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On This Day in History
08 September 2012, 06:31 PM
LinnlOn This Day in History
Actually, it premiered in Canada two days earlier, September 6.
Pardon me, while I go "get a life".
Live Long and Prosper!
11 September 2012, 01:24 PM
philnicWell, here's something that happened yesterday: Walter Koenig received his
Hollywood star on the Walk of Fame.
(I'm hoping jkt or Doug Spaulding can tell us where Walter's star is relative to Ray's star.)
11 September 2012, 02:45 PM
jktquote:
Originally posted by philnic:
Well, here's something that happened yesterday: Walter Koenig received his
Hollywood star on the Walk of Fame.
http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/Walter is across the street and a block away from Ray.
(I'm hoping jkt or Doug Spaulding can tell us where Walter's star is relative to Ray's star.)
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
12 September 2012, 01:39 PM
jktFifty years ago today JFK announced the Space Race.
http://www.weather.com/news/50...nedy-speech-20120911
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
13 September 2012, 12:45 AM
philnic"We choose to go to the moon [...] and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
I know it's only rhetoric, and there were plenty of other political reasons for the space race, but that one statement is possibly the finest thing any politician has ever said.
13 September 2012, 06:42 AM
Doug Spauldingquote:
Originally posted by philnic:
"We choose to go to the moon [...] and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
Not hard,
hahd!
"Live Forever!"
13 September 2012, 07:40 AM
fjp451quote:
"We choose to go to the moon [...] and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hahd."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQOu0IAdgaA13 September 2012, 12:44 PM
philnicquote:
Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
Not hard, hahd!
Indeed, the proper pronunciation of the word. Unless ye be a pirate, arrr.
23 September 2012, 03:32 PM
jktCheckers was the dog:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers_speech
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
30 September 2012, 07:34 AM
jkt1960: The Flintstones made its television debut. Yabba Dabba Do.
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
30 September 2012, 09:22 PM
Doug Spauldingquote:
Originally posted by jkt:
1960: The Flintstones made its television debut. Yabba Dabba Do.
So you're saying
"happy anniversary?"
"Live Forever!"
02 October 2012, 05:39 AM
jkt1955: Alfred Hitchcock Presents made its television debut
1959: The Twilight Zone premiered
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
03 October 2012, 06:35 AM
Doug Spaulding52 years ago today, my favorite TV show premiered.
Here's one of the funniest episodes.
"Live Forever!"
03 October 2012, 07:32 AM
jktquote:
Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
52 years ago today, my favorite TV show premiered.
Here's one of the funniest episodes.
And the Dick Van Dyke Show that was a year later gets the cold shoulder?
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
03 October 2012, 07:12 PM
Doug SpauldingHappy anniversary to one of my favorite programs,
The Dick Van Dyke Show! Premiered on this day in 1961.
"Live Forever!"