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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.”

Janury 13, 1968 –The Beatles’ non-album single Hello Goodbye was #1 on the Billboard charts for the third week in a row, becoming the band’s 15th American chart-topper. (It was the first single that The Beatles released after the death Brian Epstein.) John Lennon hated the song. He viewed it as an inconsequential song ofContinue reading “You say, “Yes”, I say, “No””

January 13, 1967 –Decca Records released The Rolling Stones single, Let’s Spend The Night Together, (the b-side was Ruby Tuesday,) in the UK on this date, It’s pretty obvious what’s going on in this song, as Mick Jagger makes a play to bed down a lovely lady. All this talk of “satisfying her every need”Continue reading “Don’t you worry ’bout what’s on your mind,”

January 13, 1945 – One of the ‘banned’ World War II Looney Tunes cartoons, Herr meets Hare, opened on this date. This cartoon marks the first appearance of Bugs’ classic “left turn at Albuquerque” joke. The cartoon was finally broadcast in its entirety in July, 2001, on a special episode of the Cartoon Network’s programContinue reading “The infamous Herr Meets Hare premiered”

January 13, 1966 –Samantha gave birth to a baby girl, Tabitha on the ABC-TV program Bewitched (entitled, And Then There Were Three,) on this date. This is the first appearance of Cousin Serena, who would be a recurring character for the remainder of the series.

January 13, 1989 – British comedy sketch show series A Bit of Fry and Laurie starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie debuts on BBC1 on this date. Stephen Fry was never able to convincingly fake hitting someone, so often he genuinely hit Hugh Laurie while filming the sketches.

January 12, 2007 –Concert violinist Joshua Bell, played for free, for 45 minutes, on a violin worth 3.5 million dollars at a subway station in a DC Metro station on this date. Of the 1,097 people who passed by Bell, only seven stopped to listen him play, including a 3-year old boy, and only oneContinue reading “A surprise is always around the corner”

January 12, 1944 – Probably Alfred Hitchcock’s most underrated film, Lifeboat, opened in NYC on this date. This movie was shot entirely on a restricted set in which the boat was secured in a large studio tank. Alfred Hitchcock, always striving for realism, insisted that the boat never remain stationary and that there always beContinue reading “Hitchcock made his cameo appearance”

January 12, 1967 – You’re pretty high and far out son, what kind of kick are you on son? Dragnet reappeared in color when their iconic episode The LSD Story premiered on this date. When the revival was in the planning stages, Jack Webb had originally planned on bringing in his former co-star Ben AlexanderContinue reading “Dragnet… now in color”

January 12, 1992 – “… My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you’d like to hear it I can sing it for you.” The HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer) 9000 computer became operational in the HAL plant in Urbana, Illinois, on this date in the film, 2001, AContinue reading “The Robot Wars started on this date”