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September 23, 1992 –NBC first introduced us to Paul and Jamie Buchman (and Murray) when Mad About You first premiered on this date. Paul Reiser’s production company is called Nuance Productions, after a line in the first film he appeared in, Diner: “You know what word I’m not comfortable with? Nuance. It’s not a realContinue reading “Mad About Your aired for the first go around”

September 23, 1962 – The Jetsons debuted on ABC-TV’s Sunday night’s prime time lineup on this date. It was the network’s first program ever to be broadcast in color. The design of the Jetsons‘ flying car was inspired by a 1954 Ford concept car, the FX-Atmos, notable for its all-glass bubble canopy, dashboard radar screenContinue reading “We got to meet George for the first time”

September 23, 1977 –ABC Records breathed a huge sigh of relief when they were finally able to release the much delayed sixth studio album of the ultra-perfectionists Steely Dan’s Aja on this date. The album is pronounced “Asia,” and was inspired by the continent. Steely Dan have several songs with a Far East influence, sinceContinue reading “… I saw you in Rudy’s, you were very high …”

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”