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Bunkies, we’re two-and-a-half weeks into the new year – how are you doing on your new year’s resolutions? If your evaluation is less than positive, consider participating in today’s made up holiday, Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day. If you haven’t broken or given up all of those New Year’s resolutions, you’re doing better than mostContinue reading “No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again”

January 17, 1949 – American audiences finally got to see family that lived in Apt. 3B of 1030 East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx, after hearing them for years on the radio, when The Goldbergs premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Many episodes of The Goldbergs were recorded live, and others were only shown onceContinue reading “Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Bloom!”

January 17, 1977 –The short-lived sitcom Busting Loose, (the series ran for 21 episodes,) starring Adam Arkin, Pat Carroll, and Barbara Rhoades premiered 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 broadcast duringContinue reading “I know I don’t remember this one”

January 17, 1929 – I yam what I yam Popeye the Sailor Man, created by Elzie Crisler Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip on this date.

January 17, 2015 –The Mark Ronson single, Uptown Funk (featuring Bruno Mars,) goes to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts, on this date. The Vance Joy song Riptide was on the charts when Uptown Funk was released. Both tracks mention Michelle Pfeiffer, which is a little odd considering the actress hadn’t been in any blockbusterContinue reading “Did Michelle Pfeiffer like her inclusion in this song?”

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, 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 “Did we ever really have control of the TV?”

January 16, 1979 – The landmark nature series Life on Earth presented by David Attenborough first shown on BBC One on this date At a cost exceeding £1 million ($1.2 million), it was an immense project that involved filming over 100 locations around the world and took three years in the making by a teamContinue reading “Life on Earth 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 24 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”

January 16, 1976 –Peter Frampton’s platinum live album, Frampton Comes Alive, was released by A & M Records on this date. Frampton used a talkbox, a device hooked up to his guitar amp that allowed him to make distorted vocal sounds through a tube in his mouth. Other groups had success with the device aroundContinue reading “I believe everyone was issued a copy of this”