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June 23, 1984 –Duran Duran started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with The Reflex, the group’s first US No.1, was taken from their third album, Seven and the Ragged Tiger. Instead of staying on brand by shooting in an exotic locale, the music video was shot at a DuranContinue reading “The Reflex topped the charts”

June 23, 1994 –Life may or may not be a box of chocolate but Forrest Gump premiered in Los Angeles, on this date. The line, “My name is Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump,” was ad libbed by Tom Hanks while filming the scene, and director Robert Zemeckis liked it so much that heContinue reading “Forrest Gump opened”

June 23, 1989 –Tim Burton’s dark and brooding retelling of Batman, was released on this date. Michael Keaton was unable to hear while wearing the Batsuit. He said that his claustrophobia helped get him in the proper mood to play Batman. “It made me go inward and that’s how I wanted the character to beContinue reading “Tim Burton’s Batman premiered”

June 22, 1342 –Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, Shire Reckoning, after his 13 month absence, on this date. After his return to his home he never spoke of [the ring] again to anyone, save Gandalf and Frodo; and no one else in the Shire knew of its existence, or so heContinue reading “While it’s nice to travel; it’s good to be home”

June 22, 1946 – Another of the classic 40s Daffy Duck cartoons, Hollywood Daffy, was released on this date. The director of the cartoon was an uncredited effort by Friz Freleng.

June 22, 1984 –Another underdog story directed by John G. Avildsen, The Karate Kid, starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, and Elisabeth Shue, was released by Columbia Pictures on this date. The studio wanted to drop the “drunk Miyagi” scene, feeling it slowed the pace down. Director John G. Avildsen argued for it and has feltContinue reading “The Karate Kid premiered”

June 22, 1993 –Liz Phair released her debut album, Exile In Guyville, on this date. The indie rocker approached the project as a track-by-track response to The Rolling Stones’ 1972 album, Exile On Main St. Her candid perspective on sex and relationships earns her favor with critics and a growing fanbase and Guyville is hailedContinue reading “Exile In Guyville went on sale”

Today is the anniversary of the Cleveland, Ohio’s Cuyahoga River catching fire in 1969. If that is too disturbing a holiday to commemorate, it’s also National Chocolate Eclair Day. While the eclair is a delicious dessert, their charms escape me. Maybe it’s the fake vanilla pudding most bakeries use rather than Bavarian cream.

June 21, 1969 –In an ill-advised attempted to make the British royal family seem more ‘approachable‘, the BBC airs the documentary Royal Family, on this date. Created at the behest of Queen Elizabeth, eager to humanize the Royal Family at a time of social upheaval, it only aired twice. The Queen concluded that it demystifiedContinue reading “Royal Family premiered”

June 21, 1985 –Ettore ‘Hector’ Boiardi – that jovial, mustachioed Italian chef, better known as Chef Boyardee, died on this date. In Italy, Hector started as a chef’s apprentice at age 11. In America, he took jobs in Greenbrier, West Virginia and New York City, and by age 17 had become a chef at NewContinue reading “Chef Boyardee was a real person”