Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

It’s the Feast Day of one of my favorite saints – Saint Teresa of Avila (I’ve mentioned her at least twice this year.) She is also known as the Roving Nun (but should not be confused with the Wandering Nun, the Meandering Nun, or the Hopelessly Disoriented Nun). In case you still don’t know whoContinue reading “Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.”

The Untouchables premiered

October 15, 1959 –The TV show The Untouchables with Robert Stack as Eliot Ness, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. According to testimony from Aladena Fratianno, (Jimmy the Weasel), a Mafia boss-turned-FBI informant, the Chicago family of the Mafia ordered the assassination of producer Desi Arnaz, because they didn’t like (a) the fact that theContinue reading “The Untouchables premiered”

I Love Lucy premiered

October 15, 1951 –A former starlet convinced the alcoholic, womanizing head of a television network to run the TV version of her somewhat successful radio program. I Love Lucy, the television situation comedy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, also featuring Vivian Vance and William Frawley, went on to run on CBS for 181 episodesContinue reading “I Love Lucy premiered”

Teddy Roosevelt – one of America’s First Superheroes.

October 14, 1912 –Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, campaigning for a return to office, was shot in Milwaukee by a saloon keeper named John Schrank on this date. What saves Teddy was the bullet lodged in Roosevelt’s chest only after hitting both his steel eyeglass case and a copy of his speech he was carryingContinue reading “Teddy Roosevelt – one of America’s First Superheroes.”

Rescue from Gilligan’s Island premiered

October 14, 1978 – The gang finally got off the damn island (sort of) when the first TV movie from a TV series, Rescue from Gilligan’s Island, premiered on CBS-TV with all of the original cast except Tina Louise (who wanted too much money,) on this date. The scene in which the rescued castaways areContinue reading “Rescue from Gilligan’s Island premiered”