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July 30, 1982 –One of Ron Howard’s early movie directorial efforts Night Shift, opened on this date. Henry Winkler was scheduled to begin principal photography for this movie in New York City during his holiday hiatus from Happy Days, and would resume the following year, following production of the ninth season of Happy Days. WinklerContinue reading “Night Shift premiered”

July 30, 1932 –Flowers and Trees is a Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by Burt Gillett and released to theatres by United Artists on this date. It was the first commercially released film to be produced in the full-color three-strip Technicolor process, after several years of two-color Technicolor films. The original workContinue reading “Flowers and Trees premiered”

July 30, 1960 – The Merrie Melodies short, Ready, Woolen and Able, directed by Chuck Jones, starring Ralph the Wolf and Sam Sheepdog, was released on this date. Ralph the Wolf looks much like Wile E. Coyote. The difference is that Ralph Wolf’s nose is red while Wile E. Coyote’s nose is black.

July 30, 1999 – Warner Bros. Feature Animation released the directorial debut of The Iron Giant, featuring the voice of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald, and M. Emmet Walsh, on this date The scene the Giant’s hand is in the living room watchingContinue reading “The Iron Giant premiered”

July 30, 1966 –The Beatles’ album Yesterday… and Today, went #1 and stayed #1 for five weeks, on this date. The record was released just after John’s infamous interview in which he stated that the Beatles were “bigger than Jesus“, which angered Americans and provoked many bans on their music and public incineration of memorabilia.Continue reading “Asked a girl what she wanted to be”

July 30, 1977 –Andy Gibb’s song, I Just Want to Be Your Everything, reached no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, on this date. This was the first of three #1 singles for Gibb, which made him the first male solo artist with three consecutive #1 singles in the US. The next single was (LoveContinue reading “You and me been finding each other for so long”

Prague has always been a tough town for elected officials. On July 30, 1419, Jan Želivský, a Hussite priest at the Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snows, led his congregation in a procession through the streets of Prague to the Town Hall. The town council had refused to exchange their Hussite prisoners, andContinue reading “Keep passing the open windows”

President Richard Nixon might be considered on of the most controversial presidents but he did like his martinis. He liked a specific style of martini featuring a 7-to-1 gin-to-vermouth ratio, olives soaked in vermouth, and a preparation that was famously shaken vigorously enough that ice shards appear atop the glass rather than stirred. And afterContinue reading “Another great moment in Presidential history”

July 29, 1965 –The Beatles movie Help! opened in London on this date. By Paul McCartney’s and Ringo Starr’s own admission, they were so stoned on pot the day they shot the scene where Dr. Foot (Victor Spinetti) and Algernon (Roy Kinnear) tried to blow them up in the Austrian Alps, that when George HarrisonContinue reading “A fiendish thingie!”

July 29, 1972 –Gilbert O’Sullivan topped the charts with his hit Alone Again (Naturally) on this date. (I will not take responsibility for the following ear worm; listen to the clip at your own risk.) This was Irish-born singer Gilbert O’Sullivan’s only American #1. It sold 2 million copies, spent six weeks at the summitContinue reading “In a little while from now”