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February 18, 1983 –Martin Scorsese’s black comedy, The King of Comedy, starring Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis and Sandra Bernhard premiered in the US on this date. Martin Scorsese said later that making this film was an “unsettling” experience, in part because of the embarrassing, bitter material of the script. Scorsese said that he andContinue reading “A surprisingly serious turn by Jerry Lewis”

The Eighth day of the Lunar New Year is believed to be the birthday of millet, an important crop in ancient China. According to the folk proverbs, if this day is bright and clear, then this whole year will be a harvest year; however, if this day is cloudy or even rainy, then the wholeContinue reading “Anyone have any good millet recipes?”

February 17, 1997 –Mike Nesmith directed himself and the other original Monkees in Hey, Hey, It’s the Monkees, a one-hour comedy special which premiered on ABC, on this date. The special assumes the Monkees have been living in their beach house all the years since the series ended and have continued having adventures. This oneContinue reading “Hey, hey we’re the Monkees, again”

February 17, 1990 –Aerosmith appeared on Saturday Night Live on this date. They performed the Wayne’s World theme song while appearing in the skit as themselves.

February 17, 1971 –Boston native James Taylor made his primetime television debut on the Johnny Cash Show, on this date. Other guest on the show that evening included Neil Young and Linda Ronstadt.

February 16, 1899 –Félix François Faure, President of France and the owner of the most audacious mustache in the late 19th century, died suddenly from a massive heart attack in his private offices while in the act of some sort of sexual congress with the notable courtesan, Marguerite Steinheil on this date. Apparently when FaureContinue reading “What a way to go!”

February 16, 600 – (we can probably assume this date was correctly denoted. Let’s hope, since this involves a pope, most of the people there were not involved in a orgy and had the time to write this down.) Pope Gregory the Great declared “God bless you” to be the correct response to a sneeze.Continue reading “Gesundheit”

The seventh day of the Lunar New Year is commonly referred to as “Ren Ri” (the day of human), because according to the legend, Nu Wa ( a Goddess in Chinese mythology who is believed to create the world and human beings) created human beings on the seventh day. Legend has it that Nüwa createdContinue reading “Patience, there’ll be a slice for everyone”

February 16, 1974 –Bob Dylan’s fourteenth studio album, Planet Waves, was No. 1 on the Billboard Charts, (his first No. 1 album,) on this date. The album was Dylan’s first studio recording in nearly four years and he reunited with The Band.

February 16, 1967 –The titanic battle of outrageous toupees began on this date. The Star Trek episode, Space Seed, premiered on NBC-TV on this date. In it, the crew re-awaken a ship of Augments from Earth’s eugenics war during the 1990s, including their leader, Khan Noonien Singh. Ricardo Montalban was always the first choice forContinue reading “The tensile strength of their man girdles was palpable”