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December 13, 1975 –Richard Pryor hosted NBC-TV’s Saturday Night Live on this date. Fearing Pryor would say things that were too offensive for television at the time, the show was placed on seven-second delay for the very first time As mentioned in the opening sketch, Pryor requested that Garrett Morris say “Live from New York,Continue reading “The first time SNL used the seven second delay”

December 13, 1950 –James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial on this date. From the amount of energy all the performers have, it appears they were drinking the original Coke formula.

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December 12, 1915 –It’s the birthday of Francis Albert today. Once again, under advise of legal council, I have make no jokes or innuendos about Mr. Sinatra’s alleged organized crime connection, especially since I work at a union facility (Please note – I did not use the word, Mafia.) And once again, We here atContinue reading “Francis Albert Sinatra”

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December 12, 1954 –BBC Television aired the landmark adaptation of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four on this date. It was the most expensive drama produced to date. Unusually for a British TV production of that era, this story survives as a telerecording. At the time, the majority of television was transmitted live, and most shows wereContinue reading “Nineteen Eighty-Four premiered”

December 12, 1972 –Irwin Allen’s ocean disaster movie, The Poseidon Adventure, premiered in NYC on this date. Paul Gallico was inspired to write his novel by a voyage he made on the Queen Mary. When he was having breakfast in the dining room, the liner was hit by a large wave, sending people and furnitureContinue reading “The Poseidon Adventure premiered”

December 12, 1980 –Whip It earned Devo a gold record on this date. It is the first distinction of its kind for any song about masturbation to earn a gold record. Well, whip it good! When MTV launched in 1981, they had very few videos to choose from. Some European and Australian artists had beenContinue reading “Whip It earns a gold record”

(Unless you are tight with the Thursday afternoon, rosary praying old ladies, as I am – you may not know this;) today is the third Sunday of Advent. One of the candles in the Advent wreath is rose colored for Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is Latin for Rejoice, as in Gaudete in Domino semper (rejoice inContinue reading “It is known as Gaudete Sunday”

December 11, 1982 –Toni Basil’s surprise hit Mickey reached No. 1 of the Billboard charts on this date. This was originally recorded as Kitty by a group called Racey, which released it in 1979. In the original lyric, Kitty is a girl. Toni Basil changed the title from Kitty to Mickey and the gender fromContinue reading “Mickey topped the charts”