<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National (International) Coffee Day'.
- From Wikipedia (International Coffee Day):
'International Coffee Day is an occasion that is used to promote and
celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events now occurring in places across
the world. The first official date will be 1 October 2015, as agreed by the
International Coffee Organization and will be launched in Milan. This day
is also used to promote fair trade coffee and to raise awareness for the
plight of the coffee growers. On this day, many businesses offer free or
discounted cups of coffee. Some businesses share coupons and special deals
with their loyal followers via social networking. Some greeting card
companies sell National Coffee Day greeting cards as well as free e-cards.
In March 2014, a decision was taken by the International Coffee
Organization to launch the first official International Coffee Day in Milan
as part of Expo 2015.
Various events have been held, called Coffee Day or National Coffee Day,
with many of these on or around September 29.
The exact origin of International Coffee Day is unknown. An event was first
promoted in Japan in 1983 by The All Japan Coffee Association. In the
United States National Coffee Day was mentioned publicly as early as 2005.
The name International Coffee Day was first used by the Southern Food and
Beverage Museum, which called a press conference on October 3, 2009 to
celebrate it and to announce the first New Orleans Coffee Festival. It was
promoted in China by the International Coffee Organization, first
celebrated in 1997, and made into an annual celebration in early April
2001. Taiwan first celebrated International Coffee Day in 2009. Nepal first
celebrated National Coffee Day on November 17, 2005. Indonesia, which first
celebrated National Coffee Day on August 17, 2006, celebrates it on the
same day as Indonesia's Independence Day'. .
[The Hankster says] The elixir of life, or at least the early morning.
* 'National Mocha Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Caffè mocha):
'A caffè mocha, also called mocaccino (Italian: ), is a chocolate-flavored
variant of a caffè latte.
Like a caffè latte, caffè mocha is based on espresso and hot milk, but with
added chocolate, typically in the form of sweet cocoa powder, although many
varieties use chocolate syrup. Mochas can contain dark or milk chocolate.
Caffè mocha, in its most basic formulation, can also be referred to as hot
chocolate with (e.g., a shot of) espresso added. Like cappuccino, caffè
mochas typically contain the distinctive milk froth on top, although, as is
common with hot chocolate, they are sometimes served with whipped cream
instead. They are usually topped with a dusting of either cinnamon or cocoa
powder, and marshmallows may also be added on top for flavor and
decoration.
A variant is white caffè mocha, made with white chocolate instead of milk
or dark. There are also variants of the drink that mix the two syrups this
mixture is referred to by several names, including black and white mocha,
marble mocha, tan mocha, tuxedo mocha, and zebra.
The caffeine content is approximately 430 mg/L (12.7 mg/US fl oz), which is
152 mg for a 350 mL (12 US fl oz) glass'. .
[The Hankster says] Coffee and chocolate go together as well as chocolate and peanut butter.
* 'Biscotti Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Biscotti):
'Biscotti (twice-cooked), known also as cantuccini, are Italian almond
biscuits (cookies) that originated in the city of Prato. They are
twice-baked, oblong-shaped, dry, crunchy, and dipped in a drink,
traditionally Vin Santo.
Biscotti is the plural form of biscotto. The word originates from the
medieval Latin word biscoctus, meaning twice-cooked. It defined oven baked
goods that were baked twice, so they were very dry and could be stored for
long periods of time. Such nonperishable food was particularly useful
during journeys and wars, and twice baked breads were a staple food of the
Roman Legions. The word biscotti, in this sense, shares its origin with the
British English word biscuit, which describes what American
English-speakers refer to as a cookie In modern Italian, the word biscotti
refers to any cookie or cracker, just as does the British use of the word
biscuit The number of bakings or hardness is not relevant to the term. In
America, the term biscotti refers only to the specific Italian cookie'. .
[The Hankster says] a Biscotti with coffee, yes. I wonder if they make chocolate Biscotti.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'VFW Day'.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars was founded in 1899' by Spanish–American War
veterans of the Seventeenth U.S. Infantry. From Wikipedia: 'The objects of
the organization are to: Speed rehabilitation of the nation’s disabled and
needy veterans, assist veterans’ widows and orphans and the dependents of
needy or disabled veterans, and promote Americanism by means of education
in patriotism and by constructive service to local communities.'.
- From Wikipedia (Veterans of Foreign Wars):
'The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc., is a federally
chartered corporation formed on September 29, 1899 by Spanish–American War
veterans of the 17th U.S. Infantry.
The objects of the VFW are to: Speed rehabilitation of the nation’s
disabled and needy veterans, assist veterans’ widows and orphans and the
dependents of needy or disabled veterans, and promote Americanism by means
of education in patriotism and by constructive service to local
communities. The organization maintains both its legislative service and
central office of its national rehabilitation service in Washington. The
latter nationwide program serves disabled veterans of all wars, members and
nonmembers alike, in matters of government compensation and pension claims,
hospitalization, civil-service employment preference, and etc.”
