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Tell the old ladies in the back of the church that it’s the feast day of your favorite saint, they’ll be duly impressed – Saint Teresa of Avila (I mention her at least twice a year.) She is also known as the Roving Nun (but should not be confused with the Wandering Nun, the MeanderingContinue reading “Pain is never permanent.”

We here at ACME love to remind people that today is Evacuation Day. They’re celebrating it in Tunisia. It turns out that Evacuation Day recognizes the important contributions made to the world of science by Tunisian proctologists, (it actually commemorates the 1963 withdrawal of the last French troops from the naval port of Bizerte.) TheContinue reading “An important ACME Message”

October 14, 1983 –Cyndi Lauper, formerly a member of the group Blue Angel, issues her first solo album, She’s So Unusual. With the MTV hits Girls Just Want To Have Fun and Time After Time, the album becomes an ‘80s touchstone. On the strength of her breakout solo album She’s So Unusual, Lauper won theContinue reading “She said, I’m sorry, baby, I’m leaving you tonight …”

October 14, 1977 –Linda Ronstadt sang The National Anthem prior to World Series Game Three at Dodger Stadium, on this date. She was heavily criticized at the time, for casual attire – (the ever solid Dodger fan, Linda only requested a Dodger jacket as her fee for singing the anthem.) Many consider her rendition ofContinue reading “She got it right”

October 14, 1979 –NBC aired a TV adaptation of Helen Keller’s life story The Miracle Worker, starring Melissa Gilbert, Patty Duke, Charles Siebert, Stanley Wells, and Diana Muldaur, on this date. Melissa Gilbert originally wanted to offer the part of Annie Sullivan to Meredith Baxter, but the adults working on the project suggested offering theContinue reading “A new version of The Miracle Worker premiered”

October 14, 1978 –The gang finally got off the damn island (sort of) when the first TV movie from a TV series, Rescue from Gilligan’s Island, first aired on CBS-TV with all of the original cast except Tina Louise (who wanted too much money,) on this date. The scene in which the rescued castaways areContinue reading “Rescue from Gilligan’s Island premiered”

I going to show up at your home and take something you already own. Happy Columbus Never Met An Indigenous Person He Didn’t Kill or Enslave Day! I can’t even imagine how many more indigenous persons Columbus may have murdered if he didn’t have the day off. Columbus Day originated as a celebration of Italian-AmericanContinue reading “In honor of the day,”

October 13, 1979 –The Police’s second album Reggatta De Blanc started a four-week run at No.1 in the UK on this date. The first three Police albums, Outlandos d’Amour, Reggatta de Blanc, and Zenyatta Mondatta, were named by their manager, Miles Copeland (Police drummer Stewart Copeland’s brother), using words he made up. Reggatta de BlancContinue reading “Reggatta De Blanc topped the charts”

October 13, 1966 – The sixth episode of Star Trek, Mudd’s Women first aired on this date. In it, The Enterprise picks up a traveling con man, Harry Mudd, and his “beautiful” female cargo; the females seem to have a strange effect on the male crew. This is the first episode in which the Enterprise’sContinue reading “Star Trek: Mudd’s Women premiered”

October 13, 1957 –CBS-TV broadcasts The Edsel Show, a one-hour live special starring Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong, designed to promote the new, ill-fated Ford automobile, on this date. It is the first and currently the oldest surviving show on videotape. It was aired live on this date in prime time,Continue reading “The Edsel Show premiered”