TIM MAGUIRE
I Love Lucy is a television sitcom that originally aired
on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with
a total of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning six seasons.
The show starred Lucille Ball, her husband, Desi Arnaz
(above), along with Vivian Vance and William Frawley.
Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury
(16 October 1925 – 11 October 2022)
Angela Lansbury, three-time Oscar nominee and five-time Tony
Award winner who solved 12 seasons’ worth of crimes as the novelist/amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher on CBS’ Murder, She
Wrote, has died.
Her family announced she died in her sleep Tuesday morning at
her home in Los Angeles…five days short of her birthday.
Lansbury, who received an Emmy nomination for best actress
in a drama series for each and every season of Murder, She
Wrote — yet never won.
On October 11, 1975, Saturday Night Live (SNL), a topical comedy
sketch show featuring Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd,
Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman,
made its debut on NBC. The 90-minute program, which from its
inception has been broadcast live from Studio 8H at Rockefeller
Center, included a different guest host and musical act each week.
The opening sketch of each show ends with one actor saying,
“Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”
Chevy Chase
Dana Carvey as The Church Lady.
Gilda Radner
Chris Farley
The “Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger” skit.
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry
Gene Autry, the cowboy crooner and Hollywood hitmaker who
helped popularize country-western music and became one of
the most celebrated performers in American history, was born
in Tioga, Texas, on this day in history, Sept. 29, 1907.
"In addition, his success as a singing cowboy launched an entire
genre of movies and paved the way for successful rivals such as
Roy Rogers and Tex Ritter." (FOX NEWS)
ED DONAHUE
The Tonight Show (TV Series 1953–1957)
Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen
(December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000)
