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July 9, 1999 –Universal Pictures finally shined a light on the world of pastriality when American Pie, starring Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Tara Reid, Seann William Scott, Eugene Levy, and Shannon Elizabeth was released in the US on this date.< Eugene Levy was told he could improvise much of the dialogue for his character, includingContinue reading “The love of pie”

July 9, 2001 –The mockumentary The Office, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and starring Ricky Gervais and Martin Freeman premiered on BBC Two, on this date. The series started as a small, home-made video by Stephen Merchant when he was trying to get a job at the BBC. He came up with theContinue reading “We met the employees of Wernham Hogg paper company”

You have 4 shopping days until my birthday – Cash is always the gift that shows you care. This however, is not – Does anyone think this is funny?

July 8, 1932 – W.C. Fields’ very funny political satire, Million Dollar Legs, opened on this date. Writer Joseph L. Mankiewicz was inspired to write this film by the wild events of the 1928 Olympic games held in Amsterdam, particularly by an Albanian pole-vaulter who took to the field wearing a pair of goatskin shorts.

July 8, 1932 – Tod Browning’s groundbreaking shockfest Freaks, featuring genuine carnival sideshow performers, premieres at the Rialto theater in New York on this date.< Cast member Olga Roderick, the bearded lady, later denounced the film and regretted her involvement in it. Although Roderick was the most vocal in her dislike of the movie, manyContinue reading “One of us. One of us.”

July 08, 1933 – The Merrie Melodies short, , directed by Rudolf Isingand Hugh Harman, was released on this date. In the sequence with the Jewish baby, the message received by the old man is in Yiddish, and says “Saturday, May 19th. Send me five children. Mrs. Ginzburg.” The dialogue between the baby and theContinue reading “Shuffle Off to Buffalo premiered”

July 8, 1950 –The Looney Tunes short, 8 Ball Bunny, dircted by Chuck Jones and starring Bugs Bunny, was released on this date. 8 Ball Bunny has a double connection to Humphrey Bogart: 1) Bogart’s character from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre shows up three times in caricature, begging money from Bugs. 2) BugsContinue reading “8 Ball Bunny premiered”

July 7, 1989 –The second single from their album The Raw & the Cooked, Good Thing by the Fine Young Cannibals, topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart on this date. Fine Young Cannibals rose from the ashes of the UK band The Beat. Sometimes called “The English Beat” to distinguish them from the US PaulContinue reading “The one good thing in my life …”

July 8th was a Sunday in 1881, so when a hot young man entered Edward Berner’s drugstore in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, and ordered an ice-cream soda, his request was denied. Ice-cream sodas could not be served on the Sabbath owing to the ancient Mosaic injunction against them. The hot young man pleaded his case soContinue reading “Thank you Mr. Berner”

July 7, 1928 –Wonder no more where the expression came from – Sliced bread was sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri, on this date. It is described as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped“. Unfortunately Betty White is no longer with withContinue reading “Without bread all is misery”