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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, 1971 – The first episode of the Columbo series, Murder By The Book, directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Steven Bochco, and starring Peter Falk, premiered on NBC-TV on this date. The original plan was for a new episode to air every week, which would have meant shooting an episode every five days.Continue reading “Just one more thing …”

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”

September 15, 1965 – We all were introduced to the town of Hootersville, when Green Acres debuted on this date. It was reported that Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor were extremely close friends during the run of the show and the chemistry between them often showed in scenes where they were in close proximity, asContinue reading “Green Acres premiered”

September 15, 1965 –Danger Will Robinson, danger. Dr. Smith is attempting to inappropriately stimulate your young pulsing bulbous nether region! The Robinson Family gets Lost in Space for the first time on CBS-TV on this date. Irwin Allen pitched his idea for the series to CBS programmer James Aubrey, who immediately snapped up the idea.Continue reading “Lost in Space premiered”

September 14, 1973 –The short lived comedy series based of the classic Tracy/ Hepburn movie of the same name, Adam’s Rib, starring Ken Howard and Blythe Danner aired on ABC TV on this date. Ken Howard and Blythe Danner had previously played a husband and wife, Thomas and Martha Jefferson, in the movie 1776.

September 14, 1978 –The TV show that helped launch Robin Williams career, Mork & Mindy, premiered 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 “We said Nanu Nanu for the first time”

September 14, 1964 – The Irwin Allen sci-fi series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, starring Richard Basehart, debuted on the ABC-TV on this date. At first, David Hedison turned down the role of Lee Crane, until he learned that Richard Basehart was signed to play Nelson.

September 14, 1984 –Bette Midler & Dan Aykroyd hosted the first VMAs (Video Music Awards) on MTV, on this date. You may not know that at one time, MTV was a 24-hour music video channel. Madonna had her career-defining performance at the first VMAs when she sang Like A Virgin.

September 14, 1814 –Francis Scott Key had composed the lyrics to The Star-Spangled Banner after witnessing the massive British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812, on this date. Key, an American lawyer and social worker, watches the siege while under detainment on a British ship, and pens the famous wordsContinue reading “How to occupy your time during a siege”