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It’s National Fig Newton Day, (named not after Sir Isaac Newton but the town of Newton in Massachusetts, near the Kennedy Biscuit Works, which first made the cookie back in 1891.) Please celebrate responsibly

January 16, 1965 – You finally get control back of the vertical and horizontal of your television set – ABC-TV aired the final episode of The Outer Limits on this date. When this episode, the series’ last show, was originally aired, a live announcer spoke over the Control Voice’s closing statement about returning “next weekContinue reading “Did we ever really have control of the TV?”

January 16, 1979 – The landmark nature series Life on Earth presented by David Attenborough first shown on BBC One on this date At a cost exceeding £1 million ($1.2 million), it was an immense project that involved filming over 100 locations around the world and took three years in the making by a teamContinue reading “Life on Earth premiered”

January 16, 1988 –George Harrison hits #1 with Got My Mind Set On You, becoming the act with the longest time between #1 hits – it was 24 years since Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth). When George Harrison conceived the Cloud Nine album, he looked for a producer who could carry someContinue reading “Got My Mind Set on You topped the charts”

January 16, 1976 –Peter Frampton’s platinum live album, Frampton Comes Alive, was released by A & M Records on this date. Frampton used a talkbox, a device hooked up to his guitar amp that allowed him to make distorted vocal sounds through a tube in his mouth. Other groups had success with the device aroundContinue reading “I believe everyone was issued a copy of this”

January 15, 1974 –The first episode of Happy Days (series) aired on this date. Potsie sets Richie up with that Mary Lou girl. Although Fonzie loved motorcycles, Henry Winkler was terrified of them. Most of the scenes of Fonzie riding the motorcycle were shot with the bike attached to a platform, and being pulled byContinue reading “Did you find your thrill?”

January 15, 1981 –Let’s Be Careful Out There Hill Street Blues premiered on NBC on this date. The exterior shots of the Hill Street station were those of an actual Chicago police station. Now no longer used by the city, it was at one time the home of the 7th District, located near the oldContinue reading “Hill Street Blues first aired”

January 15, 1967 –Ed Sullivan, when he wasn’t fall down drunk, swore a lot. He swore that his arch-rival, Walter Winchell was a goddamned bastard. He swore that his ‘so called friend‘ J Edgar Hoover was a goddamned transvestite but surprising spry in his cha-cha heels. And he swore that those goddamned filthy limey boys,Continue reading “Hey, ratings are ratings”

January 15, 1971 –George Harrison unintentionally rewrote the song He’s So Fine and releases it as My Sweet Lord on this date. Bright Tunes Music, the owner of the publishing rights, sued Harrison because this sounded too much like the 1963 Chiffons hit He’s So Fine. The trial took place February 23-25, with various expertContinue reading “Try not to copy from others”

For those of you not following that new fangled Gregorian Calendar (and still keep stock with the Julian Calendar), it’s January First. Happy New Year Please feel free to call in sick today and explain to them that it’s Orthodox New Years Day in your religion (but remember that you used this excuse when MarchContinue reading “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”