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December 12, 1531–It’s the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, an indigenous peasant, had visions of the Virgin Mary. Legend held that the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego outside Mexico City and left an imprint on his cactus-fiber poncho. The poncho became an icon for the Virgin of Guadalupe. It’s earlyContinue reading “That’s why all those folks were standing out in the cold this morning”

December 12, 1968 –Here’s a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once. After a long and well enjoyed life, Tallulah Bankhead died in St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City of double pneumonia, complicated by emphysema and malnutrition, on this date. Her last coherent words reportedly were “Codeine… bourbon.” (I absolutely will beContinue reading “Tallulah Bankhead”

December 11, 1967 –The Beatles’ Apple Music signs its first group – Grapefruit, on this date. With unwise business decisions like this, I’m sure the Beatles must have gone broke very shortly after this.

December 11, 1968 – Filming begins on The Rolling Stones‘ Rock And Roll Circus movie. Conceived by Mick Jagger, the event was comprised of two concerts on a circus stage and included such acts as John Lennon and his fiancée Yoko Ono performing as part of a supergroup called The Dirty Mac, along with EricContinue reading “It took almost 30 years to debut”

December 11, 1992 – Walt Disney Pictures and Jim Henson Productions’ musical comedy adaptation of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, The Muppet Christmas Carol, directed by Brian Henson (in his feature directorial debut) and starring Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge, alongside Muppet performers Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, and Frank Oz, premiered on thisContinue reading “Another Christmas Carol heard from”

Today is Have a Bagel Day. as opposed to National Bagel Day which is January 15th. Whichever day you celebrate, remember the salmon and a smear.

December 11, 1980 – Magnum PI, starring Tom Selleck, premiered on CBS-TV on this date. This is one of a very small number of shows in which an actor “breaks the fourth wall” and looks right into the camera. Thomas Magnum does this on occasion when presented with a ridiculous situation.

Today is National Lager Day. Let us celebrate the third most popular beverage after water and tea. I’m hoping it co-incidental, but suspicious of the fact that it is celebrated around the same time as Santa-con. For those of you who need to know – Lager is one of the two main types of beer,Continue reading “Milk is for babies.”

December 10, 1967 –Julie Andrews! Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in their first starring comedy, Bedazzled, opened in the US on this date. Although Raquel Welch is featured in most of the promotional material for this movie, she was only on-screen for roughly seven minutes.

December 10, 1974 –Another Rankin/Bass animated holiday special The Year Without A Santa Claus premiered on ABC-TV on this date. Another Rankin/Bass animated holiday special The Year Without A Santa Claus premiered on ABC-TV on this date. The names of the reindeer are consistent with the Clement Moore poem and other sources. Vixen is theContinue reading “He’s Mister Heat Blister …”