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You probably should have started shopping today More alcohol is consumed today, the day before Thanksgiving, than on New Year’s Eve or St. Patrick’s Day. (Actual surveillance photograph of ACME staff) Why, (you may ask?) Many college students return home and reunite with their high school buddies. And the crippling anxiety of being surrounded byContinue reading “This should come as no surprise”

November 27 is the Feast of St. Josaphat, a Middle Age prince who renounced his wealth to do charitable work. Well, St. Josephat, turns out to be a Christianized version of a legend about Buddha (yeah Siddhartha Gautama.) As the years slip by more swiftly, I can remember some things clearly, others only dimly; I’veContinue reading “Oh, that wacky Catholic Church!”

November 27, 1979 – For those so inclined, one could start spending time in the boys locker room of Carver High School when The White Shadow first aired on this date. The series was unique for its diverse cast and its portrayal of urban life, which was a departure from many of the typical TVContinue reading “Ah, the redolence of gym shorts”

November 27, 1980 – The sitcom Bosom Buddies, starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari premiered on ABC-TV on this date. (Yes, I know, this is not the original theme song – the production company lost the rights to the song.) The producers pitched the series to ABC as a relatively straightforward buddy comedy in theContinue reading “One of the defining sitcoms of the early ’80s”

November 26, 1922 –If I were to be given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself. Good Grief, it’s Charles M. Schulz’s birthday.

November 26, 1976 –Anarchy in the UK, (as a single) by the Sex Pistols is released. This was the Sex Pistols’ first single, and it caused quite a stir in England with its lyrics advocating violence against the government. Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols was not released until a year later, partlyContinue reading “… Don’t know what I want but I know how to get it …”

November 26, 1942 –One of the classic films of the 40s – Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premiered at the Hollywood Theatre in New York City, on this date. When this film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Jack L. Warner was first on stage to accept the award, beating the film’sContinue reading “I came to Casablanca for the waters …”

November 26, 1977 –The Southern Television (an ITV broadcasting license holder for the South and South-East of England,) broadcast interruption, also known as the Vrillon Incident, was a hijacking of the British television broadcast on this date. An unidentified voice claiming to be Vrillon, a representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command, interrupted the ITN newsContinue reading “Our Alien Overlords tried to contact us”

November 26, 1956 –The seemingly ageless gameshow, The Price Is Right, hosted by Bill Cullen and announced by Don Pardo, first aired on CBS TV, on this date. (those smarty pants out there, may know that this is actual the second episode of the series – the first episode is lost in the ephemera ofContinue reading “The Price Is Right premiered”

Absolutely eat dessert first. The thing that you want to do the most, do that. Here’s one last British holiday commercial for this season, (except for whenever the second part of the Waitrose: Sweet Suspicion: A Waitrose Mystery commercial is dropped.) Starbucks has created a holiday campaign by that encourages people to take a breakContinue reading “We’re two days away”