CBS forced to pay for Stephen Colbert’s final prank on The Late Show
June 16, 1980: "The Blues Brothers" starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, and directed by John Landis, premieres in Chicago.
What's your favorite moment from this film?
“For Russ Meyer, nothing is obscene as long as it's done in bad taste.”
Paul D. Zimmerman
‘Oh no! I hope this doesn’t cost CBS any money,’ Colbert said during his May 21 finale
“Laurel is the most unselfish man that ever lived and the funniest man in the world... He is so distinctive that he stands absolutely alone. He doesn’t depend upon funny clothes to make him funny, he is funny in himself."
Oliver Hardy on Stan Laurel, born 16 June 1890
…seven+ hour drive with Mom tomorrow…back to her home on the Oregon coast…
According to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the 3 most perfect plots ever devised were:
“Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles
“The Alchemist” by Ben Jonson
“Tom Jones” by Henry Fielding
Dr Pop Culture USA
Hookalakah Meshobbab
Tonight's viewing - "Elektra" - San Francisco Opera Encore Presentation
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Gordon Douglas's Them - NYC premiere this day in 1954 - Japanese release poster
Stan Laurel (with Oliver Hardy and Mary the monkey) - BOTD
