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It’s National Fig Newton Day, (named not after Sir Isaac Newton but the town of Newton in Massachusetts, near the Kennedy Biscuit Works, which first made the cookie back in 1891.) Please celebrate responsibly

January 16, 1973 – NBC-TV presented the 440th, and final episode of Bonanza (which began airing on NBC on September 12, 1959) on this date. Michael Landon wrote and directed this episode. The script was only 39 pages long, making it the shortest script of the series.

January 16, 1965 – You finally get control back of the vertical and horizontal of your television set – ABC-TV aired the final episode of The Outer Limits on this date. When this episode, the series’ last show, was originally aired, a live announcer spoke over the Control Voice’s closing statement about returning “next weekContinue reading “The finale of The Outer Limits”

There are 295 days until the presidential election. There are 351 day left in this year.

January 15 , 1892 –A little magazine in Springfield, Massachusetts, first published the rules for a brand new game that involved tossing a ball into a high-mounted peach basket. This was, of course, the precursor of what is today known as “Peachbasket,” still as popular as ever in Springfield, Massachusetts.

January 15, 1974 – The first episode of Happy Days (series) aired on this date. Potsie sets Richie up with that Mary Lou girl. Although Fonzie loved motorcycles, Henry Winkler was terrified of them. Most of the scenes of Fonzie riding the motorcycle were shot with the bike attached to a platform, and being pulledContinue reading “America, once again, found it’s thrill on Blueberry Hill”

January 15, 1977 – The Coneheads at Home, featuring Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin, debuted on Saturday Night Live on this date. For those of you too young to remember, The Coneheads at Home, was a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live featuring a family of extraterrestrials with cone-shaped heads, from the planet Remulak, posingContinue reading “You’re from France?”

January 15, 1967 –Ed Sullivan, when he wasn’t fall down drunk, swore a lot. He swore that his arch-rival, Walter Winchell was a goddamned bastard. He swore that his ‘so called friend‘ J Edgar Hoover was a goddamned transvestite but surprising spry in his cha-cha heels. And he swore that those goddamned filthy limey boys,Continue reading “You used to not be able to say certain things on TV”

Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. Please try to remember the reason we have a three day weekend; it’s Martin Luther King Day. To celebrate the day and the man, I’d like you to once again opine these words: There comes a time when one must take a position that isContinue reading “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.”

January 14, 1957 –I should never have switched from scotch to martinis Humphrey Bogart, the Greatest Male Star of All Time, model for the Gerber baby and founding member of the Hollywood Rat Pack (a phrase coined by Lauren Bacall) finally decided to let the world catch up with his three drink lead and succumbsContinue reading “Humphrey Bogart”