Just a few random TV related events that happened on November 13. Discuss or comment as you please……
1934: Actor/writer/director/producer Garry Marshall is born in the Bronx, New York.
1952: KDUB-TV (channel 11, now KLBK-TV) begins broadcasting in Lubbock, Texas.
1953: Actress Tracy Scoggins (Dynasty, The Colbys, Babylon 5, Lois & Clark) is born in Dickinson, Texas.
1954: Actor Chris Noth (Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Sex and the City) is born in Madison, Wisconsin.
1961: WCBB-TV (channel 10) signs on in Lewiston as the first educational television station in Maine. It is a combined venture between Colby College, Bates College, and Bowdoin College.
1965: Critic and author Kenneth Tynan becomes the first person to drop an F-Bomb on British television while commenting on censorship during a live TV debate on the BBC. The incident and the uproar that follow help to establish the infamous Mary Whitehouse as the self-appointed guardian of television morality in the United Kingdom.
1967: Comedian and TV host Jimmy Kimmel (The Man Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!) is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1977: The final original episode of Dad’s Army is broadcast on BBC1.
1987: Sonny and Cher reunite for a performance on Late Night with David Letterman.
(Year Unknown): Per the opening narration of The Odd Couple, the date that “Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence.” ;D
(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…..)
1934: Actor/writer/director/producer Garry Marshall is born in the Bronx, New York.
1952: KDUB-TV (channel 11, now KLBK-TV) begins broadcasting in Lubbock, Texas.
1953: Actress Tracy Scoggins (Dynasty, The Colbys, Babylon 5, Lois & Clark) is born in Dickinson, Texas.
1954: Actor Chris Noth (Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Sex and the City) is born in Madison, Wisconsin.
1961: WCBB-TV (channel 10) signs on in Lewiston as the first educational television station in Maine. It is a combined venture between Colby College, Bates College, and Bowdoin College.
1965: Critic and author Kenneth Tynan becomes the first person to drop an F-Bomb on British television while commenting on censorship during a live TV debate on the BBC. The incident and the uproar that follow help to establish the infamous Mary Whitehouse as the self-appointed guardian of television morality in the United Kingdom.
1967: Comedian and TV host Jimmy Kimmel (The Man Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!) is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1977: The final original episode of Dad’s Army is broadcast on BBC1.
1987: Sonny and Cher reunite for a performance on Late Night with David Letterman.
(Year Unknown): Per the opening narration of The Odd Couple, the date that “Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence.” ;D
(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…..)