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November 20, 1983 –An estimated 100 million people watched on this date, the controversial ABC-TV movie The Day After, which depicted the outbreak of nuclear holocaust in the United States. Twentieth Century Fox invited a group of scientists to preview this movie, to test their reactions to the “science” used in it. None of theContinue reading “The Day After premiered”

November 20, 1976 – Former-Beatle George Harrison appeared with Paul Simon on a Thanksgiving episode of Saturday Night Live on this date. George Harrison seemed to have misunderstood Lorne Michaels offer of the $3,000 payment for his appearance; Michaels explained to George that the $3,000 was for all four of the Beatles – making theContinue reading “A Thanksgiving treat from SNL”

You might love ’em and you find them the essential part of your feast. You might hate ’em because you think they are so caloric. I think you should find them a convenient delivery device for delicious gravy and be done with the debate. Here is a fat/ not so fat version of the deliciousContinue reading “Some of you have a love/hate relationship with Mashed Potatoes.”

November 19, 1980 –Brooke Shields was just 15 when she filmed a series of controversial Calvin Klein television commercials. ABC and CBS banned several of her Calvin Klein jean advertisement because of the highly suggestive question, “Do you know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing,” on this date.

I guess I forgot that multinational corporations join in the fun, releasing Christmas Adverts for their British audience. Coca Cola released their annual holiday advert. So everyone should remember that we all have Santa inside us. And there’s no better way to remember that than by drinking the formerly cocaine laced drink. I see. AContinue reading “In case you forgot: Coke invented Santa”

November 18, 1973 –Emerson, Lake, & Palmer release their fourth studio album, Brain Salad Surgery on this date. Karn Evil 9 became ELP’s most popular song from their most popular album. The song is most commonly interpreted as ELP’s take on a shortened history of the world into a futuristic tale.

November 19, 1959 –The first episode of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends aired on this date. The first episode, Part One of the Jet Fuel Formula story arc, was recorded in February 1958. However, subsequent episodes were not recorded until February 1959, using a different soundtrack stock. This led to some notableContinue reading “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends premiered”

November 19, 1978 –Philadelphia Eagles’ Herman Edwards returned a fumble for a touchdown with 31 seconds left to give Philadelphia a 19-17 victory over the New York Giants. The play became know as the Miracle at the Meadowlands and the play vaulted the Eagles into the postseason for the first time in 18 years, whileContinue reading “The Miracle at the Meadowlands”

If you need to bring an appetizer with you to dinner, I give you my mother’s recipe for Shrimp Dip (for more than 15 years, my mother has looking for errors in the recipes). For the rest of you, it’s perfect and perhaps you have a slight clue as to the high alcohol content ofContinue reading “A blast from the 60’s but then again, so am I.”

While not as famous as the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), The Collins Dictionary has been naming their word of the year since 2013. This year they have chosen AI as the 2023 Word of the Year. A few years back, if you mentioned the acronym “AI” in common parlance, you would have had to beContinue reading “The 2023 Collins Dictionary word of the year”