October 13, 1978 –Queen released their double A sided single Fat Bottomed Girls/ Bicycle Race on this date. The songs ran together on the album, and were often played that way by radio stations. The year before, Queen released We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions as a double A-side. They are stillContinue reading “Fat Bottomed Girls/ Bicycle Race dropped”
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Star Trek: Mudd’s Women premiered
October 13, 1966 – The sixth episode of Star Trek, Mudd’s Women premiered on this date. In it, The Enterprise picks up a traveling con man, Harry Mudd, and his “beautiful” female cargo; the females seem to have a strange effect on the male crew. This is the first episode in which the Enterprise’s powerContinue reading “Star Trek: Mudd’s Women premiered”
Kukla, Fran and Ollie premiered
October 13, 1947 –Kids, back when the earth cooled and formed a hard crust, there was a very popular TV series featuring two puppets and a very polite lady that ad-libbed the entire show – Junior Jamboree – a version which ultimately became Kukla, Fran and Ollie premiered on this date. (this is not theContinue reading “Kukla, Fran and Ollie premiered”
The Edsel Show premiered
CBS-TV broadcasts The Edsel Show, a one-hour live special starring Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, designed to promote the new, ill-fated Ford automobile, on this date. It is the first and currently the oldest surviving show on videotape. It was aired live on this date in prime time, and simultaneously taped and filmed in kinescopeContinue reading “The Edsel Show premiered”
Ein Prost!
October 12, 1810 – The first Oktoberfest began on this date as a festival celebrating the marriage of Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen and Prince Louis of Bavaria (later King Ludwig I) in Munich, Germany. The festival was such a success, the locals decided to hold it annually. (a great little known fact – Albert Einstein,Continue reading “Ein Prost!”
A unique use of foot apparel
October 12, 1960 –Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev disrupted a U.N. General Assembly session by pounding his desk with a shoe during a dispute on this date. This resulted in the popular stereotype of the Soviet Dictator who pounds his desk with his shoe. In fact, many Soviet Dictators did not pound their desks with theirContinue reading “A unique use of foot apparel”
Hey you guys come an catch my act sometime
October 12, 1966 –Sammy Davis, Jr. makes a cameo appearance on the ABC-TV series Batman – The Clock King’s Crazy Crimes, during one of their legendary Batclimbs, on this date.
Big Brother and the Holding Company hit #1
October 12, 1968 –Cheap Thrills, the second studio album by Big Brother and the Holding Company, reached number one on the charts for eight nonconsecutive weeks on this date. It was their last album with Janis Joplin as lead singer before she started a solo career.
The Rolling Stones’ Rock And Roll Circus premiered
October 12, 1996 – Though they’ve refused to release it on video for 27 years, largely due to dissatisfaction over their own performance, The Rolling Stones finally release their landmark 1968 all-star BBC television special, The Rolling Stones’ Rock And Roll Circus, on this date. Filmed at a studio in Wembley using an unusual hybridContinue reading “The Rolling Stones’ Rock And Roll Circus premiered”
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show premiered
October 12, 1950 –One of the first comedy series to make the successful transition from radio to television The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Gracie Allen wanted to retire from show business in the 1940s and was reluctant to branch out into television, but husband George Burns convincedContinue reading “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show premiered”
The Haus of Dcaligari 