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To start 2023 off right, it’s Friday the 13th. In most large cities in the United States, many building don’t have 13th floors. In Japan, they don’t have 4th floors, because the word for four sounds similar to the word for DEATH! Some say that the modern basis for Friday the 13th phobia dates backContinue reading “Try to avoid all unlucky things”

January 13, 1989 – British comedy sketch show series A Bit of Fry and Laurie starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie debuts on BBC1 on this date. Stephen Fry was never able to convincingly fake hitting someone, so often he genuinely hit Hugh Laurie while filming the sketches.

January 13, 1966 –Samantha gave birth to a baby girl, Tabitha on the ABC-TV program Bewitched (entitled, And Then There Were Three,) on this date. This is the first appearance of Cousin Serena, who would be a recurring character for the remainder of the series.

January 12, 1992 –“… My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you’d like to hear it I can sing it for you.” The HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer) 9000 computer became operational in the HAL plant in Urbana, Illinois, on this date in the film, 2001, A SpaceContinue reading “Perhaps a different first song would have led to a different result”

January 12, 1965 –At 10:58am PST, on this date, US government scientists conduct what they term a “controlled excursion,” launching a nuclear rocket in Jackass Flats, Nevada and burning off a portion of its radioactive core. The resultant radioactive close drifted over Los Angeles before It produced a radioactive cloud over Los Angeles. Documents releasedContinue reading “File this under: Your taxes dollars at work –”

January 12, 1997 – Fox-TV premiered the pilot episode of King of the Hill on this date. Stephen Root was uncredited during the first few seasons. This was because he was also on NewsRadio, and his contract prevented him from being credited on another network’s show. After the show was cancelled in 1999, he wasContinue reading “King of the Hill premiered”

It’s a perfect day to celebrate National Hot Tea Day. So have a cuppa. Demand Euphoria!

January 12, 1967 – You’re pretty high and far out son, what kind of kick are you on son? Dragnet reappeared in color when their iconic episode The LSD Story premiered on this date. When the revival was in the planning stages, Jack Webb had originally planned on bringing in his former co-star Ben AlexanderContinue reading “Dragnet in color premiered”

January 12, 1971 –Oh Geez, stifle yourself. The first episode of All In The Family made television history by broadcasting the sound of a toilet flushing on this date. An ongoing gag is Edith’s incompetent singing. In actuality, Jean Stapleton was a professionally trained and accomplished singer who had performed in musical theatre and productionsContinue reading “All In The Family premiered”

January 12, 1991 –Australian new wave group Divinyls hits #1 on the Australian ARIA chart, #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #10 on the UK charts with their song I Touch Myself on this date. This was certainly not the first song to touch on the subject of masturbation, but it wasContinue reading “I Touch Myself topped the charts”