On this very day, 21 November ...
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
AD 1982 - Over 350,000,000 people worldwide tuned in to the COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM megahit soap opera 'DALLAS" to finally find out who shot John Ross 'J R' Ewing Junior.
AD 1953 - Experts from the BRITISH NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM declare that the skull of the 'PILTDOWN MAN' ... hitherto among the most famous fossils in the world ... to be a fake.
AD 1934 - The NEW YORK YANKEES purchased the contract of Joseph Paul DiMaggio from the SAN FRANCISCO SEALS of the PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE for US$50,000.00.The purchase allowed DiMaggio to play for the Seals in 1935 before joining the Yankees in 1936.
AD 1931- Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff is released. That and the Mummy, with Karloff, must be two of the outstanding horror films of all time.
DirtFarmer
Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
SteveR wrote:
AD 1931- Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff is released. That and the Mummy, with Karloff, must be two of the outstanding horror films of all time.
Nosferatu (1922)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
(Don't know the release dates but they are outstanding horror films)
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DirtFarmer wrote:
Nosferatu (1922)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
(Don't know the release dates but they are outstanding horror films)
The scenes from early in the Mummy where they prepare the Mummy and all of the associated rituals are emblazoned in my mind. B&W was so hot, as Mcluhan said.
Burtzy
Loc: Bronx N.Y. & Simi Valley, CA
I worked on Dallas as a sound editor. And none of us knew who shot J.R. either because the studio shot several alternate versions and no one except the executive producers and network execs knew which they would air.
Burtzy
Loc: Bronx N.Y. & Simi Valley, CA
Kristin, Sue Ellen's sister.
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
SteveR wrote:
Who DID shoot JR, BTW?
JR’s SIL Kristin Shepard.
LWW wrote:
AD 1982 - Over 350,000,000 people worldwide tuned in to the COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM megahit soap opera 'DALLAS" to finally find out who shot John Ross 'J R' Ewing Junior.
AD 1953 - Experts from the BRITISH NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM declare that the skull of the 'PILTDOWN MAN' ... hitherto among the most famous fossils in the world ... to be a fake.
AD 1934 - The NEW YORK YANKEES purchased the contract of Joseph Paul DiMaggio from the SAN FRANCISCO SEALS of the PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE for US$50,000.00.The purchase allowed DiMaggio to play for the Seals in 1935 before joining the Yankees in 1936.
AD 1982 - Over 350,000,000 people worldwide tuned ... (
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The original 'Dallas' episode that aired on CBS revealing "Who shot JR Ewing", occurred in the Fall of1980, (not 1982). I remember it well. Same year I graduated college and inflation was astonomically high, like aound18% or more.
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
erickter wrote:
The original 'Dallas' episode that aired on CBS revealing "Who shot JR Ewing", occurred in the Fall of1980, (not 1982). I remember it well. Same year I graduated college and inflation was astonomically high, like aound18% or more.
A typo on my part, I stand corrected.
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