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January 24 (The *Real* January 24): This Day in TV History

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Stanislav

Just a few random TV related events that happened on January 24. Discuss or comment as you please……

1918: Evangelist Oral Roberts is born in Ada, Oklahoma.

1949: Actor John Belushi (Saturday Night Live) is born in Chicago.

1966: WDIO-TV (channel 10) signs on in Duluth, Minnesota.

1972: WRIP-TV (channel 61, now WDSI-TV) begins broadcasting in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is, at its debut, the only independent TV station operating in the state. Initially programming an all-movies lineup 24/7, by the following year they will have shifted to a more conventional and varied independent schedule.

1975: The Three Stooges’ Larry Fine dies in Woodland Hills, California, aged 72.

1979: Actress Tatyana Ali (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) is born in North Bellmore, Long Island, New York.

1995: The O.J. Simpson murder trial begins, airing live on daytime television.

2006: UPN and The WB announce that they will merge into a single network, which would become known as The CW Television Network. The merger would take place on-air in September 2006.

(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits. It’s an entirely random selection based on a quick Net search, and is not meant to be comprehensive. So, don’t post nasty messages about “you forgot THIS” or “how could you not mention THAT?” Do so, and I’ll just take my keyboard and go home…..) ;)
 
Stanislav said:
1949: Actor John Belushi (Saturday Night Live) is born in Chicago.
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...for a short spell, Belushi went to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus. When I did my oldies show on their FM station -- http://kingdaevid.podbean.com/ currently leads off with two airchecks of one of those programs -- the gag was that, if there's a spot of land on the campus where grass refuses to grow, Belushi did it ;D ...
 
landtuna said:
R.I.P. Larry Fine. The most underrated Stooge.
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And underservedly so. To me, Larry was the "glue" that held Moe and Curly/Shemp/Joe/Curly-Joe together. Anyone who thinks of Larry as dull or having nothing to do doesn't watch closely enough -- he's often doing some very subtle schtick in the background while your attention is focused on one of the other Stooges.

My favorite example is the 1945 short "Micro-Phonies." There's the famous scene in which the boys are forced to lip sync, on first hearing, to the Sextet from Lucia. Watch Larry in that bit and you'll be laughing your ass off -- his mugging, false starts, feigned looks of confidence to the audience, and reactions to Moe and Curly's theatrics are priceless.
 
Ultimajock said:
...any truth behind that gossip I keep hearing about what caused Larry's death?...
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Fill me in -- what gossip is that? He'd had several strokes prior to his death, so it's not like his demise was unexpected.
 
Stanislav said:
Ultimajock said:
...any truth behind that gossip I keep hearing about what caused Larry's death?...
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Fill me in -- what gossip is that? He'd had several strokes prior to his death, so it's not like his demise was unexpected.
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...it's one of those Hollywood Babylon-type items that I suspect is apocryphal, but, like the old lie about Fatty Arbuckle and a certain Coke bottle, it keeps popping up...in fact, I phrased it that way because even the slightest specific detail might cause a moderator to bounce the message...
 
One other thing . . .

1979: NBC staff announcer Jerry Damon (That Was the Week That Was) dies in New York City, aged 51.
 
1916: "Hey-Hey!" Legendary sportscaster John Beasley "Jack" Brickhouse (d. Aug. 6, 1998) is born in Peoria, IL. He is best known for his play-by-play coverage of Chicago Cubs baseball games on WGN-TV from 1948-1981 (succeeded by Harry Caray in 1982). He also called White Sox games for WGN until 1968, Chicago Bears football for WGN-AM, plus the World Series in 1950, 1954 and 1959 (including Willie Mays' famous catch in Game 1 of the '54 series).
 
Tim from Springfield said:
1916: "Hey-Hey!" Legendary sportscaster John Beasley "Jack" Brickhouse (d. Aug. 6, 1998) is born in Peoria, IL. He is best known for his play-by-play coverage of Chicago Cubs baseball games on WGN-TV from 1948-1981 (succeeded by Harry Caray in 1982). He also called White Sox games for WGN until 1968, Chicago Bears football for WGN-AM, plus the World Series in 1950, 1954 and 1959 (including Willie Mays' famous catch in Game 1 of the '54 series).
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...and NWA Pro Wrestling both on the DuMont network and locally on WGN-TV. In fact, his last regular TV work was adding a commentary piece called "The Brickhouse Bonus" to WGN-TV's NWA hour in 1990...
 
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