The VFW was reorganized in 1913 as the result of a series of mergers of
previous veterans organizations which consisted of veterans of the
Spanish–American War and the Philippine Insurrection. The VFW modeled its
organization, terminology and ritual on the Grand Army of the Republic—an
organization for veterans of all ranks who had served in the American Civil
War, but kept the foreign aspect of the organization, which excluded Civil
War veterans. The VFW grew rapidly after the First World War with hundreds
of thousands eligible veterans returning from the war. As the American
Legion was originally composed exclusively of First World War veterans,
this led to a friendly rivalry between the VFW and the American Legion as
they competed for members and recognition as the premier veterans
organization in the United States. Between the two world wars the VFW
focused on advocating for benefits for veterans as well as combating
communism. After the Second World War millions more veterans were eligible
to join the VFW. Membership steadily grew after the war peaking at about
2.5 million in 1993 with over 10,000 posts (local chapters) being
established nationwide. During the turbulent 1960s era the VFW supported
the American involvement in the Vietnam War and condemned the
counterculture trends of the era. Many VFW posts were unwilling to accept
Vietnam veterans afterwards, but became more open to them as older veterans
died off or their health did not permit them to attend meetings. By the
2000s, the VFW faced a membership crisis due to the aging of WWII and Korea
veterans and the lack of enrollment from veterans of more recent
conflicts'.
* 'Happy Goose Day'.
Eat some roast goose on the 29th and have good luck the rest of the year.
An old 15th century tradition, but still alive in Mifflin County,
Pennsylvania.
[The Hankster says] I guess if you don't have your goose on the 29th, you are a silly goose.
* 'MAGS Day'.
Charter day in 1958 of the Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society.
* 'Confucius Day'.
[The Hankster says] Confucius says .. hey, this guy is stealing my led-in.
* 'Mutation Day'.
The future, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, were purchased at a pet shop on
September 29, 1997
[The Hankster says] I have no fear of mutated turtles. I can always outrun them.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'World Heart Day'. By the World Heart Federation.
- From Wikipedia (World Heart Federation):
'The World Heart Federation (WHF) is a nongovernmental organization based
in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Heart Federation is committed to uniting
its members and leads the global fight against heart disease and stroke,
with a focus on low-and middle-income countries. The World Heart Federation
is the world's only global body dedicated to leading the fight against
heart disease and stroke via a united community of almost 200 member
organizations that bring together the strength of medical societies and
heart foundations, from more than 100 countries covering the regions of
Asia-Pacific, Europe, East Mediterranean, the Americas and Africa.
Each year 17.3 million people die of cardiovascular disease, 80% in the
developing world. The World Heart Federation exists to prevent and control
these diseases through awareness campaigns and action, promoting the
exchange of information, ideas and science among those involved in
cardiovascular care, advocating for disease prevention and control by
promoting healthy diets, physical activity and tobacco free living at an
individual, community and policy maker level.
About World Heart Day 2016 World Heart Day was founded in 2000 to inform
people around the globe that heart disease and stroke are the world’s
leading causes of death, claiming 17.5 million lives each year. World Heart
Day takes place on 29 September every year. The theme of this year is power
your life - we want everyone to understand what they can do to fuel their
hearts and power their lives. We are also calling on global governments and
policy makers to implement reliable, simple and fit-for-purpose
surveillance systems for monitoring the burden and treatment of
cardiovascular disease (CVD). This World Heart Day we’ve joined forces with
Bupa and Philips to make World Heart Day more powerful than ever. With
their support, we are raising awareness and encouraging individuals,
families, communities and governments to take action and help us to achieve
our goal of a 25% reduction in premature deaths from CVD by 2025. Together,
we aim to help people everywhere to live longer, better, heart-healthy
lives. For more information about World Heart Day 2016 including access to
the campaign materials visit the website'.
o Other:
* 'World Maritime Day'. A U.N> observance.
<> Historical events on September 29
* 'In 1789, The United States Department of War first establishes a regular
army with a strength of several hundred men. .
- From Wikipedia: The United States Department of War, also called the War
Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United
States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and
maintenance of the United States Army, also bearing responsibility for
naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798, and
for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the
Air Force on September 18, 1947.
The Secretary of War, a civilian with such responsibilities as finance and
purchases and a minor role in directing military affairs, headed the War
Department throughout its existence.
The War Department existed from August 7, 1789 until September 18, 1947,
when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force
and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National
Military Establishment (NME), renamed the United States Department of
Defense in 1949.
