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September 16, 1972 – Everybody’s favorite therapist, before Frasier (see below) walked through his front door as The Bob Newhart Show premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Actor Peter Bonerz who played Jerry the dentist learned how to direct on the set of this show and went on to become an award-winning director of otherContinue reading “First time we played Hi Bob!”

September 16, 1963 – The science-fiction anthology series The Outer Limits premiered on ABC-TV on this date. The original title for this series was Please Stand By, but because the Cuban Missile Crisis had happened less than a year earlier, executives thought it might make people fearful of an air raid. As a reference toContinue reading “Please Stand By”

September 15, 1983 –Chrysalis Records released Huey Lewis and the News‘ third album, Sports, on this date. Huey Lewis & the News had lots of goofy fun in their videos, which was exactly what MTV was looking for. They would often star Lewis as a normal guy surrounded by lunatics played by his bandmates.

September 15, 1969 –The gentle comedy based on the humor of James Thurber, My World … and Welcome to It, starring William Windom, Lisa Gerritsen, Joan Hotchkis, Harold J. Stone, and Henry Morgan, first aired on CBS TV on this date. Prior to working on this series, William Windom and Lisa Gerritsen appeared as fatherContinue reading “My World … and Welcome to It premiered”

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”