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June 1, 1966 –Dick Van Dyke tripped over the ottoman for the last time when CBS aired the last episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Last Chapter on this date. In the show, Rob writes his autobiography and shows it to everyone. At the end of the show Alan decides to buy theContinue reading “Series Finale of The Dick Van Dyke Show”

June 1, 1968 –The British television series The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoohan, had its American premiere on CBS-TV, as a summer replacement for a Jackie Gleason series, on this date. At the end of the run of Secret Agent, there was a party, and some members of Parliament attended. Someone said to McGoohan, “So, whatContinue reading “Let’s all say it together … I am NOT a number …”

June 1, 1968 –The Simon & Garfunkel release Mrs. Robinson hit No. 1 on the Billboard #100 list on this date. Paul Simon began writing this as Mrs. Roosevelt, and had just the line, Here’s to you, Mrs. Roosevelt when he changed it to Mrs. Robinson for The Graduate. Simon did not originally write aContinue reading “… Whoa, whoa, whoa …”

June 1, 2009 – Coco thought he succeeded Jay Leno when The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien premiered on NBC, on this date. Many members of the Late Night cast and crew made the transition to The Tonight Show. The Max Weinberg 7, the house band from O’Brien’s Late Night, served as the house bandContinue reading “Conan’s first night hosting The Tonight Show”

May 31, 1976 –Ten years after it appeared on The Beatles’ Revolver album, Capitol Records issues Got To Get You Into My Life as a single on this date. A British rock group called Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers released this song as a single around the same time it appeared on The BeatlesContinue reading “It took long enough”

May 31, 1976 –Tom Waits begins a two-week stint performing at Ronnie Scott’s Club in Soho, London, England, run by Pete King, on this date. The experience inspired Waits to write The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King). Waits recorded this song, along with the rest of the album, SmallContinue reading “The piano has been drinking, my necktie is asleep …”

May 31, 1983 –After a break in which David Byrne and Jerry Harrison release solo albums and Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth form Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads return with their fifth album, Speaking In Tongues. It contains their biggest hit, Burning Down The House. Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz and bass player Tina Weymouth,Continue reading “… Watch out – You might get what you’re after”

May 31, 1992 – The last episode of the original series, Night Court: The 1992 Boat Show aired on NBC-TV, on this date. This episode was actually aired out of order. The two parter, Opportunity Knocks, which aired before this episode, was the finale of the series. This episode never aired on its original airContinue reading “The last time we saw Harry Stone”

The first Seinfeld episode (referred to as episode #2 The Stakeout) created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld premiered on Thursday, May 31, 1990 on NBC-TV. The show often described as “about nothing” was not an immediate success. After the pilot was shown, on July 5, 1989, a pickup by the NBC network did notContinue reading “I wonder what ever happened to those guys?”

May 31, 1895 –Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, head of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, patented corn flakes on this date. The good doctor believed in a vegetarian diet and a regimen of exercise. The good doctor also believed in proper elimination. At his sanitarium, Kellogg made sure that the bowel of each and every patient wasContinue reading “Remind yourself this all has to do with Corn Flakes”