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January 19, 1949 –The music I heard growing up, since there was no TV or cinema or record covers, I didn’t know if it was black, white, hip, square, male, female… whatever. I’d hear melodies and things and got intrigued on that level.. Robert Palmer, blue-eyed soul singer, was born on this date.

January 19, 1935 –During a Chicago snow storm, Marshall Field’s State Street store featured a display window with a brief-wearing mannequin. Surprizingly enough, Coopers Inc. sold the world’s first jockey briefs, on this date. Designed by an apparel engineer named Arthur Kneibler, the briefs dispensed with leg sections. The company dubbed the design the Jockey,Continue reading “A Brief History”

January 19, 1967 –Lesley Gore shows up on the Batman TV series, playing Catwoman’s sidekick, Pussycat, on this date. She sang her new single California Nights on the show. TV doesn’t get much stranger that this.

January 19, 1952 – In the first match-up between Wile E. Coyote and Bugs Bunny, Operation: Rabbit, directed by Chuck Jones, premiered on this date. This was the second cartoon to feature Wile E. Coyote (following 1949’s Fast and Furry-ous), and the first in which he is identified by his full name. It is alsoContinue reading “Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Mud.”

January 19, 1957 –Ernie Kovacs burst into the public consciousness with the comedy special, The Silent Show, first aired on this date. It was filmed for broadcast first, in color, on the NBC network in 1957. A second version of the show was created on videotape and broadcast November 10, 1961, on the ABC network.Continue reading “Saturday Color Carnival premiered”

January 19, 1940 –Any resemblance between the characters in this picture and any persons, living or dead, is a miracle. The Three Stooges short You Nazty Spy! about the Nazis released on this date. Filmed in 1939, not released until 1940, the film was the first Hollywood film to spoof Adolf Hitler, released nine monthsContinue reading “Moronika for Morons”

January 18, 1958 –Afro-Canadian Willie O’Ree was the very first black player in the NHL Signed by Boston Bruins he made his NHL debut with the Bruins on this date, against the Montreal Canadiens. O’Ree appeared in two games that year playing as a winger, and came back in 1961 to play 43 games, scoringContinue reading “William Eldon O’Ree”

January 18, 1980 –Pink Floyd’s album, The Wall hit #1 on the Billboard Charts, on this day. It remained there for an astounding 15 weeks straight. Despite Roger Waters’ clear ambivalence towards his audience, new and old fans alike found the album appealing: The Wall sold 11 million copies stateside and 20 million copies worldwide.

January 18, 1978 –Warren Zevon third studio album, Excitable Boy, was released on this date. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career. Co-produced by Jackson Browne, the album is laced with such horror-tinged songs like Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner, Werewolves Of London and the title track,Continue reading “Endorsed by Patty Hearst personally”

January 18, 1973 – The third season finale of Monty Python, The British Showbiz Awards (aka Grandstand,), aired on the BBC on this date Eric Idle portrays “Dickie Attenborough,” a clear reference to Richard Attenborough, who also sometimes went by Dickie. His brother, David Attenborough, worked at the BBC and actually gave this series theContinue reading “We got to see just how dirty the vicar really was”