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August 1, 1981 –MTV launched 41 years ago today, starting with the video, Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles followed by Pat Benatar’s You Better Run. Western civilization has been on a rapid decline ever since. Demand Euphoria!

July 31, 1980 (I’m going with 1980 and not getting involved in the 1979 controversy) –Harry Potter, an orphan who discovers that he is a wizard was born on this dates. J K Rowlings, the Harry Potter brand author, and unfortunately loony bigot, shares a birthday with her creation (born 1965). Her ‘children’s stories‘ haveContinue reading “Happy Birthday Harry”

July 31, 1964 –The American space probe Ranger 7 transmitted the first photo moon’s surface ever taken by a U.S. spacecraft, mapping the surface for a future lunar landing, on this date. Ranger 7 carried six slow-scan vidicon TV cameras capable of transmitting high-resolution television pictures of the lunar surface. A total of 4,308 photographsContinue reading “Ranger 7 sends back photos of the moon”

July 30, 1975 –Jimmy Hoffa was or wasn’t killed on this date. Jimmy is or isn’t buried somewhere in the Meadowlands or a horse farm or was made into ground meat and consumed at some very unfortunate barbecue (the FBI still continue to try to sort it all out.)

July 29, 1972 –Gilbert O’Sullivan topped the charts with his hit Alone Again (Naturally) on this date. This was Irish-born singer Gilbert O’Sullivan’s only American #1. It sold 2 million copies, spent six weeks at the summit in America and earned him three Grammy Award nominations (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year,Continue reading “Alone Again (Naturally) went to No. 1”

July 29, 1981 –In the fairy tale wedding of the century, Britain’s Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer in an internationally televised ceremony at Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London, England on this date. The couple was later divorced in 1996, Diana was ‘killed‘ in a car accident in 1997, and Charles fulfilled his long timeContinue reading “Hey, fairy tales don’t always have happy endings.”

July 29, 1965 – The Beatles movie Help! premiered in London on this date. One of this movie’s original taglines was, “Please do not reveal the beginning of this movie to your friends (they’d never believe it, anyway)”. This is a spoof of the tagline from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, which implored its audience, “Please doContinue reading “Help! premiered”

I’m not going to lie to you – I don’t believe you can just whip up a lasagna together in a day. It’s going to take you a day or two just to collect all of the ingredients. Why not have a nice family dinner this coming weekend by planning on making a nice trayContinue reading “Today is Lasagna Day.”

July 29, 1982 –Professional wrestler Jerry Lawler slapped actor Andy Kaufman in the face on the program Late Night with David Letterman, a staged event that prompted a several month ‘war’ between the two of them. It remains among the greatest Letterman moments of all time. The video went viral long before the Internet gaveContinue reading “Even Professional Wrestling interviews are faked”

July 28, 1973 –Bill Graham produced the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen Rock Festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway, that featured the Allman Brothers, the Band, and the Grateful Dead. The concert drew some 650,000 people, the single largest paying crowd in concert history. And so it goes