Category Archives: Uncategorized

October 4, 1961 – Dave got to yell at Alvin nationally when The Alvin Show debuted on CBS-TV on this date. While it only lasted one season in prime time, the show was first show to feature the singing chipmunks. The Chipmunks’ names were taken from the names of three executives at Liberty Records, whereContinue reading “The Alvin Show premiered”

October 4, 1980 –Queen started a three week run at No.1 on the Billboard singles chart with Another One Bites The Dust, on this date. Queen were originally reluctant to release this as a single, but backstage after a Queen gig at the Los Angeles forum, a visiting Michael Jackson convinced them it would beContinue reading “Another One Bites The Dust topped the charts”

October 4, 1959 – We all got to meet Mr. Wilson’a favorite neighbor when Dennis the Menace, based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip, starring Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Jeannie Russell, Joseph Kearns, and Sylvia Field, premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Ironically, Jay North, who played a rascal and a mischievous childContinue reading “Dennis the Menace debuted”

October 4, 1957 – Once again, another show from the 50s where the lead actor (Hugh Beaumont not Jerry Mathers) was a raging alcoholic – Leave It To Beaver first aired on CBS-TV on this date. Jerry Mathers wore his Cub Scout uniform to his audition. During the audition, he told the casting directors thatContinue reading “Leave It To Beaver premiered”

October 3, 1964 –According to noted food historian, Calvin Trilling, the first buffalo wings were served on this date. The wings were reported to have first been made in Buffalo, New York, by the Bellissimo family at the Anchor Bar. They were served with blue cheese dressing and given away for free. The bar nowContinue reading “Buffalo Wings make their debut”

October 3, 1992 –Sinead O’Connor was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. At the end of her a capella performance of the Bob Marley song War, Sinead produced a copy of a photograph of Pope John Paul II, which she ripped into pieces, to protest the simmering child sex abuse scandal within the CatholicContinue reading “The whole pope photo kerfuffle”

October 3, 1960 – The Andy Griffith Show premiered on this date. They never mention what happened to Opie’s mother. Opie was said to be just “a speck of a boy” when she died. Her first name is never given, her picture is never shown in Andy’s house, nor anywhere else, and her grave isContinue reading “Let grab down our fishin’ poles and head down to the fishin’ hole”

October 3, 1961 –We got to be inside the writers room of The Alan Brady Show for the first time when The Dick Van Dyke Show debuted on this date. The show wasn’t an immediate success but became a hit. Carl Reiner asked network censors for permission to show Laura and Rob sleeping in oneContinue reading “The Dick Van Dyke Show premiered”

October 2, 1971 –Rod Stewart’s single Maggie May/ Reason to Believe hits No. 1 on the Billboard singles charts on this date – his album Every Picture Tells A Story goes No. 1 on the Album charts on this date as well – Maggie May was the first big hit of the rock era toContinue reading “Maggie May topped the charts”

October 2, 1959 – The first episode of the anthology series The Twilight Zone, Where is Everybody?, premiered on this date Rod Serling wanted Richard Egan to do the narration because of his rich, deep voice. However, due to strict studio contracts of the time, Egan was unable. Serling said, “It’s Richard Egan or noContinue reading “A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind”