Video: ‘Thor’ clip
(Sunday, September 30, 2001, 10:30 p.m. ET) — Larry seeks revenge on pro wrestler Thor Olson, who he believes slashed his tire after an argument on the road on tonight’s episode of the HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Monthly Archives: September 2011
‘The Shelter’ debuts on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 50 years ago this hour
Video: 'The Shelter' (part 1)
(Friday, September 29, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — When a nuclear attack appears imminent, several suburban friends and neighbors fight over control of a single bomb shelter on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading ‘The Shelter’ debuts on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 50 years ago this hour
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First Moscow Conference opens 70 years ago today
Video: Lord Beaverbrook arrives in Moscow @ 8:14
(Monday, September 29, 1941) — The First Moscow Conference opened today as American Averell Harriman and Lord Beaverbrook representing the United Kingdom met with Joseph Stalin to give assurances that those two leading Allies of World War II would aid and support the Soviet Union in the common fight against Nazi Germany.
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‘Wednesday, Ladies Free’ on tonight’s ‘Hawaii-Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour
Video: 'Wednesday Ladies Free' (part 1)
(Tuesday, September 28, 1971, 8:30 p.m. ET) — Vic Tanaka is murdering women and painting their faces to resemble a former prostitute, who is now happily married, on tonight’s episode of the CBS police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘Wednesday, Ladies Free’ on tonight’s ‘Hawaii-Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour
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‘Dr. Kildare’ debuts on NBC 50 years ago this hour
Video: 'Dr. Kildare ' clip (Oct. 8, 1964)
(Thursday, September 28, 1961, 7:30 p.m.) — Dr. Kildare, a medical drama TV series starring Richard Chamberlain as a young intern working in a fictional large metropolitan hospital (Blair General) while trying to learn his profession, debuted tonight on NBC.
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TV legend Ed Sullivan born 110 years ago today
(Saturday, September 28, 1901) — Edward Vincent “Ed” Sullivan, who entertained millions of Americans with his long-running Sunday night variety TV show, was born today in New York City.
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McClellan’s war plans presented at Cabinet meeting 150 years ago today
McClellan's plan @ 1:27:18 into video
(Friday, September 27, 1861) — Amid public pressure for increased action, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and General George B. McClellan conferred today in a meeting with the Cabinet over plans for an offensive in Virginia during the American Civil War.
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‘The Truth’ on ‘Seinfeld’ 20 years ago this hour
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(Wednesday, September 25, 1991, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Jerry’s audit becomes more trouble than he can handle when George breaks up with the former IRS worker who was helping Jerry, and she ends up in a sanatorium on tonight’s episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld.
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‘The Hustler’ premieres in Washington 50 years ago today
(Monday, September 25, 1961) — The Hustler, a drama film directed by Robert Rossen and starring Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie and George C. Scott, premiered today in Washington, D.C.
It tells the story of small-time pool hustler “Fast Eddie” Felson and his desire to prove himself the best player in the country by beating legendary pool player “Minnesota Fats.”
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‘Chariots of Fire’ premieres in U.S. 30 years ago today
(Friday, September 25, 1981) — Chariots of Fire, a British film that tells the fact-based story of two athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice, premiered in the U.S. today at the New York Film Festival, six months after opening in Britain.
