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If you are asking, where have all our snows of yesterday gone: We were waiting for a snow storm last year. Currently, it hasn’t snowed in 325 days. We will beat the record for most snowless days next Sunday (if it doesn’t snow) with 333 days. Maybe it will snow again someday here in theContinue reading “No snow (again)”

January 28, 1978 – Fantasy Island, starring Ricardo Montalban and Herve Villechaize, debuted on ABC-TV on this date. The plane that was used on this show was up for auction in the 1990s. This plane was autographed by all of the guest stars. Before this show, this plane was also owned by Richard D. Bach,Continue reading “Fantasy Island series premiered”

January 28, 1973 –Barnaby Jones, starring Buddy Ebsen, premieres on CBS-TV, on this date. Barnaby Jones guest stars frequently included children of the regulars. Among them, Buddy’s daughter Bonnie Ebson appeared in six episodes, playing a different character every time. Also featured were Lee Meriwether’s daughter, Kyle Aletter, and producer Quinn Martin’s daughter, Jill Martin.

January 28, 1956 –Elvis Presley appeared on the Dorsey brothers’ TV program Stage Show, singing Shake, Rattle and Roll, on this date. It was Elvis‘ first network television appearance.

The seventh day of the Lunar New Year is commonly referred to as “Ren Ri” (the day of human), because according to the legend, Nu Wa ( a Goddess in Chinese mythology who is believed to create the world and human beings) created human beings on the seventh day. Legend has it that Nüwa createdContinue reading “Yes, there will be cake for everyone”

January 27, 1991 –The little remembered TV series, Davis Rules, starring Randy Quaid and Jonathan Winters premiered on ABC TV on this date. (The series moved to CBS TV for its’ second and final season.) The show premiered right after the Super Bowl in 1991.

January 27, 1976 –Laverne and Shirley, a spinoff from Happy Days, starring Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. Penny Marshall worked the milk and Pepsi joke in based on her own life because as a child her mother would fill the same cupContinue reading “Schlemiel, Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!”

January 27, 1984 –Cyndi Lauper released the second single, Time After Time, from her debut album She’s So Unusual on this date. Cyndi Lauper wrote this song with Rob Hyman, who also sang backup. Hyman was in a Philadelphia band with Eric Bazilian and Rick Chertoff. When Rick took a job as a staff producerContinue reading “Time after Time was dropped”

January 27, 1956 –Elvis Presley released the first of his 14 records in a row that sold more than a million copies, Heartbreak Hotel, on this date. It climbed to the top of the pop chart reaching #1 in April and spending eight weeks at the top. The success of Heartbreak Hotel began Elvis‘ periodContinue reading “Heartbreak Hotel first went on sale”

Today is the Sixth day of Lunar New Year, and the garbage from the first five days of celebrating is piling up. The rubbish from the first to the fourth day of the Chinese New Year is considered “wealth”, but after the fifth day, the garbage will turn into a sign of “poverty”. So onContinue reading “Get rid of that trash, or else”