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The day honors Inventor Stephen Perry’s receiving a patent for the rubber band on this date in 1845 (We’ve also seen it listed as March 17th but we can be sure, no one from ACME was there at the time.) (The ACME Corporation is in no way endorsing the sort of behavior depicted below. ButContinue reading “Today is Rubber Band Day.”

This weekend is all about Godzilla, as she is graduating this weekend. (Photos to be posted later.) But before we go down that path, I’m sure many of you have an iconic photo or moments you all talk about. Going through many pixs to get ready for this weekend, we came across this one –Continue reading “Ah, but how a life goes on”

May 16, 1966 –The Beach Boys released their 11th studio album, Pet Sounds on this date. It has since been recognized as one of the most influential albums in the history of popular music and is widely regarded as one of the best albums of the 1960s. All that beautiful music and barking dogs, too.

May 16, 1929 –When the first Academy Awards were handed out on , movies had just begun to talk. That first ceremony took place during an Academy banquet in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. There were 270 people in attendance and guest tickets cost $5. Though this was the first time theseContinue reading “The first Oscars were doled out”

May 16, 2005 –Everyone got to love Raymond one last time when the last episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, The Finale aired on this date. Filming of the series finale was delayed twice when Patricia Heaton and then Doris Roberts were ill and couldn’t speak well on the filming days.

May 16, 1977 –The sequel to the TV movie, Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn, starring Leigh McCloskey, Eve Plumb, Juliet Mills, Jean Hagen, and Earl Holliman, aired on NBC TV, on this date. This was Jean Hagen’s final performance.

May 16, 1977 –Five people were killed on this date, when a New York Airways helicopter, idling atop the Pan Am Building in midtown Manhattan, toppled over, sending a huge rotor blade flying. Three men were killed instantly and another man died later in a hospital. The blade sailed over the side of the buildingContinue reading “This would definitely put a crimp in your day.”

May 15, 1993 –Janet Jackson’s (Miss Jackson, if you’re nasty,) single, That’s The Way Love Goes, goes to #1 on this date. It remains No. 1 for eight weeks – longer than any other single by either Janet or her famous brother. James Brown demanded approval of the lyrics before he would allow Janet toContinue reading “That’s The Way Love Goes topped the charts”

May 15, 1928 –Plane Crazy was the first animated cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse as well as Minnie Mouse (Mickey’s girlfriend). The short was co-directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. Iwerks was also the main animator for this short and reportedly spent six weeks working on it. Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising were creditedContinue reading “Mickey and Minnie’s first appearance”

May 15, 1981 – Look, there was no real reason for this but The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island premiered on NBC on this date. At the time of filming, Jim Backus was suffering from Parkinson’s disease thus preventing him from being in the movie. Originally his character was written out of the storyline butContinue reading “Who knows why, but this aired today”