Birthdays: Hank Williams, Spiro Agnew, Ken Kesey, Jerry
Colonna, Roddy MacDowell, George Blanda, Wendy Carlos Williams, Elvira- real
name Cassandra Peterson, Anne Bancroft, Jeff MacNelly, John Ritter, Sir
Frederick Ashton, Rita Rudner, Tim Walker, Baz Luhrmann is 52
1932- Mickey Mouse short The Whoopee Party, premiered.
1957- Character actor Sterling Holloway signed his first
contract with the Walt Disney Company. He will be the voice of Winnie the Pooh
(“Oh bother”).
1965- If you ever wondered what could be funny about being
held in a Nazi prison camp you could watch the TV sitcom HOGANS HEROES, which
debuted this day. Nazi Commandant Colonel Klink was acted by Werner Klemperer,
whose father was the famous orchestra conductor Otto Klemperer who had to flee
Germany because they were Jewish. Sargent Schulz and the Frenchman LeBeau were
also played by actors who survived the Holocaust- John Banner and Robert Clary.
1971- RCA gave up and pulled out of the retail computer
market.
1972- Filmation's The Groovie Ghoulies" debuts.
1975- Psychotherapist Lucile Yaney opened one of LA’s most
unusual restaurants- the Inn of the Seventh Ray in Topanga Canyon. Built on the
site of a country house 1920’s evangelist Aimee Semple MacPherson brought her
lovers. Premiere organic cuisine with
berry wines, then you can browse the store for power crystals, I-Ching sticks
and literature from Alastair Crowley and Edgar Cayce. Faaar- Out !
1991- The TV show Home
Improvement debuted, making a star out of stand up comedian Tim Allen.
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