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The Oxford English Dictionary has selected Brain-Rot as its Word of the Year for 2024, highlighting a growing societal concern over the impact of excessive exposure to low-quality online content, particularly on social media. The term saw a 230% increase in usage between 2023 and 2024, indicating its rising relevance in contemporary discussions about mentalContinue reading “OED’s Word of the Year”

December 2, 1972 – One of the longest chart-topping singles, The Temptations’ Papa Was A Rolling Stone hits #1 in the US, on this date. The album version of this song runs 11:46. The single was released with the song split into two parts: the A-side was the “vocal” version and runs 6:58; the B-sideContinue reading “… That day I’ll always remember …”

December 2, 1988 –Paramount Pictures’ very silly film, (based on the short lived TV series)The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalbán, and George Kennedy, premiered on this date. Several years later, Queen Elizabeth II attended a Oakland A’s versus Baltimore Orioles game in Baltimore, Maryland, andContinue reading “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! premiered”

December 2, 1969 – Jeanie finally married Major Anthony Nelson (her ‘master’) on the I Dream of Jeannie episode, The Wedding, on this date. Although personally Barbara Eden strongly disagreed with the decision for Tony and Jeannie to marry, she has mentioned several times that this was one of her favorite episodes, mainly because itContinue reading “Jeanie and Tony wed”

December 2, 1986 –Desi Arnaz died from lung cancer, on this date. Although recognized as a great innovator of television, I guess he might have had second thoughts about that Philip Morris sponsorship of the I Love Lucy show.

We have just been notified that it is Cyborg Monday, oh no, run for your lives. Wait – an update – it’s Cyber Monday. Continue to run for your lives!!! The term “Cyber Monday” was dreamt up in 2005 by by a young public relations executive named Ellen Davis at Shop.org, a division of theContinue reading “We interrupt our regularly scheduled program”

December 1, 1956 –The Frank Tashlin musical comedy film, The Girl Can’t Help It, starring Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, Edmond O’Brien, Henry Jones, and Julie London, premiered in the US on this date. In this film, Eddie Cochran performs Twenty Flight Rock. That song’s influence was so great across the Atlantic in Liverpool, England, thatContinue reading “One of the first rock movies premiered”

December 1, 1989 –The very silly National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid, Juliette Lewis and Johnny Galecki, opened on this date. After failing to get the Christmas lights to work one last time, Clark Griswold takes his frustration out on the plastic decorations in the front yard. Chevy Chase actuallyContinue reading “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation premiered”

December 1, 1903 –The first Western film, directed by Edwin S. Porter, The Great Train Robbery, was released on this date. The final shot of a gun being fired toward the camera had a profound effect on audiences. As cinema was in its infancy, many people who saw the film thought that they were actuallyContinue reading “The Great Train Robbery started it all”