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There are 200 days until New Year’s Eve! Reservations are still available – Plan accordingly

It’s the feast day of Saint Anthony of Padua. One of the most beloved of saints, his images and statues are ubiquitous. Proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on January 16, 1946, he is sometimes called the Evangelical Doctor. He is especially invoked for the recovery of things lost (I’ve often wondered if Marcel ProustContinue reading “The breadth of charity widens the narrow heart of the sinner.”

June 13, 1952 –The seventh collaboration of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, Pat and Mike, was released on this date. The husband and wife writing team of Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon were close friends of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. They wrote this script especially for them to capture the essence of their real-lifeContinue reading “Pat and Mike premiered”

June 13, 1980 –Meatloaf displayed the range of his talents when he played a roadie in the film Roadie, which opened in the U.S. on this date. It’s been mistakenly reported that screenplay was inspired by Alice Cooper’s 1977 song Road Rats (a tune about roadies which he re-recorded for the film). Originally, Cooper’s roleContinue reading “Roadie premiered”

June 12, 1989 –The short lived TV comedy series Doctor, Doctor starring Matt Frewer, premiered on CBS TV on this date It series was picked up for a full season the following fall. A second season followed in fall 1990, but the show was cancelled at the end of the 1990-1991 season, due to lowContinue reading “Doctor Doctor debuted”

June 12, 1987 –20th Century Fox releases the science fiction action film Predator, directed John McTiernan and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, and Kevin Peter Hall, in the U.S. on this date. Jesse Ventura was delighted to find out from the wardrobe department that his arms were one inchContinue reading “Predator premiered”

Just read a McSweeney’s article, What Your Favorite Classic Rock Band Says About You, and I’m laughing so hard, I’m crying – Steely Dan: You have snorted cocaine off a copy of Remembrance of Things Past.

It should NOT be National German Chocolate Cake Day today, but German’s Chocolate Cake Day. (German chocolate, and German chocolate cake – actually that is incorrect, the man who developed this chocolate was Samuel German – it has nothing to do with Germany, so it should be German’s Chocolate and German’s Chocolate cake). You mayContinue reading “Today’s correction”

June 11 is an important day for American football fans and seems almost inevitably slated to someday become a national holiday. It’s the birthdays of Vince Lombardi (1913) and Joe Montana (1956). Mr Lombardi played at Fordham University and was a Latin and chemistry teacher in New Jersey before becoming the head coach of theContinue reading “OTD in Sports History”

June 11, 1962 –The musical comedy/variety TV special starring Julie Andrews & Carol Burnett, Julie & Carol at Carnegie Hall, aired on CBS TV on this date. At one point Carol Burnett “accidentally” hit’s Julie Andrews’ in the stomach while taking a bow (this was scripted as part of the number they had just performed).Continue reading “The first Julie Andrews/ Carol Burnett special premiered”