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August 2, 1985 –Universal Pictures released the sci-fi comedy film Weird Science, directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock and Ilan Mitchell-Smith, on this date. In the scene where Bill Paxton is speaking to Kelly LeBrock while interrogating everyone over what had happened the previous night, in the background, Suzanne SnyderContinue reading “Weird Science premiered”

August 2, 1965 –Michael Caine’s first outing as the anti Bond spy, Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File, opened in the US on this date. In the novels, the name of the lead character was never revealed. So Michael Caine and Producer Harry Saltzman tried to think of a boring name for the hero. CaineContinue reading “The Ipcress File premiered”

It’s National Ice Cream Sandwich Day today, a day to enjoy an ice cream sandwich. The best way to celebrate is to make your own! <

August 1, 1964 –The Beatles’ single A Hard Day’s Night went to the top of the Billboard Charts on this date. It became the fifth US No. 1 single the Beatles scored in seven months. The title was taken from an expression Ringo used to say. In a 1964 interview with DJ Dave Hull, RingoContinue reading “A Hard Day’s Night topped the charts”

August 1, 1981 – MTV launched 43 years ago today, starting with the video, Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles followed by Pat Benatar’s You Better Run. Western civilization has been on a rapid decline ever since.

August 1, 1992 – Pearl Jam’s hit Jeremy makes its debut on MTV on this date. At the end of the video, we see Jeremy walk, shirtless, into his classroom, throw an apple to the teacher, and make a gesture as if pulling something from his pocket. We later see his classmates shocked and sprayedContinue reading “The very controversial video for Jeremy premiered”

August 1, 1973 –Universal premiered George Lucas ode to early 1960s, American Graffiti, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark and Mackenzie Phillips, premiered on this date. Due to the low budget, George Lucas was unable to pay all of the crew members. He offeredContinue reading “American Graffiti premiered”

August 1, 1971 – The Six Wives of Henry VIII an acclaimed BBC series originally airing in 1970, aired on CBS, on this date. Costume Designer John Bloomfield worked for nearly a year on the mini-series. He spent three months doing basic research at the National Portrait Gallery, Windsor Castle, and various libraries, going throughContinue reading “The Six Wives of Henry VIII premiered (in the US)”

The festival of Lammas marks the beginning of the harvest, when people go to church to give thanks for the first grain to be cut. This is the long way of saying that it’s August again. How did a single month become so important? Like almost everything else that’s difficult to understand, the history ofContinue reading “The border between summer and autumn”

July 31, 1966 –The Beatles records were burned in Birmingham, Alabama on this date — only because John Lennon innocently declared that the band happens to be “more popular than Jesus.“ The record burning of course has the opposite effect, as sales of Beatles records dramatically increase (in part to burn them.)