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May 26, 1970 – The final episodes of I Dream of Jeannie, My Master The Chili King aired on this date. The Nelson home still stands on the Warner Brothers Ranch in Burbank, CA, where it has a new role as the Ranch Operations office. Aside from minor cosmetic changes, the house remains almost exactlyContinue reading “The Finale of I Dream of Jeannie”

May 26, 1979 –Blondie’s song Sunday Girl off the album Parallel Lines became the group’s second UK No.1 hit single on this date. Though never released as a single in the United States, the song became a #1 hit in the United Kingdom and in Australia. In Britain the sales were boosted by another previouslyContinue reading “Sunday Girl topped the charts”

May 26, 1972 –Mott The Hoople, on the verge of breaking up, were offered help from David Bowie, who allows them to record two songs he wrote. They pass on Suffragette City but cut All The Young Dudes, which becomes their biggest hit and revives their career. Mott The Hoople didn’t know this when theyContinue reading “All The Young Dudes recorded”

May 26, 1988 –Frank Sinatra appeared in a commercial for Michelob singing The Way You Look Tonight, as part of the brewery’s “The Night Belongs to Michelob” ad campaign. At the time, Anheuser-Busch marketing explained Sinatra’s presence in the ad, “We’re trying to show the length and breadth of ‘the night.’” That and the brewingContinue reading “Sinatra in a Michelob commercial”

Saint Vitalis of Assisi (not to be confused with St. Vitalis of Milan, patron saint of grey haired Lotharios) was an Italian hermit and monk who died in 1370. He became a saint despite an early life marked by licentiousness and immorality. However, in an attempt to atone he went on pilgrimages to various sanctuaries.Continue reading “I don’t believe the old ladies in the back of the church can help with this one”

May 25, 1979 –Twentieth Century Fox released the science fiction film Alien, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Yaphet Kotto, and John Hurt, on this date. The blue laser lights that were used in the alien ship’s egg chamber were borrowed from The Who. The band was testing out the lasersContinue reading “Alien spawned”

Today is Towel Day. Remember a towel is “about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have.” Towel Day is celebrated every May 25th as a tribute by fans of the late author Douglas Adams. On this day, fans carry a towel with them to demonstrate their love for the books andContinue reading “There’s a chockablock of things to celebrate”

May 25, 1999 – The final episode of Home Improvement, The Long And Winding Road aired on ABC-TV on this date. The character Wilson was based on Tim Allen’s childhood memories of when he was too short to see over a fence, and was therefore unable to see his neighbor.

May 25, 1977 – Even Satan took pity and released them from their eternal damnation when ABC TV aired the last episode of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour aired on this date. Maureen McCormick (Marcia) had become bulimic and developed addictions to cocaine and Quaaludes, which caused mysterious bruises on her arms and legs andContinue reading “The end of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour”

May 24, 1968 –The Rolling Stones released Jumping Jack Flash, in Britain, on this date. The Rolling Stones have played Jumping Jack Flash during every tour since its release; it ranks as the number the band has played in concert most frequently.