Daily Archives: January 5, 2021

‘Mister Ed’ TV sitcom debuts in syndication 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 5 1961)

Video: 'Mister Ed S1e1 The First Meeting'

(Thursday, January 5, 1961, first episode scheduled to air at 7:00 p.m. EST on WRCA-TV in New York)Mister Ed, a situation comedy TV series starring Alan Young as an eccentric and enormously klutzy yet friendly architect named Wilbur Post whose horse Mister Ed (“played” by gelding Bamboo Harvester and voiced by Allan Lane) could talk, debuted tonight in syndication.
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‘Justify My Love’ by Madonna peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 5 1991)

(Saturday, January 5, 1991) — “Justify My Love” by Madonna peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Jan. 5/12, 1991).
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