Just a few random TV related events that happened on July 22. Discuss or comment as you please……
1922: Comedian Dan Rowan (Laugh-In) is born near Beggs, Oklahoma. He was born on a carnival train, and toured with his parents and their signing and dancing act until he was orphaned at the age of 11.
1940: Game show host Alex Trebek (Jeopardy!) is born in Sudbury, Ontario.
1953: KLAS-TV begins broadcasting on channel 8 in Las Vegas as Nevada’s first TV station. The station was later for a time owned by Howard Hughes, who infamously used the station as his personal movie channel, often calling engineers in the middle of the night to order them to pull the plug on a flick he didn’t like, and to spool up another. (Reportedly, his favorite film was “Ice Station Zebra.”)
1954: WTHI-TV (channel 10) begins broadcasting as Terre Haute, Indiana’s first TV station. It would remain the market’s only station until the sign-on of WTWO in 1965.
1991: China Beach airs its final episode on ABC.
1996: The Daily Show debuts on Comedy Central.
1998: The sitcom Ellen ends its run on ABC after 109 episodes.
2003: Nip/Tuck premieres on Fx.
(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits…..don’t expect it every single day. 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…..)
1922: Comedian Dan Rowan (Laugh-In) is born near Beggs, Oklahoma. He was born on a carnival train, and toured with his parents and their signing and dancing act until he was orphaned at the age of 11.
1940: Game show host Alex Trebek (Jeopardy!) is born in Sudbury, Ontario.
1953: KLAS-TV begins broadcasting on channel 8 in Las Vegas as Nevada’s first TV station. The station was later for a time owned by Howard Hughes, who infamously used the station as his personal movie channel, often calling engineers in the middle of the night to order them to pull the plug on a flick he didn’t like, and to spool up another. (Reportedly, his favorite film was “Ice Station Zebra.”)
1954: WTHI-TV (channel 10) begins broadcasting as Terre Haute, Indiana’s first TV station. It would remain the market’s only station until the sign-on of WTWO in 1965.
1991: China Beach airs its final episode on ABC.
1996: The Daily Show debuts on Comedy Central.
1998: The sitcom Ellen ends its run on ABC after 109 episodes.
2003: Nip/Tuck premieres on Fx.
(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits…..don’t expect it every single day. 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…..)
