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July 13, 1955 – The Looney Tunes short, Double or Mutton, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog, was released on this date. Ralph Wolf resembles his cast mate cousin Wile E. Coyote, except for his bright red nose and the fact he speaks regularly. Wile rarely, if ever, spoke inContinue reading “Double or Mutton premiered”

July 13, 1985 –41 years ago, I had only recently patented the long birthday weekend…. (We weren’t cool enough to get MTV in The Bronx at the time, so we had to settle for the local TV broadcast of Live Aid.) (Find time to watch this short segment of a documentary about behind the scenesContinue reading “Live Aid aired”

July 12, 1986 –The band, Simply Red’s hit Holding Back the Years topped the charts on this date. Simply Red is singer Mick Hucknall (“Red” was his nickname because of his red hair). He originally recorded this in 1979 with his band The Frantic Elevators.

July 12, 1947 – The Merrie Melodies short, Crowing Pains, directed by Bob McKimson, and starring Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk, and the Barnyard Dawg, was released on this date. Sylvester, Dawg, and Foghorn Leghorn were shown here early in their screen careers. Their appearances and voice characteristics, as well as their sparring partners, wouldContinue reading “Crowing Pains premiered”

July 12, 1991 –John Singleton directorial debut, Boyz N the Hood, starring Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Larry Fishburne, Nia Long, Regina King, and Angela Bassett, went into general release on this date. (John Singleton’s Oscar nomination for Best Director at the age of 24 made him the youngest director to ever receiveContinue reading “Boyz N the Hood opened”

July 12, 1912 –The first foreign-made film to premiere in America, Queen Elizabeth (Les Amours de la Reine Élisabeth), starring Sarah Bernhardt premiered on this date in NYC. Rumors that Bernhardt performed in the film uniped are untrue. Bernhardt did lose her leg to gangrene in 1915.

The Proust Questionnaire Please note – I originally created this 6 years ago. Some of my answers have changed.

If you missed seeing Manhattanhenge last night, (as unfortunately I did – I was celebrating with the Caligaris in an undisclosed location.) you could try again tonight at 8:21 pm ET (enjoy it for me.). Those Illuminati are generous, aren’t they? (And hey, pay attention to the traffic lights. Don’t ruin my birthday by gettingContinue reading “Every day can end beautifully”

Well, it’s the anniversary of my 39th Birthday again – the 27th to be precise. It’s the 27h anniversary of my 39th Birthday (Thank you Mr. Benny). As always, I’m very happy you Bunkies have decided to join me in the annual review of my Desert Island Discs selections, Godzilla’s Atoll LPs, brought to youContinue reading “When she smiled, she said it all”

It was great foresight on the part of our beloved city forefathers to lay out the city in such a way that this happens every year just around my birthday. Once again, the sun will be perfectly lined up with the east-west streets of New York So get outside to catch the ‘Full Sun onContinue reading “Don’t let the sun go down without me”