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A brief announcement You can well appreciate that with the tense issues in Europe, the UN is busy with other things. But after exhaustive negotiations, I am permitted to state that there with be no holiday photograph of the people, for legal reasons, will be referred to as ‘the Cozza-Cordero siblings‘. Their legal representives wouldContinue reading “From the ACME legal Dept.”

November 16, 1986 –The theme of the show is Raisins – the first comedic television miniseries ever to air in the U.S., Fresno, starring Carol Burnett, Teri Garr, Charles Grodin, Dabney Coleman, Jerry Van Dyke, and Tom Poston, premiered on CBS, on this date. Charles Grodin recalls that during filming, Jerry Van Dyke asked himContinue reading “Fresno premiered”

November 16, 1981 –One of the most-watched weddings in American television history, with over 30 million viewers, Luke Spencer and Laura Webber’s wedding on General Hospital premiered on ABC-TV on this date. (Try not to remember that this romance started with a rape.) Elizabeth Taylor, an avowed General Hospital fan, guest-starred in the wedding episodeContinue reading “Luke and Laura’s wedding”

November 16, 1969 –David Bowie appeared in his first TV special, 1980 Floor Show, broadcast on NBC’s Midnight Special, on this date. The show was a spectacular stage production that was filmed over three days, mostly at The Marquee Club, in Soho, London. It would be Bowie’s last performance as the Ziggy Stardust persona withContinue reading “The 1980 Floor Show premiered”

November 15, 1980 –The Blondie single, a cover version of the 1967 song written by Jamaican reggae star John Holt for his group The Paragons, The Tide Is High, hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts on this date. Debbie Harry and Chris Stein were both fans of the British ska revival band The Specials.Continue reading “The Tide is High topped the charts”

November 15, 1928 –Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, the round chocolate cups filled with a creamy peanut butter filling were first introduced by H. B. Reese, a former dairy farmer and shipping foreman for Milton S. Hershey on this date. Reese used Hershey’s chocolate for his confection. In 1956, his six sons took over the businessContinue reading “The first time they got their peanut butter and chocolate together”

November 15, 1986The Beastie Boys‘ debut studio album Licensed to Ill, released by Def Jam and Columbia Records, went on to become the first rap LP to top the Billboard album chart, was released on this date. With their debut album, Licensed To Ill, released in November, and over the next few months, the BeastieContinue reading “Licensed to Ill dropped”

Before you go – Boots UK, (think CVS or Walgreens) wants to bring Joy for All. I’m not sure that we’re supposed to think these are ‘rose coloured glasses‘ or the glasses are a new delivery system for psychotropic drugs. (For those of you in the know, it’s 60 days until someone’s birthday)

Its also known as national clean out the refrigerator day. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, today’s a good day to make some room in the frig (I should start looking through the freezer for a few ‘frozen corpse‘ meals in there for this week.). While the country may be torn apart by political divisions,Continue reading “Today is America Recycles Day.”

November 15, 1956 –Elvis Presley’s first movie, Love Me Tender, premiered at New York’s Paramount Theater on this date. Elvis Presley is credited as co-writer of the film’s four songs, but in fact had little to do with writing them; it was just for purposes of royalties. Elvis did reveal at a 1968 press conference,Continue reading “Love Me Tender Premiered”