Archive for the 'DEBUT' Category

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD IS 75 TODAY

christopher-lloyd yng

christopher lloyd today

Christopher Allen Lloyd is known for his roles as Emmett
"Doc" Brown
in the Back to the Future trilogy (1985-1990),
Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (1991), and its sequel
Addams Family Values (1993), and
Judge Doom in Who
Framed Roger Rabbit
(1988). He rose to prominence as
Jim Ignatowski in the television series Taxi on ABC/NBC
from 1978-1983.

Lloyd began his acting career at age fourteen, joining an
apprenticeship in summer stock.

taxi-7

         lloyd-christopher

posted by Bob Karm in BIRTHDAY,Comedy,CURRENT EVENTS,DEBUT,HISTORY,MOVIES,THEN AND NOW,TV and have No Comments

CONSTRUCTION BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1927

George_Washington_Bridge

The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the
Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of
Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey.

Groundbreaking for the Bridge was on October 21, 1927. Construction soon began
with an estimated cost of $75,000,000. It was dedicated on October 24, 1931, and
opened to traffic the following day.The bridge was the world’s longest suspension
bridge at the time. It was initially named the “Hudson River Bridge”.

Gwb

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,Construction,DEBUT,HISTORY and have No Comments

RADIO SHOW DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1930

sherlock holmes 1st  episode 
First episode

William_Gillette 
William Hooker Gillette

Based on the popular characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
aired on coast-to-coast radio 
beginning Monday October 20, 1930 and ran until June 5, 1955. Over 
time, there were 574 broadcasts on the NBC, Mutual and ABC network 
stations.

The original cast featured William Gillette as Holmes and Leigh Lovell
as Dr. Watson. The first sponsor was George Washington Coffee. The
announcer was Joseph Bell.

 


Washington_Coffee_New_York_Times_b

posted by Bob Karm in Action/Adventure,ANNIVERSARY,CLASSIC ADS,CRIME,DEBUT,Drama,HISTORY,RADIO and have No Comments

RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1962

big girls don't cry 45

fourseasons

"Big Girls Don’t Cry" was written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It
hit
number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 17, 1962,
and spent  five weeks in the top position. It also made it to
number one, for three weeks, on Billboard’s Rhythm and
Blues survey.


the-four-seasons-today

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,Billboard #1,DEBUT,HISTORY,MUSIC,Recording,THEN AND NOW and have No Comments

HORROR VILLAIN BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1931

bela-lugosi-young 

bela old

              Béla Lugosi (Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó) 

                     (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956)

 

The Hungarian actor was immortalized as Count Dracula in 
the original 1931 movie along with various other horror films.

 

dracula_1931_poster_04

dracula in coffin

posted by Bob Karm in BIRTHDAY,Collectibles,DEBUT,HISTORY,Hoor/Sci-Fi,Movie trailer,MOVIES and have No Comments