October 12, 1957 –The Merrie Melodies short, Touché and Go, directed by Chuck Jones and starring Pepe Le Pew, was released on this date. Pepe breaks the fourth wall in his usual suave, Gallic manner.
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Holiday Highlights premiered
October 12, 1940 – The Merrie Melodies short, Holiday Highlights, directed by Tex Avery, was released on this date. The joke about Thanksgiving being on different dates for Democrats and Republicans is lost on most people today, but before 1939 Thanksgiving was not a fixed date, it relied on a Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation each year.
Prehistoric Porky premiered
October 12, 1940 – The Looney Tunes short, Prehistoric Porky, directed by Bob Clampett and starring Porky Pig, was released on this date. The “magazine for cavemen” that Porky gets in the mail has a number of Warner Bros. employees’ names on the cover.
Better late than never, I guess
October 12, 1996 – Though they’ve refused to release it on video for 27 years, largely due to dissatisfaction over their own performance, The Rolling Stones finally release their landmark 1968 all-star BBC television special, The Rolling Stones’ Rock And Roll Circus, on this date. This is Brian Jones’s last live performance with The RollingContinue reading “Better late than never, I guess”
Did they share a glass of Manischewitz after filming
October 12, 1966 –Sammy Davis, Jr. makes a cameo appearance on the ABC-TV series Batman – The Clock King’s Crazy Crimes, during one of their legendary Batclimbs, on this date.
Gracie said Good Night to us for the first time on TV
October 12, 1950 – One of the first comedy series to make the successful transition from radio to television The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, premiered on CBS-TV on this date. George Burns is regarded as being the first entertainer to step out of character and “break the fourth wall” by directly addressing theContinue reading “Gracie said Good Night to us for the first time on TV”
Dem bones
Today is the last day of International Cephalopod Awareness Days, and we are celebrating International Fossil Day (according to the folks at the National Park Service, they prefer to celebrate National Fossil Day on the second Wednesday in October and given that they are part of the government, they have any reason to be capriciousContinue reading “Dem bones”
Rewarding people who miss their mark
October 12, 1492 –Christopher Columbus, not the brightest bulb in the explorers club, reached America, making his first landing in the New World on one of the Bahamas Islands. Columbus believed he had reached India. It was discovered that Columbus‘ ships really landed on the 13th of October, 1492, he was persuaded by Dutch sailorContinue reading “Rewarding people who miss their mark”
Here we go again
I nearly forgot that the second Sunday in October is designated as Father–Daughters Day today, as opposed to (just) Daughters Day. Once again UN negotiators were called in, and after several tense meetings with some not so high priced ACME lawyers, we was able to use the following photo as long as UN observers wereContinue reading “Here we go again”
When I Think of You topped the charts
October 11, 1986 –Janet Jackson’s single, When I Think of You goes to #1 on Billboard‘s Hot 100, on this date, making her and Michael the first siblings to land #1 solo singles on the chart. Jackson was just 20 years old when this was released, but she had already put out two albums, includingContinue reading “When I Think of You topped the charts”
