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It’s a perfect day to celebrate National Hot Tea Day. So have a cuppa. Demand Euphoria!

January 12, 1967 – You’re pretty high and far out son, what kind of kick are you on son? Dragnet reappeared in color when their iconic episode The LSD Story premiered on this date. When the revival was in the planning stages, Jack Webb had originally planned on bringing in his former co-star Ben AlexanderContinue reading “Dragnet in color premiered”

January 12, 1971 –Oh Geez, stifle yourself. The first episode of All In The Family made television history by broadcasting the sound of a toilet flushing on this date. An ongoing gag is Edith’s incompetent singing. In actuality, Jean Stapleton was a professionally trained and accomplished singer who had performed in musical theatre and productionsContinue reading “All In The Family premiered”

January 12, 1991 –Australian new wave group Divinyls hits #1 on the Australian ARIA chart, #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #10 on the UK charts with their song I Touch Myself on this date. This was certainly not the first song to touch on the subject of masturbation, but it wasContinue reading “I Touch Myself topped the charts”

January 11, 1980 –The Pretenders eponymous album Pretenders debuted on this date in the UK. This was the breakout hit from the first Pretenders album, which was a triumph by any measure. In the UK, three singles were released before the album appeared. The first was a cover of The Kinks song Stop Your Sobbing,Continue reading “The Pretenders album went on sale”

January 11, 1998 –Nike debuted its I Can commercial, introducing the British band The Verve to a wide American audience with the song Bitter Sweet Symphony, on this date. The song becomes the band’s only hit in the States, which is sucked for the band because they had to sign away royalties to the songContinue reading “The ‘I Can’ ad campaign debuted”

January 11, 1972 –The TV movie, Kolchak, The Night Stalker, starring Darren McGavin premiered on ABC-TV on this date. While filming in Las Vegas, producer Dan Curtis was amazed at how oblivious the casino gamblers were to any events going on around them other than gambling. So as a joke one day, actor Barry AtwaterContinue reading “Kolchak, The Night Stalker premiered”

January 10 1984 –Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper became the first female recording artist since Bobbie Gentry (1967) to be nominated for five Grammy Awards: Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), Record of the Year and Song of the Year on this date. She may be unusual but Cyndi isContinue reading “A Big Grammy Win”

January 10 1948 –Donald Fagen, singer and front man of the rock band Steely Dan, was born on this date. After the death of his friend and cofounder of Steely Dan, Walter Becker, Fagen continues to tour as Steely Dan.

January 10, 1969 – The Star Trek episode, in which the Enterprise picks up a passenger and his pursuer who are both members of a race locked in a planetary racial war, Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, first aired on this date. This is the only episode in the original series to feature close-upContinue reading “Star Trek: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield premiered”