'Shortly after the establishment of a strong government under President
George Washington in 1789, Congress created the War Department as a
civilian agency to administer the field army under the president (as
commander in chief) and the secretary of war. Retired senior General Henry
Knox, then in civilian life, served as the first United States Secretary of
War'.
* 'In 1829, London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty. It was founded
by Robert Peel, Bobby, thus the name Bobbies.. . 'The Met is also referred
to by the metonym Scotland Yard after the location of its original
headquarters in a road called Great Scotland Yard in Whitehall. The Met's
current headquarters is New Scotland Yard, in Victoria. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), informally
referred to as the Met, is the territorial police force responsible for law
enforcement in Greater London, excluding the square mile of the City of
London, which is the responsibility of the City of London Police. The Met
also has significant national responsibilities, such as co-ordinating and
leading on counter-terrorism matters and protection of the British Royal
Family and senior figures of Her Majesty's Government.
As of October 2011, the Met employed 48,661 full-time personnel. This
included 31,478 sworn police officers, 13,350 non-police staff, and 3,831
non-sworn police community support officers. This number excludes the 5,479
Special Constables, who work part-time (a minimum of 16 hours a month) and
who have the same powers and uniform as their regular colleagues. This
makes the Metropolitan Police the largest police force in the United
Kingdom by a significant margin, and one of the biggest in the world.
The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, commonly known simply as the
Commissioner, is the overall operational leader of the force, responsible
and accountable to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime. The post of
Commissioner was first held jointly by Sir Charles Rowan and Sir Richard
Mayne. The post is currently occupied by Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe. The
Commissioner's subordinate, the Deputy Commissioner, is currently Craig
Mackey.
A number of informal names and abbreviations exists for the Metropolitan
Police Service, the most common being the Met. In colloquial London (or
Cockney slang), it is sometimes referred to as the Old Bill. The Met is
also referred to by the metonym Scotland Yard after the location of its
original headquarters in a road called Great Scotland Yard in Whitehall.
The Met's current headquarters is New Scotland Yard, in Victoria'.
* 'In 1946, The radio detective show 'The Adventures of Sam Spade' debuts
on CBS Radio. It was based on Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade character, that
he created in the movie 'The Maltese Falcon'. It starred Howard Duff as Sam
Spade and Lurene Tuttle as Effie his secretary. It ran for 13 episodes on
ABC in 1946, 157 episodes on CBS in 1946-1949, and finally for 51 episodes
on NBC in 1949-1951.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio
series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created
by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13
episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 episodes on CBS in 1946-1949, and finally
for 51 episodes on NBC in 1949-1951. The series starred Howard Duff (and
later, Steve Dunne) as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as his secretary Effie,
and took a considerably more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character than
the novel or movie. The announcer was Dick Joy.
The series was largely overseen by producer/director William Spier. In
1947, scriptwriters Jason James and Bob Tallman received an Edgar Award for
Best Radio Drama from the Mystery Writers of America.
Before the series, Sam Spade had been played in radio adaptations of The
Maltese Falcon by both Edward G. Robinson (in a 1943 Lux Radio Theater
production) and by Humphrey Bogart (in a 1946 Academy Award Theater
production), both on CBS.
Dashiell Hammett's name was removed from the series in the late 1940s
because he was being investigated for involvement with the Communist Party.
Later, when Howard Duff's name appeared in the Red Channels book, he was
not invited to play the role when the series made the switch to NBC in
1950'.
* 'In 1953, the TV show 'Make Room for Daddy' premieres. It starred Danny
Thomas, Jean Hagen, Marjorie Lord, Sherry Jackson Rusty Hamer Angela
Cartwright. Iti ran for 11 seasons for 151 ep. from September 29, 1953 –
September 14, 1964.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy
during the first three seasons) is an American sitcom which ran from 1953
to 1957 on ABC and from 1957 to 1964 on CBS. A revival series known as Make
Room for Granddaddy aired on ABC from 1970 to 1971. Episodes regularly
featured music as part of the plot by Danny Thomas, guest stars and
occasionally by other cast members.
In March 1953, Danny Thomas first signed the contract for the show with ABC
and chose Desilu Studios to film it using its three-camera method. Two
proposed titles during pre-production were The Children's Hour and Here
Comes Daddy'.
* 'In 1953, The TV show 'Buick-Berle Show' premieres. . Buick picked up the
show after Texaco bulled out of the Texaco Star Theater. .
- From Wikipedia: 'At one million dollars a year, NBC signed him to an
exclusive, unprecedented 30-year television contract in 1951.
Texaco pulled out of sponsorship of the show in 1953. Buick picked it up,
prompting a renaming to The Buick-Berle Show, and the program's format was
changed to show the backstage preparations to put on a variety show.
