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January 12, 1969 –Led Zeppelin‘s debut album was released in the US on this date. It was recorded over just 36 hours at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London, costing the band just £1,782. Most of the tracks were performed ‘live’ in the studio, with very few overdubs added. The groundbreaking heavy rock LP spent moreContinue reading “Good times, bad times …”

January 12, 1967 –Dragnet reappeared in color when their iconic episode The LSD Story premiered on this date. When the revival was in the planning stages, Jack Webb had originally planned on bringing in his former co-star Ben Alexander to reprise his role as Officer Frank Smith. However, Alexander was appearing on the ABC seriesContinue reading “Dragnet was back … in color”

January 12, 1955 –Kraft Television Theatre presented the first drama written by Rod Serling, Patterns on this date. The drama was so popular that it became the first live drama in television history to be broadcast twice due to popularity.

Have a cuppa. It’s a perfect day to celebrate National Hot Tea Day.

January 11, 1940 –The classic newspaper comedy, His Girl Friday, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, opened in New York on this date. Rosalind Russell thought, while shooting, that she didn’t have as many good lines as Cary Grant had, so she hired an advertisement writer through her brother-in-law and had him write more cleverContinue reading “His Girl Friday premiered”

January 11, 1972 –The TV movie, Kolchak, The Night Stalker, starring Darren McGavin premiered on ABC-TV on this date. While filming in Las Vegas, producer Dan Curtis was amazed at how oblivious the casino gamblers were to any events going on around them other than gambling. So as a joke one day, actor Barry AtwaterContinue reading “Kolchak, The Night Stalker (film) premiered”

January 10, 1984 –The “Where’s the Beef?” commercial campaign for Wendy’s with Clara Peller was first aired on this date. Clara Peller was 81 when she came out of retirement to star in the Wendy’s spot. Peller died on August 11, 1987, one week after her 84th birthday.

January 10, 1969 – The Star Trek episode, in which the Enterprise picks up a passenger and his pursuer who are both members of a race locked in a planetary racial war, Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, first aired on this date. This is the only episode in the original series to feature close-upContinue reading “Change is the essential process of all existence.”

January 10 1948 –Donald Fagen, musician and front man of the rock band Steely Dan, was born on this date. After the death of his friend and cofounder of Steely Dan, Walter Becker, Fagen continues to tour as Steely Dan.

It’s enough to get anyone through the bitter winter! There are 69 days until Spring Not to upset anyone but there are 10 days until the presidential inauguration.