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September 26, 1990 –One of the stranger series in TV history, Cop Rock debuted on ABC-TV on this date. In a May 2009 poll, this show was voted the fifth worst TV show in broadcast history. Ahead of it were The Gong Show, Friends, The Jerry Springer Show, and My Mother the Car.

September 26, 1986 –The episode of Dallas that had Bobby Ewing returning from the dead, his death is attributed to his wife Pam’s bad dream, aired on this date. When Victoria Principal opens the shower door in the infamous Bobby shower scene, actor John Beck was the one in the shower. The shock to PamContinue reading “Wait, What, Bobby is Alive !?!”

As ACME lawyers have told me I can no longer post photos of me and the the people who are legally obligated to acknowledge they are related to me, I’ll post this video – Enjoy the time with your daughters. (I love my daughter to death.)

It’s National One Hit Wonder day. Celebrate responsibly – listen to only one or two of them at a time. Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves Before Katrina Leskanich came along, the band was simply The Waves. Based in England, they were led by Kimberly Rew, who left the group in 1978 toContinue reading “Hey, it’s still a career in show business”

On this day in 1789, Congress proposed twelve amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Habeas Corpus Luteum and Freedom from Unreasonably Surging Seashores were ultimately rejected but the other ten passed and have come to be known as the “Bill of Rights.“ In honor of this important anniversary, I have chosen to celebrateContinue reading “The Bill of Rights is not an a la carte menu.”

Happy 5783 Rosh Hashanah begins on Sunday evening, so we here at ACME are wishing our friends L’shanah Tovah.

September 25, 1965 – The Beatles Cartoon Show premiered on ABC-TV on this date. It racked up a 13 score (or 52 share), then unheard of in daytime television. The series became notorious for its static visual style with the Beatles being depicted in their mop top and suit look from A Hard Day’s Night,Continue reading “The Beatles premiered”

September 25, 1964 –The series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., starring Jim Nabors (who was not married to Rock Hudson) premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Although the series had a military setting and the Vietnam War was going on at the time it originally aired, the war itself is never discussed. Jim Nabors said that itContinue reading “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. premiered”

Today is National Punctuation Day (!,?.) It’s a celebration of the lowly comma, correctly used quotation marks and other proper uses of periods, semicolons, and the every mysterious ellipsis. (The Interrobang is a combination of both the exclamation point and a question mark, used thusly: “What are you doing[insert interrobang. Unfortunately, the interrobang isn’t standardContinue reading “Remember, they help a sentence make more sense”

September 24, 1938 – One of the craziest cartoons Looney Tunes ever produced, Porky in Wackyland was released on this date. You need to watch it a few times to really get everything that’s going on in this one. At one point in the pan of the various denizens of Wackyland, a character with largeContinue reading “Porky in Wackyland premiered”