Birthdays: George Gershwin, T.S. Elliot, John Chapman (also
known as Johnny Appleseed)-1774, Winsor McKay-1869, Theodore Gericault -1791,
Olivia Newton-John, Cheryl Tiegs is 66, Marty Robbins, Linda Hamilton, Pope
Paul VI, Jack Lalanne, Melissa Sue Andersen, Phillip Bosco, James Cavaziel,
Surena Williams, Linda Hamilton is 58.
1941- Max Fleischer's "Superman" cartoon debuts.
They were much more expensive that the usual short cartoons- $90,000 to the
usual $40,000, but Paramount wanted them.
1955- Eddie Fisher married Debbie Reynolds.
1957- The musical West Side Story opened. The legend goes
composer Leonard Bernstein was in the hospital to be operated on for a deviated
septum. While recuperating he ran into lyricist Steven Sondheim, who was also
recovering from an operation. To pass the time while convalescing they started
working on the idea of an updated Romeo and Juliet set to music. One early
title discarded was Gang Way!
1961- Nineteen year old folk singer Bob Dylan made his debut
in a Greenwich Village coffee house Gerde’s Folk City.
1962-The Beverly Hillbillies debuts. The story goes that CBS
mogul William Paley disliked farm-humor type shows and this was premiered
behind his back while he was on vacation.
1964-The premiere of Gilligan’s Island. The good ship Minnow
was named for Newton Minnow, the FCC
Chairman who first called television “A Vast Wasteland”.
1983- Filmation's "He-Man and the Masters of the
Universe".
1987- A market research group called Q-5 tried to use a bank
of computers to design the ultimate safe, wholesome, politically-correct
children's show. They came up with
"The Little Clowns of Happytown"-. Of the 26 children's series in
syndication it remained dead last in ratings, He-Man, Jem and G.I. Joe on top.
The people have spoken.
1990- The Motion Picture Association changed the rating for
the naughtiest movies from X to NC-17.
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