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August 5, 1960 –The camp horror classic, The Little Shop of Horrors, directed and produced by Roger Corman, and starring Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, Dick Miller, and Jack Nicholson, was released on this date. The film was shot on a budget of $22,500 to $28,000 (nearly $300,000 in 2024), with interiors being shotContinue reading “The Little Shop of Horrors premiered”

August 5, 1966 – Based of the TV series, Doctor Who, the sequel to the film, Dr. Who and the Daleks, Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., starring Peter Cushing, Roberta Tovey, Jill Curzon, and Bernard Cribbins, premiered on this date in London. The rebel hideout in 2150 is prominently identified as Embankment station on theContinue reading “Attack the Daleks!”

August 5, 1939 – The Looney Tunes short, Wise Quacks, directed by Bob Clampett, and starring Porky PigDaffy Duck, was released on this date. This was the first cartoon to not have WARNER BROS. in a banner. This would continue after Hare-um Scare-um.

August 5, 1944 – The Looney Tunes short, From Hand to Mouse, directed by Chuck Jones, was released on this date. The unnamed mouse from this cartoon bears a strong physical resemblance to the later redesign of Chuck Jones‘ mice duo Hubie and Bertie, although both characters would not receive this redesign until Roughly SqueakingContinue reading “From Hand to Mouse premiered”

August 05, 1950 – The Merrie Melodies short, Golden Yeggs, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck was released on this date. This is the first of only two shorts (along with Rocky’s next appearance in 1953’s Catty Cornered where Rocky is the antagonist to a character other than Bugs Bunny.

August 5, 1966 –This was a big day in Beatles history:The Beatles released their Revolver album in UK on this date. and they also released Yellow Submarine and Eleanor Rigby as a double A single in UK. A lot of kids weekly allowance must have flown out the door on this date.

August 5, 1978 –The Rolling Stones had their eighth US No.1 hit with the single Miss You, on this date. The song was written by Mick Jagger after jamming with keyboardist Billy Preston during rehearsals for forthcoming club dates the Stones were playing.

It’s St. Sithney Day. He is the patron saint of mad dogs Make of this what you wish: A Breton folk story, states that God asked Sithney to be the patron saint of girls seeking husbands, but Sithney said he would rather be the patron saint of mad dogs and get some rest. (And youContinue reading “Never trust your dog to guard your sandwich”

August 4, 1958 –The Billboard Hot 100 was published for the first time on this date. The first number-one song of the Hot 100 was Poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson. The song was written by 17-year-old Sharon Sheeley when she was still attending high school in Newport Beach, California. Female songwriters were rare atContinue reading “I used to play around with hearts”

August 04, 1956– The Merrie Melodies short, Rocket-bye Baby, directed by Chuck Jones, was released on this date. One of the few Looney Tunes where Mel Blanc doesn’t do any voices. Instead, Daws Butler, famous for the voices of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound and other characters in the Hanna-Barbera library, and June Foray, most famousContinue reading “Rocket-bye Baby premiered”