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January 18, 1973 – The third season finale of Monty Python, The British Showbiz Awards (aka Grandstand,), aired on the BBC on this date Eric Idle portrays “Dickie Attenborough,” a clear reference to Richard Attenborough, who also sometimes went by Dickie. His brother, David Attenborough, worked at the BBC and actually gave this series theContinue reading “The last Monty Python episode”

January 18, 1975 –We all moved on up to the Eastside when The Jeffersons, a spin-off of All In The Family premiered on CBS-TV on this date. When the show first started, George constantly referred to Tom as a honky. After a few seasons, Sherman Hemsley asked the writers to stop having George call himContinue reading “The Jefferson first moved to the Eastside”

January 18, 1978 –Warren Zevon third studio album, Excitable Boy, was released on this date. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career. Co-produced by Jackson Browne, the album is laced with such horror-tinged songs like Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner, Werewolves Of London and the title track,Continue reading “Dry your eyes, my little friend”

January 17, 1969 – The Star Trek episode The Mark of Gideon where, Kirk is abducted and held aboard an abandoned duplicated of the Enterprise, first aired on CBS TV on this date. The episode was written by Stanley Adams, who had earlier guest-starred as Cyrano Jones in The Trouble with Tribbles. Adams has becomeContinue reading “The purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis.”

January 17, 1977 –The short-lived sitcom Busting Loose, (the series ran for 21 episodes,) starring Adam Arkin, Pat Carroll, and Barbara Rhoades premiered on CBS TV on this date. Busting Loose was broadcast over two seasons. Thirteen episodes aired during its first season in the winter and spring of 1977. Eight more were broadcast duringContinue reading “Nope definitely never saw it”

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, 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 week atContinue reading “The finale of The Outer Limits”

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 “The album all 16 year olds were issued”