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September 8, 1994 –At the MTV Video Music Awards, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch (MCA), in character as “Nathanial Hornblower,” rushes the stage when R.E.M.’s Everybody Hurts beats Sabotage for Best Direction. It’s the first such intrusion at the VMAs. Frequent Beastie Boys collaborator Nathaniel Hörnblowér has an impressive resume. He directed classic Beasties videos (includingContinue reading “Oh those wacky Beastie Boys”

September 8, 1973 –Marvin Gaye started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Let’s Get It On, on this date. Let’s Get It On was the title track of Gaye’s 1973 album. It topped the Billboard Pop Singles chart for two weeks and the Billboard Soul Singles chart for eightContinue reading “Let’s Get It On hits the top of the charts”

… because no matter what, you are going back again tomorrow! Sorry kids, today is the first day of school in NYC. But don’t worry, summer vacation starts on June 27, 2023, in 296 days. Demand Euphoria!

September 8, 1966 –That Girl starring Marlo Thomas premiered on ABC-TV on this date. Marlo Thomas‘ father Danny Thomas would often make cameo appearances on the show. One episode not only featured a cameo by her father but her sister Terre Thomas and brother Tony Thomas as well.

September 8, 1966 – Star Trek debuted on NBC-TV, with the airing of an episode titled The Man Trap on this date. (The series had to overcome calls from within the network to cancel the series before it even aired.) When NBC was promoting Star Trek in magazines, all shots of Spock’s pointed eyebrows andContinue reading “Star Trek premiered”

September 7, 1963 –The first animated cartoon series to be imported from Japan, Astro Boy was broadcast on NBC-TV on this date. The Japanese version originally didn’t have a theme song, it wasn’t until the success of the American theme song that they came up with one for the Japanese version.

September 7, 1979 –ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, made its debut on cable TV. The first program on the air, Sports Center lasted a half-hour, consisting mainly of videotaped highlights and following its conclusion that night, the network aired a slow-pitch softball game along with other programming, including wrestling and college soccer.

September 7, 1940 –Nazi Germany began its initial blitz on London during the World War II Battle of Britain on this date. The German Luftwaffe blitzed London for the first of 57 consecutive nights on this date. Germany launched the aerial bombing of London that Adolf Hitler believed would soften Britain for an invasion. TheContinue reading “The start of the London Blitz”

September 7, 1987 –Pink Floyd released their first album without founding member Roger Waters, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, in the UK, on this date. Pink Floyd had split up in 1983 after releasing the album The Final Cut. In 1985, Waters told their record company he was done with the band, which he thoughtContinue reading “A Momentary Lapse of Reason was released”

September 7, 1967 – The Flying Nun, starring Sally Field as a nun who finds that she can fly, debuted on ABC-TV on this date. Critics, comedians, and others overlooked the fact that, in a sixties TV environment that did not yet fully embrace diversity, The Flying Nun is one of the few, if notContinue reading “The Flying Nun premiered”