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September 15, 1965 –This was an incredibly busy day in TV History: 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. (sorry for the colorized version) Irwin Allen pitched his ideaContinue reading “Get comfortable Bunkies, we have a lot to watch”

September 15, 1949 –The Lone Ranger, the masked hero rode onto the fledgling ABC network for the first time on this date In the early 1950s, the show was so popular that ABC briefly repeated it late on Friday nights for those who missed the Thursday night broadcast. Oh, Lenny Bruce had something to sayContinue reading “Can you listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger”

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 “Everybody knows in a second life,”

September 14, 1958 –H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man starring Tim Turner, Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, Ernest Clark, Bruce Seton, Honor Blackman, Joan Hickson, Leslie Phillips, and Oliver Reed premiered on this date. As a publicity gimmick, the actor playing the Invisible Man himself was never credited, either on-screen or in TVTimes, but Johnny Scripps playedContinue reading “The Invisible Man TV series debuted”

September 14, 1968 –Yes kids, years before Riverdale, there was The Archies – The Archie Show, based on the comic book series, premiered on CBS-TV on this date. The success of this animated series with its musical numbers drew the attention of Hanna-Barbera Productions. Through the early 1970s, many of their series would have youngContinue reading “Archie’s here”

September 14, 1974 –Eric Clapton’s cover of the Bob Marley song, I Shot The Sheriff, went to the top of the Billboard Charts on this date. It is Clapton’s only top #1 hit, either as a solo artist or with one of his bands (Cream, The Yardbirds, Derek & the Dominos…)

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 “All my troubles seemed so far away …”

September 13, 1986 –CBS allowed a strange, pale man, in an ill-fitting suit to come into their viewers homes when Pee-Wee’s Playhouse premiered on this date. Throughout the entire series run, the closing credits have never credited Paul Reubens as Peewee Herman, but instead would display the other cast & guest stars first and thenContinue reading “Scream really loud”

September 13, 1969 – Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! made its CBS network debut on this date. Shaggy is the only character (apart from Scooby himself) to be in every incarnation of the series.

September 13, 1979 –A spin-off of the series Soap, Benson, starring Robert Guillaume, James Noble, Inga Swenson, and Missy Gold premiered on ABC TV, on this date. The series was on the air seven years, longer than the show from which it was spun off, Soap, which lasted four years.