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June 8, 1984 –Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria! Ivan Reitman’s comedy – horror film, Ghostbusters, premiered on this date. According to an interview with Mix Magazine Online, Ray Parker Jr. tried to create a song for the movie for 2 days. At 4:30 am, he saw a commercial for a drainContinue reading “Ghostbusters was first called”

June 8, 1946 – The very funny Looney Tunes cartoon, Kitty Kornered, was released on this date. It have a number of firsts going for it:1.) It’s the first appearance of Sylvester the Cat (as this point unnamed) in a Warner Bros. cartoon.2.) It’s the first pairing of Porky and Sylvester.

Today is National Name Your Poison Day. As described on many websites, “… National Name Your Poison Day is observed each year on June 8. Over the years, bartenders have been known to use the phrase, “name your poison,” when asking patrons what they would like to drink. This observation celebrates that phrase and isContinue reading “Bombay Sapphire, Straight Up, Bone Dry, Olives”

June 7, 1969 – The Johnny Cash Show, a summer replacement for ABC’s Hollywood Palace variety program, debuted on this date, with performances by Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. Dylan, who met Cash at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival, was making his first public performance since the Woody Guthrie benefit in January 1968. He performedContinue reading “The Johnny Cash Show premiered”

June 7, 1975 –Sony releases Betamax videocassette recorder, the first home video format, in Japan, on this date. The recorder goes on sale to the public for $995.00. Almost a year to the day later, JVC will introduce a competing format called the Video Home System (VHS). VHS will ultimately surpass the Betamax format inContinue reading “Betamax debuted”

June 6, 1944 –79 years ago today, the largest seaborne invasion in history began – the allied invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord.) The date is also commonly known as D-Day. The military calls the date of every major operation D-Day, probably to confuse the enemy. This would have been especially confusing in Normandy, which isContinue reading “Operation Overlord commenced”

June 6, 1997 –Farrah Fawcett made a bizarre appearance on the Late Show With David Letterman, on this date. She went on long tirades and story-telling sprees that made little to no sense and was distracted by blinking lights in the studio. (It should be noted that Dave was unusually kind to her throughout theContinue reading “Farrah’s unfortunate appearance on Letterman”

June 6, 1983 – Reading Rainbow, hosted by Levar Burton premiered on PBS on this date While developing the show, the creators of Reading Rainbow met with Fred Rogers and Joan Ganz Cooney of Sesame Street and The Electric Company fame to find out how to make more engaging television programming.

June 6, 1972David Bowie released The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars on this date. Ziggy Stardust is a character Bowie created with the help of his then-wife, Angela. The character’s name was inspired by the ‘60s psychobilly musician, Legendary Stardust Cowboy. Bowie performed under the Stardust persona for aboutContinue reading “Ziggy Stardust went on sale”

June 6, 1999 –Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen), on this date. Actor Lee Perry read the narrative. The backing is the choral version of ‘Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good)‘, a 1991 song by Rozalla, used in the film William Shakespeare’s Romeo +Continue reading “(Attention Class of 2023)”