Video: 'The Honeymoon' (part 1)
(Thursday, October 22, 1981, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Mork and Mindy take their honeymoon on Ork, but Mindy becomes a tourist attraction on tonight’s episode of the ABC-TV science fiction sitcom Mork & Mindy. Continue reading ‘The Honeymoon’ debuts on ‘Mork & Mindy’ 30 years ago this hour (1981)
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: Jim the Psychic (part 1)
(Thursday October 8, 1981, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Jim’s dreams have potentially fatal implications for Alex on tonight’s episode of the TV comedy series Taxi. Continue reading ‘Jim the Psychic’ debuts on ‘Taxi’ 30 years ago this hour (1981)
Video: 'An Explosive Affair" Part 1 (1)
(Wednesday, October 7, 1981, 8:30 p.m. ET) — The station receives a bomb threat from the terrorist group Black Monday, and Andy sends Johnny and Venus out to broadcast from the transmitter while the station is being searched on tonight’s season four premiere episode of the CBS-TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. Continue reading ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ presents ‘An Explosive Affair (Part 1)’ 30 years ago this hour (1981)
(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.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVovCtmCmXU
(Friday, September 18, 1981) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr completed a two-day shoot today for the promo video of “Wrack My Brain,” from his forthcoming album Stop And Smell The Roses, at Keef and Co.’s Studios, London.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo67TAEOUnc
Das Boot - Theatrical Trailer
(Friday, September 17, 1981) — Das Boot, a German epic war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann, opened today in West Germany. Set during World War II, the film tells the fictional story of U-96 and its crew (it would open in the U.S. on Feb. 10, 1982).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4mcNIqnX_8
Ringo Starr - Stop and Smell the Roses
(Thursday, September 17, 1981) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr completed a two-day shoot today for the promo video of Stop And Smell The Roses, the title track from his forthcoming album, at his Tittenhurst mansion in Ascot, England.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXHTAHXFdLY
Trailer: Body Heat 1981
(Friday, August 28, 1981) — Body Heat, a neo-noir film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan, opened today in the U.S. Starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, and Mickey Rourke, the plot is heavily inspired by “Double Indemnity.”
Aug. 5, 1981: Air Traffic Controllers Strike
(Wednesday, August 5, 1981) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan today fired more than 11,000 air traffic controllers who ignored his order to return to work. Nearly 13,000 controllers walked off the job Aug. 3 after talks with the Federal Aviation Administration collapsed.
