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October 4, 1964 –Supermarionation was used once again to freak out unsuspecting children when Gerry Anderson’s third series Stingray, premiered in the UK on this date. (It was the first British series to be filmed entirely in Colour: the extra U was particularly expensive.) The total cost of the production for Stingray was approximately £1Continue reading “Standing by for action!”

October 4, 1980 –Queen started a three week run at No.1 on the Billboard singles chart with Another One Bites The Dust, on this date. Queen were originally reluctant to release this as a single, but backstage after a Queen gig at the Los Angeles forum, a visiting Michael Jackson convinced them it would beContinue reading “Another One Bites The Dust topped the charts”

The last Friday was World Smile Day. World Smile Day is a moving holiday celebrated on the first Friday of October. Harvey Ball created the first smiley face in 1963. Mr. Ball was a commercial artist. The Icon was so popular that in 1999 a holiday was established to celebrate the icon and smiles.

October 3, 1961 –The Dick Van Dyke Show premiered on this date. The show wasn’t an immediate success but became a hit. Carl Reiner asked network censors for permission to show Laura and Rob sleeping in one large bed together, reasoning (quite sensibly) that he and his wife did so in real life. The permissionContinue reading “I wonder what the insurance costs on the set were”

October 3, 1941 – John Huston’s first directorial effort, The Maltese Falcon, premiered in NYC on this date. At 357 pounds, 60-year-old British newcomer Sydney Greenstreet was so large that the studio had to specially manufacture his entire wardrobe for the role of Kasper Gutman. The chair in which Greenstreet sits while talking with SamContinue reading “The stuff that dream were made of …”

October 3, 1953 – The final installment of the Looney Tunes “Hunting Trilogy“, Duck! Rabbit, Duck!, premiered on this date. Bugs Bunny stuck out four signs to lead Elmer Fudd to shoot Daffy Duck. In order they are: 1st GOAT SEASON OPEN;2nd, DIRTY SKUNK SEASON;3rd, PIGEON SEASON;4th and last, MONGOOSE SEASON.

October 3, 1980 –A & M Records released the third album by The Police, Zenyatta Mondatta, on this date. The race horse Zenyatta is named after the album Zenyatta Mondatta. The horse is owned by Jerry Moss, who signed The Police to his label A&M Records.

October 3, 2003 –The documentary film directed by David Leland about the tribute concert for George Harrison held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on November 29, 2002, Concert for George, opened on this date. This was the first time that Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr performed together on stage since the breakup ofContinue reading “Concert for George premiered”

October 2, 1950 –The comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles Schulz, debuted in nine newspapers with the characters of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Patty and Sherman. It is still the most-read comic strip in the world. And yet, Charlie still hasn’t kicked that damn football.

October 2, 1983 –Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler’s single Total Eclipse Of The Heart was No. 1 on the Billboard Charts, on this date. The song, which was Tyler’s biggest hit of her career, made her the only Welsh artist to score a U.S. No. 1 hit. The song was written and produced by Jim Steinman,Continue reading “A UN commission has adviced this trigger warning – major earworm ahead.”