Category Archives: 1980s

‘For Your Eyes Only’ premieres in London

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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).

Season 1 finale: ‘Hill Street Blues’


“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’

Today on TV: ‘Good Morning America’

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(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”

Tonight on TV: ‘The Tonight Show’

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(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’

Today on TV: ‘The Merv Griffin Show’

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(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’

Reagan returns, gets huge ovation

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(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.”