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September 20, 1941 –The Looney Tunes cartoon Notes To You, directed by Friz Freleng and featuring Porky Pig and a proto-type of Sylvester the Cat premiered on this date. Porky’s home has the very latest cabinet radio. In the days before television, radio was the at home entertainment for Americans, and most of the songsContinue reading “Notes To You premiered”

September 20, 2011 – The comedy series, New Girl, starring Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris, Hannah Simone, Damon Wayans Jr., and Megan Fox debuted on Fox TV on this date. Damon Wayans Jr. was originally a cast member playing the character of Coach. Wayans was expecting his series, Happy Endings, to beContinue reading “New Girl premiered”

September 20, 1979 – The Sci Fi adventure series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, starring Gil Gerard, and Erin Gray first aired on NBC TV on this date. Gil Gerard’s waistline flexed weekly, and even daily. Gerard was warned by producer Bruce Lansbury about feasting on the company’s “open all day” craft service buffet.Continue reading “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century premiered”

Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The holiday is a parody holiday invented in 1995 by John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap’n Slappy), of Corvallis, Oregon, who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. Nothing says Piracy (or the BritishContinue reading “Aaargh!”

September 19, 1970 –Reprise Records released Neil Young’s third studio album, After the Gold Rush, on this date. Initially, the album produced no major hits when it first came out and received a very negative review from Rolling Stone. Now the album has been seen as kicking off Young’s solo career, and was re-considered aContinue reading “After the Gold Rush went on sale”

September 19, 1975 –The British sitcom Fawlty Towers, created by John Cleese, and starring John Cleese, Connie Booth, Prunella Scales, and Andrew Sachs, first aired on BBC2 on this date. John Cleese says in his DVD commentary that Prunella Scales was so unlike the character she played, the harpy Sybil Fawlty, that they had troubleContinue reading “Fawlty Towers premiered”

September 19, 2005 – The comedy series, How I Met Your Mother, starring, Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, and Cristin Milioti first aired on CBS TV, on this date. The husbands of three of the main actors have appeared on the show, each time as the significant other ofContinue reading “How I Met Your Mother premiered”

September 19, 1994– We got to meet the staff of the emergency room of Cook County General Hospital, ER, starring Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Sherry Stringfield, Noah Wyle, and Eriq La Salle, debuted on NBC TV on this date Although mostly shot at Warner Brother’s Burbank soundstages, the cast and crew usually would make atContinue reading “ER premiered”

September 19, 1955 –The Producer’s Showcase presentation of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, starring Eva Marie Saint, Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman premiered on NBC-TV, on this date. In 2002, Paul Newman once again appeared in a production of Our Town – this time in the role of the Stage Manager – at the Westport CountyContinue reading “Our Town premiered”

September 18, 1975 –The burst of the Thompson gun stopped ringing in her ears on this date. Fugitive kipnapped newspaper heiress, then zealot compatriot, Patricia Hearst and three other comrades, Wendy Yoshimura, William and Emily Harris were arrested and arraigned, ending one of the longest manhunts in American history.