Today in history
Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Carl Reiner were among the writers for what TV program that premiered on Feb. 25, 1950?
Other notable events on this date in history:
1570 Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England for heresy and persecution of English Catholics during her reign
1836 Samuel Colt patents first multi-shot revolving-cylinder revolver
1862 First Legal Tender Act of 1862 is passed by the US Congress, authorizing the United States note (greenback) into circulation, the first fiat paper money that is legal tender in America
1870 Hiram R. Revels is sworn in as 1st African American member of Congress as US Senator from Mississippi (R)
1908 First tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens
1924 Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3)
1926 Francisco Franco becomes Spain's youngest general at 33
1933 1st genuine US aircraft carrier named, USS Ranger
1940 First televised ice hockey game in US
1957 Buddy Holly and the Crickets record their smash hit "That'll Be the Day" in Clovis, New Mexico
1964 Muhammad Ali wins his first world heavyweight boxing title when Sonny Liston fails to come out for round 7 at Convention Hall, Miami Beach
1982 Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs
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though I'm starting to suspect y'all are not observing the "no looking it up" rule
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was in the 1960’s. Not 50’s.
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Were cast members.
That's Ernest T. Bass
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You may remember she played a bailiff (the original perhaps?) on Night Court
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but my comment wasn't just about this particular response
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We were trying to remember a guys name, and we both knew it well but couldn't recall it.. Finally, it came to him (not to ME) and he says to me:
"When you get to be our age, all the questions should be multiple choice, NOT fill in the blank!"
It occured to me that he was dead on...we both said we'd know the name IF we saw it............
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