Night of the Living Dead

 On Tuesday October 1st, 1968 Night of the Living Dead premiered in Pittsburgh, PA at the Fulton Theater. 

Written, directed, photographed and edited by George A. Romero and co-written by John Russo.

Starring Duane Jones and Judith O’Dea.

The following Friday it was released nationwide and was shown as a Saturday matinee, as was typical for horror movies at the time.

After a nation of young children were traumatized for life the film found a more appropriate time slot during midnight showings.

Relative:

Zombi aka Dawn of the Dead

Zombi v Shark

Also on this date: 

Ted Healy was born in 1896

The Flintstones

 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.

One of my earliest memories is of racing up the front yard and into the house with my aunt as evening fell to watch The Flintstones. 

TV junkie in the making fer sure. 

Also on this date:

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark premiered in 1988

Relative:

The Jetsons

The Beatles Cartoon

Let’s Go Crazy

 

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.

Also on this date:

Madeline Kahn was Born in 1942

Star Trek: The Next Generation

 On September 28th 1987, Star Trek TNG Season 1 premiered in broadcast syndication. 

The cast with Gene Roddenberry
and a couple suits

One thing I found amusing upon recently re-watching season 1 was the hydraulic lift. 

I think in the beginning the almighty network was not yet convinced that TNG was going to be a financial success. It showed in wardrobe and sets in comparison to later seasons. 

So they had this lift in engineering. You can tell it cost a bit of money. I swear every single crew member was on that damn lift at some point during the pilot. 

Marina Sirtis and Majel Barrett
the “First Lady of Star Trek”

Also, Evelyn Guerrero (Donna from Cheech and Chong) is in the first episode as well as DeForest Kelley.

Evelyn Guerrero 

DeForest Kelley and Brent Spiner

Also on this date:

Sylvia Kristel was born in 1952

Related:

Gene Roddenberry 

Star Trek: The Original Series

William Shatner

Leonard Nimoy

Nichelle Nichols

Majel Barrett

Sally Kellerman

Frank Gorshin

Ted Cassidy

Reggie Nalder 

Kathryn Leigh Scott 

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Marina Sirtis

Jonathan Frakes

Evelyn Guerrero 

David Lander

Robert Rusler

Eve March

 Eve March was born on September 27th, 1910 in Fresno, California.

Eve March (1910-1974)

The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

Also on this date:

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway premiered in 1975 starring Eve Plumb