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December 12, 1972 –Irwin Allen’s ocean disaster movie, The Poseidon Adventure, premiered in NYC on this date. Paul Gallico was inspired to write his novel by a voyage he made on the Queen Mary. When he was having breakfast in the dining room, the liner was hit by a large wave, sending people and furnitureContinue reading “The Poseidon Adventure premiered”

December 12, 1980 –Whip It earned Devo a gold record on this date. It is the first distinction of its kind for any song about masturbation to earn a gold record. Well, whip it good! When MTV launched in 1981, they had very few videos to choose from. Some European and Australian artists had beenContinue reading “Whip It earns a gold record”

(Unless you are tight with the Thursday afternoon, rosary praying old ladies, as I am – you may not know this;) today is the third Sunday of Advent. One of the candles in the Advent wreath is rose colored for Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is Latin for Rejoice, as in Gaudete in Domino semper (rejoice inContinue reading “It is known as Gaudete Sunday”

December 11, 1982 –Toni Basil’s surprise hit Mickey reached No. 1 of the Billboard charts on this date. This was originally recorded as Kitty by a group called Racey, which released it in 1979. In the original lyric, Kitty is a girl. Toni Basil changed the title from Kitty to Mickey and the gender fromContinue reading “Mickey topped the charts”

December 11, 1968 – Filming begins on The Rolling Stones‘ Rock And Roll Circus movie. Conceived by Mick Jagger, the event was comprised of two concerts on a circus stage and included such acts as John Lennon and his fiancée Yoko Ono performing as part of a supergroup called The Dirty Mac, along with EricContinue reading “The Rolling Stones‘ Rock And Roll Circus was filmed”

December 11, 1980 – Hawaiian shirts and free mustache rides abound when Magnum PI, starring Tom Selleck, premiered on CBS-TV on this date. The show was set in Hawaii partly because CBS did not want to close its Hawaii production offices when Hawaii Five-O ceased production in 1980. This show started production that year andContinue reading “Magnum PI premiered”

For children you don’t really know Demand Euphoria!

The ‘supposed‘ charity event – the 11th annual Santacon in NYC today. (It may be the 15th one, but who cares, I don’t.) The amateur drinkers (in various states of holiday undress) are once again back in Manhattan this year: they will be in Midtown and Lower Manhattan, stating at 10 AM. I can takeContinue reading “It’s that damn time of year”

December 10, 1974 – Another Rankin/Bass animated holiday special The Year Without A Santa Claus premiered on ABC-TV on this date. The names of the reindeer are consistent with the Clement Moore poem and other sources. Vixen is the baby reindeer who takes Jingle & Jangle to Southtown (and gets sick). Dasher is the oneContinue reading “The Year Without A Santa Claus premiered”

December 10, 1955 –The Mighty Mouse Playhouse began a long-standing ‘Saturday Morning Cartoon’ tradition on CBS-TV, on this date. Terrytoons Studios produced 80 theatrical Mighty Mouse cartoons between 1942 to 1961, which were shown on this cartoon TV series on Saturday mornings. Each episode contained three Mighty Mousetheatrical cartoons and a one-shot one (especially withContinue reading “The Mighty Mouse Playhouse premiered”