Good Times, Great People, Excellent Programs

 Happy Birthday! Clint Eastwood - 92 Gregory Harrison - 72

 Happy Birthday! Ruta Lee - 87 Omri Katz - 46 pictured above as John Ross Ewing III with Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing and Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing in "J.R. Returns" in 1996

  With love and thanks to you all!

 I realize that now, in the year 2022, there are and have been several different people that have assumed the mantle of "Robin, The Boy Wonder."  This post pays tribute to all the actors who have brought Dick Grayson/Robin to life in live action. The 1943 movie serial Batman, Douglas Croft portrayed Dick Grayson/Robin with Lewis Wilson as Batman/Bruce Wayne. The 1949 movie serial Batman and Robin, Johnny Duncan portrayed Dick Grayson/Robin with Robert Lowery as Batman/Bruce Wayne In the television series "Batman" which ran from 1966 to 1968 the role of Dick Grayson/Robin was brought to life by Burt Ward with Adam West as Batman/Bruce Wayne In the 1995 film Batman Forever, Robin/Dick Grayson was played by Chris O'Donnell with Val Kilmer as Batman/Bruce Wayne In the 1997 film Batman & Robin, Robin/Dick Grayson was played by Chris O'Donnell with George Clooney as Batman  In the currently running series "Titans" which began in 2018, Dick Grayson/Ro...

 Happy 87th Birthday!

 Happy 27th Birthday!

 Happy 83rd Birthday! pictured above as Magneto in the X-Men film franchise 

 Celebrating the 68th Broadcast Anniversary of this classic episode! Lucy (Lucille Ball) and Ricky (Desi Arnaz) plan to be away for the summer and decide to sublet their apartment.  Friction arises between the Ricardos and the Mertzes (Vivian Vance and William Frawley) over the fact that the Ricardos will be making a profit on their sublease.  Once that matter is resolved the apartment is sublet to the eccentric Mr. Beecher (Jay Novello).  The next issue that everyone must deal with is where will the Ricardos go when Ricky's gig is canceled and Mr. Beecher refuses to move.

 Happy 89th Birthday! as The Siren on "Batman" - 1967 as Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan on "Dynasty" (1981-1989)

 Happy 80th Birthday!

 Taking a break today... Come back tomorrow to celebrate Barbara Parkins' 80th birthday!

 Happy 89th Birthday! as Helena on "General Hospital"

 26 years ago... After twelve seasons, two hundred sixty-four episodes, the weekly adventures of Dame Angela Lansbury as mystery writer/amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher came to an end.

 22 years ago... full credit goes to the rightful owner of this photo

 Happy 98th Birthday!

 32 years ago... After nine seasons, two hundred twenty-seven episodes, "Falcon Crest" came to an end with the ruthless Angela Channing (Jane Wyman) getting the last word.

 Celebrating the 67th Broadcast Anniversary of this classic episode! Lucy (Lucille Ball) decides to become Ricky's (Desi Arnaz) agent and inadvertently gets him released from his contract with MGM studios.

 Happy 72nd Birthday!

 Celebrating the 66th Broadcast Anniversary of this classic episode! Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) attempts to pass off a twenty-five-pound piece of cheese as a baby, so she does not have to pay to have it shipped home from Europe.  When Ricky (Desi Arnaz) learns of her plan he refuses to sit with her on the airplane, and she is stuck sitting next to the nosy Evelyn Bigsby (Mary Jane Croft)

 Final episodes... "Knots Landing" - "Just Like Old Times" - May 13, 1993 29 years ago... pictured above back row (1-r): Joan Van Ark, Ted Shackelford, Nicollette Sheridan, William Devane and Michele Lee.  Front row (1-r): Donna Mills and Kevin Dobson "Smallville" - "Finale" - May 13, 2011 11 years ago... pictured above: Tom Welling and Erica Durance "Desperate Housewives" - "Finishing the Hat" - May 13, 2012 10 years ago... pictured above (l-r): Nicollette Sheridan, Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Eva Longoria 

  Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance and Red Skelton in "Lucy Goes to Alaska"

  Happy 63rd Birthday to Gerard Christopher! pictured above as Superboy "Dynasty" - "Catch 22" - May 11, 1989 After nine seasons, two hundred and seventeen episodes, the final episode of "Dynasty" originally aired on this day 33 years ago. pictured above: John Forsythe, Linda Evans and Dame Joan Collins

 In Superman: The Movie (1978) the characters of Jonathan and Martha aka "Ma and Pa" Kent were brought to life by veteran film actors Glenn Ford (1916-2006) and Phyllis Thaxter (1919-2012) pictured above with Aaron Smolinski as Baby Kal-El/Clark Kent

  Happy 76th Birthday to Candice Bergen Happy 71st Birthday to Alley Mills! pictured above as Pamela Douglas with Susan Flannery as Stephanie Forrester on "The Bold and the Beautiful" "The Golden Girls" - "One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest" - May 9, 1992 The final episode of the beloved series aired on this day 30 years ago pictured above (l-r): Betty White, Estelle Getty, Beatrice Arthur, guest star Leslie Nielsen and Rue McClanahan "Murder, She Wrote" - "The Celtic Riddle" - May 9, 2003 This two-hour made for television movie originally aired on this day 19 years ago today.  It is the final time Dame Angela Lansbury portrayed Jessica Fletcher

Ordinarily all the tributes to those who have passed away are posted on the In Memoriam blog spot, but I have always had a special place in my heart for Dana Plato.  Tragically she left us twenty-three years ago today at the age of 34 under horrible circumstances.  Twelve years ago, her son Tyler took his own life at the age of 26.  I hope they have both found peace, comfort and each other in God's eternal kingdom in Heaven.  

29 years...  "The Golden Palace" was the follow up series to the smash hit "The Golden Girls" featuring Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty reprising their roles as Rose, Blanche and Sophia respectively.  The cast was joined by Don Cheadle as Roland Wilson, Billy L. Sullivan as Oliver Webb and Cheech Marin as Chuy Castillos.  The final episode of the series aired on this day twenty-nine years ago.  Estelle Getty would go on to play Sophia Petrillo for two more years on the spin-off series "Empty Nest", but Betty White and Rue McClanahan played Rose and Blanche for the final time in this episode.   **The photo shown above is actually from an episode of "The Golden Girls"**

 Celebrating the 65th Broadcast Anniversary of this classic episode which was also the final episode of the series.

 Happy Birthday! Pat Carroll - 95 Danielle Fishel - 41 Henry Cavill - 39 Hannah Ferguson - 30 photo credit goes to the Sports Illustrated 2014 Swimsuit Edition 

Celebrating the 70th Broadcast Anniversary of the most famous episode of "I Love Lucy" that was ever made.

  Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards and Jessica Alba as Sue Storm "make eyes" at each other in Fantastic Four.  I am not sure if this is from the first film or the sequel.