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September 7, 1963 –The first animated cartoon series to be imported from Japan, Astro Boy was broadcast on NBC-TV on this date. The Japanese version originally didn’t have a theme song, it wasn’t until the success of the American theme song that they came up with one for the Japanese version.

September 7, 1963 – The Merrie Melodies short, The Unmentionables, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Bugs Bunny, Rocky and Mugsy, was released on this date. This short has Rocky and Mugsy in their final appearance.

September 7, 1935 – The Merrie Melodies short, The Lady in Red, directed by Friz Freleng, was released on this date. The Lady In Red was a smash hit for Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra, peaking at #3 on Billboard’s Hit Parade in 1935.

September 7, 1984 –The low budget sci-fi classic, The Brother from Another Planet, written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Joe Morton, Darryl Edwards, Steve James, Bill Cobbs, and David Strathairn, was released on this date. John Sayles financed most of this movie himself. Sayles has describes this movie as being about the immigrantContinue reading “The Brother from Another Planet premiered”

We here at ACME hope that you’re enjoying your last hot dog and ice cold beer of the summer today, (hopefully you’re using ACME Split Buns to slip your ACME Snappy Weinie – The Almost 100% all beef frank (but hey don’t ask what the other stuff in it is) – in our well butteredContinue reading “Work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness”

September 7, 1991 –The pilot episode of the sequel to the series WKRP In Cinninati, The New WKRP in Cincinnati, starring Gordon Jump, Richard Sanders, Frank Bonner, Mykelti Williamson, Tawny Kitaen, and French Stewart, debuted on CBS TV on this date. Gordon Jump, Frank Bonner, and Richard Sanders reprised their roles from the original show,Continue reading “WKRP In Cinninati premiered once again”

September 6, 1940 –Part of the Charlie Chan detective series, Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum, directed by Lynn Shores and starring Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, C. Henry Gordon, and Marc Lawrence, was released on this date. This was the 25th of 47 Charlie Chan movies.

September 6, 1944 – Billy Wilder’s film-noir classic, Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson, opened in NYC on this date. Author James M. Cain later admitted that if he had come up with some of the solutions to the plot that screenwriters Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler did, he wouldContinue reading “Only you’re a little more rotten.”

September 6, 1947 – The Merrie Melodies short, House Hunting Mice, directed by Chuck Jones, and featuring Hubie and Bertie, was released on this date. This short was a follow up to the 1939 short Dog Gone Modern, which featured two dogs exploring an “automatic house“

September 6, 1976 –Fleetwood Mac’s tenth studio album , Fleetwood Mac, went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. It was their second eponymous album, (which was also known as their White Album); their first being the band’s debut from 1968. This was the first Fleetwood Mac album to feature Lindsey BuckinghamContinue reading “Monday morning you sure look fine”