Birthdays: George Gershwin, T.S. Elliot, John Chapman (also
known as Johnny Appleseed)-1774, Winsor McCay-1869, Theodore Gericault -1791,
Olivia Newton-John, Cheryl Tiegs is 67, Marty Robbins, Linda Hamilton, Pope
Paul VI, Jack Lalanne, Melissa Sue Andersen, Phillip Bosco, James Cavaziel,
Surena Williams, Linda Hamilton is 59.
1926- Bullock's Wilshire department store opened. The Tea
Room quickly became the in place for Hollywood Society to see and be seen in.
1937- "Queen of the Blues" Singer Bessie Smith
died after a car accident in Mississippi. She crashed her Packard into a parked
car. She was 43. One account said she died because she was refused treatment in
a segregated hospital but the truth was she was treated by a white doctor at
the scene and sent to the nearest hospital, which was a black one.
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 in the slums.
One early title discarded was Gang Way!
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 number-crunching demographic surveys 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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