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There are 90 days until Christmas (72 days until Hanukkah.) (I’m sure many of you have failed the naughty/ nice test already. Maybe you still have time.)

September 26, 1964 – S. S. Minnow started it’s three hour tour (and lasted 98 shows) when Gilligan’s Island premiered on CBS-TV, on this date. Alan Hale Jr. was on location in Utah filming a movie when he got a call to come back to Los Angeles to do a test for the series. HeContinue reading “Gilligan’s Island first set sail”

September 26, 1969 – An unsuspecting American public is forced to deal with the vaguely incestuous family comedy series The Brady Bunch which premiered on ABC-TV on this date. Remember, the Bradys were so good, clean and wholesome that didn’t even go to the bathroom (you never saw the toilet.) During the series run, FlorenceContinue reading “The Brady Bunch debuted”

September 26, 1962 –We got to meet the Clampetts when The Beverly Hillbillies first aired on CBS-TV, on this date. After the first season aired, an executive for sponsor Levi Strauss was quoted as saying that “Donna Douglas had done more for the sale of blue jeans in one year than cowboys have done inContinue reading “The Beverly Hillbillies premiered”

September 26, 1969 – The Beatles release the Abbey Road album in London, on this date. It was their 13th album in the U.K. It was also their last album together as a group.

September 25, 1965 – The Beatles Cartoon Show premiered on ABC-TV on this date. It racked up a 13 score (or 52 share), then unheard of in daytime television. The series became notorious for its static visual style with the Beatles being depicted in their mop top and suit look from A Hard Day’s Night,Continue reading “The Beatles Cartoon Show debuted”

It’s World Pharmacist Day, and it’s also National One Hit Wonder day. Celebrate responsibly – listen to only one or two of them at a time. Rockin Robin – Bobby Day O-o-h Child – Five Stairsteps Dancing in the Moonlight – King Harvest Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners The band’s name was inspiredContinue reading “Trust me, there’s a point to this”

September 25, 1964 –The series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., starring Jim Nabors (who was not married to Rock Hudson) premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Although the series had a military setting and the Vietnam War was going on at the time it originally aired, the war itself is never discussed. Jim Nabors said that itContinue reading “Well Golly”

September 25, 1970 – Everybody was implored to ‘Get Happy‘ when The Partridge Family first aired on this date. Originally, the show was to star the real-life musical family The Cowsills. However, they backed out when the producers decided to have Shirley Jones take over the role of the mother from the group’s actual matriarch,Continue reading “The Partridge Family debuted”

G’mar chatima tova – Yom Kippur starts this evening. If you’re celebrating (strange choice of words,) – Don’t hesitate to contact me if you can’t remember the things you should be atoning for by now.