Not that we’re counting: but there are 6 days until Halloween. Make sure you have enough apples and razor blades, there are 9 days until the general election. You may have to save some of those razor blades for yourself. There are 32 days until Thanksgiving. Hopefully we still have a government so we canContinue reading “Things are just rushing by”
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The first name of mine is Ferd
Have you seen the bologna that has the olives in it? Who’s that for? ‘I like my bologna like a martini. With an olive.’ ‘I’ll have the bologna sandwich – dirty.’. – Jim Gaffigan It’s National Bologna Day Just don’t ask how they make it.
Making ‘Don’t worry – I’ll sit in the dark’ to an art form
October 24, 1970 –One of the greatest character actresses, Nancy Walker, made her first appearance in one of her most famous roles, Ida Morgenstern, in the The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode Support Your Local Mother on this date. This episode’s guest star Nancy Walker and the preceding episode’s guest star John Schuck each landedContinue reading “Making ‘Don’t worry – I’ll sit in the dark’ to an art form”
Avoid looking at the Queen of Diamonds
October 24, 1962 – A taut thriller with the underlying theme of an afternoon tea party gone horribly wrong – The Manchurian Candidate, premiered on this date. Frank Sinatra broke the little finger of his right hand on the desk in the fight sequence with Henry Silva. Due to on-going filming commitments, he could notContinue reading “Avoid looking at the Queen of Diamonds”
Would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned?”
October 24, 2004 –Reprise Records released the third studio album from My Chemical Romance, The Black Parade, on this date. The concept of the album is “The Patient“, who dies of cancer at an early age. According to lead singer Gerald Way, death comes in the form of your most powerful memory, and for “TheContinue reading “Would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned?””
The Daffy Duckaroo premiered
October 24, 1942 –The Looney Tunes short, The Daffy Duckaroo, directed by Norman McCabe and starring Daffy Duck, was released on this date. This is the final Daffy Duck short to be directed by Norman McCabe.
Today’s fire comes from yesterday’s match
October 24, 1836 –(Please follow along on your flow charts — this will be on the test.)Mankind was not fully mankind until it learned how to set things on fire. That happened a long time ago and enabled such hallmarks of early civilization as cooked meat, heated homes, and flaming heretics. Only in the pastContinue reading “Today’s fire comes from yesterday’s match”
I wish they had gotten her to rehab
October 23, 2006 –Ironically one of Amy Winehouse’s most famous songs Rehab, from her second studio album, Back to Black, was released on this date. On August 14, 2007, Winehouse entered The Causeway Retreat, a rehab center in Essex, England, with her new husband (and fellow addict), Blake Fielder. Addiction specialists know that admitting aContinue reading “I wish they had gotten her to rehab”
A-Lad-In His Lamp premiere
October 23, 1949 –The Looney Tunes short, A-Lad-In His Lamp, directed by Bob McKimson and starring Bugs Bunny, was released on this date. Jim Backus‘ genie may well have been some inspiration for Robin Williams‘ comedic genie in Aladdin.
Fin ‘n’ Catty premiered
October 13, 1943 –The Merrie Melodies short, Fin ‘n’ Catty, directed by Chuck Jones was released on this date. When Catty’s gloved hand approaches the goldfish’s door, he is carrying a case labeled ‘Filet Brush Man‘ – a take-off of the Fuller Brush Man.
