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August 11, 1951 – The Looney Tunes short, His Hare Raising Tale, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Bugs Bunny, was released on this date. This is the first cheater short in the series, which are shorts that primarily uses cut footage from previous shorts as clips. This short uses footage from Baseball Bugs, StageContinue reading “His Hare Raising Tale premiered”

August 11, 1945 – The Looney Tunes short, Hare Conditioned, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny, was released on this date. The department store manager (voiced by an uncredited Dick Nelson) is a parody of The Great Gildersleeve, a character played by Harold Peary in the radio program Fibber McGee and Molly.

August 11, 1995 –The Hollywood Picture film, Dangerous Minds, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, and Courtney B. Vance, was released in US theaters on this date. The movie’s soundtrack tops the Billboard albums chart thanks to its lead single, Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise. Originally entitled My Posse Don’t Do Homework, the name of the book from which thisContinue reading “Dangerous Minds premiered”

August 11, 1937 –The bio-pix, The Life of Emile Zola, directed by William Dieterle, and starring Paul Muni, Gloria Holden, Gale Sondergaard, and Joseph Schildkraut, was released on this date. Writers Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg initially took the project to Ernst Lubitsch at Paramount, who immediately recognized the potential of the film. He alsoContinue reading “The Life of Emile Zola premiered”

Today is the Feast of St. Clare. St. Clare of Assisi (or Clair or Claire – spelling wasn’t a major issue back then – living past 29 years old was considered miraculous,) didn’t want to marry the rich young man her parents picked out for her and ran away from home to become the biggestContinue reading “We become what we love”

The Dog Days of Summer are officially over today. As the leaves turn orange and fall from the trees, mark your calendar for the upcoming ‘Crazy Political Campaign‘ season of Autumn.

There are 136 days until Christmas Secure your position on the naughty/ nice list accordingly

August 10, 2020 –Split Enz hit #1 in their native New Zealand with the 40th anniversary reissue of their album True Colours, on this date The album knocked off Folklore by Taylor Swift the top of the charts. Swift was born nine years after the album was first released.

August 10, 1957 – The Merrie Melodies short, Birds Anonymous, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird was released on this date. This cartoon won the 1958 Academy Award for best animated short subject. Before producer Eddie Selzer, the head of Warner Bros. Cartoons, died, he gave the Oscar toContinue reading “Birds Anonymous premiered”

August 10, 1940– The Merrie Melodies short, Ghost Wanted, directed by Chuck Jones, was released on this date. At one point in the cartoon, the older ghost offers a cigarette to the younger ghost. Some broadcasts of this short had the scene omitted because some found it objectionable that an “adult” would offer cigarettes toContinue reading “Ghost Wanted premiered”