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May 24, 1883 – The Brooklyn Bridge (originally the New York and Brooklyn Bridge), one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet (1825 m) over the East River connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn opened for business today. On completion, it was the largest suspension bridgeContinue reading “After 14 years of traffic, the Brooklyn Bridge opened”

May 24, 1999 – The last episode of Mad About You: The Final Frontier aired on NBC on this date. (The re-boot of the series can be seen on Amazon TV.) The series exists in the same universe as Friends and Seinfeld. Ursula Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), the waitress, is Phoebe Buffay’s (Lisa Kudrow) twin sister,Continue reading “The Finale of Mad About You”

May 24, 1993 – The firm of Sugarbaker & Associates closed their doors when the final episode of Designing Women: Gone with a Whim was aired on CBS TV on this date. During Delta Burke’s falling out with the ladies on the show, she privately apologized to everyone. But it took over a decade forContinue reading “The Finale of Designing Women”

May 23, 1966 –The Beatles released the single Paperback Writer on this date. At the time, The Beatles were about to cease touring and couldn’t make many TV appearances to perform the song. This made it very difficult to promote the single, so they commissioned a film clip that could be shown on these programs,Continue reading “Paperback Writer went on sale”

May 23, 1929 –Walt Disney released the ninth film in the Mickey Mouse film series, The Karnival Kid on this date. This is first cartoon in which Mickey Mouse speaks. His first words are “Hot dogs!“

May 23, 1980 –Stanley Kubrick’s classic horror thriller The Shining, opened on this date (I remember seeing it at the midnight showing on this date in Time Square.) Because Danny Lloyd was so young, and since it was his first acting job, Stanley Kubrick was highly protective of the child. During the shooting of theContinue reading “The Shining premiered”

The purpose of World Turtle Day, sponsored yearly since 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue, is to bring attention to, and increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, and encourage human action to help them survive and thrive. It’s celebrated worldwide in a variety of ways, from dressing up as turtles to saving turtlesContinue reading “Today is World Turtle Day”

May 22, 1965 –The Beatles single, Ticket to Ride hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts on this date. Most Americans at the time, concluded the “ticket” was from British Railways, and “ride” was the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. McCartney confessed to his biographer Barry Miles that they were partly right.Continue reading “Ticket to Ride topped the charts”

May 22, 1992 –The man most of America went to bed with every night for 30 years, finally got tired of having to try to satisfy so many people. Johnny Carson’s final appearance on The Tonight Show was broadcast on this date. The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson remained a fixture on NBC through theContinue reading “The last Tonight Show hosted by Johnny Carson”

May 22, 1967 – Today was the first day a soft spoken man slipped into your home and made himself more comfortable, on WQED Pittsburgh. But don’t let his demeanor fool you, he was the power behind the throne of a kingdom where most of the royalty were mere “puppets“. Guests on the show wereContinue reading “The first national broadcast of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood”