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May 16, 2019 –After 12 seasons, Sheldon finally learns how to acknowledge his friends when CBS TV aired the last episode of The Big Bang Theory: The Stockholm Syndrome, on this date. With this final episode, the four male characters Leonard, Sheldon, Howard and Raj are the only ones that have appeared in every episode.Continue reading “It ended with a small bang”

May 16, 1977 –The sequel to the TV movie, Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn, starring Leigh McCloskey, Eve Plumb, Juliet Mills, Jean Hagen, and Earl Holliman, premiered on NBC TV, on this date. This was Jean Hagen’s final performance.

But not the less, it’s National Sea Monkey Day, (My old pal, Mr. Teeny has told me countless times that it was his uncle in the video and he came to a very bitter end. For those of you who’ve asked – Mr Teeny is fine, living in L.A. and is now a sports agent.)Continue reading “When you were a kid, who know what they were.”

May 15, 1981 – Look, there was no real reason for this but The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island premiered on NBC on this date. According to both Sherwood Schwartz and Dawn Wells, It was a very emotional day on set when Jim Backus filmed his brief scene. He was thin and very shaky, butContinue reading “It seemed that they would never get off that damn island”

May 15, 2011 –Michel Hazanavicius’ amazing salute to the passing of the silent film era, The Artist, starring Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, and James Cromwell, debuted at the Cannes Film festival, on this date. The character of George Valentin is based on two silent movie stars, Douglas Fairbanks and John Gilbert. Both actorsContinue reading “The Artist premiered”

May 15, 1993 –Janet Jackson’s single, That’s The Way Love Goes, goes to #1 on this date. It remains No. 1 for eight weeks – longer than any other single by either Janet or her famous brother. James Brown demanded approval of the lyrics before he would allow Janet to sample his hit Papa Don’tContinue reading “Remember, it’s Miss Jackson, if you’re nasty”

May 15, 1928 –Plane Crazy was the first animated cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse as well as Minnie Mouse (Mickey’s girlfriend). The short was co-directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. Iwerks was also the main animator for this short and reportedly spent six weeks working on it. Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising were creditedContinue reading “Plane Crazy’s first test screening”

May 14, 1925 – On this fine spring day, a middle-aged London society matron goes out to buy flowers for a party. Meanwhile, across town, a shell-shocked World War I veteran is grappling with severe PTSD and planning his tragic exit from a world that refuses to understand him. Just your average Thursday, really. VirginiaContinue reading “Mrs. Dalloway was published”

May 14, 1796 –Edward Jenner performed what is widely considered the first successful smallpox inoculation. The method? Jenner scraped a bit of pus—yes, pus—from a blister on a milkmaid infected with cowpox and rubbed it into a small cut on the arm of an unsuspecting (and very likely confused) 8-year-old boy named James Phipps. (BriefContinue reading “The Day a Doctor Said, “Trust Me, I Have a Cow””

May 14, 1998 –The final episode of Seinfeld aired on this date. Jerry Seinfeld holds both the record for the “most money refused” according to the Guinness Book of World Records by refusing an offer to continue the show for $5 million per episode, and another record for the Highest Ever Annual Earnings For AContinue reading “Not too shabby for a show about nothing.”