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January 17, 1969 – The Star Trek episode The Mark of Gideon where, Kirk is abducted and held aboard an abandoned duplicated of the Enterprise, first aired on CBS TV on this date. A strange hole in the plot of this episode: The Gideons were obviously prepared to take drastic action to solve their overpopulationContinue reading “The Mark of Gideon premiered”

January 17, 1977 –The short-lived sitcom Busting Loose, (the series ran for 21 episodes,) starring Adam Arkin, Pat Carroll, and Barbara Rhoades first aired on CBS TV on this date. Busting Loose was broadcast over two seasons. Thirteen episodes aired during its first season in the winter and spring of 1977. Eight more were broadcastContinue reading “Busting Loose premiered”

January 16, 1988 –George Harrison hits #1 with Got My Mind Set On You, becoming the act with the longest time between #1 hits – it was 14 years since Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth). When George Harrison conceived the Cloud Nine album, he looked for a producer who could carry someContinue reading “Got My Mind Set On You topped the charts”

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?”