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August 23, 1985 –Atlantic Releasing Corp releases the comedy film Teen Wolf, directed by Rod Daniel and starred Michael J. Fox, on this date. Scott Howard’s (Michael J. Fox’s) house was located on the same block as 1955 George McFly’s and 1955 Lorraine Baines‘ houses from Back to the Future.

August 23, 1959 –Charlie Brown’s sister Sally was born on May 26, 1959, with Charlie Brown receiving a telephone call from the hospital and dashing out of the house yelling that he had a new baby sister. Although much talked about, and the cause for a celebration that included Charlie Brown passing out chocolate cigars,Continue reading “Sally Brown’s first appearance”

August 23, 1969 –The Rolling Stones hit, Honky Tonk Women reached number one on the pop-singles charts on this date. The single was given away to all the fans who helped clean up after The Stones free concert in Hyde Park on July 5, 1969. This was the first concert Mick Taylor played with theContinue reading “Honky Tonk Women topped the charts”

August 23, 1998 – We got to hang out with Eric Forman and his friends and family in our huckapoo shirts and polyster pants, when That 70s Show, starring Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Laura Prepon, Wilmer Valderrama, Debra Jo Rupp, and Kurtwood Smith, debuted on FOX on this date. The episodeContinue reading “That 70s Show premiered”

August 22, 1970 –Bread’s single Make It With You from their album, On the Waters, went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. Released on their second album, this was the first hit for Bread, although David Gates had some previous success as a songwriter, including the #3 hit on the USContinue reading “Make It With You topped the charts”

August 22, 1972 – The movie that introduced Monty Python and its seminal brand of comedy to American audiences, And Now for Something Completely Different, premiered in the U.S. on this date. This was the debut theatrical feature film directed by television Director Ian MacNaughton, who was also later credited for “filmed sequences” for MontyContinue reading “My hovercraft is full of eels.”

August 22, 1981 – Duran Duran had their breakthrough hit in Britain when their single Girls On Film, hits #5 in the UK, on this date. It does not chart on its US release, but surges in popularity after its music video goes into heavy rotation on MTV. (Kids, ask your folks if you’re allowedContinue reading “Girls on Film”

August 22, 1986 –Rob Reiner adaptation of the novella by Stephen King, Stand By Me, starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, and Kiefer Sutherland opened in US Theatres on this date. River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Wil Wheaton and Jerry O’Connell got into a lot of mischief in the hotel they were stayingContinue reading “Stand By Me premiered”

August 22, 1946 –The last of Alfred Hitchcock’s wartime thrillers, Notorious, opened in Los Angeles, California, on this date. The legendary on-again, off-again kiss between Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman was designed to skirt the Hayes Code that restricted kisses to no more than three seconds each.

August 22, 1893 –If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy. Dorothy Parker was born in New York City, toContinue reading “Dorothy Parker”