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September 19, 1981 –Despite the fact that Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel had barely spoken to each other in ten year, they reunited on this date to raise funds to renovate Central Park and performed in front of 500,000 people in New York City. The concert was so successful, the duo decided to embark onContinue reading “Everyone was feelin’ groovy in Central Park”

September 19, 1970 –We got to meet the staff of WJM when The Mary Tyler Moore Show, starring Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Cloris Leachman, and Valerie Harper premiered on CBS TV on this date. Producers almost didn’t hire Valerie Harper because while her performance was spot on, they felt sheContinue reading “The greatest sitcom every produced”

September 19, 1952 (there is some controversy surrounding this date) – Emperor Hirohito’s favorite television program, The Adventures of Superman, premiered, in syndication, on this date. In the early episodes, George Reeves wore glasses without lenses in them when he played Clark Kent. As he got older Reeves eventually needed a real prescription for eyeglasses,Continue reading “Look, Up in the Sky!”

September 19, 1931 – Paramount released the Marx Brother’s third film, Monkey Business on this date. Early in the movie, The Marx Brothers – playing stowaways concealed in barrels – harmonize unseen while performing the popular song Sweet Adeline‘ which is traditionally performed with four singers. It is debated whether Harpo Marx’ singing voice wasContinue reading “Is it true you used to dance in a flea circus?”

Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The holiday is a parody holiday invented in 1995 by John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap’n Slappy), of Corvallis, Oregon, who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. Nothing says Piracy (or the BritishContinue reading “I should have gotten that degree”

September 18, 1976 –Wild Cherry’s single Play That Funky Music went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. This was going to be the B-side of Wild Cherry’s cover of the Commodores‘ I Feel Sanctified. When they heard it, the owners of their record label suggested that the B-side become the A-side.Continue reading “Play That Funky Music topped the charts”

September 18, 1965 – Mel Brooks and Buck Henry started their fight to keep the world safe from KAOS when Get Smart premiered on NBC-TV on this date. Barbara Feldon was two inches taller than Don Adams. In order to make it appear that Adams was taller than Feldon, he would either stand on aContinue reading “The first time we missed it by this much”

September 18, 1964 – The most normal family’s ever presented on US television, The Addams Family first aired on ABC-TV on this date. The train-crash sequence, in which the model trains collide and explode, was shot once, and that footage was used every time Gomez wrecked model trains.

(all children and those with delicate natures should turn away from their computer screens as we discuss the bizarre deviant sexual behavior on the part of our founding fathers:) On September 18, 1793, President George Washington laid the foundation stone for the U.S. Capitol. According to numerous sources, President Washington “laid the stone in aContinue reading “ACME would like to issue a Trigger Warning –”

Today is National Cheeseburger Day. As with most things, many people and restaurants are claiming the cheeseburgers’ origin, going as far back as 1926, when a sloppy 16 year old Lionel Sternberger, while working at his father’s Pasadena, California sandwich shop, dropped a slice of cheese on a burger he was cooking. Although I shouldContinue reading “Jimmy Buffett will know if it’s true”