Critics generally approved of the changes, but Berle's ratings continued to
fall, and Buick pulled out after two seasons. In addition, Berle's persona
had shifted from the impetuous and aggressive style of the Texaco Star
Theater days to a more cultivated, but less distinctive personality,
leaving many fans somehow unsatisfied.
By the time the again-renamed Milton Berle Show finished its only full
season (1955–56), Berle was already becoming history—though his final
season was host to two of Elvis Presley's earliest television appearances,
April 3 and June 5, 1956. The final straw during that last season may have
come from CBS scheduling The Phil Silvers Show opposite Berle. Ironically,
Silvers was one of Berle's best friends in show business and had come to
CBS's attention in an appearance on Berle's program. Bilko's
creator-producer, Nat Hiken, had been one of Berle's radio writers.
Berle knew that NBC had already decided to cancel his show before Presley
appeared. Berle later appeared in the Kraft Music Hall series from 1958 to
1959, but NBC was finding increasingly fewer showcases for its one-time
superstar. By 1960, he was reduced to hosting a bowling program, Jackpot
Bowling, delivering his quips and interviewing celebrities between the
efforts of that week's bowling contestants'.
* 'In 1952, The TV show 'Lights Out' last airs on NBC-TV. It started on
radio. .
- From Wikipedia: 'In the fall of 1933, NBC writer Wyllis Cooper conceived
the idea of a midnight mystery serial to catch the attention of the
listeners at the witching hour. The idea was to offer listeners a dramatic
program late at night, at a time when the competition was mostly airing
music. At some point, the serial concept was dropped in favor of an
anthology format emphasizing crime thrillers and the supernatural. The
first series of shows (each 15 minutes long) ran on a local NBC station,
WENR, at midnight Wednesdays, starting in January 1934. By April, the
series proved successful enough to expand to a half-hour. In January 1935,
the show was discontinued in order to ease Cooper's workload (he was then
writing scripts for the network's prestigious Immortal Dramas program), but
was brought back by huge popular demand a few weeks later. After a
successful tryout in New York City, the series was picked up by NBC in
April 1935 and broadcast nationally, usually late at night and always on
Wednesdays. Cooper stayed on the program until June 1936, when another
Chicago writer, Arch Oboler, took over. By the time Cooper left, the series
had inspired about 600 fan clubs.
Cooper's run was characterized by grisly stories spiked with dark,
tongue-in-cheek humor, a sort of radio Grand Guignol. A character might be
buried, eaten, or skinned alive, vaporized in a ladle of white-hot steel,
absorbed by a giant slurping amoeba, have his arm torn off by a robot, or
forced to endure torture, beating or decapitation—always with the
appropriate blood-curdling acting and sound effects.
Though there had been efforts at horror on radio previously (notably The
Witch's Tale), there does not seem to have been anything quite as explicit
or outrageous as this on a regular basis. When Lights Out switched to the
national network, a decision was made to tone down the gore and emphasize
tamer fantasy and ghost stories.
In 1946, NBC Television brought Lights Out to TV in a series of four
specials, broadcast live and produced by Fred Coe, who also contributed
three of the scripts. NBC asked Cooper to write the script for the
premiere, First Person Singular, which is told entirely from the point of
view of an unseen murderer who kills his obnoxious wife and winds up being
executed. Variety gave this first episode a rave review (undoubtedly one of
the best dramatic shows yet seen on a television screen), but Lights Out
did not become a regular NBC-TV series until 1949.
Coe initially produced this second series but, for much of its run, the
live 1949-1952 program was sponsored by appliance maker Admiral, produced
by Herbert Bayard Swope, Jr., directed by Laurence Schwab, Jr., and hosted
by Frank Gallop. Critical response was mixed but the program was successful
for several seasons (sometimes appearing in the weekly lists of the ten
most watched network shows) until competition from the massively popular
sitcom I Love Lucy on CBS helped to kill it
The 1949-1952 series featured scripts by a variety of authors, including a
young Ira Levin. In 1951, producer Swope even bought a few stories from
Cooper and Oboler. Dead Man's Coat, starring Basil Rathbone, was adapted
from one of Cooper's 1930s plays (and not to be confused with his Quiet,
Please episode Wear the Dead Man's Coat with which it shares a similar
premise). Oboler's And Adam Begot, adapted by Ernest Kinoy from a radio
play, starred Kent Smith. Among the young actors employed was Leslie
Nielsen, who appeared in several episodes including The Lost Will of Dr.
Rant, based on The Tractate Middoth, an M. R. James story. These and many
others are available on DVD'.
* 'In 1955, The Northwest police TV show 'Sergeant Preston of the Yukon'
debuts on CBS. His animal buddies were Yukon King and Rex. It was first on
radio as 'Challenge of the Yukon'. It starred Richard Simmons. It ran for 3
seasons for 78 ep from September 29, 1955 – September 25, 1958.
