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02 October 2021

Richard Hell

Richard Lester Myers was born on October 2nd, 1949.

Hell would grow into many early punk acts including Neon Boys, Television and The Heartbreakers (not to be confused with Petty’s Heartbreaker).

Richard Hell and the Voidoids would release the punk rock anthem Blank Generation in 1977.

Hell would come out of retirement in 1991 to release an EP and an album with Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Don Fleming of Gumball as the Dim Stars.

Relative:

Dr. Know

The Ramones First Show

The Ramones Last Show

Also on this date:

The Twilght Zone premiered in 1959

01 October 2021

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

30 September 2021

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

29 September 2021

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

28 September 2021

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.