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October 14, 1994 –Quentin Tarantino’s brilliant crime drama, Pulp Fiction, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman, opened in the US on this date. The word “fuck” is used two hundred sixty-five times.

October 14, 1972 –The TV-series Kung Fu, starring David Carridine, debuted on ABC-TV on this date. According to Bruce Lee’s widow, Linda Lee Cadwell, Lee originated the concept, and was intended to star in the series, but David Carradine was cast because the network felt the American audience was not ready for an Asian actorContinue reading “Kung Fu premiered”

October 14, 1978 – The gang finally got off the damn island (sort of) when the first TV movie from a TV series, Rescue from Gilligan’s Island, premiered on CBS-TV with all of the original cast except Tina Louise (who wanted too much money,) on this date. The scene in which the rescued castaways areContinue reading “Rescue from Gilligan’s Island premiered”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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!”

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”

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.