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but please follow along – Today is National American Beer Day: National Beer Day,is celebrated on April 7.International Beer Day,is celebrated on the first Friday in August5.National Drink Beer Day,is celebrated on September 28, celebrated around Octoberfest, which is celebrated in Munich. While beer is not my go to beverage of choice, I’m happy toContinue reading “I understand that this is complicated”

October 27, 1954 – “… It was all started by a mouse.” Walt Disney’s first TV show, Disneyland, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. All of the ABC episodes were filmed in color, even though they aired in black and white. In general, ABC did not broadcast in color until the mid 1960s. During theContinue reading “Disney’s first infomercial”

October 27, 1966 – The Star Trek episode, Miri, where the Enterprise discovers an exact duplicate of Earth, where the only survivors of a deadly plague are the planet’s prepubescent children, premiered on this date. The girl held by Kirk as he rushes to the lab with his newly-recovered communicator is played by William Shatner’sContinue reading “Star Trek TOS: Miri premiered”

October 27, 1966 – The third Charles Schultz Peanuts special, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, (directed again by Bill Melendez,) premiered on this date. This is the only special where Pig Pen is shown wearing glasses. You can see them when he is with the other kids at the Halloween party around the appleContinue reading “Maybe you got a rock too”

October 27, 1982 –Prince’s fifth album, 1999, was released on this date. It becomes his breakthrough, selling well over 5 million copies worldwide, thanks to Little Red Corvette and the title track. The album helped propel him to superstar status, a title he lived up to with electrifying live shows and a startlingly prolific outputContinue reading “And you say, “What have I got to lose?” …”

October 26, 1972 – Ringo Starr and singer Lulu appear in non-speaking cameos on the Monty Python’s Flying Circus episode Mr And Mrs Brian Norris’ Ford Popular on this date. The tramp (Michael Palin) enters and sits between them and begins his introduction, in David Frost style: “Hello, good evening, welcome … It’s …” aContinue reading “Mr And Mrs Brian Norris’ Ford Popular premiered”

October 26, 1982 – TV’s longest dream sequence, St. Elsewhere, first aired on NBC-TV on this date. The show never won high ratings but it lasted six seasons on NBC because it appealed to the desirable (for advertisers) educated 18-49 year old demographic.

October 26, 1970 –Elton John released his first hit single Your Song, on this date.< This was one of the first songs John wrote with Bernie Taupin. They met after a record company gave John some of Taupin’s lyrics to work with. Eventually, they both moved into John’s parents’ house, where they started working together.

October 25, 1975 –Paul Simon released his fourth solo album, Still Crazy After All These Years on this date. On the second episode of Saturday Night Live, Simon hosted the show, which he opened by singing Still Crazy alone on stage. This was the song’s debut, as the album was released a week later. WhenContinue reading “How crazy were they before”

October 25, 1971 –The PBS children’s show The Electric Company premiered on this date. Marvel Comics allowed the show to use the character Spider-Man for free. To commemorate the partnership between Marvel and the Children’s Television Workshop, Marvel published a special series called Spidey Super Stories, easy-to-read adventures of Spider-Man that occasionally featured members ofContinue reading “We got to turn on the power”