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October 12, 1972 –Motown Productions and Paramount Pictures released the Sidney J. Furie, Billie Holiday bio-pix, Lady Sings The Blues, starring Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, and Scatman Crothers, on this date. Dorothy Dandridge was to star in the role of Billie Holiday in an earlier proposed film version of the singer’s autobiographyContinue reading “Lady Sings The Blues premiered”

October 12, 1968 –The second studio album by Big Brother and the Holding Company, Cheap Thrills, reached number one on the charts for eight nonconsecutive weeks on this date. It was their last album with Janis Joplin as lead singer before she started a solo career.

October 12, 1492 –Christopher Columbus, not the brightest bulb in the explorers club, reached America, making his first landing in the New World on one of the Bahamas Islands. Columbus believed he had reached India. It was discovered that Columbus‘ ships really landed on the 13th of October, 1492, he was persuaded by Dutch sailorContinue reading “… Columbus sailed the ocean’s blue …”

October 11, 1975 –The long running (some say too long running) comedy variety show started at 11:30 PM, on this date, with George Carlin as its host. It was called NBC’s Saturday Night, because ABC featured a program at the same time titled Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell. After ABC canceled the Cosell programContinue reading “It was 50 years ago today”

October 11, 1981 –The surprise art-house hit, My Dinner With Andre, starring Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory (sitting around, eating and talking,) opened on this date. The low-budget flick was shot in an abandoned hotel in Virginia – in the winter. “Since we didn’t have the money to heat the hotel, (producer Beverly Karp) broughtContinue reading “My Dinner With Andre premiered”

October 11, 1962 –We all got to follow the wacky adventures of the crew of PT-73 when McHale’s Navy set sail for the first time on this date on ABC-TV. During an interview, Ernest Borgnine related that when he was initially approached by his agent with an offer to star in the pilot for theContinue reading “Starring the man who taught Ethel Merman the language of love”

Yom Kippur starts this evening. If you’re celebrating (strange choice of words,) you better hurry up and finish reading this before sundown. May your fast pass easily – Don’t hesitate to contact me if you can’t remember the things you should be atoning for by now. May your fast pass easily. Hopefully your sins areContinue reading “Gmar chatima tova”

It’s World Egg Day! So yes, let’s all celebrate the incredible edible egg Egg prices are slightly higher than they were earlier this year. I will speak to the Egg Board about that situation.

October 10, 1986 –Warner Bros. released the quirky musical comedy, True Stories, starring David Byrne, John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, and Spalding Gray in the US on this date. Talking Heads recorded an album featuring their versions of the songs featured in the movie. The Puzzling Evidence segment of the film was inspired by the ChurchContinue reading “True stories premiered”

October 10, 1964 –NBC-TV aired the opening ceremonies of the XVIII Olympiad in Tokyo on this date. The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia, and the first time South Africa was barred from taking part due to its apartheid system in sports. It was the first live color TV program toContinue reading “The start of The Tokyo Summer Olympics”