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September 30, 1927 –Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season, on this day. Roger Maris tied Ruth’s record on September 27, 1961. Aaron Judge hit his 61st home run Wednesday, tying Roger Maris’ single-season American League home run record. (Mark McGwire born on October 1, 1963, hit 70 home runs in 1998,Continue reading “The Bambino does it”

September 30, 1965 – Gerry Anderson’s supermarionation take on The Tracy family business, Thunderbirds premiered on this date in the UK. The faces of the Tracy family members were composites of those of famous celebrities of the day: Jeff Tracy was modeled upon actor Lorne Greene.Scott Tracy was modeled upon actor Sean Connery.Alan Tracy wasContinue reading “5, 4, 3, 2, … 1 Thunderbirds are go!”

September 30, 1998 –On The Drew Carey Show episode In Ramada Da Vida, Slash, Lisa Loeb, Dusty Hill of ZZ Top, Dave Mustaine, Jonny Lang, Joey Ramone, Joe Walsh and Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen audition for Drew’s band, which has a gig at the Ramada Inn. Walsh gets the job.

September 30, 1938 – RKO Studios released the eighth Marx Brothers film, Room Service, on this date. Although she seems much older and mature, Ann Miller was actually only 15 years old when she made this film. She had lied about her age and obtained a fake birth certificate when she was about 14 yearsContinue reading “Room Service premiered”

September 30, 1955 –Teen idol James Dean was killed in a car accident that probably could have been avoided if he had had his car inspected and tuned up regularly, obeyed all posted highway signs, and driven only when alert and sober on this date. (Remember kids – if you are going to drink tilContinue reading “Along came a Spyder and picked up a rider”

Today is also National Coffee Day. If you love coffee (I don’t), there are a bunch of places you can score free or very low cost cups of joe! If you’re passing by a McDonalds, Krispy Kreme, or Dunkin Donuts today and see what their special deal for the day is. Starbucks is once againContinue reading “Another day, another cup of coffee.”

For those of you not near your church bulletin, today is the feast of St. Michael the Archangel. It’s also known in England as Michaelmas Day. St. Michael is the patron saint of the sea and maritime lands, of ships and boatmen, of horses and horsemen. He was the Angel who hurled Lucifer down fromContinue reading “The war you all face is endless”

September 29, 1963 – My Favorite Martian, starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Ray Walston admitted later that he regretted taking the role of Uncle Martin. He took it for the money, and felt that it prevented him from getting substantial roles for many years. He enjoyed working withContinue reading “Everybody wished they had an Uncle Martin”

September 29, 1985 – The Sci-Fi anthology series created by Steven Spielberg, Amazing Stories, first aired on NBC-TV on this date. Four directors who worked on the series, all of whom are best known as film directors, later won the Academy Award for Best Director: Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, and Robert Zemeckis.

September 29, 1967 –Gerry Anderson’s supermarionation take on superheroes, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons premiered on this date in the UK. The face and voice of Captain Scarlet were both based on Cary Grant. In fact, Captain Scarlet’s voice artist, Francis Matthews was chosen to voice the character based on the fact he could doContinue reading “He’s the one who knows the Mysteron game”