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November 7, 1965 –The Pillsbury Doughboy made its first appearance on this date. You may refer to the creature as IT; marketing may call it a Doughboy but there is no evidence of genitalia.

November 7, 1997 – PolyGram Filmed Entertainment released the comedy Bean, directed by Mel Smith and starring Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, Pamela Reed, Harris Yulin, Sandra Oh and Burt Reynolds, on this date. The producers were initially looking for an unknown actor to play General Newton. But being a fan of the series, Mr. Bean,Continue reading “Bean premiered”

November 6, 1965 –The Rolling Stones song Get Off of My Cloud became their second song to hit #1 on the Billboard charts on this date. There was a bit of controversy over this song, as it sounded like it could be about drugs. Some radio stations shied away from the song.

November 6, 1948 – Sylvester in his prime – Kit for Cat, premiered on this date. The actors in the radio drama, Mel Blanc and Bea Benaderet, call each other by their real first names, Melvin and Beatrice.

November 6, 1968 –The Columbia Pictures cult classic film (although it’s not what they wanted,) Head, starring The Monkees, Victor Mature and with cameos by Jack Nicholson, Teri Garr, Carol Doda, Annette Funicello, Frank Zappa, Sonny Liston, Dennis Hopper and Toni Basil, opened to an unsuspecting public on this date. The Coca-Cola Company reportedly wasn’tContinue reading “Head premiered”

November 6, 1947 –Meet the Press, the longest-running show on network TV, premiered on NBC-TV on this date. Meet the Press made its initial debut two years earlier – as a radio program American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press with Martha Rountree and Lawrence Spivak as producers.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting. – Charles Bukowski Congratulate yourself if you voted yesterday. I’m hoping all of you Bunkies did.

No matter who you’re going to vote for, even writing Rick Astley as a write-in candidate – Vote! Remember that voting is one of the only civic responsibilities you have as a citizen. (a brief aside – Apparently on Election Day in 1758, George Washington used his campaign budget (50 pounds) to purchase 160 gallonsContinue reading “It’s not the voting that’s democracy; it’s the counting”

November 5, 1956 –The Nat King Cole Show debuted on NBC-TV on this date. The Cole program was the first of its kind hosted by an African-American. In the 1956 season, the show had a 15-minute running time. It was expanded to a 30-minute segment in 1957. The show originally aired without a sponsor, butContinue reading “Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark”

November 5, 1938 – A very funny (but very un PC) B and W Looney Tunes Cartoon, Porky in Egypt, premiered on this date. The camel steals the cartoon. Unfortunately, the camel never followed up his star turn in this one.