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January 14, 1972 – Sanford and Son, featuring comedian Redd Foxx (whose last name was really Sanford) and Demond Wilson, premiered on NBC-TV on this date. Throughout the series, whenever Lamont threatened to move out, or things did not go Fred’s way, he would clutch his chest and fake a heart attack, shouting variations ofContinue reading “Remember to clearly announce – this is not a drill”

January 14, 1973 –Touch but the hem of his raiment and be saved! Elvis Presley made TV history with a live concert, Aloha from Hawaii, televised via satellite on this date. It has been estimated that over one billion people saw the concert. Aloha From Hawaii made history as the first televised event to beContinue reading “Elvis broke out in a sweat … we are all saved”

January 14, 1989 –The single from Bobby Brown’s second studio album, Don’t Be Cruel, My Prerogative went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts in the US on this date. This song helped Brown establish an image as a bad boy and an outcast. He really wasn’t all that scandalous at the time, and hisContinue reading “Everybody’s talkin’ all this stuff about me ….”

January 14, 1956 –Little Richard released Tutti Frutti on this date, (to fully take advantage of the healing powers of Little Richard, much like Elvis – you must remove all your clothing (underwears optional) and dance around the house, continually touching your afflicted regions.) This song introduced Little Richard’s famous “Whooooo,” and also a bigContinue reading “Stupid record buying public.”

Janury 13, 1968 –The Beatles’ non-album single Hello Goodbye was #1 on the Billboard charts for the third week in a row, becoming the band’s 15th American chart-topper. (It was the first single that The Beatles released after the death Brian Epstein.) John Lennon hated the song. He viewed it as an inconsequential song ofContinue reading “You say, “Yes”, I say, “No””

January 13, 1967 –Decca Records released The Rolling Stones single, Let’s Spend The Night Together, (the b-side was Ruby Tuesday,) in the UK on this date, It’s pretty obvious what’s going on in this song, as Mick Jagger makes a play to bed down a lovely lady. All this talk of “satisfying her every need”Continue reading “Don’t you worry ’bout what’s on your mind,”

January 13, 1945 – One of the ‘banned’ World War II Looney Tunes cartoons, Herr meets Hare, opened on this date. This cartoon marks the first appearance of Bugs’ classic “left turn at Albuquerque” joke. The cartoon was finally broadcast in its entirety in July, 2001, on a special episode of the Cartoon Network’s programContinue reading “The infamous Herr Meets Hare premiered”

January 13, 1966 –Samantha gave birth to a baby girl, Tabitha on the ABC-TV program Bewitched (entitled, And Then There Were Three,) on this date. This is the first appearance of Cousin Serena, who would be a recurring character for the remainder of the series.

January 13, 1989 – British comedy sketch show series A Bit of Fry and Laurie starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie debuts on BBC1 on this date. Stephen Fry was never able to convincingly fake hitting someone, so often he genuinely hit Hugh Laurie while filming the sketches.

January 12, 2007 –Concert violinist Joshua Bell, played for free, for 45 minutes, on a violin worth 3.5 million dollars at a subway station in a DC Metro station on this date. Of the 1,097 people who passed by Bell, only seven stopped to listen him play, including a 3-year old boy, and only oneContinue reading “A surprise is always around the corner”