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June 2, 1981 –Barbara Walters famously asks Katharine Hepburn “If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?”, on this date. After the interview, Walters’ “tree” question was remembered, but the context in which it was asked was not. The so-called “If you were a tree, what kind of tree would youContinue reading “She really did ask the question”

June 2, 1896 –The first radio patent was issued to Guglielmo Marconi in England for his wireless telegraphy apparatus, described as “Improvements in Transmitting Electrical Impulses and Signals, and in Apparatus Therefor.” (UK No. 12,039) I wonder what will become of that new fangled thing?

June 2, 1973 –Paul McCartney and Wings‘ song My Love, from the album Red Rose Freeway, hit No. 1 on the US singles chart on this date. This is one of three songs of the same title to top the American singles chart. Petula Clark’s My Love, was # 1 in 1966 whilst Justin Timberlake’sContinue reading “My Love topped the charts”

June is the sixth month of the year and consists of thirty days. The ancient Romans gave it 29 days until 46 BC, when Julius Caesar added the thirtieth for reasons known only to himself (Caesar’s hobbies seem to be conquest of the known world, sleeping with some very rich North African teenager and calendarContinue reading “It would probably boast it invented romance.”

June 1, 1966 –Dick Van Dyke tripped over the ottoman for the last time when CBS aired the last episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Last Chapter on this date. In the show, Rob writes his autobiography and shows it to everyone. At the end of the show Alan decides to buy theContinue reading “Series Finale of The Dick Van Dyke Show”

June 1, 1968 –The British television series The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoohan, had its American premiere on CBS-TV, as a summer replacement for a Jackie Gleason series, on this date. At the end of the run of Secret Agent, there was a party, and some members of Parliament attended. Someone said to McGoohan, “So, whatContinue reading “Let’s all say it together … I am NOT a number …”

June 1, 1968 –The Simon & Garfunkel release Mrs. Robinson hit No. 1 on the Billboard #100 list on this date. Paul Simon began writing this as Mrs. Roosevelt, and had just the line, Here’s to you, Mrs. Roosevelt when he changed it to Mrs. Robinson for The Graduate. Simon did not originally write aContinue reading “… Whoa, whoa, whoa …”

June 1, 2009 – Coco thought he succeeded Jay Leno when The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien premiered on NBC, on this date. Many members of the Late Night cast and crew made the transition to The Tonight Show. The Max Weinberg 7, the house band from O’Brien’s Late Night, served as the house bandContinue reading “Conan’s first night hosting The Tonight Show”

May 31, 1976 –Ten years after it appeared on The Beatles’ Revolver album, Capitol Records issues Got To Get You Into My Life as a single on this date. A British rock group called Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers released this song as a single around the same time it appeared on The BeatlesContinue reading “It took long enough”

May 31, 1976 –Tom Waits begins a two-week stint performing at Ronnie Scott’s Club in Soho, London, England, run by Pete King, on this date. The experience inspired Waits to write The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King). Waits recorded this song, along with the rest of the album, SmallContinue reading “The piano has been drinking, my necktie is asleep …”