Good Times, Great People, Excellent Programs

Happy 74th Birthday!!! I LOVE SABLE COLBY!     with Charlton Heston and Barbara Stanwyck on "The Colbys" (1985-1986) with Dame Joan Collins on "Dynasty" (1988-1989)

 41 and fabulous!  Happy Birthday to a really cool guy! I loved your work on "The Bold and the Beautiful"

 In this first season episode, which originally aired on this day thirty-nine years ago, Angela Channing (the late Jane Wyman) must keep her daughter Emma (Margaret Ladd) out of jail after she shoplifts from a jewelry store and she must also keep herself alive after an angry vintner feeling he was wronged murders a member of the board of supervisors and set his sights on her next.  

 Happy 66th Birthday! Known for her work on "Days of Our Lives" she came to my attention for playing Dana on "Dynasty" during its later seasons.

 Happy 90th Birthday!!! Junior Soprano is one of the greatest characters that was ever put on television and Mr. Chianese is the reason for that!   with Nancy Marchand (1928-2000) on "The Sopranos" (1999)

 One day early, Happy 37th Birthday! He is a great actor that I share a birthyear with...you made my day on "Hart of Dixie."  

 Happy 92nd Birthday!!! This fine gentleman has had an amazing career.  Some of his credits include "Kung Fu", "Here's Lucy", "Falcon Crest" and of course "Seinfeld" - "Seinfeld!  Four!"  

 Happy 42nd Birthday! You have been an obvious crush for over twenty years and counting!  

 Happy Birthday Ms. Crawford! Thank you for sharing your beauty with all of us.  The world is better because of it.

 I have had the pleasure of meeting this young man three times.  He is a very cool dude! Happy 20th Birthday!!!

 Happy 43rd Birthday to a great actor, author and an even better person! In "Murder 101" he brings Detective Travis Burke to life not to mention gives his face to several charming gentlemen characters in numerous Hallmark Christmas television films year after year. 

  Happy 32nd Birthday to Chord Overstreet!  He rocked as Sam Evans on "Glee" (pictured below)   

 In this flashback, season two episode Lucy and Ethel compete against each other to be election president of The Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League.  This episode, which originally aired on this day sixty-eight years ago, featured the first appearance of Doris Singleton as Lucy's frienemy Lillian Appleby (the character would later be named Carolyn)

 In this first season episode, which first aired thirty-five years ago today, Blanche Devereaux (the late Rue McClanahan) must consider accepting her boyfriend Richard's (the late Kevin McCarthy) marriage proposal after she learns that upon marrying him she would become step-mother to his young children.  Could it be he wants a mother for them because he has been putting his work first?   In a B plot Dorothy (the late Beatrice Arthur) and Rose (Betty White) insist on doing plumbing work around the house which includes installing a toilet while Sophia (the late Estelle Getty) insists that they bring in a professional plumber.

 Even though this is a ridiculous holiday here is a post dedicated to some of the most devoted couples in entertainment history... George and Louise Jefferson - "The Jeffersons" Clark Kent and Lois Lane on "Smallville"  Nick and Nora Charles of The Thin Man films of the 1930's and 1940's Howard Keel and Donna Reed as Clayton and Miss Ellie Farlow on "Dallas" (1984-1985) Oliver and Lisa Douglas on "Green Acres" Egghead and Olga on "Batman" guest appearances in seasons 2 and 3 Samantha and Darrin Stephens on "Bewitched" George Burns and Gracie Allen Ward and June Cleaver on "Leave it to Beaver" Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone Fred MacMurray and Jane Wyman in the film Bon Voyage Katherine and Patrick Murphy on "The Young and the Restless" James and Florida Evans on "Good Times" Gomez and Morticia Addams on "The Addams Family" Blake and Krystle Carrington on "Dynasty" Lilim