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Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The holiday is a parody holiday invented in 1995 by John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap’n Slappy), of Corvallis, Oregon, who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. Nothing says Piracy (or the BritishContinue reading “Can you adult audit those classes?”

September 18, 1971 –The fifth studio album by the Who, Who’s Next, reached No. 1 of the Billboard Charts in the U.K. on this date. In an interview with Billboard magazine in February 2010, Pete Townshend discussed how he feels now that 40 years on this and other Who songs take on a deeper meaning.Continue reading “Who’s Next topped the charts”

As with most things, many people and restaurants are claiming the cheeseburgers’ origin, going as far back as 1926, when a sloppy 16 year old Lionel Sternberger, while working at his father’s Pasadena, California sandwich shop, dropped a slice of cheese on a burger he was cooking. Although I should not scoff, the sloppy AlexanderContinue reading “Today is National Cheeseburger Day”

September 18, 1963 –The show that taught elderly men, twin cousins might be lured into immoral acts with the purchase of grilled sausages – The Patty Duke Show, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. Patty Duke was only sixteen when production began, and thus it was decided to film the show in New York CityContinue reading “The Patty Duke Show debuted”

September 18, 1965 –Kleenex stock rose precipitously as I Dream of Jeannie premiered on this date. While filming the first 12 episodes of season 1, Barbara Eden was pregnant with her son, Matthew Ansara. Her pregnancy was disguised by filming her in close-up or with a copious veil covering her front. Barbara Eden has saidContinue reading “It was the start of the search for the missing navel”

September 18, 1960 –Teen heart-throb Tab Hunter was at the peak of his career when his comedy series, The Tab Hunter Show, premiered on NBC-TV on this date. The Tab Hunter Show seemed like an update of The Bob Cummings Show, aimed at a younger audience. Both featured an artist (Bob a photographer, Tab aContinue reading “The Tab Hunter Show premiered”

September 17, 1966 –Wilson Pickett’s cover of Chris Kenner’s song, Land of 1000 Dances, went to No. 1 on the US Billboard Charts on this date. Dances mentioned in Kenner’s version are: The Pony, Mashed Potato, Alligator, Twist, Watusi, The Yo-Yo, Sweet Pea, Fly, Hand Jive, Slop, Chicken, Bop, Fish, Slow Twist, Tango, and theContinue reading “Land of 1000 Dances topped the charts”

On July 4, 1776, the American colonies told Britain to kiss their hairy American asses. This occurred during the Revolutionary War, during which the Redcoats were coming, a shot was heard ‘round the world’, and Paul Revere could see the whites of their eyes and knew that their taxes were too high. The complexities ofContinue reading “Please remember to celebrate while we still have a Constitution.”

September 17, 1982 –Zoetrope Studios’ film Hammett, directed by Wim Wenders and executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, and Roy Kinnear, debuted in the US, on this date. When director Wim Wenders completed his work, the company Orion was so dissatisfied, that the Zoetrope studio was ordered to re-writeContinue reading “Hammett premiered”

September 17, 1964 – Dick York started out as Durwood, I mean, Darrin as Bewitched premiered on ABC-TV on this date. The show had an unusual amount of roles played by more than one person: two Darrins, two Gladys Kravitzes, two Louise Tates, two of Darrin’s father. Dick York left the show in 1969 dueContinue reading “You first got to watch that cute little nose crinkle”