R.I.P. to musicians Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice) and Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls). Both passed away on January 13.
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20 years ago today, iTunes launched. Originally focused primarily on music, it later expanded into video, podcasts, e-books and mobile apps.
Also 20 years ago this day, Apple released Mac OS 9.1, one of the last versions of their classic operating system.
Happy 98th, Larry Storch! For those who don't know, Storch was the first to voice the Joker. He is also known for voiceover roles such as Mr. Whoopee in Tennessee Tuxedo, Koko the Clown in the '60s revival of Out of the Inkwell, Cool Cat in WB7A cartoons, and Drac and Ratso in Groovie Goolies.
R.I.P. to Alto Reed, saxophonist for Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band, and Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers, known for songs such as "How Do You Do It?" (which was almost released by the Beatles).
50 years ago today, American radio and television advertisements for cigarettes became a thing of the past, thanks to the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act.
New Year's Day 1971 was the last legal day for such commercials in the U.S., due to a compromise for broadcasting college football bowl games.
Among the things I got for Christmas this year were three Garfield ornaments, the Here Comes Garfield single, and Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits on CD (which I was listening to when I wrote this).
R.I.P. Chad Stuart of Chad & Jeremy and K.T. Oslin ("80's Ladies").
A few nights ago, I took some pictures of the early part of the lunar eclipse. Unfortunately, clouds in the sky likely downed a view during the peak (not to mention oversleeping it).
R.I.P. Norm Crosby, "The Master of Malaprop".
Happy 106th to Norman Lloyd, known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock, as well as appearing in St. Elsewhere and Dead Poets Society. His latest acting credential was in Trainwreck (2015).
Think this year is the first we get any PSAs with "We're all in this together"? Think again.
(Just the first one...I think)
MeTV will be airing The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone at 9 PM EST tonight. This marks the first time, I think, that the channel has aired anything Flintstones beyond the original show.
Not to toot my own horn, but I share a birthday today with Dan Gilvezan (Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, The Transformers) and Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy et al.).
R.I.P. Marge Champion, who was the model for Disney's Snow White.
Dedicating this post to country singer-songwriter Ray Pennington, who was killed in a house fire Wednesday. He was 86.
"I'm a Ramblin' Man", written by Pennington, as made famous by Waylon Jennings:
Happy Half-April Fools' Day!
No, no, just kidding.
How about happy 28th to Cartoon Network?
@RandomMe Aw, you beat me to the punch with The Flintstones' 60th anniversary (I was also going to say it's been 1 year since MeTV started airing it). Ah well.
Though, I should note The Jetsons started in 1962, so it's two years for them.
Mac Davis, Helen Reddy, AND Tower of Power bassist Rocco Prestia? Yikes.
R.I.P. Kevin Burns, film and television producer, director and screenwriter whose credentials are vast. One of the most recent being the 2018 reboot of Lost in Space.
To the best of my knowledge, the oldest living American voice actor now is Larry Storch (97), whose credentials include Out of the Inkwell ('60s revival), Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales, The Batman/Superman Hour, the Seven Arts era of Warner Bros. Cartoons, and Groovie Goolies. His latest voiceover work was in the late '80s, w/ Foofur, Garfield and Friends and an unaired Beetle Bailey special. -
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