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July 26, 2015 –In a field just outside of Cesena, Italy, 1000 musicians and singers play Foo Fighters Learn to Fly simultaneously with the dream of attracting the band to play a show in their city for the first time in nearly 20 years. On November 3, 2015, the Foo Fighters performed a 27-song setContinue reading “Dream big – You never know”

July 26, 1991 – One of Mel Brooks non-film parody movies, Life Stinks, starring Mel, Leslie Ann Warren, Howard Morris, and Jeffrey Tambor opened on this date. (This was one of my father-in-law’s favorite movies.) The film screened out-of-competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991 playing at a “surprise screening“. France, being the homeContinue reading “Life Stinks premiered”

July 26, 2006 –The directorial debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Little Miss Sunshine, starring Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arkin, went into limited release on this date. All of the girls acting as participants in the “Little Miss Sunshine” beauty pageant, exceptContinue reading “Little Miss Sunshine opened”

July 26, 1895 –Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I’ll develop my radio personality. Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, the brilliant comedian and actor, and better half of the Burns and Allen teamContinue reading “Gracie Allen”

For some reason, today is All or Nothing Day. All or Nothing Day is a time to take risks and live on the edge. Live like today is your last day on earth and let your inner daredevil shine, especially if you are looking to become a Darwin Award winner.

July 25, 1965 –The ever-changing Bob Dylan plugged in for his headlining set backed by the Butterfield Blues Band at The Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, on this date. Dylan’s electric performance at the Newport Folk Festival surprised his audience — and not in a good way. The crowd booed, even when heContinue reading “The day the music changed”

July 25, 1960 –When The Everly Brothers and Elvis Presley decided not to record his tune, Roy Orbison decided to record the song Only the Lonely himself. It reach reached the No.2 spot on the US Billboard’s singles chart on this date. The song was subtitled “Know The Way I Feel” to avoid confusion withContinue reading “Revel in the voluptuousness of despair”

July 25, 1953 – The Merrie Melodies cartoon, Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century, starring Daffy Duck as space hero Duck Dodgers, Porky Pig as his assistant and Marvin the Martian as his opponent, was released on this date Considering the period in which the cartoon was produced (the Second Red Scare was inContinue reading “The world’s supply of Alludium Phosdex, the shaving cream atom, is alarmingly low.”

July 25, 1980 – The very silly movie, Caddyshack, premiered on this date (watch it – you’ll laugh in spite of yourself.) As it was his first directing job and he wanted to make sure the production was successful, Harold Ramis avoided fraternizing with the cast and crew’s late night parties to focus on theContinue reading “And tell the cook this is low grade dog food.”

July 25, 2010 – An undated television series based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of his famous detective Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, first aired on the BBC, on this date. Many of the crew in Sherlock are related. Sherlock’s parents are actually actor Benedict Cumberbatch’s parents, Wanda Ventham and TimothyContinue reading “Sherlock premiered”