January 15, 1971 –George Harrison unintentionally rewrites the song He’s So Fine and releases it as My Sweet Lord on this date. Bright Tunes Music, the owner of the publishing rights, sued Harrison because this sounded too much like the 1963 Chiffons hit He’s So Fine. The trial took place February 23-25, with various expertContinue reading “Oh that silly Beatle”
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Let’s Be Careful Out There
January 15, 1981 – Hill Street Blues premiered on NBC on this date. The exterior shots of the Hill Street station were those of an actual Chicago police station. Now no longer used by the city, it was at one time the home of the 7th District, located near the old Maxwell Street Market, andContinue reading “Let’s Be Careful Out There”
The Rolling Stones couldn’t sing their filthy song
January 15, 1967 –Ed Sullivan, when he wasn’t fall down drunk, swore a lot. He swore that his arch-rival, Walter Winchell was a goddamned bastard. He swore that his ‘so called friend‘ J Edgar Hoover was a goddamned transvestite but surprising spry in his cha-cha heels. And he swore that those goddamned filthy limey boys,Continue reading “The Rolling Stones couldn’t sing their filthy song”
Stupid record buying public.
January 14, 1956 –Little Richard released Tutti Frutti on this date, (to fully take advantage of the healing powers of Little Richard, much like Elvis – you must remove all your clothing (underwears optional) and dance around the house, continually touching your afflicted regions.) This song introduced Little Richard’s famous “Whooooo,” and also a bigContinue reading “Stupid record buying public.”
They really earned their moniker, ‘capricious and arbitrary’
January 14, 1981 –This was the date television died. The FCC freed stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish, and removed any obligation to allocate time for news or public affairs programming.
First time we went to our favorite junkyard
January 14, 1972 –Sanford and Son, featuring comedian Redd Foxx (whose last name was really Sanford) and Demond Wilson, premiered on NBC-TV on this date. Throughout the series, whenever Lamont threatened to move out, or things did not go Fred’s way, he would clutch his chest and fake a heart attack, shouting variations of “HearContinue reading “First time we went to our favorite junkyard”
Humphrey DeForest Bogart
January 14, 1957 –I should never have switched from scotch to martinis Humphrey Bogart, the Greatest Male Star of All Time, model for the Gerber baby and founding member of the Hollywood Rat Pack (a phrase coined by Lauren Bacall) finally decided to let the world catch up with his three drink lead and succumbsContinue reading “Humphrey DeForest Bogart”
Great dangers give birth to great resolutions.
For those of you not following that new fangled Gregorian Calendar (and still keep stock with the Julienne Calendar), it’s January First. Happy New Year If you need to, please feel free to call in sick today and explain to them that it’s Orthodox New Years Day in your religion (but remember that you usedContinue reading “Great dangers give birth to great resolutions.”
You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at once.
The Asian Lunar New Years is 16 days away. Valentine’s Day is 32 days away. Mardi Gras is 50 days away. And today is Old New Years Eve (Old Style Calendar.) Feel free to forget it’s ‘Dry January‘
Today is National Rubber Ducky Day
You may ask why? … because that’s what Ernie says! While scrubbing himself clean at bath time and singing that song we all know from Sesame Street, Ernie said January 13th is his favorite bath time toy’s birthday. The rubber ducky was first patented in 1928 by Landon Smart Lawrence. They are most often usedContinue reading “Today is National Rubber Ducky Day”
