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February 6, 1966 – No amount of sweet tea, fresh hay or willing fillies could induce Bamboo Harvester (yes, I know he was a gelding,) to go on and the final episode of Mister Ed, Ed Goes to College aired on CBS TV on this date. Mister Ed’s ability to talk was never explained andContinue reading “The finale of Mister Ed”

February 6, 1992 –David Letterman’s Late Night’s 10th Anniversary Show at Radio City Music Hall aired on NBC, on this date. Bob Dylan was the musical guest. He was backed by Paul Schaefer and the World’s Most Dangerous Band, and a collection of back-up singers that included Roseanne Cash, Nancy Griffith, Emmylou Harris, Michelle Shocked,Continue reading “Late Night’s 10 year anniversary”

February 5, 1958 –A B-47 returning from a simulated combat mission suffered a midair collision with an F-86, on this date. A Mark 15 Mod 0 hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb was purposely jettisoned by the crippled B-47 bomber off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, and has yet to be recovered. The bomb,Continue reading “Oopsie”

Today is Liberation Day in San Marino. It’s not only Liberation Day in San Marino, but, it’s also the feast day of St. Agatha – (patron saint of breast cancer survivors, but again, I digress …) About seventeen-hundred years ago, during an epic game of hide and seek, Marinus the Stonemason ran up Mount TitanoContinue reading “Follow along – this will probably be on the test”

February 5, 1983 –The Toto single off their album Toto IV, Africa, went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. The video was directed by Steve Barron, who also did Rosanna and many other early MTV favorites. Toto was one of the few American bands that was making videos even before MTV,Continue reading “Africa topped the charts”

Today is National Weather Forecasters Day. It is observed on February 5 to commemorate the birthday of John Jeffries, one of the first people in America to begin observing the weather in a scientific way. The day was created to celebrate meteorologists, the men and women who predict – Dark. Turning partly light by morning.

February 5, 1969 –ABC premiered a television pilot for a comedy series titled Turn-On, on this date. The cast included Teresa Graves, Hamilton Camp, Mel Stewart, Chuck McCann, and guest host Tim Conway. The show was cancelled while it was on the air, making it one of the shortest runs of any program. The stationContinue reading “A pilot probably no one saw”

February 5, 1944 –The first appearance of a Marvel superhero outside a comic, Captain America serial film starring Dick Purcell, premiered on this date. But how did you find out about my vibrator? (Just listen for it about 4:55 in) Marvel Comics gave the rights to Captain America to Republic Pictures for free, in theContinue reading “Captain America serial debuted”

February 4, 1977 –Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album was released 47 years ago on this date – it’s hard to believe. Many of the songs on the album show a darker side in the lyrics. It’s asking you to move on, leave the singer alone. Fleetwood Mac was experiencing the shatter of all of their emotionalContinue reading “We found out there’s nothin’ to say”

February 4, 1912 –Franz Reichelt (alias The Flying Tailor) designed an overcoat to fly or float its wearer gently to the ground like the modern parachute. To demonstrate his invention he made a jump of 60 meters from the first deck of the Eiffel Tower, at that time the tallest man-made structure in the world.Continue reading “Winner of the 1912 Darwin Award”