An Explosive Affair Part 2 (1)
(Wednesday, October 14, 1981, 8:30 p.m. ET) — Because of the smashed phone, Andy is unable to warn Johnny and Venus when he realizes that the bomb is at the transmitter on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. Continue reading ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ presents ‘An Explosive Affair (Part 2)’ 30 years ago tonight (1981)
Video: 'A Game of Pool' (part 1)
(Friday, October 13, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — Pool shark Jesse Cardiff (Jack Klugman) challenges long dead pool great Fats Brown (Jonathan Winters) to a game to find out who’s the best player on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading ‘The Twilight Zone’ presents ‘A Game of Pool’ 50 years ago this hour (1961)
Paul McCartney Coming Home (1 of 4)
(Sunday, October 13, 1991, 9 p.m. EDT) — The documentary Paul McCartney: Going Home debuts in the U.S. on The Disney Channel.
The program originally appeared in the UK on Channel 4 on December 17, 1990, under the alternative title From Rio To Liverpool. Continue reading Paul McCartney documentary debuts in U.S. 20 years ago this hour (1991)
World Series 1921
(Thursday, October 13, 1921) — The New York Giants won the 1921 World Series today, beating the New York Yankees 1-0 at the Polo Grounds in New York City in the eighth and deciding game (it was the last of the experimental best-five-of-nine series).
(Saturday, October 12, 1991, 11:30 p.m. EDT) — The cold open on tonight’s late-night television sketch comedy and variety show “Saturday Night Live” was a parody of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Clarence Thomas (click here to watch the video).
(Tuesday, October 12, 1971) — Jesus Christ Superstar, a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice and directed by Tom O’Horgan, opened tonight on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
Video: Cardinals win 1931 World Series
(Saturday, October 10, 1931) — The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1931 World Series today, beating the Philadelphia Athletics 4-2 at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis in the seventh and deciding game.
Video: First snow, Zhukov (@ 3:41)
(Friday, October 10, 1941) — As the first snows of winter fell before Moscow, Soviet General Georgy Zhukov was recalled from Leningrad today to take charge of the defense of Moscow on the Eastern Front of World War II.
Video: 1951 World Series
(Wednesday, October 10, 1951) — The New York Yankees won the 1951 World Series today, beating the New York Giants 4-3 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York, in the sixth and deciding game (click here to watch highlights of game 3 on Oct. 6, 1951).
Video: 'Splendor in the Grass' trailer
(Tuesday, October 10, 1961) — Splendor in the Grass, a romantic drama film that tells a story of sexual repression, love, heartbreak, and manic-depression, which the character Deanie suffers from, opened today at the Victoria and the Trans-Lux Fifty-second Street theaters in New York.
Written by William Inge, the film stars Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty and was directed by Elia Kazan.
