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May 1, 1941 – A young filmmaker, obsessed with his debut project, reportedly drank over 30 cups of coffee a day, pushing himself into caffeine poisoning. Switching to tea in hopes the brewing time would slow him down, he undermined the plan by having an assistant make it—so efficiently that he drank so much hisContinue reading “I think it would be fun to run a newspaper”

May 1, 1976 –The seventh studio album from Led Zeppelin, Presence went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. Robert Plant and his wife were in a car crash while on holiday in Greece which broke Plant’s ankle. Instead of touring the US, Plant and Jimmy Page wrote material for Presence, thenContinue reading “Presence topped the charts”

May 1, 1948 – The Merrie Melodies short, Nothing but the Tooth, directed by Arthur Davis, and starring Porky Pig, debuted on this date. This short is seldom aired on TV due to racial stereotyping of Native Americans. A billboard placed by Warren & Foster (a reference to Warren Foster) is shown in the sceneContinue reading “Nothing but the Tooth premiered”

May 1, 1943 – The Looney Tunes short, The Wise Quacking Duck, directed by Bob Clampett, and starring Daffy Duck, debuted on this date. When dressed as a fortune teller, Daffy is imitating comedian Jerry Colonna. He even begins with one of Colonna’s signature lines: “Greetings, Gate. Let’s osculate.“

May 1, 1954 – The Looney Tunes short, No Parking Hare, directed by Robert McKimson, and starring Bugs Bunny, debuted on this date. The product supplier of choice, Acme, is used by the construction worker.

May 1, 1931 – The Empire State Building in New York City was dedicated by President Hoover from the White House in Washington DC where he pressed a button that switched on the lights. The 102 story skyscraper, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street in New York City, was the first higherContinue reading “The death trap for giant apes opened”

Lettuce take a moment to appreciate the beauty of a well-made salad. You may not have known it, but in the United States, May is National Salad Month. By an astonishing coincidence, the second full week of May is National Herb Week. It’s a time to celebrate the verdure of the earth with verdure onContinue reading “Love is when you take the best piece of lettuce for someone else”

April 30, 1977 –Marvin Gaye’s single Got to Give It Up went to No. 1 on the R&B charts, on this date. By the mid-’70s, Gaye and his labelmates at Motown were feeling the pressure to record dance-floor friendly hits as disco was on the rise. Gaye resisted until he had an idea to parodyContinue reading “Got to Give It Up topped the charts”

April 30, 1958 – The Looney Tunes short, Ready.. Set.. Zoom!, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, debuted on this date. This is the first Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoon with Wile E.’s evil face with the fangs and the sinister grin.

April 30, 1938 – Bugs Bunny first appeared, so to speak, in the cartoon short Porky’s Hare Hunt, released on this date. This short was co-directed by Cal Dalton and Ben Hardaway. The cartoon had an almost identical theme to a 1937 cartoon, Porky’s Duck Hunt, directed by Tex Avery and introducing Daffy Duck. FollowingContinue reading “Porky’s Hare Hunt premiered”