May 1, 1943 – The Looney Tunes short, The Wise Quacking Duck, directed by Bob Clampett, and starring Daffy Duck, debuted on this date. When dressed as a fortune teller, Daffy is imitating comedian Jerry Colonna. He even begins with one of Colonna’s signature lines: “Greetings, Gate. Let’s osculate.“
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No Parking Hare premiered
May 1, 1954 – The Looney Tunes short, No Parking Hare, directed by Robert McKimson, and starring Bugs Bunny, debuted on this date. The product supplier of choice, Acme, is used by the construction worker.
The death trap for giant apes opened
May 1, 1931 – The Empire State Building in New York City was dedicated by President Hoover from the White House in Washington DC where he pressed a button that switched on the lights. The 102 story skyscraper, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street in New York City, was the first higherContinue reading “The death trap for giant apes opened”
Love is when you take the best piece of lettuce for someone else
Lettuce take a moment to appreciate the beauty of a well-made salad. You may not have known it, but in the United States, May is National Salad Month. By an astonishing coincidence, the second full week of May is National Herb Week. It’s a time to celebrate the verdure of the earth with verdure onContinue reading “Love is when you take the best piece of lettuce for someone else”
Got to Give It Up topped the charts
April 30, 1977 –Marvin Gaye’s single Got to Give It Up went to No. 1 on the R&B charts, on this date. By the mid-’70s, Gaye and his labelmates at Motown were feeling the pressure to record dance-floor friendly hits as disco was on the rise. Gaye resisted until he had an idea to parodyContinue reading “Got to Give It Up topped the charts”
Ready.. Set.. Zoom! premiered
April 30, 1958 – The Looney Tunes short, Ready.. Set.. Zoom!, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, debuted on this date. This is the first Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoon with Wile E.’s evil face with the fangs and the sinister grin.
Porky’s Hare Hunt premiered
April 30, 1938 – Bugs Bunny first appeared, so to speak, in the cartoon short Porky’s Hare Hunt, released on this date. This short was co-directed by Cal Dalton and Ben Hardaway. The cartoon had an almost identical theme to a 1937 cartoon, Porky’s Duck Hunt, directed by Tex Avery and introducing Daffy Duck. FollowingContinue reading “Porky’s Hare Hunt premiered”
Drivin’ my train …
April 30, 1900 —John Luther “Casey” Jones was born on March 14, 1863, in southeast Missouri. While he was still a small child, his family moved to Cayce, Kentucky, which is how he got his nickname. As a boy, he liked trains – he really liked trains. In 1878, at the age of 15, heContinue reading “Drivin’ my train …”
The Noose Hangs High premiered
April 30, 1948 – Universal Pictures’ comedy The Noose Hangs High, directed by Charles Barton and starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Cathy Downs, and Joseph Calleia, opened on this date. A & C’s famous Mudder-Fodder routine is performed in this film, but strangely, Lou performs it with Leon Errol instead of Abbott. This could beContinue reading “The Noose Hangs High premiered”
Stick around for the whole movie.
April 30, 1950 –The film-noir classic, DOA, directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Edmond O’Brien, Luther Adler, and Pamela Britton went into general release on this date. When Frank Bigelow registers at the Allison Hotel in Los Angeles, the name directly above his is Russell Rouse, one of the film’s writers. Also on the registerContinue reading “Stick around for the whole movie.”
The Haus of Dcaligari 