April 5, 1978 – Marvel Comics‘ first live-action Spider-Man based TV series, The Amazing Spider-Man debuted on CBS TV on this date. Stan Lee, Spider-Man’s co-creator, disliked the show and was vocal about his dissatisfaction with it; he had stated in interviews that he felt the series was “too juvenile” and that the Spider-Man characterContinue reading “The Amazing Spider-Man premiered”
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… the clocks were striking thirteen.
April 4th, 1984 –To the past, or to the future. To an age when thought is free. From the Age of Big Brother, from the Age of the Thought Police, from a dead man… greetings. Winston Smith began his secret diary on this date.
Early evening, April four, a shot rings out in the Memphis sky
April 4, 1968 –55 years ago today, civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by a rifleman (possibly James Earl Ray) while standing on the second-story balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He had come to Tennessee to support a strike by the city’s sanitation workers. The night before he died,Continue reading “Early evening, April four, a shot rings out in the Memphis sky”
The Beatles owns the Hot 100 singles chart this week
April 4, 1964 –The Beatles set an all-time record on the Top 100 chart of Billboard magazine this day, holding an unprecedented twelve positions on Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on this date. The Beatles accounted for 60 percent of the entire singles record business during the first three months of 1964. Those singles byContinue reading “The Beatles owns the Hot 100 singles chart this week”
A very obscure TV pilot
April 4, 1975A television pilot, Black Bart, based on Andrew Bergman’s original story for Blazing Saddles, starring Lou Gossett, Jr. as Bart and Steve Landesberg as his drunkard sidekick, premiered on CBS TV on this date. Many more episodes were filmed after this pilot, apparently four seasons worth, but never aired because, while the studioContinue reading “A very obscure TV pilot”
Glen or Glenda
April 4, 1953 –While not quite in the same league as Plan 9 from Outer Space, and shot in just four days, the Ed Wood Jr. ‘classic‘, Glen or Glenda, premiered on this date (or maybe it didn’t, but does it really matter.) While the film had no sequel, Edward D. Wood Jr. used theContinue reading “Glen or Glenda”
I Love Rock N Roll went to No. 1
April 3, 1982 –I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts topped the charts on this date. The song was number 1 on the Billboard charts for two months after 23 major record labels refused to give her a deal. The video was directed by Arnold Levine, who also did many ofContinue reading “I Love Rock N Roll went to No. 1”
More Elvis on TV
April 3,1956 –Elvis Presley performed on The Milton Berle Show. The show was broadcast live from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock. Elvis played the songs Heartbreak Hotel, Money, Honey, and Blue Suede Shoes. I would not suggest that you place you hand upon the screen – the power you feel emanating from the TV isContinue reading “More Elvis on TV”
Finally, you could figure out what’s on TV
April 3, 1953 –TV Guide was published for the first time on this date. The cover was a photo of Lucille Ball’s infant son Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV.
Martin Luther King’s last speech
April 3, 1968 –… It really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountain top, and I don’t mind…. Less than 24 hours before he was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “mountaintop” speech to a rally of striking sanitation workers.
The Haus of Dcaligari 