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March 4, 1950 – One of the classic Chuck Jones Looney Tunes cartoons, The Scarlet Pumpernickel, was released on this date. This was another show I was not allowed to watch with my family because I laughed too loudly. By all means, please, stop eating or drinking while watching this cartoon, you may injury yourself.Continue reading “That’s funny. That never happens to Errol Flynn.”

Today is my favorite day – March 4th It’s the day that tells you to do something.

March 3, 1931 – An English beer drinking song became the National Anthem of the United States on this date. The lyrics to said drinking song are – To Anacreon in heaven where he sat in full glee,A few sons of harmony sent a petition,That he their inspirer and patron would be,When this answer arrivedContinue reading “Please rise …”

March 3, 1972 –Elton John released the song Rocket Man, (officially titled Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time), on this date. The inspiration for Bernie Taupin’s lyrics was the short story The Rocket Man, written by Ray Bradbury. The sci-fi author’s tale is told from the perspective of aContinue reading “It’s lonely out in space”

March 3, 1985 –ABC-TV unleashed Bruce Willis, Cybill Shepherd and the crew from the Blue Moon Detective Agency onto an unsuspecting world, when it premiered the pilot episode of Moonlighting on this date. Bruce Willis was the very last of about 3,000 actors to audition for the role of David Addison, Jr.

March 3, 1933 –W.C. Fields classic short, The Fatal Glass of Beer, debuted on this date. In Fields’ first sound film, The Golf Specialist there is a wanted poster of Fields which shows him in his Fatal Glass of Beer costume. It evidently was taken from an earlier stage presentation of the classic Fields sketch.

March 2, 1940 – The Looney Tunes short, Elmer’s Candid Camera, directed by Chuck Jones, and featuring the newly redesigned Elmer Fudd for the first time, debuted on this date. Elmer Fudd evolved from Egghead, a character created by Tex Avery in the mid-‘30s. In this cartoon, Elmer still wears the same attire (derby hat,Continue reading “Elmer’s Candid Camera premiered”

March 2, 1991 –Chris Isaak’s single Wicked Game reached the #6 position on the US Billboard charts, on this date. Lee Chesnut, who was music director of an Atlanta radio station and a huge fan of David Lynch films, helped popularize this song when he added it to his playlist after watching Wild At Heart.Continue reading “This world is only gonna break your heart”

March 2, 1939 –The first of many collaborations between John Ford and John Wayne, Stagecoach, went into general release on this date. The hat that John Wayne wears was his own. He would wear it in many westerns during the next two decades before retiring it after Howard Hawks’ Rio Bravo because it was simplyContinue reading “Stagecoach opened”

March 2, 2009 – Jimmy Fallon premiered on the third incarnation of the Late Night franchise, first hosted by David Letterman, followed by Conan O’Brien, on this date. In 2013, Fallon was selected by NBC to succeed the continually retiring Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show. The last episode of Late Night underContinue reading “Jimmy Fallon first gave it a go”