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January 26, 1979 –The sitcom McLean Stevenson left MAS*H for, Hello, Larry, created by Dick Bensfield and Perry Grant, premiered on NBC TV, on this date. (TV Guide ranked the sitcom #12 on their 50 Worst Shows of All Time in 2002.) Since it was cancelled, the show has become a metaphor for low-quality andContinue reading “Yes, it really is pretty bad”

January 26, 1967 – The Star Trek episode, Tomorrow is Yesterday in which, the crew of the Enterprise is flung back in time to the sixties, where they must correct the damage they have caused to the timeline, first aired on this date on NBC TV. This is one of the rare occasions in whichContinue reading “Tomorrow is Yesterday premiered”

January 26, 1970 –Simon and Garfunkle’s fifth and last studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, was released on this date. The album went on to be the biggest selling ever for Columbia Records. The title song, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, is one of the most-covered songs ever. In the ‘70s, so many people sang aContinue reading “Sail on, silver girl”

January 26, 1974 –Ringo Starr’s song, You’re Sixteen, hit #1 on this date. Richard Perry, who worked with Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles and many other stars, produced this track. He said that producing Ringo’s album was the “greatest thrill” of his career.

January 25, 1927 –The composer and primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, was born on this date. If you are in your 50’s or 60’s, you probably wouldn’t have been born without the help of this guy – go ask your parents.

January 25, 1964 –The Beatles scored their first No.1 best seller in the US when I Want To Hold Your Hand reached the top of the Cash Box Magazine music chart, on this date. The Fab Four would eventually rack up 25 No.1’s in America.

January 25, 1970 –Robert Altman’s Oscar winning film starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould, MAS*H, premiered in NYC on this date. Robert Altman said that during filming, Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland together went to the studio and complained that Altman was filming too much of the secondary characters. They requested that he be removedContinue reading “Suicide is painless”

January 25, 1961 – Walt Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on this date. The birth of the puppies actually happened to the author Dodie Smith. Her dalmatians had 15 puppies, one was born lifeless and her husband revived it. However, they sold most of them, and keptContinue reading “It was a lot of puppies”

There are 54 days until spring begins. If that doesn’t float your boat, it’s National Irish Coffee Day

Its National Peanut Butter Day. By law, any product labeled “peanut butter” in the United States must be at least 90 percent peanuts, (don’t ask about the other 10%.) Boldly celebrate the lowly legume Arachis hypogaea, (except for the 1.5% of US students allergic to peanuts.) Former President Bill Clinton says one of his favoriteContinue reading “Everything in between is just another excuse to eat peanut butter”