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April 2, 1968 –Stanley Kubrick’s influential science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, premiered in Washington D.C. on this date. Stanley Kubrick calculated that it would take one person 13 years to hand draw and paint all the mattes needed to insert the assorted spacecraft into the starry backgrounds. Kubrick hired 12 other people, and didContinue reading “The terrors of AI were first revealed”

April 2, 1971 – The last episode of the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, which aired on ABC-TV, was shown on this date. Due to the grueling five-shows-a-week schedule, the expense and the difficulty of video editing in those days, most scenes were shot in a single take. Actors and actresses routinely flubbed their linesContinue reading “The finale of Dark Shadows”

April 2, 1948 – I Taw a Putty Tat, another classic Sylvester and Tweety cartoon, premiered on this date. Look for the first appearance of Hector the Bulldog.

… you can’t expect to control your life. – Bill WattersonAccording to the Nation Peanut Board, Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches are good for the planet. It takes fewer than five gallons of fresh water to produce one ounce of peanuts, and peanuts add beneficial nutrients to the soil. Today is Peanut Butter and JellyContinue reading “If you can’t control your peanut butter ….”

When you woke up this morning, one of your first thoughts probably was probably, Did the kids find all the hidden Easter eggs?. Don’t worry, you’ll know soon enough. But anyway, it’s April (again.) April is National Poetry Month It is a cruel month – usually mixing memory with tax payments (hopefully you’ve heard thatContinue reading “Life’s transformations are beautiful and inevitable.”

April 1, 1976 – Five years after the infamous trial, CBS aired a made-for-television movie Helter Skelter, about the Charles Manson Family murders, on this date. Steve Railsback received so much critical acclaim for his portrayal of Charles Manson that major movie studios later offered him several roles as villains and killers in theatrically-released movies.Continue reading “Helter Skelter premiered”

April 1, 1978 – Tonight was the last time you could play the original version of the game, ‘Hi Bob‘ because the final episode of The Bob Newhart Show aired on this date. Over the course of the series, the phrase, “Hi, Bob” was said 256 times. Howard Borden (Bill Daily) said it a totalContinue reading “The finale of The Bob Newhart Show”

April 1, 2007 –Showing her very acute sense of irony, Alanis Morissette transforms the Black Eyed Peas’ song My Humps into a mournful piano ballad for an April Fools’ Day prank. The accompanying music video debuts on YouTube on this date and became a viral sensation, garnering millions of views.

March 31, 1994 –Madonna appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman on this date. She dropped the f-bomb more than a dozen times, exchanged less- than-friendly barbs with Dave and then stubbornly refused to leave the set. This made the episode the most censored in American network television talk-show history; it also resulted inContinue reading “Oh, that wacky Madonna”

March 31, 1987 – US network television’s very first cyberpunk series, Max Headroom premiered on ABC-TV, on this date. According to the first episode, the name “Max Headroom” came about when Edison Carter was fleeing from security guards on a motorcycle, and he ran into a parking garage exit gate labeled MAX HEADROOM. While heContinue reading “20 minutes into the future”