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September 12, 1966 – NBC television debuted The Monkees, a sitcom about four guys in a rock band on this date. When the TV series was about to be renewed for a third season, The Monkees wanted to change it from a half-hour sitcom to an hour-long variety show where they would introduce new artists.Continue reading “The Monkees premiered”

September 12, 1978 – Taxi started looking for fares on this date. The series was inspired by a 1975 article in New York Magazine titled Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet by Mark Jacobson. James L. Brooks and David Davis read the article, which was about several drivers who worked the night shift for a NewContinue reading “Taxi premiered”

September 12, 1970 –Josie and the Pussycats premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Hanna-Barbera wanted to change Valerie to a Caucasian even though she was already established as African-American in the Archie comics, so they wanted to fire Patrice Holloway who had been cast as Valerie’s singing voice. But Danny Janssen, who was producing theContinue reading “Long tails and and ears for hats …”

September 11, 1987 –CBS-TV went dark for six minutes as news anchor Dan Rather walked off the set of The CBS Evening News on this date. Dan Rather left the set when the network continued showing a tennis tournament that had played into overtime. He walked off because he was angry that the news wasContinue reading “Dan Rather had a hissy fit”

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”