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March 28, 1974 –Writer and comedian, Pat McCormick, carrying a cocktail streaked nude across the set of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, forcing NBC censors to black out the lower half of the screen. the streaker was arrested and later released, said Carson, for “lack of evidence.”

March 28, 1967 – NBC broke new ground in television programming by using a world-premiere, feature length movie as the preview of a potential new television series called Ironside, on this date. Chief Ironside is seen as a physically able character for about a minute at the beginning of the TV film. (I’ve often wonderedContinue reading “Ironside TV movie debuted”

March 28, 1973 –Atlantic Records released the fifth studio album by Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy, on this date. The cover photo for Houses of the Holy depicts a group of unnaturally hued feral children making their way up an ancient incline of geometric stones, evoking the band’s fascination with the supernatural and scienceContinue reading “Houses of the Holy went on sale”

March 28, 1964 –The first pirate radio station began to broadcast off the coast of England on this date. Radio Caroline debuted with a combination of rock music and lively disk jockey who’s patter played to a huge audience in Great Britain. British authorities, tried unsuccessfully, to shut down the radio station ship. Radio CarolineContinue reading “Radio Caroline started airing”

March 28, 1979 –The Unit 2 nuclear power plant (a pressurized water reactor manufactured by Babcock and Wilcox) on the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania near Harrisburg suffered a partial core meltdown on this date. The Three Mile Island accident was the worst accident in American commercial nuclear power generatingContinue reading “The Three Mile Island accident”

March 27, 1987 –U2 played a rooftop concert in Los Angeles to film their video for Where The Streets Have No Name, on this date. In 1985, Bono visited Ethiopia after performing at Live Aid. Many assumed this song is about that trip, since the streets there really don’t have names, just numbers. The songContinue reading “U2 pretend to be The Beatles for a day”

As you know, I’m a Gin man, through and through but I would have a difficult time deciding whether or not to celebrate International Whisk(e)y Day today or World Whisky Day on May 21. International Whisk(e)y Day uses the parenthesis to indicate support of Scottish, Canadian, and Japanese whiskies (no e) as well as IrishContinue reading “Never cry over spilt milk. It could’ve been whiskey.”

March 27, 1952 –Singin’ in the Rain, the apex of movie musicals, premiered in New York on this date. Gene Kelly was a taskmaster with Debbie Reynolds, who had never danced to this degree before rehearsals started. Fred Astaire, who was in an adjacent dance studio, found her crying under a piano and reassured herContinue reading “Singin’ in the Rain debuted”

March 27, 1973 –Marlon Brando declined the Academy Award for Best Actor for his career-reviving performance in The Godfather on this date. The Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather attended the ceremony in Brando’s place, stating that the actor “very regretfully” could not accept the award, as he was protesting Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans inContinue reading “Brando refused his Oscar”

March 26, 1920 –I regretted my lost youth when I only envy the delights of losing it. Youth is like having a big plate of candy. Sentimentalists think they want to be in the pure, simple state they were in before they ate the candy. They don’t. They just want the fun of eating itContinue reading “This Side of Paradise was first published”