Archive for December, 2009

On this day in 1955, the Lennon Sisters debuted on the Lawrence Welk Show, and they stayed for 13 years. Remember, this was in the day of no treadmills, no fitness centers, and no obsession with losing weight. Of course, we weren’t as obese then, and fast-food restaurants we just a small blip on the radar too.

The Lennon Sisters were a class act, you can’t find organic music like that anymore, not without hunting for a long, long time.

You can find out more about this day in history at Those Were The Days, and InfoPlease.

On this day in 1975, on ‘All in the Family’, Mike and Gloria had a baby. That was classic television. Classic I tell ya!

Rob Reiner always made me think of an rv repair person or something. I don’t know why but I could never take most of his acting seriously. He did play a meathead real good though.

In 1985, ABC announced they were severing ties with Howard Cosell.

Many of us knew him simply as television commentator, but he started down a different road early in life.

Cosell was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Nellie and Isidore Cohen, who was an accountant. He was raised in Brooklyn, New York. His parents had wanted him to become a lawyer. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English from New York University, where he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi. He then went to the New York University School of Law where he earned his JD, and was a member of the NYU Law Review.

Howard Cosell sold a lot of products in his day, I just can’t remember if he ever pitched the best hair loss products or not. Do you even remember Howard Cosell?

On this day in 1972, Helen Reddy received a gold record for ‘I Am Woman’, a hallmark song of the 1970’s. Yes, some of us remember the 1970’s, even though sometimes we try not to.

That was back in the days before heated mattress pads, I think. We had electric blankets that would shock you sometimes, those were fun, if I remember correctly.