As new formats like DVD, Blu-ray, and now Ultra HD Blu-ray have brought
better picture quality, sound, and room for special features, most people
have moved away from the VCR. As a result, it’s finally time to say goodbye
to the home video progenitor for good.

Funai, the last remaining manufacturer of the VCR, will cease production of
the players by the end of the month, according to Japanese newspaper The
Nikkei (via Anime News Network). The company is citing a declining market
and increasing difficulty in sourcing parts as the reasons behind the decision.

JVC developed the VHS format and began selling the first VCRs in 1976,
while Funai began selling its first models in 1983. Betamax players, a format
developed by Sony, were released in Japan in early 1975 and discontinued
in 2002.

Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Estelle Louise Fletcher was born in Birmingham, Alabama.

Louise Fletcher won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Nurse
Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975). She worked as a secretary
by day and took acting lessons by night.

Jack Nicholson from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

John Herschel Glenn, Jr. was born in Cambridge, Ohio.

The song "Poison Ivy" by The Coasters went to #1 on the R&B chart, #7
on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was their third top-ten hit of that year
following "Charlie Brown" and "Along Came Jones".

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Harrison Ford is 74 today.

Ford reached the second-highest rank in the Boy Scouts of 
America and worked as a counselor for the Reptile Study
merit badge at Napowan Adventure Base Scout Camp. He
worked as a carpenter and briefly served as a stagehand
for The Doors.

Harrison Ford in American Graffiti, 1973.