Day Tripping: August 14

Well, excuse me!

Steve Martin was born in 1945 in Waco, Texas, and went on to write for the Smothers Brothers in the sixties. Not only is he a Mark Twain Prize for humour, but also a Grammy Award winner.

“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.”

Steve’s filmography includes comedy classics Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, and The Three Amigos. A regular host on Saturday Night Live and longtime standup comedian, Martin is also an art collector.

Today is:

Creamsicle Day — Loved these when I was a kid. Oh, wait! I still am.

Musical Ride

Paul McCartney suggested to his friend Micael Jackson he should invest in music publishing rights. Three years later in 1985, Jackson called Paul to tell him bought the rights to 250 Lennon-Mccartney songs from the Beatles catalogue.

McCartney initially doesn't believe it, thinking it’s a prank. When he learned the truth it was the end of their friendship.

Interesting Notes

The great power blackout that darkened the northeast United States and central Canada occurred in 2003. The cause was traced back to a system failure in Ohio that kept people in the dark for days.

In these parts, there was a lot of free beer being poured that night.

Gone But Not Forgotten

William Randolph Hearst was a newspaper magnate and the man whose life story is the influence for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. HIs newspapers popularized the sensational which was dubbed yellow journalism.

Hearst died in 1951 at the age of 88.

Notable Births

1851 — Dentist, gambler, and gunfighter Doc Holliday

1941—Founding member of the Byrds and CSN&Y, David Crosby

1966—The incredible Halle Berry

K. Barrett Maria Rattray Maryam Merchant Dr Mehmet Yildiz Tree Langdon Myriam Ben Salem Phil Truman Chelsea Mandler MAT Terry Mansfield Hollie Petit, PhD. Terry Trueman Dr Preeti Singh John Gruber Bill Abbate James G Brennan ScienceDuuude Marcus Liam Ireland Claire Kelly Noorain Hassan, BMS Amy Pierovich David Acaster Nora Thewriteyard David Perlmutter Joe Luca Holly Kellums Michael Burg, MD Lucy Dan Dave Logan

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