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February 5, 1969 –ABC premiered a television pilot for a comedy series titled Turn-On, on this date. The cast included Teresa Graves, Hamilton Camp, Mel Stewart, Chuck McCann, and guest host Tim Conway. The show was cancelled while it was on the air, making it one of the shortest runs of any program. The stationContinue reading “Turn-On premiered”

February 5, 1967 –The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour premiered on CBS-TV, on this date. (Sorry, this is not from the first episode.) Mom, actually liked both of them equally.

Today is Liberation Day in San Marino. Americans remain woefully misinformed about San Marino. (American remain woefully misinformed about most countries that aren’t located between Canada and Mexico.) It’s not only Liberation Day in San Marino, but, it’s also the feast day of St. Agatha – (patron saint of breast cancer survivors, but again, IContinue reading “They’re partying in the Città di San Marino today”

Today is the Yuan Xiao festival, also called Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival is the first full moon night of the new Lunar year calendar. This is the 15th day of the Lunar Festival; it marks the end of the New Year celebrations, marking the return of spring and symbolizing the reunion of family. ThereContinue reading “Hang your own lantern high”

February 4, 2007 – Can you make it rain harder? Prince performed at Super Bowl XLI, in the pouring rain and giving what is arguably the greatest Halftime show performance on this date.

February 4, 1979 –Co-Ed Fever, one of the three series that attempted to capitalize on the success of the motion picture National Lampoon’s Animal House, (the others were ABC’s Delta House and NBC’s Brothers and Sisters,) had a special preview on CBS-TV on this date. The show had such poor ratings that it was cancelledContinue reading “The Tale of the Three Animal House TV series”

Tomorrow is Lantern’s Day and it marks the end of the Lunar New Year holiday. The day before the Lantern Festival, the Lantern Display stages are built in the open square in the front of temples. People bring their decorated lanterns to the display stage for the competition. Some lanterns might take more than aContinue reading “Today is the 14th Day of The Lunar New Year Festival –”

February 4, 1966 –The Rolling Stones released 19th Nervous Breakdown, on this date. It goes on to reach No.2 on both the US and UK charts. The lyrics are an attack on spoiled brats who are given everything and are still unhappy. Jagger took pains to explain that the song was not autobiographical. Regarding theContinue reading “19th Nervous Breakdown went on sale”

Today is National Sweater Day in the United States and given how cold it is outside today, IT IS the best day to wear a sweater, striped of not. The first Thurday in February is the best day to wear a sweater for our neighbor to the North. It was National Sweater Day in CanadaContinue reading “An appropriate celebration for the day”

February 3, 1964 – Just prior to the Beatles invasion of the US, Meet the Beatles went ‘gold‘ on this date. Meet the Beatles! was The Beatles first “official” album in America, released on January 20, 1964 by Capitol Records, the sister company within EMI to their British label, Parlophone.