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October 23, 1941 –Walt Disney studios release their fourth animated film, Dumbo on this date. The first Walt Disney movie for Sterling Holloway (the Stork) and Verna Felton (the Elephant Matriarch). Both would become regulars in Disney animated films over the next 35 years.

We celebrate and honor all TV Talk Show hosts (many of whom are just getting back on their feet after the writers strike.) This very special day is celebrated on the birth date of legendary night time talk show host Johnny Carson. Carson is considered the “King of Late Night Television“. He hosted The TonightContinue reading “Today is TV Talk Show Host Day.”

October 23, 1972 –Al Green’s fifth studio album, I’m Still in Love with You (on the Hi Record Label) was released on this date. Al Green mentioned the I’m Still in Love with You album cover in his 2000 autobiography, Take Me to the River: “In my white turtleneck, white patent leather shoes with theContinue reading “I’m Still in Love with You went on sale”

I’m sure that you thought that all the excitement of the day was because it’s the anniversary of the birth of Nicolas Appert in 1752. (The year is listed in various sources as 1749, 1750 and 1752; month and day also varies in October and November). Inventor of the canning process, preserving food by sealingContinue reading “Celebrate all of this as you see fit”

October 22, 1976 – Bob Seger releases his ninth studio album (and his first studio album to credit the Silver Bullet Band,) Night Moves, on this date. It is his first studio album to make an impact outside of Michigan. The phrase “night moves” has a number of meanings, which made it an intriguing songContinue reading “The first time we made Night Moves”

October 22, 1971 –Peter Bogdanovich’s break out film, The Last Picture Show starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, and Cybill Shepherd, opened on this date. Cloris Leachman’s last scene in the movie was printed on the first take without any previous rehearsals. She wanted to rehearse the scene, but directorContinue reading “The Last Picture Show premiered”

October 22, 1948 –Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger technicolor fever dream about the world of ballet, The Red Shoes, starring Moira Shearer and Anton Walbrook, opened in New York City on this date. Little girls and boys were forever ensnared in it’s magical, evil web. Much to his surprise, Michael Powell had great difficulty persuadingContinue reading “We put on The Red Shoes for the first time”

October 22, 1962 –President John F. Kennedy appeared on television, on this date, to inform Americans of the existence of Soviet missiles in Cuba. The President demanded their removal and announced a naval “quarantine” of Cuba. A little more than a year later, the nation was safe but the president was dead.

October 21, 1954 –The episode of Climax!, an anthology series – broadcast live, on this evening was the first time James Bond (Barry Nelson) appeared on-screen in Casino Royale, and more than half a century later Bond is still making movies. The program was thought to be lost for decades until it resurfaced in 1981Continue reading “The first appearance of James Bond (on TV)”

October 21, 1964 –Possibly the most fully realized movie musical, My Fair Lady debuted at the Criterion Theater in New York, on this date. When Audrey Hepburn (Eliza Doolittle) was first informed that her voice wasn’t strong enough and that she would have to be dubbed, she walked out. She returned the next day and,Continue reading “My Fair Lady premiered”