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September 9, 1966 –The cult favorite series, The Green Hornet, starring Van Williams, Bruce Lee, and William Dozier (as the narrator), premired on ABC-TV on this date. Van Williams became good friends with Bruce Lee and repeatedly negotiated with the show’s producers to give Lee more screen time and lines. Bruce Lee once said thatContinue reading “And now to protect the rights and lives of decent citizens”

September 8, 1994 –At the MTV Video Music Awards, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch (MCA), in character as “Nathanial Hornblower,” rushes the stage when R.E.M.’s Everybody Hurts beats Sabotage for Best Direction. It’s the first such intrusion at the VMAs. Frequent Beastie Boys collaborator Nathaniel Hörnblowér has an impressive resume. He directed classic Beasties videos (includingContinue reading “Oh those wacky Beastie Boys”

September 8, 2015 –Stephen Colbert debuted as the new host of CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on this date. (It was a stretch but he felt that he was up to the challenger.) The Ed Sullivan Theater (where the show is taped) underwent an extensive renovation during the time between David Letterman’s retirementContinue reading “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert premiered”

September 8, 1966 – Star Trek debuted on NBC-TV, with the airing of an episode titled The Man Trap on this date. (The series had to overcome calls from within the network to cancel the series before it even aired.) Although this was the first episode to air on NBC, it was actually the sixthContinue reading “The original Star Trek premiered”

September 8, 1997 – We got to meet the people who worked at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish when Fox TX aired Ally McBeal for the first time on this date. Lara Flynn Boyle auditioned to play Ally. Although she didn’t win the role, David E. Kelley liked her so much that heContinue reading “Ally McBeal premiered”

September 7, 1927 –Philo T. Farnsworth (all of 21 years old) succeeded in transmitting an image through purely electronic means by using an image dissector on this date. He used an “image dissector” (the first television camera tube) to convert the image into a current, and an “image oscillite” (picture tube) to receive it. WhenContinue reading “The first transmission of an image via electronic means”

September 7, 1987 –Pink Floyd released their first album without founding member Roger Waters, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, in the UK, on this date. Pink Floyd had split up in 1983 after releasing the album The Final Cut. In 1985, Waters told their record company he was done with the band, which he thoughtContinue reading “A Momentary Lapse of Reason dropped”

September 7, 2003 –… Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. Warren Zevon, Grammy Award-winning American rock singer-songwriter and musician, died at age 56, on this date.

Today is the start of the 2023-24 school year for the more than 1.1 million NYC public school students (and their teachers that support them.) There are appx. 295 days until the next summer vacation (about 180 days of school)

September 7, 1991 –The pilot episode to the sequel of WKRP In Cinninati, The New WKRP in Cincinnati, starring Gordon Jump, Richard Sanders, Frank Bonner, Mykelti Williamson, Tawny Kitaen, and French Stewart, aired on CBS-TV on this date. Gordon Jump, Frank Bonner, and Richard Sanders reprised their roles from the original show, while Howard HessemanContinue reading “The New WKRP in Cincinnati premiered”