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Dr. Smith is attempting to inappropriately stimulate your young pulsating bulbous nether region! The Robinson Family gets Lost in Space for the first time on CBS-TV on this date. The Robinsons’ robot was created by Robert Kinoshita, the same man who designed Robby the Robot for Forbidden Planet. Indeed, Robbie the Robot makes a guestContinue reading “Danger Will Robinson, danger.”

September 14, 1964 – The Irwin Allen sci-fi series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, starring Gypsy (from MST3K’s) love god, Richard Basehart, first aired on the ABC-TV on this date. The props used in this show, (such as the computers and guns) also were used in Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel ,Continue reading “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea premiered”

September 14, 1978 –The TV show that helped launch Robin Williams career, Mork & Mindy, debuted on this date. Pam Dawber did not personally audition for the role of Mindy. To sell the show to the network, producer Garry Marshall edited clips together of Dawber’s performance from a failed ABC series of Sister Terri, withContinue reading “Mork & Mindy premiered”

September 14, 1968 – Yes kids, years before Riverdale, there was The Archies – The Archie Show, based on the comic book series, premiered on CBS-TV on this date. The success of this animated series with its musical numbers drew the attention of Hanna-Barbera Productions. Through the early 1970s, many of their series would haveContinue reading “The Archie Show debuted”

September 14, 1974 –Eric Clapton’s cover of the Bob Marley song, I Shot The Sheriff, went to the top of the Billboard Charts on this date. It is Clapton’s only top #1 hit, either as a solo artist or with one of his bands (Cream, The Yardbirds, Derek & the Dominos…)

September 13, 1965 –The Beatles released the single Yesterday in the US on this date (Act Naturally was on the B side.) This was the first Beatles song to capture a mass adult market. Most of their fans were young people to this point, but this song gave the band a great deal of credibilityContinue reading “Remember it could have been Scrambled Eggs”

September 13, 1969 – Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! made its CBS network debut on this date. Shaggy is the only character (apart from Scooby himself) to be in every incarnation of the series.

September 13, 1980 –The musical variety show, Solid Gold, featuring Dionne Warwick and the Solid Gold dancers, first started in syndication on this date. Rumor has it that Wayland Flowers, whose scene-stealing puppet, Madame, was a recurring guest, was so high on cocaine that he frequently had to be carried on and off the set.Continue reading “Solid Gold premiered”

September 13, 1979 –A spin-off of the series Soap, Benson, starring Robert Guillaume, James Noble, Inga Swenson, and Missy Gold first aired on ABC TV, on this date. The series was on the air seven years, longer than the show from which it was spun off, Soap, which lasted four years.

September 13, 1965 –Ben Gazzara’s series about a wealthy, successful lawyer, Paul Bryan, who quits his practice after learning he has a terminal illness, Run for Your Life, debuted on NBC-TV on this date. Some sources claim that Ben Gazzara’s character suffered from leukemia. However, in a 1998 interview conducted by television book writer EdContinue reading “Run for Your Life premiered”