Good Times, Great People, Excellent Programs

 Have a wonderful celebration tonight!

 "Holiday Knights" Original Airdate: September 13, 1997 On New Year's Eve the Joker murders Dr. John Erikson and steals his sonic bomb which is capable of killing anyone within earshot...unless they are wearing special mufflers. After defeating the Joker, but not before taking a bullet to the arm, Batman sits down with Commissioner Gordon to celebrate another year of survival.

 Happy 62nd Birthday!

  Kristin Kreuk Happy 39th Birthday! Caity Lotz! Happy 35th Birthday!

 Happy 56th Birthday!

 Happy 34th Birthday! this incredible piece of eye candy did his best work as Thomas Forrester on "The Bold and the Beautiful" from 2010 to 2014.

 Happy 89th Birthday! Ms. Nichols signed this photo at NYCC on October 7, 2016

 The "Dallas" spin-off began on this day 42 years ago! Back row (l-r): Donna Mills, John Pleshette, Constance McCashin, Michele Lee Middle row (l-r): Joan Van Ark, Ted Shackelford, Julie Harris, James Houghton, Kim Lankford Front: Claudia Lonow Other faces that passed through during the years include Kevin Dobson, William Devane, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Phillips, Nicolette Sheridan, Howard Duff, Ava Gardner, Ruth Roman, Hunt Block, Larry Riley, Lynne Moody, Kent Masters-King, Victoria Ann Lewis, Steve Shaw, Patrick Petersen, Jeffrey Lynn, Douglas Sheehan, Albert Salmi, Stephen Macht, Lisa Hartman-Black, Kathleen Noone, Stacy Galina, Danielle Brisbois, Millie Perkins, Joseph Gian, Joe and Chris Cousins, Emily Ann Lloyd, Betsy Palmer, Herb Edelman, Carlos Cantu, Teri Austin, Felicity Waterman, Lew Ayres, Bert Remsen, Harry Townes, Doug Savant, Michael York, Tonya Crowe, Brian Austin Greene, Jon Cypher, Lance Guest and many more. Special guests from "Dallas" - Larry Hag...

 I hope you had your favorite meals and treats during this holiday season and they continue to bring you joy as we enter the new year! Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers on "All in the Family"

Let us take a moment to remember a classic that was released on this day twenty-eight years ago... When Gotham City's gangsters are murdered by a mysterious figure Batman is falsely accused of the crime.  The investigation leads to a reunion with an old flame and a confrontation with his most deadly enemy. Starring Kevin Conroy as Batman/Bruce Wayne Dana Delany as Andrea Beaumont Hart Bochner as Arthur Reeves Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as Alfred Pennyworth Bob Hastings as Commissioner Gordon Robert Costanzo as Detective Bullock Abe Vigoda as Salvatore Valestra Dick Miller as Chuckie Sol Joseph P. Ryan as Buzz Bronski with Stacy Keach as Carl Beaumont & The Voice of the Phantasm and Mark Hamill as The Joker Additional Voice Actors Ed Gilbert Marilu Henner Pat Musick Jane Downs Vernee Watson-Johnson Peter Renaday Jeff Bennett Charles Howerton Thom Pinto Neil Ross Judi M. Durand (uncredited) Arleen Sorkin (uncredited)

 Merry Christmas! I hope Santa visited all of you!

"The Honeymooners" "T'was the Night Before Christmas" - Original Airdate: December 24, 1955 (66 years ago) (l-r): Audrey Meadows, Anne Seymour, Jackie Gleason and Art Carney Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden and Art Carney as Ed Norton Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows as Ralph and Alice Kramden "I Love Lucy" "Christmas Show" - Season 6 Original Airdate: December 24, 1956 (65 years ago) Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Cameron Grant as Santa Claus "The Lucy Show" "Together for Christmas" - Season 1 Original Airdate: December 24, 1962 (59 years ago) Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance "Dynasty" "The Holiday Spirit" - Season 5 Original Airdate: December 19, 1984 Back row (l-r): John James, Diahann Carroll, Jack Coleman, Pamela Bellwood, Gordon Thomson Front row (1-r): Michael Nader, Dame Joan Collins, John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Catherine Oxenberg

 In this episode, which originally aired on this day seventy years ago, Lucy and Ethel believe their husbands are entering the service while all they really are doing is performing for the troops.  Their strange behavior leads Ricky and Fred to believe that their wives are pregnant.

Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood in Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk as Nick and Nora Charles with Asta on "The Thin Man" (1957-1959) Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as Jonathan and Jennifer Hart (1979-1984) Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Jean Smart and Annie Potts on "Designing Women" (1986-1991) Dick Van Dyke and Dame Angela Lansbury as guardian angels in Buttons (2018)

 Happy 85th Birthday to one of my favorite actors!

 Happy 41st Birthday! This dream man caught my eye in an episode of "Smallville" and the film Lovewrecked both in 2005 but he has enjoyed an amazing career, his credits include "The O.C." from 2003 to 2004, "Nashville" from 2013-2018 and "Grey's Anatomy" from 2018 up to the present.

  In the story, Batman Returns takes place during the Christmas season in Gotham City!

 "T'was the Nightmare Before Christmas" - Season 2 Original Airdate: 12/20/1986 (35 years ago today) All four ladies plan to travel home for the holidays and after a weird encounter with a lonely sidewalk Santa, they are devastated to learn that their flights have been canceled.  In the end, a total stranger makes them realize that they are spending Christmas with family, they have each other.  Pictured (l-r): Betty White as Rose, Terry Kiser as "Santa Claus", Rue McClanahan as Blanche and Beatrice Arthur as Dorothy.  Also Starring Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo (not pictured)

  "The Andy Griffith Show" "Christmas Story" Original Airdate: December 19, 1960 (61 years ago) Starring Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier, Elinor Donahue, Will Wright, Sam Edwards, Margaret Kerry, Joy Ellison and Kelly Flynn. "The Beverly Hillbillies" "Home for Christmas" Original Airdate: December 19, 1962 (59 years ago) Starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer, Jr., Raymond Bailey, Bea Benaderet, Nancy Kulp, Paul Winchell, Frank Wilcox and Linda Henning as the voice of Jetherine Bodine

 "Mary Tyler Moore" "Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid II" - Season 1 Original Airdate: December 19, 1970 (51 years ago today) Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) is devastated to learn that she has to work on Christmas Day and is then conned by co-worker Fred (Ned Wertimer) to cover for him so he can spend Christmas Eve with his family. Also Starring Edward Asner as Lou Grant, Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern, Gavin MacLeod as Murray Slaughter and Ted Knight as Ted Baxter.  Special Appearance by Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom.  Guest Starring Ned Wertimer as Fred and Henry Corden as the voice of Charlie.

  Boris Karloff brought the Grinch to life for the first time on this day fifty-five years ago!

 Happy 43rd Birthday!

"The Simpsons" came to television as a segment on "The Tracey Ullman Show" on April 19, 1987.  They moved to their own thirty minute sitcom on this day thirty-two years ago.  The series reached its 700th episode in March of 2021 and there is no end in sight.   Starring Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer.   Supporting players Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott, Maggie Roswell, Russi Taylor, Doris Grau, Alex Desert, Chris Edgerly, Kevin Michael Richardson, Grey DeLisle, Rob Paulsen, Marcia Mitzman Gaven, Jo Ann Harris, Christopher Collins, Susan Blu, Eric Lopez and Tony Rodriguez.

 In this season six episode, which originally aired on this day sixty-five years ago, Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel slip into their costumes to participate in Little Ricky's school pageant. 

  Starring Alan Young as Ebenezer Scrooge (Uncle Scrooge McDuck) Wayne Allwine as Bob Cratchit (Mickey Mouse) Hal Smith as Jacob Marley's Ghost (Goofy) Clarence Nash as Fred (Donald Duck) Patricia Parris as Belle (Daisy Duck) Dick Billingsley as Tiny Tim Eddie Carroll as The Ghost of Christmas Past (Jiminy Crickett)

  "Dragnet" began as a radio program in 1949 with Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Badge 714.  The series moved to television airing its first episode on NBC on this day seventy years ago.  The radio series ended in 1957 and the television series concluded two years later on August 23, 1959, producing 276 episodes.  Sergeant Friday's various partners were played by actors Barton Yarborough, Ben Alexander, Barney Phillips, Ken Peters, Kenneth Patterson and Herb Ellis.