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May 2, 1942 –The Looney Tunes short, Daffy’s Southern Exposure, directed by Norman McCabe, and starring Daffy Duck, debuted on this date. This is also Daffy’s first solo short in the Looney Tunes series. He was previously paired with Porky for Looney Tunes shorts and had four solo Merrie Melodies shorts before this.

The 152th annual Kentucky Derby, usually held on the first Saturday in May, is surprisingly happening today (the first Saturday in May.) Not that we’ve been following racing much this year – but we have a soft spot in our heart for Potente. (He was an adorable puppy btw.)

May 2, 1946 – James M. Cain’s excellent film noir, The Postman Always Rings Twice, directed by Tay Garnett and starring Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames and Audrey Totter opened on this date. The on-set sexual tension between John Garfield and Lana Turner was clear to all involved with theContinue reading “The Postman Always Rings Twice premiered”

May 2, 1997 –New Line Cinema released Jay Roach’s mega-hit Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery starring Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, and Michael York, on this date. Mike Myers originally wanted Jim Carrey to play Dr. Evil, but Carrey eventually passed, due to scheduling conflicts with the film, Liar Liar. Myers then took the iconicContinue reading “Oh, behave”

The month of May takes its name from Maia, the Greek goddess of growth and the mother of Hermes. Fittingly, May marks the height of spring’s renewal. It’s the fifth month in both the Gregorian and Julian calendars—a surprisingly consistent detail in the ever-shifting world of timekeeping. Curiously, May carries an old superstition: it’s consideredContinue reading “The bridge between winter and summer”

May 1, 1978 –The bio-pix Wilde, (about the Irish writer Oscar Wilde,) directed by Brian Gilbert, and starring Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Gemma Jones, Judy Parfitt, Michael Sheen, Zoë Wanamaker, and Tom Wilkinson opened in the US on this date. Stephen Fry admits he was nervous about the love scenes withContinue reading “Wilde premiered”

May 1, 1974 –The Columbia Pctures comedy The Lords of Flatbush, directed by Martin Davidson and Stephen F. Verona, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Perry King, Paul Mace, Henry Winkler, and Susan Blakely, opened in New York City on this date. When Sylvester Stallone was making Rocky, the producers showed the studio this film so theyContinue reading “The Lords of Flatbush premiered”

May 1, 1941 – A young filmmaker, obsessed with his debut project, reportedly drank over 30 cups of coffee a day, pushing himself into caffeine poisoning. Switching to tea in hopes the brewing time would slow him down, he undermined the plan by having an assistant make it—so efficiently that he drank so much hisContinue reading “I think it would be fun to run a newspaper”

May 1, 1976 –The seventh studio album from Led Zeppelin, Presence went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. Robert Plant and his wife were in a car crash while on holiday in Greece which broke Plant’s ankle. Instead of touring the US, Plant and Jimmy Page wrote material for Presence, thenContinue reading “Presence topped the charts”

May 1, 1948 – The Merrie Melodies short, Nothing but the Tooth, directed by Arthur Davis, and starring Porky Pig, debuted on this date. This short is seldom aired on TV due to racial stereotyping of Native Americans. A billboard placed by Warren & Foster (a reference to Warren Foster) is shown in the sceneContinue reading “Nothing but the Tooth premiered”