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We got to meet the folks from Hootersville when Lisa and Oliver move to Green Acres, which premiered 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,Continue reading “Green Acres premiered”

Danger Will Robinson, danger. Dr. Smith is attempting to inappropriately stimulate your young pulsating 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 it up. A few weeks laterContinue reading “Lost in Space premiered”

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 “The Star-Spangled Banner was written today”

September 14, 1984 –You may not know that at one time, MTV was a 24-hour music video channel. Bette Midler & Dan Aykroyd hosted the first VMAs (Video Music Awards) on MTV, on this date.

September 14, 1965 –One of the more bizarre sitcoms, My Mother the Car starring Jerry Van Dyke and Ann Sothern (as the car), premiered on this date. Jerry Van Dyke agreed to star on the series after turning down the lead role on Gilligan’s Island and an offer to join the cast of The AndyContinue reading “My Mother the Car premiered”

September 14, 1978 –The TV show that helped launch Robin Williams career, Mork & Mindy, premiered on this date. Many of the gags seen on the show were on-the-spot improvisations by Robin Williams, and later by Williams and Jonathan Winters. The improvisations proved to be so effective and popular that the series’ writers soon includedContinue reading “Mork and Mindy premiered”

September 13, 1916 –Roald Dahl was born on this date in Llandaff, South Wales. He was sent off to private boarding schools as a kid, which he hated except for the chocolates, Cadbury chocolates. The Cadbury chocolate company had chosen his school as a focus group for new candies they were developing. Every so often,Continue reading “Roald Dahl”

September 13, 1956 –IBM introduced the worlds first production hard disk the “IBM 305“, on this date, which stored five megabytes of data. To put this in perspective a modern USB drive stores 2 gig or more (400 times more than the first hard drive just 50 years ago) and fits on a keychain ,Continue reading “The first hard disk”

September 13, 1969 – Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! made its CBS network debut on this date. Velma’s famous line, “My glasses, I can’t see without them!” was not originally scripted for the show. During a table read for the voice artists, Velma’s voice-over actress Nicole Jaffe, who was near-sighted as well, lost her glasses andContinue reading “Scooby snacks were first available”

September 13, 1965 –The Beatles released the single Yesterday in the US on this date (Act Naturally was on the B side.) This was the first Beatles song to capture a mass adult market. Most of their fans were young people to this point, but this song gave the band a great deal of credibilityContinue reading “The original working title was ‘Scrambled Eggs’”