The Day After

 On November 20th, 1983, The Day After premiered on ABC. 

The movie coldly and methodically showed us what the aftermath of a nuclear exchange would be like. 

More than 100 million people tuned in. 

The movie even aired in communist Russia 3 years later during negotiations with the US for the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. 

The movie so moved President Reagan and other lawmakers that it may have helped to facilitate the eventual signing of the treaty. 

Steve Guttenberg 

Also on this date:

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving premiered in 1973

Rocky and Bullwinkle

 On November 19th, 1959 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (originally titled Rocky and His Friends) premiered on ABC.

Also on this date:

Roger Beltran was born in 1953

Salem’s Lot

On November 17th, 1979 part one of Salem’s Lot premiered as a TV miniseries on CBS.

Directed by Tobe Hooper and based on the book by Stephen King. 

Reggie Nalder as Kurt Barlow

One scene in particular has been emblazoned in the minds of a particular generation of kids raised on television.

Iconic

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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

 On November 12th, 1976, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble premiered on ABC.

John Travolta and Glynnis O’Connor

P. J. Soles

Also on this date:

Tom Atkins was born in 1935

Vincent Schiavelli

 Vincent Schiavelli was born on November 11th, 1948. 

Often cast in supporting roles as a character actor.

Nearly a hundred credits between television and film.

Vincent Schiavelli (1948-2005)

Schiavelli as Schiavelli in his first role in Taking Off (1971)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest  (1975)

As a teacher in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) with Pheobe Cates, Amanda Wyss,
Taylor Negron and Kelli Maroney

…and again in Better Off Dead (1985)
with Curtis Armstrong, Taylor Negron, 
E.G. Daly and Amanda Wyss

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai 
Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
with John Lithgow 

The subway Ghost (1990)

Also on this date:

Donna Wilkes was born in 1958

Randi Brooks

 Randi Brooks was born on November 8th, 1956

Randi Brooks

The Man With Two Brains (1983)

Terrorvision (1986)

Hamburger:The Motion Picture (1986)

Wizards and Warriors TV Series (1983)

The Dukes of Hazzard (1983)

Also on this date:

Jill Banner was born in 1946

Carrie (2002)

On November 4th, 2002 a made for TV remake of Stephen King’s Carrie aired on NBC. 

Directed by David Carson and written by Bryan Fuller. 

Starring Angela Bettis and Patricia Clarkson as Carrie and Margaret White. 

Angela Bettis as Carrietta White

Patricia Clarkson as Margaret White

Preceded by Brian De Palma’s film Carrie (1976) starring Sissy Spacek and Katt Shea’s sequel The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) with Emily Bergl. 

This 2002 version is the most faithful to King’s novel. 

The biggest difference is that Carrie survives in the end with the hopes that a TV series would develop from the film’s success. Although the airing had strong viewership and the actors performances were praised (especially Bettis’) critics panned as critics will do and the series never came to fruition. 

Kandyse McClure as Sue Snell

Emilie de Ravin as Chris Hargensen
and Katharine Isabelle as Tina Blake

Rena Sofer as Miss Desjarden

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John Carpenter’s They Live premiered in 1988

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Betsy Palmer

Betsy Palmer was born on November 1st, 1926 in East Chicago, Indiana.

(1926 - 2015)

The Long Gray Line (1955)
with Maureen O’ Hara

The Tin Star (1957) 
with Peter Fonda and Anthony Perkins

I’ve Got a Secret (1958)

Betsy Palmer joined the 
Today Show in 1968

Friday the 13th (1980)
with Walt Gorney

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
with Amy Steel and Tom McBride

Penny Dreadful (2005)

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Edward Van Sloan was born 1882

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The Paul Lynde Halloween Special

 On October 29th, 1976 The Paul Lynde Halloween Special aired on ABC. 

One of the most 70’s thing to ever 70.

Donnie and Marie Osmond as devil children?

Billie Hayes, Margaret Hamilton and Betty White

Florence Henderson sing That ‘Ol Black Magic

Roz Kelly and Tim Conway (Truckin’ was cool in the 70’s)

KISS, Paul Lynde and Margaret Hamilton

Wilhelmena Witchiepoo and The Wicked Witch of the West

Also on this date:

Ben Chapman was born in 1928

Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester was born on October 28th, 1902.

Although her credits span 50 years of film and television, she is most well known for her role as the bride in The Bride of Frankenstein also starring Boris Karloff and Ernest Thesiger (dir. James Whale 1935).

Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986)

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 
with
Colin Clive, Boris Karloff and Ernest Thesiger

Waxwork Records THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music by Franz Waxman

Mary Poppins (1964)

Willard (1971) with Bruce Davison,
Ernest Borgnine and Sondra Locke

Also on this date:

Annie Potts was born in 1952