- From Wikipedia: 'Sergeant Preston of the Yukon was a television series
which followed from the radio drama Challenge of the Yukon.
Richard Simmons starred as Sgt. Preston, and was supported by his dog Yukon
King and horse Rex, now played by real animals. The dog cast as King was
not a husky, however, but a large Alaskan Malamute. Charles Livingstone,
who had worked on the radio version, directed several episodes. Though no
plotlines seem to have been re-used from the radio show, they were
generally built upon the same themes.
Mainly filmed at Ashcroft, Colorado, the series was telecast on CBS from
September 29, 1955, to September 25, 1958. The first two seasons were
produced by Trendle-Campbell-Meurer, and the show was broadcast in the same
time slot as ABC's The Lone Ranger. In its last season, Sergeant Preston of
the Yukon was purchased and produced by the Jack Wrather Corporation'.
* 'In 1958, The TV show '(Westinghouse) Studio One' Anthology Drama last
airs on CBS-TV. It ran 10 seasons for 497 ep. from November 7, 1948 –
September 29, 1958. It was on radio prior, which began in 1947. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Studio One is an American radio–television anthology
drama series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who
came to CBS from the CBC.
On April 29, 1947, Markle launched the 60-minute CBS radio series with an
adaptation of Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano. Broadcast on Tuesdays,
opposite Fibber McGee and Molly and The Bob Hope Show at 9:30 P.M., EST,
the radio series continued until July 27, 1948, showcasing such adaptations
as Dodsworth, Pride and Prejudice, The Red Badge of Courage and Ah,
Wilderness. Top performers were heard on this series, including John
Garfield, Walter Huston, Mercedes McCambridge, Burgess Meredith and Robert
Mitchum.
In 1948, Markle made a leap from radio to television. Sponsored by
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the television series was seen on CBS
(which Westinghouse later owned between 1995 and 2000), from 1948 through
1958, under several variant titles: Studio One Summer Theatre, Studio One
in Hollywood, Summer Theatre, Westinghouse Studio One and Westinghouse
Summer Theatre. It was telecast in black-and-white only'.
* 'In 1958, The TV western 'The Texan' debuts on CBS-TV. It starred .
Rory Calhoun. It ran for 2 seasons for 78 ep. from September 29, 1958 –
September 19, 1960.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Texan is a western television series starring
popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television
network from 1958 to 1960.
In The Texan, Calhoun played Bill Longley, a Confederate captain from the
American Civil War who on his pinto, Domino, roams the American West but
stops to help people in need. A fast gun and the enemy of all lawbreakers,
this Robin Hood of the West seems to appear nearly everywhere in the
post-war years, not just in Texas'.
* 'In 1959, The TV show 'The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis' premieres. It
starred Dwayne Hickman, Frank Faylen, Florida Friebus,.Bob Denver. It ran
for 4 seasons for 147 ep. from September 29, 1959 – June 5, 1963.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (also known as simply
Dobie Gillis or Max Shulman's Dobie Gillis in later seasons and in
syndication) is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29,
1959, to June 5, 1963. The series and several episode scripts were adapted
from the Dobie Gillis short stories written by Max Shulman since 1945, and
first collected in 1951 under the same title as the subsequent TV series.
Shulman also wrote a feature film adaptation of his Dobie Gillis stories
for MGM in 195 3, entitled The Affairs of Dobie Gillis.
The series revolved around the life of teenager/young adult Dobie Gillis
(Dwayne Hickman), who, along with his best friend, beatnik Maynard G. Krebs
(Bob Denver), struggles against the forces of his life - high school, the
military, college, and his parents (Frank Faylen and Florida Friebus) - as
he aspires to attain both wealth and dates with girls. The Many Loves of
Dobie Gillis was produced by Martin Manulis Productions in association with
20th Century Fox Television. Creator Shulman also wrote the theme song in
collaboration with Lionel Newman.
Dobie Gillis is significant as the first American television program
produced for a major network to feature teenagers as leading characters. In
other series, such as Father Knows Best and Leave It to Beaver, teenagers
were portrayed as supporting characters in a family story. An even earlier
1954 series, Meet Corliss Archer, featured teenagers in leading roles and
aired in syndication. Dobie Gillis broke ground by depicting elements of
the counterculture, particularly the Beat Generation, primarily e mbodied
in a stereotypical version of the beatnik Series star Dwayne Hickman would
later say that Dobie represented “the end of innocence of the 1950s before
the oncoming 1960s revolution”'.
* 'In 1960, The TV show 'My Three Sons' premieres. It starred Fred
MacMurray William Frawley William Demarest, Don Grady Stanley Livingston,
Barry Livingston, Tim Considine, Meredith MacRae Tina Cole, Beverly
Garland, Dawn Lyn, Ronne Troup, Daniel, Joseph, and Michael Todd. It ran
for 12 seasons for 390 ep from September 29, 1960 – August 24, 1972..
