Desert Island Storm

If Memory Swerves™, 'twas on this day in history — November 6, 1941 — that BBC® Radio blabberer Roy Plomley dreamt up — which is to say, nocturnally emitted — "Desert Island Discs," a concept that unwittingly spawned the current Twitternet™ obsession with Buzzfeed® lists such as "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover Penniless and Reviled," "11 Signature Keanu Reeves and/or Ryan Gosling Blank Stares" and "The 9 Whitest Black Gents on ESPN®." Plomley's idea was a simple one: He would ask guests to name the eighteen recordings — or compacted "discs" — they'd most desire if they were marooned on a desert island — with downed Federal Express pilot Tom Hanks and his soccer ball Wilson® — and then Plomley would play the discs and lie about how much he liked them, whilst audience members would Tweet® vile insults about the castaway's choices. He hosted the program for 43 years, before heading to that Great Tiki Bar in The Sky. Remarkably, "Desert Island Discs" is still on air today, a vinyl record currently being challenged by Blue Man Group™, which runs continuously, night and day, on no fewer than eight continents. In honour of Mr. Plomley, here is Yours Truly Dooley's decades-spanning list of song favorites: "Don't Sit Under The Blossoming Apple Tree (Without Appropriate Headgear)," Glenn Miller and His Orchestra; "Inka Dinka Doo Rag," Jimmy Durante; "Downtown," Petula Clark; "OUCH!" The Beatles; "Don't Give Up On Us, Baby (And By Us, I Mean Me)," sandy-haired, singing detective David “Hutch” Soul; "People, Let Me Tell You 'Bout My Best Friend," single dad Bill Bixby; "Volare," Artist Unknown (But There Is YouTube™ Footage Of Golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez Performing It In A Locker Room); "Tra La La (La La La La)," The Banana Splits; "Love Grows (Where The Essential Garden Spice Rosemary Grows)," Edison Lighthouse; "Knowing Me, Knowing You (Still Getting To Know Your Siblings, But Am Thus Far Unimpressed)," ABBA; "These Hand-Stitched Leather Boots (Are Made for Walkin')," Nancy or Frank Sinatra, Jr.; "United We Stand," Brotherhood of Man; "Let Her In," Licensed Pilot John Travolta; "Tiny Hawaiian Bubbles," Tiny Hawaiian Don Ho; "Messrs. Abraham, Martin and John," Messrs. Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds; "Mad About You (Lost In Your Arms and/or Charms)," Melinda Carlisle; "Master Beaumont Jangles," Sammy Davis Junior; "Safety Dance," Men Without Hats Nor Future Hits Alas. Cheers to the original man without a hat — pictured here — deserted islander Roy Plomley.