Blue Monday (date) Blue Monday (date) Blue Monday is a name given to a day in January (typically the third Monday of the month) claimed to be the most depressing day of the year. The concept was first publicised as part of a 2005 press release from holiday company Sky Travel, which claimed to have calculated the date using an equation. It takes into account weather conditions and thus only applies to the Northern Hemisphere. The idea is considered pseudoscience, with its formula derided by scientists as nonsensical. This date was published in a press release under the name of Cliff Arnall, at
Blue Monday Jamboree of "Blue Monday Jamboree" in 1927 featured Juliette Dunne, Harvey Austin and the Hawaiians and Mac's Haywire Orchestra. The announcer was Harrison Hollaway. Meredith Willson made his radio debut on the program in 1928. Al Pearce was one of the entertainers featured on the program. He eventually starred in a spinoff program, "Happy Go Lucky Hour", that began on KFRC, later moving to NBC and being renamed "Al Pearce and His Gang". Other members of the troupe included Jane Green, Midge Williams and Bea Benaderet. Blue Monday Jamboree Blue Monday Jamboree is an old-time radio variety program in the United