Just a few random TV related events that happened on June 23. (I know it's just the evening of the 21st as I post this, but I may be very busy tomorrow and into Monday, so.....) Discuss or comment as you please……
1951: The early CBS children’s puppet show Foodini the Great broadcasts its final episode. Proving that the Internet has something for everyone, there is actually a Yahoo group dedicated to Foodini (with a whopping 42 members).
1964: Joss Whedon, creator and head writer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is born in New York City.
1970: The Red Skelton Show ends a 17-year run on CBS. (It would be picked up by NBC for one final season.)
1992: Venerable NBC soap Another World airs its only primetime episode, preceding the Daytime Emmy Awards.
1993: Lorena Bobbit “Ginsus” the manhood of husband John in their Manassas, Virginia apartment. Late night TV comedians rejoice at the gift of joke fodder. ;D
1999: The final episode of The Nanny is broadcast on CBS.
1999: WPTZ (channel 5 analog, 14 digital) petitions the FCC to change its city of license from North Pole, New York to Plattsburgh. The FCC has yet to approve or deny the request; nevertheless, the station is said to have unilaterally dropped most mentions of North Pole, usually IDing as “Plattsburgh-Burlington.”
[OK, this has always struck me as one of the strangest allocations in TV history, and I’ve never gotten the straight poop about it. I have seen claims that the original COL was Lake Placid, then it was moved to North Pole for some reason. North Pole was a hole in the road even back in the day, and now no longer even exists as a separate entity. Was the channel assignment some FCC dude’s idea of a cute joke? Some sort of publicity stunt? Or was the geographical spacing of the allocation such that North Pole was the closest community and was too far from Plattsburgh to actually CALL it “Plattsburgh?” This inquiring mind wants to know….]
2005: Journalist Shana Alexander (60 Minutes) dies in Hermosa Beach, California, aged 79. Her “Point-Counterpoint” segments with James J. Kilpatrick inspired the famous Saturday Night Live parody (“Jane, you ignorant slut…..”).
2006: Producer Aaron Spelling (Dynasty, Beverly Hills 90210, 7th Heaven, many more) dies in Los Angeles, aged 83, of complications from a stroke.
(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…..)
1951: The early CBS children’s puppet show Foodini the Great broadcasts its final episode. Proving that the Internet has something for everyone, there is actually a Yahoo group dedicated to Foodini (with a whopping 42 members).
1964: Joss Whedon, creator and head writer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is born in New York City.
1970: The Red Skelton Show ends a 17-year run on CBS. (It would be picked up by NBC for one final season.)
1992: Venerable NBC soap Another World airs its only primetime episode, preceding the Daytime Emmy Awards.
1993: Lorena Bobbit “Ginsus” the manhood of husband John in their Manassas, Virginia apartment. Late night TV comedians rejoice at the gift of joke fodder. ;D
1999: The final episode of The Nanny is broadcast on CBS.
1999: WPTZ (channel 5 analog, 14 digital) petitions the FCC to change its city of license from North Pole, New York to Plattsburgh. The FCC has yet to approve or deny the request; nevertheless, the station is said to have unilaterally dropped most mentions of North Pole, usually IDing as “Plattsburgh-Burlington.”
[OK, this has always struck me as one of the strangest allocations in TV history, and I’ve never gotten the straight poop about it. I have seen claims that the original COL was Lake Placid, then it was moved to North Pole for some reason. North Pole was a hole in the road even back in the day, and now no longer even exists as a separate entity. Was the channel assignment some FCC dude’s idea of a cute joke? Some sort of publicity stunt? Or was the geographical spacing of the allocation such that North Pole was the closest community and was too far from Plattsburgh to actually CALL it “Plattsburgh?” This inquiring mind wants to know….]
2005: Journalist Shana Alexander (60 Minutes) dies in Hermosa Beach, California, aged 79. Her “Point-Counterpoint” segments with James J. Kilpatrick inspired the famous Saturday Night Live parody (“Jane, you ignorant slut…..”).
2006: Producer Aaron Spelling (Dynasty, Beverly Hills 90210, 7th Heaven, many more) dies in Los Angeles, aged 83, of complications from a stroke.
(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…..)
