiered”
Harvest was reaped today
February 1, 1972 –Neil Young releases his fourth solo album, Harvest, on this date. It goes on to become the best selling album of 1972 Despite being the title track of the Harvest album, the song has enjoyed far less fanfare than songs on the set like Heart of Gold, Alabama, and The Needle AndContinue reading “Harvest was reaped today”
One of the greatest wardrobe malfunctions ever
February 1, 2004 –During the MTV-provided halftime show of the Superbowl, former boy band member Justin Timberlake conducts an obviously pre-scripted move to expose Janet Jackson’s right bosom on this date, which revealed an oddly shaped ninjitsu-style throwing star as a pasty. The nation is shocked, simply shocked, that a pristine, noncommercial event such asContinue reading “One of the greatest wardrobe malfunctions ever”
The Haus of Dcaligari 