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March 21, 1980 –On the season finale of Dallas, the infamous character J.R. Ewing was shot by an unknown individual – Who Shot JR? Viewers had to wait all summer, and most of the autumn because of a Hollywood actors’ strike (and Hagman’s own holdout), to learn whether J.R. would survive, and which of hisContinue reading “Well, I didn’t”

March 21, 1947 –In honor of the start of Spring, let us seriously consider spring cleaning and the unhappy ending of the Collyer brothers. Homer and Langley Collyer were well-to-do New Yorkers who grew up in a fashionable brownstone in Harlem with their mother and father, just before the turn of the previous century. UnfortunatelyContinue reading “This is what comes from improper hand washing”

March 21, 1952 –The first rock and roll concert was held in America on this date, when DJ Alan Freed (the man who coined the phrase “Rock and Roll“) hosted The Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. The first rock and roll concert was shut down after the first act, when it appeared that aContinue reading “The Moondog Coronation Ball”

March 20, 1973 –The TV movie pilot for the series The Police Story, Slow Boy, starring Vic Morrow, Edward Asner, Diane Baker, Chuck Connors, and Harry Guardino premiered on NBC TV on this date. In the opening stakeout scene, the squad is watching Slow Boy (Chuck Connors) outside a theater showing the movie The NewContinue reading “The Police Story premiered”

March 20, 1987 –Robert Townsend’s seminal satirical comedy Hollywood Shuffle, starring Robert Townsend and a whole bunch of the Wayan family premiered on this date. At the end of the film, Robert Townsend plays a flying black superhero. Six years later, he would star in The Meteor Man, about a flying black superhero.

March 20, 1971 –Janis Joplin’s hit Me and Bobby McGee reached no. #1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. It was her only solo number one single, released on the posthumous album Pearl. The song was written by Kris Kristofferson, who has written hundreds of songs for a wide variety of artists. Kristofferson wouldContinue reading “Me and Bobby McGee topped the charts”

Bunkies, I know for some of you, winter never really seemed to start this year While you are attempting to balance those eggs and brooms today, remember that the Vernal Equinox occurred at 5:24 PM (EDT) this evening. That means it’s spring. This year, please don’t take off your clothes. Cautionly venture outside, come backContinue reading “Blossom by blossom, Spring begins”

March 19, 1953 –NBC TV aired The Academy Awards on television for the first time on this date. Though the winners had been announced several months earlier, the program still garnered a lot of attention. The show was hosted by Bob Hope and Conrad Nagel

March 19, 1984 –CBS TV premiered the midseason replacement show Kate & Allie starring Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin on this date. Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James previously starred together in the movie How To Beat The High Cost Of Living

March 19, 1977 –It was the end of the road at WJM-TV when the final episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Last Show, aired on CBS TV on this date. In an interview years later Mary Tyler Moore said that the scene where they embraced and then huddled to the tissues was notContinue reading “The finale of The Mary Tyler Moore Show”