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November 17, 1933 –…Gentlemen, Chicolini here may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you: he really is an idiot. I implore you, send him back to his father and brothers, who are waiting for him with open arms in the penitentiary. I suggest that we give himContinue reading “Hail, hail Freedonia. Land of the great and free!”

November 17, 1951 –… Slight pause while I adjust my accoutrements. Another in the series of Daffy and Porky buddy flicks, Drip-Along Daffy, opened on this date. The wanted poster for Nasty Canasta, offering a $5 million reward for his dead body (not “wanted dead or alive”; just “dead”), lists his crimes as “rustler, bandit,Continue reading “Probably didn’t have his iron today”

November 17, 2003 –Let It Be… Naked, a stripped-down version of The Beatles‘ Let It Be album, was released on this date. Phil Spector produced the original, and the new release removed his lavish strings and other accoutrements. Rather than being a straightforward remixing project, Let It Be… Naked contained a number of significant differencesContinue reading “Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner …”

November 17, 1997 –An all-star rendition of Lou Reed’s 1972 song Perfect Day featuring Reed, Elton John, David Bowie, Tammy Wynette, Joan Armatrading and several other stars, is released as a single in the UK, with proceeds going to the BBC’s Children In Need charity. The effort was organized by the BBC, which put togetherContinue reading “Oh it’s such a perfect day”

November 17, 1968 –NBC preempted the final 1:05 from a very close Jets-Raiders NFL football game with the TV movie Heidi. Two touchdowns were scored during this missing time. Sports fans everywhere applaud and understand the network’s decision. Oops!

November 16, 1974 –John Lennon’s song Whatever Gets You Thru the Night hits #1 on the Billboard charts on this date. With this song, John Lennon became the last of the Beatles to hit #1 US in their respective post-Beatles careers. By this time Paul McCartney had hit #1 three times, and George Harrison andContinue reading “It’s your money or your life”

November 16 is known as Have a Party with Your Bear Day but many sites do not explain the reason: (No it’s not this reason.) In 1902 while on a hunting trip with Mississippi Gov. Andrew H. Longino, President Teddy Roosevelt was offered the opportunity to shoot a bear tied to a tree. Seeing thisContinue reading “Maybe you’ll think twice about it”

November 16, 1969 –David Bowie appeared in his first TV special, 1980 Floor Show, broadcast on NBC’s Midnight Special, on this date. The show was a spectacular stage production that was filmed over three days, mostly at The Marquee Club, in Soho, London. It would be Bowie’s last performance as the Ziggy Stardust persona withContinue reading “1980 Floor Show premiered”

November 16, 1986 –The theme of the show is Raisins – the first comedic television miniseries ever to air in the U.S., Fresno, starring Carol Burnett, Teri Garr, Charles Grodin, Dabney Coleman, Jerry Van Dyke, and Tom Poston, premiered on CBS, on this date. Charles Grodin recalls that during filming, Jerry Van Dyke asked himContinue reading “Fresno premiered”

November 16, 1979 –Paul McCartney released what many consider the worst Christmas tune ever, Wonderful Christmastime, on this date. Paul has the last laugh concerning the song, music industry sources estimate that McCartney makes between $400,000 to $600,000 annually from royalties on Wonderful Christmastime alone.