Stuff I like
September 30th, 1960 saw the beginning of The Flintstones airing on ABC.
It would be the first cartoon to air Primetime on Friday nights at 8:30pm.
It is the second most successful and longest running animated series behind the Simpsons.
On September 29th, 1984 the single Let’s Go Crazy from the album Purple Rain from Prince and the Revolution topped the Billboard charts at #1.
It stayed there for two weeks.
On September 28th 1987, Star Trek TNG Season 1 premiered in broadcast syndication.
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| The cast with Gene Roddenberry and a couple suits |
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| Marina Sirtis and Majel Barrett the “First Lady of Star Trek” |
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| Evelyn Guerrero |
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| DeForest Kelley and Brent Spiner |
Eve March was born on September 27th, 1910 in Fresno, California.
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| Eve March (1910-1974) |
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| The Curse of the Cat People (1944) |
On September 26th, 1984 Knight Rider premiered on NBC.
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| David Hasselhoff and KITT |
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| Apollonia Kotero in Mouth of the Snake |
On Saturday morning September 25th, 1965 the Beatles animated television show debuted on ABC.
The first television series to feature animated versions of real, living people.
The Munsters premiered on Thursday September 24th, 1964 at 7:30pm on CBS.
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| Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Beverly Owen and Butch Patrick |
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| Later seasons would feature Pat Priest as Marilyn |
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| The Munster Koach |
The Jetsons premiered on Sunday September 23rd, 1962 during prime time on ABC.
It was the first show to air in color on the network.
Anna Karina passed on December 14th, 2019.
Herbert Arthur Chamberlain Blythe, known by his stage name Maurice Barrymore, was born September 21st, 1849.
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| Maurice Barrymore (1849-1905) |
The patriarch of the Barrymore acting family emigrated to America in 1874 and married actress Georgiana Drew in 1876.
Great-grandfather and great-grandmother of Drew Barrymore.
Father to Lionel, Ethel and John Barrymore.
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| Maurice and Georgiana Drew Barrymore |
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| Georgiana Drew with Ethel, Lionel and John Barrymore |
Asia Argento was born on September 20th, 1975 n Rome, Italy.
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| Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento |
Also on this date:
Robert Rusler was born in 1965
Related:
Adam West was born on September 19th, 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington.
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| Adam West (1928-2017) |
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| Batman (1966-1968) In the ring with Frank Gorshin as the Riddler  |
The Day The Earth Stood Still premiered September 18th, 1951 in New York City.
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| Lock Martin as Gort and Michael Rennie as Klaatu |
Cassandra Peterson was born on September 17th, 1951
aka Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
She recently published her memoirs, “Yours Cruelly, Elvira” and a new movie marathon premiered on Shudder September 25th, 2021.
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| Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) with Edie McClurg |
Also on this date:
Dolores Costello was born in 1903
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| The Outer Limits (1963-1965) |
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| The Galaxy Being (S1E1) |
Happy Birthday to Dr. Know, born September 15th, 1958
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| Gary Miller aka Dr. Know |
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| Dr. Know with Bad Brains |
Bong Joon-ho was born on September 14th, 1969 in Darby, South Korea.
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| Bong Joon-ho |
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| The Host (2006) |
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| Snowpiercer (2013) with Tilda Swinton |
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| Okja (2017) with Tilda Swinton |
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| Parasite (2019) |
On September 13th, 1991
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare was released in US theaters.
Tom Bradley, then mayor of LA, declared this day to be “Freddy Krueger Day”.
Directed by Rachel Talalay, who had produced many of the previous Freddy franchise entries, in her directorial debut.
She would go on to direct future films including Tank Girl (1995).
It was to be the last Freddy movie until Wes Craven’s reimagining 3 years later.
Cynthia Myers was born September 12th, 1950.
Cynthia was Playboy’s playmate of the month December 1968.
She also starred as Casey Anderson in Russ Myers’
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970).
Also on this date:
The Monkees TV show premiered on NBC in 1966
On September 11th, 1950 Dick Tracy premiered on ABC.
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| Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy |
Because of its popularity among children the network faced immediate backlash concerning the shows portrayal of violence.
Also on this date:
E. G. Daly was born in 1961
True Romance was released September 10th, 1993
Written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott.
Starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette
Featuring an endless parade of top notch support including Gary Oldman and Chris Penn.
Art Lefleur was born on September 9th, 1943
He’s just one of those actors that when you see them on screen you think to yourself,
“Damn, that dudes in everything.”
Since the internet has ate your brain you grab for the nearest device and start scrolling through his IMDB page and you realize that he was, in fact, “in everything”.
I mean he’s no Stephen Tobolowsky... but...
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| The Hollywood Knights (1980) |
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| Jekyll & Hyde ...together again (1982) |
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| The Blob (1988) |
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| The Sandlot (1993) |
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| Cobra (1986) |
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| Dahmer vs Gacy (2010) |
