Video: 'Imagine John Lennon 1988' (Mar. 29, 1977, at 1:09:07)
(Tuesday, March 29, 1977) — Former Beatle John Lennon was interviewed by ABC Channel 7 News today while attending the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden in New York City with his wife Yoko, son Sean and The Rolling Stones’ lead singer Mick Jagger. Continue reading John Lennon interviewed at the circus in New York 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 29 1977)
Video: '1977 Oscars' (26 videos)
(Monday, March 28, 1977, 7:00 p.m.-10:38 p.m. PST) — Rocky, an American sports drama film about a dimwitted boxer who fights to prove he can go the distance against a glamorous champ, won three Oscars tonight at the 49th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (John G. Avildsen). Continue reading ‘Rocky’ wins Best Picture at 49th Academy Awards 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 28 1977)
Video: 'David Frost confronts Richard Nixon on Watergate scandal'
(Wednesday, March 23, 1977) — The Nixon Interviews, a series of interviews of former U.S. President Richard Nixon (his first since resigning in August 1974) conducted by British journalist David Frost for a total of 28 hours and 45 minutes, began today in Monarch Bay, California, for broadcast on television in four programs beginning May 5, 1977. Continue reading David Frost begins interviewing former President Nixon 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 23 1977)
Video: 'Mary Tyler Moore It's a Long Way to Tipperary Last Scene'
(Friday, March 18, 8:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. EST) — Lou flies in a couple of old friends to surprise a distraught Mary after the station manager fires everyone but Ted is fired on the finale finale episode of the American television series sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show that first aired tonight in Canada on CBC Television (it would debut exactly 24 hours later in the U.S. on CBS). Continue reading ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ series finale airs 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 18 1977)
Video: 'Three's Company S01E01 A Man About the House'
(Tuesday, March 15, 1977, 9:30-10:00 p.m. EST) — Three’s Company, an American sitcom about three single roommates (played by John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt and Suzanne Somers) who all platonically live together in a Santa Monica, California, apartment building, premiered tonight on ABC. Continue reading ‘Three’s Company’ series debuts on ABC-TV 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 15 1977)
Video: 'Call President Carter'
(Saturday, March 12, 1977, 11:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. EST) — President Jimmy Carter (Dan Aykroyd) takes unscreened calls from the public and demonstrates a knowledge of everything from programming automatic letter sorting machines to reassuring panicky teens on acid on tonight’s episode of the NBC late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show Saturday Night Live. Continue reading SNL spoofs President Carter’s call-in program 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 12 1977)
Video: 'The Bob Newhart Show - Death Be My Destiny - S05E19'
(Saturday, February 12, 1977, 8:30-9:00 p.m. EST) — After a near-death experience, Bob becomes obsessed with the fact of his own mortality on tonight’s episode of the CBS sitcom television series The Bob Newhart Show. Continue reading ‘Death Be My Destiny’ episode airs on ‘The Bob Newhart Show’ 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 12 1977)
Video: 'Interview de George Harrison sur Les Beatles'
(Saturday, February 5, 1977) — Former Beatle George Harrison was interviewed today on Les Rendez-vous du dimanche for airing in France on Feb. 6, 1977, as part of a European promotional tour for his album Thirty-Three and 1/3. Continue reading George Harrison interviewed on ‘Les rendez-vous du dimanche’ in France 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 5 1977)
Video: 'George Harrison Interview (Beatles) on Countdown 1977'
(Thursday, February 3, 1977) — Former Beatle George Harrison was filmed walking at Dam Square and was interviewed for Veronica Television today in Amsterdam, Holland, as part of a European promotional tour for his album Thirty-Three and 1/3. Continue reading George Harrison interviewed by Veronica Television in Amsterdam 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 3 1977)
Video: 'The Tragic Side of Comedy- Freddie Prinze'
(Friday, January 28, 1977, 3:30 a.m. PST) — Actor-comedian Freddie Prinze, the 22-year-old co-star of the NBC-TV comedy series Chico and the Man, was gravely wounded today at the Beverly Comstock Hotel in West Los Angeles by a gunshot in the head that the police said had been self-inflicted (he died the following day).
