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.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY_FyamZ84M
James Bond (For Your Eyes Only) helicopter sequence (HD)
(Wednesday, June 24, 1981) — For Your Eyes Only, the 12th spy film in the James Bond film series and the fifth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, premiered today in London (it would open in the U.S. on Friday, June 26, 1981).
“Jungle Madness” (part one)
(Tuesday, May 26, 1981, 8 p.m. ET) — Washington unearths evidence to clear a bigoted narcotics cop, unaware that the police brass plan to let the cop “fry” in order to placate the outraged black community on tonight’s final episode of The Hill Street Blues. Continue reading Season 1 finale: ‘Hill Street Blues’
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ5qwENOlew
(Thursday May 21, 1981) — After a rejection, Latka transforms himself into Vic Ferrari, the Playboy on tonight’s episode of the TV comedy series Taxi. Continue reading Tonight on TV: ‘Taxi’
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-6D5yzjqk
(Thursday, May 7, 1981, 8:49 a.m. ET) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr and his new wife, actress Barbara Bach, appeared today on “Good Morning America” from Los Angeles to promote their new film “Caveman”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2lH3Rz1qgw
(part one)
(Wednesday, May 6, 1981, 11:30 p.m. ET) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr and his new wife, actress Barbara Bach, appeared tonight on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson at NBC Studios in Burbank, California, to promote their new film “Caveman” On the very same program, comedian Jerry Seinfeld makes his debut on the show. Continue reading Tonight on TV: ‘The Tonight Show’
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4wn4oUBP20
(Monday, May 4, 1981) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach appear on The Merv Griffin Show today (probably taped in late March 1981) to promote their film “Caveman.” Continue reading Today on TV: ‘The Merv Griffin Show’
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T-7BnFo5ao
(Tuesday, April 28, 1981) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan made a tumultuous return to the public stage tonight, his first public appearance since a March 30 assassination attempt, saying in a speech before a joint session of Congress that his health was much improved but “our economic mess is not.”
