Here is a "HOLIDAY SOR-BAY" a little spark of madness that we could use to artificially maintain our Christmas spirit.Today in Television History
December 30, 1959
Comedian Tracey Ullman is born in
Hackbridge, England. She attended theater school from ages 12 to 16. At age 21,
she began performing with an avant-garde drama group, the Royal Court Theater,
where she won rave reviews. She
landed her own U.S. TV show in 1987. The Emmy-winning Tracey Ullman Show
ran from 1987 to 1990. The show featured short skits starring Ullman and a
regular cast of players, and also aired short animated segments-one was an
offbeat cartoon about underachieving 10-year-old named Bart Simpson and his
oddball family. The cartoon was later spun off into its own hit show, The
Simpsons.
December 30, 1984
Crazy Like a Fox first aired.
The series starred Jack Warden as
Harry Fox, a free-spirited private detective who lived by his wits and John
Rubinstein as his high-strung attorney son, Harrison, who unwillingly,
and frequently, found himself dragged into his father's cases.
The show's opening would always feature
Harry and Harrison talking on the phone in their offices like this:
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Harrison:
Hello?
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Harry:
Harrison, I need your help.
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Harrison:
Dad, you keep forgetting. I'm a lawyer. You're the detective!
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Harry:
Aw, come on son. All I need is a ride. What could possibly happen?
Originally airing Sundays at 9 PM (EST), the show was a hit in its first season, even cracking the Nielsen Top 10 with an average household share of 19.9. However, midway through the second season, CBS brought back its Sunday Night Movie, which displaced the show (along with Trapper John, M.D., which followed Crazy Like a Fox up to that point) and resulted in it being bounced around to various time slots, which caused ratings to drop significantly and led to its cancellation at the end of the season.
Stay Tuned
Tony Figueroa
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