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September 23, 1962 –The Jetsons debuted on ABC-TV’s Sunday night’s prime time lineup on this date. It was the network’s first program ever to be broadcast in color. The series displays several devices that did not exist at the time, such as a flatscreen television, newspaper on a computer-like screen, a computer virus, video chat,Continue reading “I don’t think Jane ever stopped that crazy thing”

September 23, 1968 –ABC Pictures moving drama, Charley, based on the short story Flowers for Algernon, starring Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney, Dick Van Patten and Barney Martin premiered on this date. The reason that Cliff Robertson was not at the Oscars to receive his Best Actor award was because he wasContinue reading “Charley premiered”

September 23, 1976 –The first episode for a very short lived series (the series only lasted 11 episodes.) Gemini Man, starring Ben Murphy, William Sylvester, and Katherine Crawford, first aired on this date. The series was conceived as a second attempt to adapt H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Maninto a spy series, following the failed attemptContinue reading “Gemini Man premiered”

September 23, 1949 –Happy Birthday Bruce! If you are of a certain age, at one point, Bruce meant everything to you.

Camels can travel up to 161 km (100 miles) in the hot desert without water. But contrary to popular misconception, a camel’s hump is not filled with water. Instead, it is filled with fat (up to 36 kg, or 80 lbs.) that is metabolized for energy and water when needed. As the fat is usedContinue reading “More about camels than you need to know”

Once more with feeling – OMG, I nearly forgot, Rosh Hashanah begins this evening, so we here at ACME are wishing our friends L’shanah Tovah. As you hear the shofar this evening, remember to start writing 5786 on your checks. Also, I hope your sins are not so numerous that you really couldn’t cast themContinue reading “The start of the High Holy Days”

Autumn begins at 2:19 p.m. EDT today. Joyfully, it’s also the first day of Fall. Many people in the northern hemisphere are disturbed by the changes they see around them at about this time each year. It gets darker earlier, temperatures drop, leaves change color and die and the Red Sox tend to drop outContinue reading “Proof that change is beautiful”

Septeber 22, 1979 –The eighth studio album by Led Zeppelin, In Through The Out Door, released by their label, Swan Song, went to the top of the Billboard Charts on this date. When they were recording this album, Jimmy Page and John Bonham were spending a lot of time together and would usually show upContinue reading “Looking for a woman, oh, but the girl don’t come”

September 22, 1964 – Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, who kept the world safe on The Man from U.N.C.L.E, made their first appearance on NBC-TV on this date. Originally, Will Kuluva was to play the head of U.N.C.L.E., but was replaced by Leo G. Carroll. After the pilot was screened for the network executives, theyContinue reading “U.N.C.L.E. is an acronym for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement”

September 22, 1957 – The comedy-western series Maverick, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. Producer Roy Huggins stated the writers’ guiding principle for the Maverick series was his belief that, “In the traditional Western, the situation was always serious, but never hopeless. In a “Maverick” story, the situation is always hopeless, but never serious.“