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November 14, 1988 – The comedy series Murphy Brown, starring Candice Bergen premiered on CBS TV on this date. One of the running series jokes was Murphy Brown’s inability to get a good secretary or one that could work with her. During the show’s first ten seasons, Murphy had a total of ninety-three secretaries. TheyContinue reading “Murphy Brown premiered”

November 13, 1927 – The New York Holland Tunnel officially opened today, the first underwater tunnel built in the United States, providing access between New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River, ushering in a massive wave of Dutch immigration (and more fools them – The tunnel was named after its chief engineer,Continue reading “The Holland Tunnel opened for traffic”

November 13, 1975 –Morris Albert’s song Feelings went gold on this date. In 1987, Morris Albert was found guilty of plagiarism, with a jury finding that this borrowed heavily from a French song from 1956 called Pour Toi. You can blame me later for this ear worm

November 13, 1954 – Looney Tunes first 3D cartoon, Lumber Jack Rabbit, starring Bugs Bunny, premiered on this date. Chuck Jones left Warner Brothers for four months over the production of this cartoon, which he felt was unsatisfactory. He went to Disney for those months, and worked on Sleeping Beauty, but eventually realized that, althoughContinue reading “Lumber Jack Rabbit premiered”

November 13, 1987 –Sonny & Cher were guests on NBC’s Late Night with David Letterman and after a short interview the pair agreed to sing I Got You Babe for a delighted audience, on this date. Clearly extremely comfortable with one another, the divorced pair happily sang together and couldn’t hide their glee and theyContinue reading “The last Sonny and Cher reunion”

November 13, 1970On November 13, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence; that request came from his wife. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that some day he would return to her. With nowhere else to go, he appeared at the home of his friend,Continue reading “Remember when you assume”

This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will arrive in New York City this morning. The 82-foot Norway Spruce from Queensbury, New York was cut down Thursday morning and loaded on a truck. The spruce made the 200-mile trip from the Leibowitz family home to Manhattan on the back of a flatbed truck. The official lightingContinue reading “I wouldn’t want to sweep up those pine needles”

Consider if you could really eat off of paper plates this year? Before you go – Before you go – The English department store chain, John Lewis and Partners released their annual holiday advert, (apparently this is one of the more highly anticipated commercials.) Once again, this year’s ad is a tear-jerker. I keep forgettingContinue reading “A question for you –”

November 12, 1945 –When you’re young, you don’t have any experience – you’re charged up, but you’re out of control. And if you’re old and you’re not charged up, then all you have is memories. But if you’re charged and stimulated by what’s going on around you, and you also have experience, you know whatContinue reading “Neil Young”

November 12, 2016 –Kate McKinnon sang Hallelujah in character as Hillary Clinton to open Saturday Night Live the Saturday after the 2016 presidential election. Still oddly powerful and moving.