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June 9, 1947 –Another of Orson Welles‘ (The patron saint of Independent film makers) mangled studio films The Lady from Shanghai was released on this date. Orson Welles’ original rough cut of this picture ran 155 minutes (the released version ran 92 minutes). Numerous cuts made by Columbia Pictures executives included a shortening of theContinue reading “The Lady from Shanghai premiered”

June 9, 1946 –The first car commercial on television for Chevrolet aired on this date. The live ad was the start of the car company’s sponsorship of a series of variety shows that aired in four cities on the DuMont network. (this is obvious not the actual commercial) The ad marked Chevrolet’s first regular sponsorshipContinue reading “The first commercial for a car company”

June 9, 1978 –The Rolling Stones‘ 14th British and 16th American studio album, Some Girls, was released on this date. The album cover was a parody of a newspaper ad for wigs, but the women wearing the wigs were celebrities like Raquel Welch, Lucille Ball, and Farrah Fawcett. They had to remove the famous womenContinue reading “Some Girls went on sale”

Keep checking the cloudy skies! Bunkies, take the warnings about the air quality problems seriously.

June 8, 1968 –The Rolling Stones released Jumpin’ Jack Flash on this date. This was intended for Beggar’s Banquet, but they left it off the album and released it as a single because The Stones were very pleased with the results. One year later on this date, founding member Brian Jones quit (some say ‘pushedContinue reading “Jumpin’ Jack Flash went on sale”

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”