- From Wikipedia: 'My Three Sons is an American sitcom. The series ran from
1960 to 1965 on ABC, and moved to CBS until its end on April 13, 1972. My
Three Sons chronicles the life of widower and aeronautical engineer Steven
Douglas (Fred MacMurray) as he raises his three sons.
The series originally featured William Frawley as the boys' live-in
maternal grandfather, Bub O'Casey. William Demarest, playing Bub's brother,
replaced Frawley in 1965 due to Frawley's health issues. In September 1965,
eldest son Mike married and his character was written out of the show. To
keep the emphasis on three sons, a new son named Ernie was adopted. In the
program's final years, Steven Douglas remarried and adopted his new wife's
young daughter Dorothy (AKA Dodie).
The series was a cornerstone of the ABC and CBS lineups in the 1960s. With
380 episodes produced, it is second only to The Adventures of Ozzie and
Harriet as television's longest running live-action sitcom. Disney producer
Bill Walsh often mused on whether the concept of the show was inspired by
the movie The Shaggy Dog, as in his view they shared the same dog, the same
kids, and Fred MacMurray'.
* 'In 1963, The TV show 'My Favorite Martian' premieres. It starred Ray
Walston, Bill Bixby, Alan Hewitt, Pamela Britton. It ran for 3 seasons for
107 ep. from September 29, 1963 – May 1, 1966.
- From Wikipedia: 'My Favorite Martian is an American television sitcom
that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963, to May 1, 1966, for 107 episodes
(75 in black and white: 1963–65, 32 color: 1965–66). The show starred Ray
Walston as Uncle Martin (the Martian) and Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara.
John L. Greene created the central characters and developed the core format
of this series, which was produced by Jack Chertok.
A human-looking extraterrestrial in a one-man spaceship crash-lands near
Los Angeles. The ship's pilot is, in fact, an anthropologist from Mars and
is now stranded on Earth. Tim O'Hara, a young newspaper reporter for The
Los Angeles Sun, is on his way home from Edwards Air Force Base (where he
had gone to report on the flight of the X-15) back to Los Angeles when he
spots the spaceship coming down. The rocket-powered aircraft had nearly hit
the spaceship and caused it to crash.
Tim takes the Martian in as his roommate and passes him off as his Uncle
Martin. Uncle Martin refuses to reveal any of his Martian traits to people
other than Tim, to avoid publicity (or panic), and Tim agrees to keep
Martin's identity a secret while the Martian attempts to repair his ship.
Uncle Martin has various unusual powers: he can raise two retractable
antennae from his head and become invisible he is telepathic and can read
and influence minds he can levitate objects with the motion of his finger
he can communicate with animals he can freeze people or objects and he can
speed himself (and other people) up to do work'.
* 'In 1963, The TV variety show 'The Judy Garland Show' debuts on CBS-TV.
It starred Judy Garland and Jerry Van Dyke. It ran for 1 season for 26 ep.
from September 29, 1963 – March 29, 1964.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Judy Garland Show was an American musical variety
television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964
television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy
Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring
the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly
series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe
financial difficulties.
Production difficulties beset the series almost from the beginning. The
series had three different producers in the course of its 26 episodes and
went through a number of other key personnel changes. With the change in
producers also came changes to the show's format, which started as
comedy/variety but switched to an almost purely concert format.
While Garland herself was popular with critics, the initial variety format
and her co-star, Jerry Van Dyke, were not. The show competed with Bonanza,
then the fourth most popular program on television, and consistently
performed poorly in the ratings. Although fans rallied in an attempt to
save the show, CBS cancelled it after a single season.
TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were
Cancelled Too Soon'.
* 'In 1966, The Chevrolet Camaro is introduced. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Chevrolet Camaro is an automobile manufactured by
Chevrolet, classified as a pony car and some versions also as a muscle car.
It went on sale on September 29, 1966, for the 1967 model year and was
designed as a competing model to the Ford Mustang. The car shared its
platform and major components with the Pontiac Firebird, also introduced
for 1967.
Four distinct generations of the Camaro were developed before production
ended in 2002. The nameplate was revived on a concept car that evolved into
the fifth-generation Camaro production started on March 16, 2009'.
* 'In 1969, The TV show 'Love American Style' premieres. It's stars varied
each week. It ran 10 5 seasons for 108 ep. from September 29, 1969 –
January 11, 1974.
- From Wikipedia: 'Love, American Style is a comedic television anthology,
which was produced by Paramount Television and originally aired between
1969 and 1974. For the 1971 and 1972 seasons, it was a part of an ABC
Friday prime-time lineup that also included The Brady Bunch, The Partridge
Family, Room 222, and The Odd Couple.
