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February 9, 1990 –Proving that you can throw good money after bad, CBS TV tried with an hour-long Comedy-Drama(?) version of The Brady Bunch, The Bradys, starring the usual suspect, which debuted on this date. The show lasted six episodes. Once again Robert Reed fought with Sherwood Schwartz over script quality. When Schwartz refused toContinue reading “For some reason, yet another Brady series premiered”

February 9, 1979 –Before the birth of MTV, ABC-TV marked the 25th anniversary of the birth of Rock and Roll by first airing the documentary Heroes of Rock and Roll on this date. In two hours, from the high-school gym dance scene from the film Rock Around The Clock to the closing That’s all, bye-bye,Continue reading “Heroes of Rock and Roll premiered”

February 9, 1964 – The Beatles made their US live debut on CBS-TV’s The Ed Sullivan Show; they performed five songs including their current No.1 I Want To Hold Your Hand on this date. Never before had so many viewers tuned-in to a live television program, which with 73 million viewers, was three-fourths of theContinue reading “A small British Band appeared on TV”

The eleventh day of the Lunar New Year is known as the day to welcome Zigu Shen(the Purple Lady). According to legend, Zigu was a concubine of a rich man in ancient China. The wife of the rich man killed her in the toilet due to her jealousy. The Heavenly God had compassion for her,Continue reading “Maybe at this point, just have a little salad”

February 8, 1968 –Planet of The Apes premiered in NYC on this date, confirming Charlton Heston’s position as one of the greatest “One Note Actors” of his generation. At one of the first test screenings, a woman walked up to Charlton Heston and asked him how he was. Heston had no clue who she wasContinue reading “You damn, dirty ape !!!!”

February 8, 1973 –The cult classic film The Harder They Come (the breakthough film for Reggae music in the US,) was released in New York by Roger Corman’s New World Pictures, on this date. The movie is in Jamaican Patois, a creole language which can be understood to some extent by English speakers. There areContinue reading “Well, they tell me of a pie up in the sky …”

February 8, 1975 –Ohio Players’ single Fire went to No. # 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. Lead Ohio Player Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, who also wrote the lyrics about getting hot for a smokin’ woman, recalled how the song came to life in the studio. “We were in the studio making tracks andContinue reading “Fire reached the top of the charts”

This year, International Clash Day is today (I’ve also seen it listed as occuring on February 5.) It apparently can never be celebrated on a weekend, and it originally took place on a February 7. In 2013, KEXP in Seattle, wanted to recognize the band’s legacy of championing the opposed and striving for the possibilityContinue reading “This is Radio Clash!”

February 7, 1979 –The very expensive superbomb of 1979, Supertrain premiered on NBC-TV on this date. TV Guide ranked Supertrain number 28 on its “50 Worst TV Shows of All Time” list. This was the most expensive American TV series ever produced at the time. The failure of this show, along with the US boycottContinue reading “No one saw this would be awful?”

February 7, 1986 –Woody Allen’s 15th and most financially successful film, Hannah and Her Sisters, starring Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Carrie Fisher, Barbara Hershey, Lloyd Nolan, Maureen O’Sullivan, Daniel Stern, Max von Sydow, and Dianne Wiest, premiered in the US, on this date. Many of Hannah’s scenes were filmed in Mia Farrow’s apartment.Continue reading “nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands”