ACME would like to issue this public service announcement concerning Brain Freeze (also known as sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia) – Now to the point at hand – Why bring this up? The date today is 7/11 (at least in this country. Foreigners and other degenerates refer to the day as 11/7 but that’s another story…) The convenienceContinue reading “It’s cold inside”
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Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high
July 11, 1983 –Reading Rainbow, hosted by Levar Burton premiered on PBS on this date While developing the show, the creators of Reading Rainbow met with Fred Rogers and Joan Ganz Cooney of Sesame Street and The Electric Company fame to find out how to make more engaging television programming.
Contact premiered
July 11, 1997 –The under-rated Robert Zemeckis Sci-Fi film (based on a Carl Sagan novel,) Contact, starring Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Angela Bassett, Rob Lowe, and David Morse, opened on this date. The remark made throughout the movie by different characters, that if humans were the only life inContinue reading “Contact premiered”
Porky’s Pet premiered
July 11, 1936 – The Looney Tunes short, Porky’s Pet, directed by Jack King, and starring Porky Pig, was released on this date. A sign in the station invites travellers to stop at the Millar Manor, a nod to the short’s writer, Marvin Millar.
Wacky Blackout premiered
July 11, 1942 –The Looney Tunes short, Wacky Blackout, directed by Bob Clampett, was released on this date. Thurl Ravenscourt, who would go on to bring cereal mascot Tony the Tiger to TV screens everywhere, is featured here, along with the future Betty Rubble, Bea Benaderet.
Shh! I’m a-stalking a victim.
July 11, 1942 – A classic 40s Merrie Melodies cartoon, Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid was released on this date. The part where Bugs and Killer are temporarily fooled into thinking that the bones are theirs is a reference to a Harold Lloyd film, The Freshman.
Hard to believe
July 11, 1969 –The Rolling Stones released Honky Tonk Women on this date. In this song, Mick Jagger sings about having a go with two different honky tonk women. The first is a “gin-soaked, bar-room queen in Memphis” – likely a prostitute. The second is a “divorcée in New York City.” Jagger would sometimes introduceContinue reading “Hard to believe”
Right Church — Wrong Pew
July 11, 1533 –The Church of England came into being on this date. The story of its origins is shrouded in sex and therefore historically important. Henry VIII ascended to the English throne in 1509, an energetic young man of seventeen. He immediately decided he needed a male heir. This became the enduring theme ofContinue reading “Right Church — Wrong Pew”
I must protest
July 10, 1958 –The first parking meter was installed in London, England, on this date in 1958—along with the second through the 625th. It took nearly two dozen years for the parking meter to make its way across the Atlantic: the first American parking meter had been installed in Oklahoma City on July 16, 1935.Continue reading “I must protest”
The local rock group down the street
July 10, 1967 –The Monkees released the single, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, Pleasant Valley Sunday, on this date. While studio musicians were brought in to play on many songs for The Monkees, the band did play on this one – for the most part. Peter Tork played piano and Mike Nesmith playedContinue reading “The local rock group down the street”
