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A group of giraffes is called a tower. Given that giraffes are the tallest animals on Earth, this is one of the more accurate collective nouns in the English language.

July 15 1956 –Although not in the same league as Plan 9 from Outer Space, It Conquered the World was released upon an unsuspecting public on this date. (American International released the film on a double bill with The She-Creature.) Though the film was later featured and mocked on an episode of Mystery Science TheaterContinue reading “I’ll see you in Hell first!”

July 15, 1988 –The film that made Bruce Willis a star, Die Hard, co-starring Alan Rickman, and Bonnie Bedelia opened in limited release in the US on this date. Only a couple of the actors who played the German terrorists were actually German and only a couple more could speak broken German. The actors wereContinue reading “It may or may not be a Christmas movie”

July 15, 1939 – The Looney Tunes short, Porky’s Picnic, directed by Bob Clampett, and starring Porky Pig, was released on this date. This short is the first appearance of Petunia Pig not directed by Frank Tashlin; however, she had been originally scheduled to appear in Porky’s Party and had a visual cameo debuting herContinue reading “Porky’s Picnic premiered”

July 15, 1939 – The Merrie Melodies short, Dangerous Dan McFoo, directed by Tex Avery, was released on this date. Tex Avery would later do another parody of The Shooting of Dan McGrew at MGM called The Shooting of Dan McGoo, which starred Droopy as the mild-mannered canine protagonist, Slick Wolf as the lecherous antagonist,Continue reading “Dangerous Dan McFoo premiered”

July 15, 1944 – The Looney Tunes short, Brother Brat, directed by Frank Tashlin, and starring Porky Pig, was released on this date. Porky wears pants in this cartoon, something he did not wear in most of his other cartoons.

July 15, 1960 – The Looney Tunes short, Mouse and Garden, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Sylvester, was released on this date. Except for a brief moment when he is sleeping, Sylvester lacks the white tip on his tail, much like some of his appearances in the 1940s shorts and most of the pre-1955Continue reading “Mouse and Garden premiered”

July 15, 1961 –The Looney Tunes short, The Rebel Without Claws, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Sylvester and Tweety Bird, was released on this date. Carrier pigeons have been used to deliver wartime communications for centuries.

July 15, 1989 –Simply Red’s single If You Don’t Know Me By Now went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts, on this date. The song was written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, who were architects of the Philadelphia Soul sound. They credit their marital problems with allowing them to write such a heart-rendingContinue reading “All the things that we’ve been through”

we would have been born that way. Today is National Nude Day. I would say for the most part, there are very few people who should actually celebrate the holiday in public. Please feel free to celebrate responsibly within the confines of your own home.