Just a few random TV related events that happened on November 28. Discuss or comment as you please……
1933: Actress Hope Lange (The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, The New Dick Van Dykə Show) is born in Reading, Connecticut.
1949: Musician Paul Shaffer (Late Show with David Letterman) is born in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario.
1952: Actress S. Epatha Merkerson (Law & Order) is born in Saginaw, Michigan.
1953: CFPL-TV (channel 10) signs on in London, Ontario.
1958: During a live broadcast of the Armchair Theatre play “Underground” on the ITV network in the U.K., actor Gareth Jones dies between two of his scenes while in make-up. The director nevertheless presses on with the broadcast, improvising with his cast to carry on the play to its conclusion.
1962: Comedian Jon Stewart (The Daily Show) is born (as Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz) in New York City.
1963: WHNT-TV (channel 19) begins broadcasting in Huntsville, Alabama.
1976: The Bunch is back.....ABC broadcasts The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, a special that leads to 8 additional 60-minute episodes the following year.
1983: Actor Christopher George (The Rat Patrol) dies in Los Angeles, aged 54.
1993: Entertainer and game show host Garry Moore (The Garry Moore Show, I’ve Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth) dies in Hilton Head, South Carolina, aged 78.
(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…..)
1933: Actress Hope Lange (The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, The New Dick Van Dykə Show) is born in Reading, Connecticut.
1949: Musician Paul Shaffer (Late Show with David Letterman) is born in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario.
1952: Actress S. Epatha Merkerson (Law & Order) is born in Saginaw, Michigan.
1953: CFPL-TV (channel 10) signs on in London, Ontario.
1958: During a live broadcast of the Armchair Theatre play “Underground” on the ITV network in the U.K., actor Gareth Jones dies between two of his scenes while in make-up. The director nevertheless presses on with the broadcast, improvising with his cast to carry on the play to its conclusion.
1962: Comedian Jon Stewart (The Daily Show) is born (as Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz) in New York City.
1963: WHNT-TV (channel 19) begins broadcasting in Huntsville, Alabama.
1976: The Bunch is back.....ABC broadcasts The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, a special that leads to 8 additional 60-minute episodes the following year.
1983: Actor Christopher George (The Rat Patrol) dies in Los Angeles, aged 54.
1993: Entertainer and game show host Garry Moore (The Garry Moore Show, I’ve Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth) dies in Hilton Head, South Carolina, aged 78.
(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…..)