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May 14, 1989 – Moonlighting, one of the better “boy/girl detective show” aired it’s last episode on ABC on this date. Even after the series had long since ‘jumped the shark‘, Bruce Willis‘ toup was a thing to behold.

May 14, 1998 –The world lost one of its smoothest voices and sharpest suits: Francis Albert Sinatra, better known as Ol’ Blue Eyes, bowed out at the age of 82. If you believe in poetic exits, perhaps the last voice he heard really was his own, crooning from a record player, whispering, “May you liveContinue reading “Frank Sinatra”

May 14, 1936 –Walden Robert Cassotto, singer, actor, Bronx Science grad, was born in NYC on this date. Bobby Darin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

May 13, 1637 –Cardinal Richelieu, a powerful French clergyman and statesman, is credited with introducing a refinement that would forever change dining etiquette: the table knife. Richelieu was concerned with the increasingly crude and dangerous habits of his dinner guests. Most notably, they had a tendency to pick their teeth with the sharp points ofContinue reading “Where function met etiquette”

May 13, 1994 –Almost two years after his farewell appearance on The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson made a surprise cameo on the Late Show With David Letterman, on this date. This was his last-ever TV appearance before his death in January 2005. Just before Carson’s death in 2005, CBS executive Peter Lassally revealed something interesting.Continue reading “He just couldn’t stay away”

May 13, 2004 –The last episode of Frasier aired on TV on this date. It followed an 11-year run on NBC-TV. The series holds the record for the most Emmy wins for a TV series of any kind. It has won 37 times in both comedy and drama categories.

May 13, 1994 –Soundgarden released the second single off their album Superunknown, Black Hole Sun, on this date. Chris Cornell got an idea for this song while driving home from Bear Creek Studio. This studio is near Seattle. Soundgarden were recording a version of New Damage there for a charity album. He shared with UncutContinue reading “In my eyes indisposed …”

Limerick, Ireland’s third largest city, was founded by the Vikings in 812. Some of Limerick’s well-known sons and daughters include actor Richard Harris, rock legends The Cranberries, broadcaster Terry Wogan, novelist and playwright Kate O’Brien and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt. But that has nothing to do with the fact that it’s Edward Lear’s birthday.Continue reading “… And the clean ones so seldom are comical.”

May 12, 1960 –Elvis Presley guest-starred in The Frank Sinatra Timex Special (the show is commonly referred to as Welcome Home Elvis) on ABC-TV. This was Elvis‘ first appearance on TV in three years; he had only recently been discharged from the army. Elvis was paid an at the time incredible sum of $125,000 forContinue reading “Welcome Home Elvis debuted”

May 12, 1993 – We al said our goodbye to Kevin, Paul and Winnie and shed many a tear when ABC TV aired the final episode of The Wonder Years, Independence Day, aired on this date. At the beginning of production, it was unclear as to whether the show would renew for another season orContinue reading “The Wonder Years were over”