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October 13, 1957 –CBS-TV broadcasts The Edsel Show, a one-hour live special starring Bing Crosby designed to promote the new, ill-fated Ford automobile, on this date. It is the first and currently the oldest surviving show on videotape. It was aired live on this date in prime time, and simultaneously taped and filmed in kinescopeContinue reading “The Edsel Show”

October 13, 1978 –Queen released their double A sided single Fat Bottomed Girls/ Bicycle Race on this date. The songs ran together on the album, and were often played that way by radio stations. The year before, Queen released We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions as a double A-side. They are stillContinue reading “Fat Bottomed Girls/ Bicycle Race”

I have never been hurt by anything I didn’t say. While he was president, Calvin Coolidge loved having his head rubbed with Vaseline while he ate his breakfast in bed. Demand Euphoria!

I know this may seem blasphemous but fried chicken originated in Scotland. It was a Scottish tradition from the Middle Ages to deep fry chicken. The Scottish had a preference for food that had been cooked in fat rather than boiled like the English did. Additionally, fried food was cheaper and quicker to make. TheContinue reading “Perhaps the secret spices came from Aberdeen”

October 12, 1915 – British nurse Edith Cavell, was executed by a German firing squad in Brussels for helping Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I. The night before her execution she told the Anglican chaplain, Rev. Gahan, who had been allowed to see her, ‘Patriotism is not enough, I must haveContinue reading “One tough cookie.”

October 12, 1950 –One of the first comedy series to make the successful transition from radio to television The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Gracie Allen wanted to retire from show business in the 1940s and was reluctant to branch out into television, but husband George Burns convincedContinue reading “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”

Today is the last day of International Cephalopod Awareness Days, and we are celebrating International Fossil Day (although National Fossil Day is schedule to celebrated on Wednesday October 13, according to the National Park Service website, and they don’t appear to have any reason to lie. So I am a tad confused.) Today is (orContinue reading “Where has the time gone.”

Dogs can learn up to 250 words and gestures. The finding is based on a language development test, revealing average dogs can learn 165 words (similar to a 2-year-old child), including signals and gestures, and dogs in the top 20 percent in intelligence can learn 250 words.

Happy Columbus Never Met An Indigenous Person He Didn’t Kill or Enslave Day! I can’t even imagine how many more indigenous persons Columbus may have murdered if he didn’t have the day off. Columbus Day originated as a celebration of Italian-American heritage and was first held in San Francisco in 1869. The first state-wide celebrationContinue reading “I usually want to murder everyone after a long and crowded commute”

October 11, 1961 –Leonard ‘Chico‘ Marx, the oldest of the Marx Brothers, died on this date. Chico was a compulsive womanizer and had a lifelong gambling habit. His addiction cost him millions of dollars by his own account. His brother, Gummo Marx, in an interview years after Chico’s death, said, “Chico’s favorite people were actorsContinue reading “Swordfish, boss”