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September 23, 1969 –An article in the Northern Illinois University student newspaper propagated the rumor that Paul is dead. And if you play I’m so Tired from the White Album (and smoke an enormous amount of dope,) you hear Paul McCartney Is Dead.

September 22, 1958 – The private eye series, Peter Gunn, starring Craig Stevens premiered on this date This was one of the first television shows to have its own original score, and it was the first to feature modern jazz for a soundtrack. Previously, producers used generic music scores that were used in many televisionContinue reading “The coolest opening music”

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 “The Man from U.N.C.L.E premiered”

Autumn begins at 8:43 a.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 “Getting crisp in the fall.”

September 21 1985 –The Dire Straits single, Money for Nothing, from the album Brothers in Arms, hits No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. The innovative video was one of the first to feature computer generated animation, which was done using an early program called Paintbox. The characters were supposed to have moreContinue reading “Money for Nothing topped the charts”

September 21, 1897 –The New York Sun ran its famous editorial that answered a question from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon: “Is there a Santa Claus?“on this date. Obviously, times were different back then given that The New York Sun was printing an editorial about Christmas in September.

January 21, 1970 –Nanny and the Professor, starring Juliet Mills, Richard Long, David Doremus, Trent Lehman, and Kim Richards, first aired on ABC TV, on this date. This is one of the situation comedies to go into syndication with a total of less than five seasons. The original run consisted of only two half seasonsContinue reading “Phoebe Figalilly truly is a silly name”

September 21, 1968 –Based on the 1947 film of the same name, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir,  starring Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Reta Shaw, first aired on this date. The series premiered on NBC on Saturday night at 8:30 PM EST. NBC canceled it after the first season, and it wasContinue reading “The Ghost & Mrs. Muir premiered”

In the key that our souls were singin’ According to Maurice White, he got the idea for this song in an unlikely place: a hotel room in Washington DC while there was some kind of protest going on below. Said White, “There’s all these cats screaming and throwing things and going crazy and this tuneContinue reading “Our hearts were ringin’”

September 20, 1946 – The first Cannes film festival, the first great international cultural event of the post-war period, begins on this date. Among the selections that year were:The Seventh Veil directed by Compton Bennett Wet Paint directed by Jack King, produced by Walt Disney The Bandit (Il bandito) directed by Alberto Lattuada Beauty andContinue reading “The first time they all gathered on the Golden Croissant”