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September 11, 1967 –Carol Burnett and her merry band started cracking each other up and therefore making everyone laugh when The Carol Burnett Show debuted on CBS-TV on this date. Vicki Lawrence wrote a fan letter to Carol Burnett while still in High School, Carol received the letter on the day that Vicki was goingContinue reading “The Carol Burnett Show premiered”

September 11, 1966 –The Rolling Stones made their fourth appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on this date. The audience in the studio really loved the Stones performance and even Ed told the crowd, “You’re yelling much better this year.” There is no word on whether or not Ed Sullivan was drunk at the time.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. Each team of hijackers included a trained pilot. The hijackers crashed two of the airliners into the World Trade Center in New York City, resulting in the collapse of both buildings soon afterward. A third airliner wasContinue reading “The world you were born in, no longer exist”

Hold fast the time! Guard it, watch over it, every hour, every minute! Unguarded, it will slip away. Hold every moment sacred. Give each one clarity and meaning, each one its true and due fulfillment. – Thomas Mann And so it goes

September 10, 1966 –The Beatles’ Revolver album goes #1 and stays #1 for six weeks, on this date. Revolver is the only album on which George Harrison wrote three of the songs. On all the others he only has two or less cuts. On The White Album he had four, but it was a doubleContinue reading “Revolver was on the top of the charts”

Believe it or not, Mike the Headless Chicken (April 1945 – March 1947) was a Wyandotte rooster (cockerel) that lived for 18 months after its head had been cut off. Thought by many to be a hoax, the bird was taken by its owner to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City to establishContinue reading “This was a big Oops”

September 10, 1898 – Empress Elisabeth of Austria was not a particularly happy royal. Known as the Princess Diana of her day, she was estranged from her husband, Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria (because of the stifling nature of court life) she lost her daughter, Sophie, in 1857, and her favorite cousin, King Ludwig IIContinue reading “Sometimes it’s not good to be an Empress”

September 10, 1993 – The science fiction television series The X-Files premiered with the episode Pilot on the Fox network on this date. Dana Scully was named after the famous sports journalist Vin Scully. Mulder is the maiden name of Chris Carter’s mother.

September 10, 1955 – Gunsmoke premiered on CBS-TV on this date. The television series ran from September 10, 1955 until September 1, 1975 on CBS for 635 episodes. It had the longest run of any scripted series with continuing characters in American primetime television. William Conrad was the first choice to play Marshall Matt DillonContinue reading “Ah, if only Raymond Burr”

September 9, 1956 –Elvis Presley made his first-ever appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, performing four songs for guest host Charles Laughton on this date. Ed himself had vowed never to have Presley on his show, but Sullivan was at home this evening, recuperating from a severe head injury, from a drunken fall.