Birthdays: artist
Tobias Stummer-1539, Duke Maximillian Ist of Bavaria- leader of the Catholic
League 1579, Nikita Khruschev, Thorton Wilder, Clarence Darrow, Arthur
Schnabel, Olivia Hussey is 66, Gregor Piatigorsky, Don Kirschner, William
Holden, Harry Reasoner, Boomer Eiseason, Sean Bean is 58, Victoria Beckham, Martha
Sigall, Ron Miller, Jennifer Garner is 45,
Rooney Mara is 32.
1924- Metro
Pictures, Goldwyn and Mayer Films all merged to become Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer. By
1940 MGM was the largest studio in Hollywood.
1929- Baseball
great Babe Ruth married Ziegfeld Follies dancer Marge Colson in a morning
ceremony. Then he drove to Yankee Stadium and hit a home run.
EIGHTY YEARS AGO 1937
"Porky's Duck Hunt" The birth of Daffy Duck. One legendary story is
that newly hired voice actor Mel Blanc in part designed Daffys distinctive lisp
to be an impression of the Looney Tunes boss Leon Schlesinger. When they
screened this cartoon all the artists stood in dread of how Leon would take the
joke. Leon never made the connection that the Ducks voice was an imitation of
him:" Gee Fellers, dat Duck iz pretty Ffffunny!"
1971- The song
"Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night tops the pop charts.
1987- Comedian
Dick Shawn the Hippy-Hitler in the original Mel Brooks film the Producers- was
doing his one-man show The Second Funniest Man in the World at UC San Diego.
After one particularly funny punch line he fell over dead from a heart attack.
The audience roared for several more minutes at him lying there face down
because they thought it was part of the act.
2011- The first season of Game of Thrones premiered in the U.S. on HBO.
No comments:
Post a Comment