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March 3, 1931 – An English beer drinking song became the National Anthem of the United States on this date. The lyrics to said drink song are: To Anacreon in heaven where he sat in full glee,A few sons of harmony sent a petition,That he their inspirer and patron would be,When this answer arrived fromContinue reading “The Star Spangled Banner”

March 3, 1985 – ABC-TV unleashed Bruce Willis, Cybill Shepherd and the crew from the Blue Moon Detective Agency onto an unsuspecting world, when it premiered the pilot episode of Moonlighting on this date. Many episodes included a shot of Maddie’s feet stepping off of the elevator and walking to her office. Glenn Gordon CaronContinue reading “Moonlighting premiered”

March 2, 1944 –Meditation doesn’t have to be complicated. What I do is about as simple as you can get. You could just count the beads, one, two, three, with your eyes closed or open, whatever makes you happy. Lewis Allan Lou Reed singer, songwriter, poet and guitarist was born (on the wild side.)

March 2, 1933 – RKO Studios, on the brink of bankruptcy, gambled the studio on a filmed puppet show for kids, releasing the film King Kong on this date. In the original film, the character’s name is Kong — a name given to him by the inhabitants of “Skull Island” in the Indian Ocean, whereContinue reading “King Kong premiered”

Please don’t wipe the the smudge mark off your friend’s forehead – Today is Ash Wednesday, and you’re not being helpful. (Anyway, did you find the plastic baby in the King Cake yesterday? ) Hominem te esse memento! Memento mori! – So begins forty days (remember that the six Sundays between today and Easter don’tContinue reading “Don’t be an asshole”

March 2, 1989 –Like A Prayer became the first hit song to debut in a commercial when it is used in a 2-minute Pepsi ad starring Madonna. The spot is called “Make A Wish,” and shows Madonna watching her 8-year-old self at her birthday party. The commercial airs in prime time around the world, theContinue reading “Madonna’s Pepsi Commercial”

March 1, 1954 –The first hydrogen bomb was detonated on this date. Even though the bomb was hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb exploded there in 1946, no islanders were evacuated this time. Almost 300 people suffered radiation exposure. The test was so successful that it blew the once happy island intoContinue reading “US Hydrogen Bomb tested”

Bon temps roulez, mes amis – No one needs to disrobe, it’s much too cold, we’ve got plenty of beads, (unless you like to disrobe in public and then, it’s between you and your maker.) Today is also know as Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day, which heralds the beginning of fasting in Lent. On thisContinue reading “It’s Mardi Gras!”

March comes in like a the Screaming Hairy Armadillo and goes out like an Ice Cream Cone Worm. The name of March comes from ancient Rome, when March was the first month of the year and called Martius after Mars, the Roman god of war. In Rome, where the climate is Mediterranean, March is theContinue reading “The breezes is loud and shrill”

March 1, 1981 –NBC-TV aired the made-for-TV film Elvis and the Beauty Queen, starring Don Johnson and Stephanie Zimbalist on this date. Ronnie McDowell provided the vocals to all of Elvis‘ songs, including A Very Precious Love, which Don Johnson and Stephanie Zimbalist sang as a duet.