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February 28, 1983 –The 256th and final episode of MAS*H, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, aired on CBS-TV on this date. It’s the second time the phrase “son-of-a-bitch” was said, uncensored, on the series. Both times it was said by Hawkeye. The first time was in Guerrilla My Dreams, which was also the first time theContinue reading “The last episode of M*A*S*H aired”

February 28, 1989 –America started following the goings on at with Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles football team when Coach, starring Craig T. Nelson, Shelley Fabares, Jerry Van Dyke, and Bill Fagerbakke premiered on ABC-TV on this date. The Coach theme song was performed by the Iowa State University Cyclone Football “Varsity” Marching Band. TheContinue reading “Coach premiered”

February 28, 1970 – Simon and Garfunkel’s song Bridge over Troubled Water reached number one on this date and stayed there for the next six weeks. (Sorry for the ear worm.) Simon wrote this song with just two verses, considering the song “a little hymn.” Garfunkel and producer Roy Halee heard it as more epic,Continue reading “Bridge over Troubled Water topped the charts”

February 27, 1971 –Janis Joplin’s album released three months after her drug overdose, Pearl hits #1 in the US, where it stays for nine weeks, on this date. Pearl was Janis Joplin’s most commercially successful album, yet it only reached #50 in the UK. Pearl was one of Joplin’s nicknames.

February 27, 1951 –The 22nd Amendment to the American Constitution was ratified by Minnesota, the 36th state out of 48 to ratify, thereby making it the law of the land. The 22nd Amendment states that no person shall be president of the United States more than twice unless they’re Harry Truman. Really, look it upContinue reading “Harry Truman’s lucky day”

February 27, 1992 –Trying to get the lid off her McDonald’s coffee to add cream and sugar, 79-year-old Stella Liebeck accidentally splashes the 180-degree liquid on herself, causing third-degree burns to the thighs, genitals, and buttocks. After skin graft surgery and weeks of recuperation, Liebeck asks McDonald’s to turn down the temperature of their coffeeContinue reading “You think you know this story –”

February 27, 1920 – A film that I’m somewhat familiar with, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, opened in Germany on this date. The final look and feel of the film was based as much on low-budget practicalities as it was on creative inspiration and expressionism. Electricity was strictly rationed in post-WWI Germany at the timeContinue reading “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered”

CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite’s commentary on the progress of the Vietnam War solidified President Lyndon B. Johnson’s decision not to seek reelection in 1968. Cronkite, who had been at Hue in the midst of the Tet Offensive earlier in February, said: “Who won and who lost in the great Tet Offensive against the cities?Continue reading “The beginning of the end of the Vietnam War”

February 26, 1979 –The shortlived sitcom, Flatbush, premiered on CBS-TV on this date. The show was so disliked that CBS switchboards were flood with negative comments about the show that night. Only three of the episodes aired.

February 26, 1967 – Gene Kelly starred in Jack and the Beanstalk on NBC (produced by Hanna-Barbara) on this date. It was the first TV special to combine live action and animation. This version of the 17th-century English fairy tale seems to plagiarize elements from the Bud Abbott and Lou Costello version, Jack and theContinue reading “Gene Kelly in Jack and the Beanstalk premiered”