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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 “It is the working man who is the happy man.”

September 3, 1939 –Germany continued its invasion of Poland even though Britain had asked it very nicely to stop. This upset the British sensibility. They declared war on Germany. France followed suit six hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada, making this the official launch of World War II inContinue reading “Europe heads into another World War”

The Temptations sing, It was the 3rd of September, that day I’ll always remember in their song Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone. This was written by the Motown songwriters Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, and produced by Whitfield. It was first recorded by The Undisputed Truth, but Whitfield also had The Temptations record it, withContinue reading “Mama, I’m depending on you”

September 3, 1983 –One of the songs that defined MTV in the 80s, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by the Eurythmics, gave them their only US No. 1 hit, on this date. In 1978, Squeeze had a UK hit with Take Me I’m Yours, which features the line “Dreams are made of this” inContinue reading “Sweet Dreams topped the charts”

September 3, 1928 –In San Francisco, Philo Farnsworth demonstrates a television system featuring his Image Dissector camera tube to the press for the first time. The system delivered 20 pictures per second, enough to convince the eye it was looking at motion rather than a series of stills. The San Francisco Chronicle lauded the achievementContinue reading “Farnsworth demonstrates his new fangled invention”

September 3, 1964 –The Animals charted No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their hit The House Of The Rising Sun, on this date. 1) The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. “The House Of The Rising Sun” was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means “Rising Sun” inContinue reading “The House Of The Rising Sun topped the charts”

September 2, 2005 –If you ever need the definition of ‘deer in the headlights‘ moment, just watch Mike Meyers in this clip. On NBC’s Concert for Hurricane Relief, Kanye West stated that “George Bush doesn’t care about black people”. The comment went out live on the US east coast, but was cut from a tapedContinue reading “Speaking truth to power … Kanye style”

September 2, 1950 – Here is one of my favorite non Bug Bunny Looney Tunes; the classic Daffy/ Porky outing, The Ducksters, was released on this date. On the game show Porky Pig wins: 1. The Rocky Mountains2. A 17 – Jewel half Nelson3. The La Brea Tar Pits4. The Rock of Gibraltar5. 600 gallonsContinue reading “If your eagle’s hands are dirty, we’ll wash them clean….”

September 2, 1949 –Carol Reed’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s post war thriller, The Third Man, starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, and Orson Welles, opened in London of this date. During the shooting of the film, the final scene was the subject of a dispute between Graham Greene, who wanted the happy ending ofContinue reading “The Third Man premiered”

September 1, 1938 – Frank Capra bounced back from the disastrous reviews of Lost Horizon, released the previous year, with You Can’t Take It with You, which opened in NYC on this date. Shortly before filming began, Lionel Barrymore lost the use of his legs to crippling arthritis and a hip injury. To accommodate him,Continue reading “You Can’t Take It with You premiered”