Each week, the show featured unrelated stories of romance, usually with a
comedic spin. Episodes featured different characters, stories, and
locations. The show often featured the same actors playing different
characters in many episodes. In addition, a large, ornate brass bed was a
recurring prop in many episodes. Charles Fox's delicate yet hip music
score, featuring flutes, harp, and flugelhorn set to a contemporary pop
beat, provided the love ambiance which tied the stories together as a
multifaceted romantic comedy each week. For its first season, the theme
song was performed by The Cowsills. Beginning in the second season, the
same theme song was sung by the Ron Hicklin Singers, featuring brothers
John and Tom Bahler (billed as The Charles Fox Singers)'.
* 'In 1971, The TV show 'McMillan and Wife' premieres. It was part of
Universal Television's wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with
Columbo and McCloud. It starred Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James. It ran 6
seasons for 40 ep. from September 17, 1971 – April 24, 1977.
- From Wikipedia: 'McMillan and Wife (known simply as McMillan from
1976–77) was a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC
from 1971 to 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title
roles, the series premiered in episodes as part of Universal Television's
wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud.
Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original lineup was shifted to
Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. This
was the first element to be created especially for the Mystery Movie
strand.
McMillan and Wife revolved around a 40-ish San Francisco police
commissioner, Stuart McMillan (Rock Hudson) and his attractive, bright and
affable 20 something wife Sally (Susan Saint James). Often, the storylines
featured Mac and Sally attending fashionable parties and charity benefits
before solving robberies and murders. John Schuck appeared as Sgt. Charles
Enright and Nancy Walker was Mildred, the couple's sarcastic, hard-drinking
maid, both characters serving as comic relief'.
* 'In 1976, The TV show 'Alice' premieres. This was the first non-pilot
episode. It starred Linda Lavin, Vic Tayback, Beth Howland, Philip McKeon
Polly Holliday (1976–80), Diane Ladd (1980–81), Celia Weston (1981–85),
Charles Levin (1983–. It ran for 9 seasons for 202 ep. from August 31,
1976 – March 19, 1985.
- From Wikipedia: 'Alice is an American television sitcom that ran from
August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974
film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the
title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start life over again,
and finds a job working at a roadside diner in a suburb of Phoenix,
Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner, where
Alice is employed'.
* 'In 1985, The TV show 'Amazing Stories' debuts on NBC-TV. It ran for 2
seasons for 45 ep. from September 29, 1985 – April 10, 1987.
- From Wikipedia: 'Amazing Stories is a fantasy, horror, and science
fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg. It
originally ran on NBC in the United States from 1985 to 1987.
The series was nominated for 12 Emmy Awards and won five. The first season
episode The Amazing Falsworth earned writer Mick Garris an Edgar Award for
Best Episode in a TV Series. It was not a ratings hit (ranking 40th in
Season 1 and 46th in Season 2), however, and the network did not renew it
after the two-year contract expired. The 1987 science fiction movie
*batteries not included was originally intended to be featured in Amazing
Stories, but Steven Spielberg liked the idea so much that he decided to
make it a theatrical release.
The series title licensed the name of Amazing Stories, the first dedicated
science fiction magazine'.
* 'In 1985, The TV show 'MacGyver' debuts on ABC-TV. It starred
Richard Dean Anderson and Dana Elcar. It ran for 7 seasons for 149 ep. from
September 29, 1985 – May 21, 1992.
- From Wikipedia: 'MacGyver is an American action-adventure television
series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the
executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United
States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was
filmed in Los Angeles during seasons one, two, and seven, and in Vancouver
during seasons three through six. The show's final episode aired on April
25, 1992 on ABC (the network aired a previously unseen episode for the
first time on May 21, 1992, but it was originally intended to air before
the series finale).
The show follows secret agent Angus MacGyver, played by Richard Dean
Anderson, who works as a troubleshooter for the fictional Phoenix
Foundation in Los Angeles and as an agent for a fictional United States
government agency, the Department of External Services (DXS). Educated as a
scientist, MacGyver served as a Bomb Team Technician/EOD during the Vietnam
War (Countdown). Resourceful and possessed of an encyclopedic knowledge of
the physical sciences, he solves complex problems by making things out of
ordinary objects, along with his ever-present Swiss Army knife. He favors
non-violent resolutions and prefers not to handle a gun.
The series was a moderate ratings success and gained a loyal following. It
was popular in the United States and around the world. Two television
movies, MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis and MacGyver: Trail to
Doomsday, aired on ABC in 1994. A spin-off series, Young MacGyver, was
planned in 2003, but only the pilot was made. Merchandise for MacGyver
includes games and toys, print media and an original audio series.
