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August 29, 1964 –Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins opened in general release on this date. This is first movie I ever saw (but not on this date.) When founder and (now former) chief archivist at the Walt Disney Archives Dave Smith went on a search for the snowglobe from this movie, which featured birds flying aroundContinue reading “It was a jolly holiday”

August 29, 1953 – Warner Brothers introduced Speedy Gonzalez in the cartoon Cat-Tails for Two on this date. While this is the first cartoon featuring the character Speedy Gonzales, his depiction here is vastly different from the character he would later become. It wasn’t until his second appearance, Speedy Gonzales (two years later,) that heContinue reading “Meet Speedy”

August 29, 1986 –BBC1-TV aired a Paul McCartney special, McCartney for the first time, on this date. Originally conceived as a long-form promotional piece for the Wings album, Press to Play, the BBC staffer (Richard Skinner) persuades Paul McCartney to talk about much more, including one of the more in-depth interviews about Wings.

August 29, 1966 – The Beatles performed their last concert before paying fans at in San Francisco’s Candlestick Park on this date. The performance marked the end of a four-year period dominated by touring and concerts including nearly 60 U.S. appearances and over 1400 internationally.

August 28, 1964 –The Beatles met Bob Dylan for the first time at The Delmonico Hotel, following their show at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium, on this date. After being introduced by a mutual friend, writer Al Aronowitz, the band offered their guests drinks, but Dylan and Aronowitz expressed interest in smoking weed instead. ThisContinue reading “The Beatles spark up for the first time”

August 28, 1978 –Released by Warner Bros. and produced by Brian Eno, Devo’s debut album , Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo was released, on this date. The album was met with mixed reviews at the time, but today is viewed as one of the most significant albums of the Post-Punk andContinue reading “Devolution began”

August 28, 1898 –Pharmacist Caleb Davis Bradham created a beverage, he believed would aid in digestion and boost energy, calling it “Brad’s Drink,” on this date. He later renamed it Pepsi-Cola, after “pepsin” and the kola nut used to flavor the drink.

August 28, 1946 –Universal’s film-noir classic version of Ernest Hemingway’s story, The Killers, opened in NYC on this date. Burt Lancaster was the third choice for the part of The Swede, and was signed only after actors Wayne Morris and Sonny Tufts proved unavailable. Lancaster was an ex-circus acrobat from Union City, NJ. When producerContinue reading “The Killers premiered”

August 28, 1930 –… Well, art is art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west, and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce, they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh… Now you tell me what you know …Continue reading “Animal Crackers premiered”

Most American children learned from an early age to look both ways before crossing the street, but especially during this presidential season, how many of them really know how to protect themselves against political assassination? Not many. And yet, each year, millions of people are killed by assassins. It’s tragic because these are needless deaths,Continue reading “Another Important ACME PSA”