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May 3, 1937 –A short little southern lady wrote a novel for her own amusement, and with solid support from her husband, she kept her literary efforts a secret from all her friends. She would hide the voluminous pages under towels, disguising them as a divan, or hide pages in her closets or under herContinue reading “Gone With The Wind wins the Pulitzer Prize”

May 3, 1966 –Johnny Carson played the new party game Twister with Eva Gabor on the Tonight Show on this date. Gabor and Carson got tied up in knots, the studio audience went hysterical and Twister went on to sell more than three million copies over the next year. And so it goes

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Only 5% of the ocean has been explored. According to the National Ocean Service, it’s a shockingly small percentage. Just 5 percent of Earth’s oceans have been explored and charted – especially the ocean below the surface. The rest remains mostly undiscovered and unseen by humans. Sea exploration and mapping didn’t truly start until theContinue reading “Shiver me timbers”

Tennis players are not allowed to swear at Wimbledon (or at any match, for that matter.) Because of this, line judges have to learn curse words in every language so they know when a player has violated the rules. Demand Euphoria!

April 29, 1964 – The Toho Studios released their first cross-over monster movie Mosura tai Gojira (Godzilla vs. the Thing (Mothra)) in Japan on this date. This is the first Godzilla film without newly-shot American footage added for the American release. This film marked one of the few instances in which Eiji Tsuburaya had toContinue reading “Godzilla vs. the Thing premieres”

April 28, 1975 – Tom Snyder interviewed ex-Beatle John Lennon on The Tomorrow Show. At the time, no one knew then that John Lennon would be taking an extended hiatus from public life, taking time to raise his son and live a less public life. The interview Lennon gave Tom Snyder in 1975 revealed heContinue reading “Tom Snyder interviewed John Lennon in his last TV interview”

April 27, 1971 – CBS executives finally sobered up and the last episode of Green Acres aired on this date. This was to have been the pilot for a proposed spin off featuring Elaine Joyce as Carol. Oliver and Lisa only appear briefly in the beginning as an excuse to introduce Carol and the pilot.Continue reading “Green Acres Finale”

April 26, 1978 – The concert billed as The Band’s “farewell concert appearance“, was held on November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The concert film, The Last Waltz, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring members of the band and many of their friends, premiered in the US on this date. The Band’s managementContinue reading “The Last Waltz”

April 26, 1933 –I’m glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a weekContinue reading “Carol Burnett”