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October 10, 1958 – The private-eye series 77 Sunset Strip starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. The ownership battle over the rights to this show was the reason that Roy Huggins left Warner Bros. He’d created the concept behind the series, and Stuart Bailey was hisContinue reading “You’ll meet the high brow and the hipster”

Today is also Hug a Drummer Day. Without drummers, we would soon notice how different and even weak music can be, so hail a day to celebrate such percussionists!

With your newsfeed jam packed with other, more heady news, some may not remember that we are celebrating cephalopods this week – today we also celebrate Squid Day/Cuttlefish Day. Calamari could loom large in your day today.

Helping you fill in your calendar Monday is Canadian Thanksgiving Halloween is in 22 days, Diwali is in 30 days, I’m not going to remind you that the General election is in 26 days, you’re scared enough. But Thanksgiving is in 48 days. Hanukkah is in 56 days. and Christmas is in 77 days. PlanContinue reading “Get out your marker”

October 9, 1969 –BBC’s Top Of The Pops refused to play the No. #1 hit in the country, Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus, on this date. Serge Gainsbourg’s song Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus, was considered one of the first ‘orgasm records‘ and the BBC was not able to cope with such explicit lyrics andContinue reading “Oy, all this moaning and groaning”

October 9, 1948 – The Merrie Melodies short, The Foghorn Leghorn, directed by Bob McKimson, and starring Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk and George K. Chickenhawk, was released on this date. Foghorn Leghorn kicks over a couple of signs, with one saying Shnook! and the other saying Loud Mouth’d. These signs are similar to the BurmaContinue reading “The Foghorn Leghorn premiered”

October 9, 1937 – The Looney Tunes short, Rover’s Rival, directed by Bob Clampett, and starring Porky Pig ,was released on this date. This was the first cartoon to end with Porky breaking out of the Looney Tunes drum saying his trademark line “Th-Th-Th-That’s All Folks!“.

October 9, 1968 –The musical film, Finian’s Rainbow, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, and Tommy Steele, opened on this date. Because of its satire on racism, this popular 1947 Broadway musical was considered such a hot potato in Hollywood that studios would not touch it unless they were allowedContinue reading “Finian’s Rainbow premiered”

The celebrations of Cephalopod Awareness Days keep rolling along – Today we celebrate Nautilus Night, highlighting all the lesser-known extant cephalopods – Hopefully the shocking nature of the documentary wasn’t too off-putting for your holiday celebrations

October 9, 1984 –The popular children’s show Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends begins its run on BBC-TV, featuring a narrator by the name of Ringo Starr on this date. Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Annie, Clarabel, Henrietta, Bertie, and The Fat Controller (known in the American dubs as “Sir Topham Hatt“) areContinue reading “British kids first got to obsess about Thomas”