A reboot series of the same name premiered on September 23, 2016 on CBS,
which today owns the rights to the series through its acquisition of the
original Paramount Television'.
* 'In 1986, The TV comedy show 'Designing Women' debuts on CBS. It starred
Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Delta Burke (seasons 1–5) Jean
Smart (seasons 1–6), Jan Hooks (seasons 6–7), Julia Duffy (season 6),
Judith Ivey (season 7), .Alice Ghostley (recurring). It ran for 7 seasons
for 163 ep. from September 29, 1986 – May 24, 1993.
- From Wikipedia: 'Designing Women is an American sitcom created by Linda
Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS from September 29, 1986, until May
24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes. The comedy series
Designing Women was a joint production of Bloodworth/Thomason Mozark
Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television for CBS.
The series centers on the lives of four women and one man working together
at an interior designing firm in Atlanta, Georgia called Sugarbakers and
Associates. It originally starred Dixie Carter as president of the design
firm Julia Sugarbaker, Delta Burke as her ex-beauty queen sister and the
designing firm's silent partner, Suzanne Sugarbaker, Annie Potts as head
designer Mary Jo Shively, and Jean Smart as office manager Charlene
Frazier. Later in its run, the series received recognition for its
well-publicized behind-the-scene conflicts and cast changes. Julia Duffy
and Jan Hooks replaced Burke and Smart for season six, but Duffy was not
brought for the seventh and final season, and she was replaced by Judith
Ivey'.
* 'In 1987, The song, Didn't We Almost Have It All, by Whitney Houston hits
#1. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Didn't We Almost Have It All is the second single from
Whitney Houston's second album Whitney. The song was written by Michael
Masser and Will Jennings and was released in August 1987. It received a
Grammy nomination for Song of the Year.
Originally, another song was to be released as the second single, For the
Love of You, but Arista Records decided to release Didn't We Almost Have It
All instead because all Houston's singles had to be original material at
this point of her career.
The single was number one for two weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart
even though there was not a video for the song. A live performance of the
song recorded during Houston's successful 1987–1988 Moment of Truth World
Tour was played on MTV, VH1, and BET. The performance is from her September
2, 1987 concert in Saratoga Springs, New York. The recorded performance was
also televised along with her performance of I Wanna Dance With Somebody at
the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards on September 11. It was widely speculated
that the song is about Houston's relationship with then NFL star Randall
Cunningham'.
* 'In 1987, The TV show 'Thirtysomething' debuts on ABC-TV. It starred Ken
Olin, Mel Harris, Melanie Mayron, Timothy Busfield Patricia Wettig, Peter
Horton, Polly Draper. It ran fro 4 seasons for 88 ep. from September 29,
1987 – May 28, 1991.
- From Wikipedia: 'Thirtysomething (stylized as thirtysomething) is an
American television drama about American baby boomers (in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania) who are now in their thirties. Running from 1987 to 1991
(during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, as well as
the Gulf War), the series examines how this group of friends learns to
negotiate their prior involvement with the early 1970s counterculture as
young adults, in contrast to the yuppie lifestyle which dominated American
culture during the 1980s.
The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething (with a lowercase t)
by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty
Something. It premiered in the United States on September 29, 1987, and
lasted four seasons until it was cancelled in May 1991, partly due to low
ratings and partly due to the desire of the creators and cast to move on to
new projects'.
* 'In 2007, The world's first commercial nuclear power station, Calder Hall
in England, is demolished. Built in 1956. The reactor was built for
longerlife, but the buildings were not. It was revealed five years later
that the plant was really constructed to produce weapons grade plutonium.
- From Wikipedia: 'Calder Hall, first connected to the grid on 27 August
1956 and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 17 October 1956, was
the world's first power station to generate electricity on an industrial
scale (four 60 MWe reactors) from nuclear energy a 5 MWe experimental
reactor at Obninsk in the Soviet Union had been connected to the public
supply in 1954 and was the world's first nuclear power plant. The Calder
Hall design was codenamed PIPPA (Pressurised Pile Producing Power and
Plutonium) by the UKAEA to denote the plant's dual commercial and military
role. Construction started in 1953. Calder Hall had four Magnox reactors
capable of generating 60 MWe (net) of power each, reduced to 50 MWe in
1973. The reactors were supplied by UKAEA, the turbines by C. A. Parsons
and Company, and the civil engineering contractor was Taylor Woodrow
Construction. When the station closed on 31 March 2003, the first reactor
had been in use for nearly 47 years.
In its early life Calder Hall primarily produced weapons-grade plutonium,
with two fuel loads per year electricity production was a secondary
purpose. From 1964 it was mainly used on commercial fuel cycles in April
1995 the UK Government announced that all production of plutonium for
weapons purposes had ceased'.
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