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March 26, 1995 – The pilot short for Johnny Bravo aired on Cartoon Network on this date. According to creator Van Partible, Johnny Bravo’s name originated from The Brady Bunch episode Adios, Johnny Bravo, where Greg was nicknamed “the next Johnny Bravo“. The name was also derived from Partible’s middle name, Giovanni Bravo, which isContinue reading “Johnny Bravo pilot premiered”

March 26, 1977 –Less Than Zero, the debut single from Elvis Costello, was released by the newly formed Stiff Records in London, England on this date. The song is a scathing attack on Oswald Mosley, a politician who was popular in England at the time. Mosley, who died in 1980, was the leader of theContinue reading “Elvis Costello’s first single”

It’s the Feast of the Annunciation, which is not a holy day of obligation, (now a days known as The Solemnity of the Annunciation), I’m not even going to try to explain this one to you. While you’re in church this afternoon, ask one of the old lady in the back saying her decades ofContinue reading “Explaining this is way beyond my pay grade”

March 25, 1986 – We all got to meet Cousin Balki for the first time when Perfect Strangers, Knock Knock, Who’s There? premiered for the first time. The producers originally developed the series to air in 1985. But Bronson Pinchot was already committed to Sara. When that series was cancelled, the producers quickly hired PinchotContinue reading “The premiere of Perfect Strangers”

March 25, 1968 –They walked down the street for the last time The 58th and final episode of The Monkees, Mijacogeo (also known as The Frodis Caper,) aired on this date. The four Monkees were each paid $450 per episode, raised to $750 for the second season. They received standard royalty rates for their recordingsContinue reading “The finale of The Monkees”

March 25, 1947 –Elton John, singer-songwriter, composer and pianist was born on this date as well. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked him as the most successful male solo artist on “The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists“

March 25, 1975 –Linda Ronstadt releases cover of the Everly Brothers’ 1960 song When Will I Be Loved as a single on this date. Her version peaked at #2 on the Hot 100, and became her first #1 hit on the Country chart. According to Rolling Stone, Phil Everly wrote this in his car, parkedContinue reading “When Will I Be Loved went on sale”

March 25, 1911 –It’s the 112th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, the largest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York, causing the death of 148 garment workers who either died from the fire or jumped to their deaths. It was the worst workplace disaster in New York City untilContinue reading “The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire”

March 24, 1993 – TV executives at ABC finally woke up and realized how ridiculous the Steven Bochco/ David E. Kelley series premise was and aired the final episode of Doogie Howser M.D. on this date. Steven Bochco wanted to to finish the series and write a “final” season, as opposed to ABC’s abrupt cancellationContinue reading “The finale of Doogie Howser M.D.”

March 24, 2005 – NBC-TV allowed us to follow the goings on at Dunder Mifflin when The Office, starring Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Mindy Kaling, and B.J. Novak premiered on this date. John Krasinski and B.J. Novak went to high school together. They went to Newton South High School in Newton,Continue reading “The Office premiered”