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March 30, 1981 –Hugh Hudson’s historical drama about the 1924 Olympics, Chariots of Fire, starring Ben Cross and Ian Charleson opened in London on this date. In real life, Lord David Bughley (Lord Lindsay in this movie) was the first man to do the Great Court Run, not Harold Abrahams. It was changed because producerContinue reading “Chariots of Fire premiered”

March 30, 1964 –This game show is celebrating its’ 60th anniversary on this date? Pens down. Merv Griffin’s game show Jeopardy! made its debut on television. He sold the rights for the show to Coca-Cola for $250 million in 1986. The show was hosted by Art Fleming until 1975. It resurfaced in syndication in 1984Continue reading “Your answer MUST be in the form of a question”

Today is Holy Saturday (in Latin: Sabbatum Sanctum); it’s also known as the Great Sabbath, Great Virgil, Black Saturday, or Easter Eve. You kids today are soft; we used to have to fast the entire day today. Today is the last day of Lent – you have one more day of having to give upContinue reading “The Great Silence”

March 29, 1969 –Blood, Sweat & Tears’ second, eponymous album went to the No. 1 position on the Billboard Charts on this date. Blood, Sweat & Tears was formed in 1967 by Al Kooper after leaving the group Blues Project. Four of their eight members played horns, which defined their sound. Their 1968 album ChildContinue reading “Blood, Sweat & Tears topped the charts”

March 29, 1979 –The group, Supertramp release their sixth album Breakfast in America on this date, which goes on to sell six million copies in the U.S. and win two Grammy Awards. Like the Lennon/McCartney partnership, most of Supertramp’s songs are credited to their lead singers Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies, although in many casesContinue reading “They served Breakfast in America for the first time”

March 29, 1943 –You initially become funny as a kid because you’re looking for attention and love. Psychologists think that’s all to do with mother abandonment. I think John Cleese has his depressions, and Terry Gilliam’s the same. All of us together make one completely insane person. Eric Idle, comedian and composer, made his firstContinue reading “Eric Idle”

March 29, 1959 – Billy Wilder’s film, Some Like It Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, opened ln New York, on this date. Jack Lemmon wrote that the first sneak preview had a bad reaction with many audience walkouts. Many studio personnel and agents offered advice to Billy Wilder on what scenesContinue reading “Some Like It Hot premiered”

March 29, 1978 –After 11 seasons, CBS aired the last episode of The Carol Burnett Show on this date. The show won 25 Emmy Awards during it’s run. The Carol Burnett Show was one of the longest-running variety shows in television history; its conclusion marked the closing of another chapter in television as Burnett wasContinue reading “One last time to have a laugh and sing a song”

Today is Good Friday, (also know as, Great Friday, Holy Friday or Long Friday.) On Good Friday, parishioners (the old ladies who populate church in the middle of most days) follow the officiant and observe the Stations of the Cross. And so it goes

March 28, 1981 –Blondie’s venture into rap, the song Rapture hit no. #1 on the Billboard charts, on this date. Harry’s rap is so goofy that it sounds like she could be mocking the genre, but this was very early in the evolution of hip-hop, and many of the rhymes that came out of theContinue reading “Fab Five Freddy told me everybody’s fly”