Party like it's 1966!

[kkt]

Party like it's 1966? OK.

Oh wait...I'm only 8 and have to go to bed at 8:00 PM. Damn....

8-year-olds shouldn't be using words like damn. Tsk.

 

[T'Bonz]

I did swear when I was 8. That is accurate. Not in front of parents or other adults, of course! The first time I heard the word "fuck" I was in either second or third grade, so was around that age (a neighbor boy my age said it).

 

[The Old Mixer]

50 years ago this week:

October 9 – Vietnam War: Binh Tai Massacre.
October 11 – France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty for cooperation in nuclear research.
October 14

• Closure of Intra Bank begins crisis of Lebanese banking system.
• The city of Montreal inaugurates its metro system (see Montreal Metro).

October 15

• U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill creating the United States Department of Transportation.
• The U.S. Congress passes a bill for the creation of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
• ABC-TV telecasts a highly acclaimed 90-minute television adaptation of the musical Brigadoon, starring Robert Goulet, Peter Falk, and Sally Ann Howes. It wins many Emmy Awards and inaugurates a short-lived series of special television adaptations of famous Broadway musicals on ABC. Goulet stars in all but one of these specials.

New on the U.S. charts:

"Whispers (Getttin' Louder)," Jackie Wilson

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(Peak positions: #11 US; #5 R&B)

"Rain on the Roof," The Lovin' Spoonful

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(Peak position: #10 US)


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[erastus25]

Just discovered that Miri premiered on the same day/time as the first ever airing of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" (Oct. 27, 1966 8:30 EDT) AND Willie Mays' guest appearance on Bewitched aired at 9:00.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Ooh, good tip...maybe I'll save the Great Pumpkin for its 50th then. (Obviously, I'll have to time-shift it around Trek.)

 

[erastus25]

Just for fun, here's the full TV listings from that day:

 

[The Old Mixer]

And Liberace on Batman!

 

[erastus25]

Phew...good thing Liberace was on at 7:30! Star Trek might never have gotten that renewal otherwise!

 

[dahj]

Just for fun, here's the full TV listings from that day:

Batman, Star Trek and Charlie Brown... that looks like a fine TV day for any "childlike inhabitant"

 

[The Old Mixer]

But in those days, you would have had a hard choice between Charlie Brown and Trek...unless you were doing the Elvis thing and had multiple TVs in one room.

 

[erastus25]

If you choose Charlie Brown you get the bonus of being able to sneak over to Bewitched at 9:00. Plus, there's a good chance the Oct. 27 Star Trek re-airs in the summer -- harder to know when Charlie Brown would run again.

 

[The Old Mixer]

If you choose Charlie Brown you get the bonus of being able to sneak over to Bewitched at 9:00.

Pffft.

harder to know when Charlie Brown would run again.

Hindsight tells us...every October.

 

[erastus25]

Well that episode was even worse than I remembered. Good thing it wasn't chosen as the second pilot - we might not have gotten the next 78!

 

[Tallguy]

Heh. I caught up with The Enemy Within finally. (A fantastic performance from Shatner and a terrible performance from Shatner).

Now I'm dragging my feet on Mudd.

 

[NickintheATL]

Here's my review of "Mudd's Women"

And I hope you folks are interested in my attempt to restore the original look of the "Next Week" previews, for example, here is a look at October 20th's show:

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[The Old Mixer]

Heh. I caught up with The Enemy Within finally. (A fantastic performance from Shatner and a terrible performance from Shatner).

Now I'm dragging my feet on Mudd.

In 1966, if you missed the episode, you waited for rerun season.

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50 years ago this week:

October 16 – Grace Slick performs live for the first time with Jefferson Airplane.
October 17 – Lesotho and Botswana are admitted to the United Nations.
October 21

• The Aberfan disaster occurs in South Wales, United Kingdom.
• The AFL-NFL merger is approved by the U.S. Congress.

October 22

• British spy George Blake escapes from Wormwood Scrubs prison; he is next seen in Moscow.
• Spain demands that the United Kingdom stop military flights to Gibraltar; Britain refuses the next day.

New on the U.S. charts:

"Look Through My Window," The Mamas & The Papas

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(Peak position: #24 US)

"It Tears Me Up," Percy Sledge

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(#20 US; #7 R&B)

"Good Vibrations," The Beach Boys

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(#1 US; #1 UK; #6 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time)


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(Sherry Jackson comes early in airdate order!)

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[Tallguy]

In 1966, if you missed the episode, you waited for rerun season.

That thought has occurred to me. And that was only if they DID re-run it.

I only started watching Star Trek in syndication, so I have never known Star Trek scarcity.

 

[The Old Mixer]

In Soviet 1966, episode misses YOU!

 

[Tallguy]

Finally slogged my way through Mudd's Women. (Shut up.) What an embarrassing episode. The only two parts that were even a little compelling were Mudd's computer interrogation and then Eve and Childress (that was from a much better episode).

I'd like to know how Mudd and the miners (there's a band name!) were going to explain the smoking wreck of a Starship on their door.

People focus on this episode's treatment of women. I'd argue it's treatment of men is even worse! The only vaguely human man in the episode is James freaking Kirk! (Steiner's score doesn't help.)

I hate "falling out of orbit" as a plot device. Like it's an airplane running out of gas.

The "you were beautiful all along" ending was horrible.

Are there any women on the Enterprise in this episode other than Uhura? I mean ANY?

 

[Spock's Barber]

Finally slogged my way through Mudd's Women. (Shut up.) What an embarrassing episode. The only two parts that were even a little compelling were Mudd's computer interrogation and then Eve and Childress (that was from a much better episode).

I'd like to know how Mudd and the miners (there's a band name!) were going to explain the smoking wreck of a Starship on their door.

People focus on this episode's treatment of women. I'd argue it's treatment of men is even worse! The only vaguely human man in the episode is James freaking Kirk! (Steiner's score doesn't help.)

I hate "falling out of orbit" as a plot device. Like it's an airplane running out of gas.

The "you were beautiful all along" ending was horrible.

Are there any women on the Enterprise in this episode other than Uhura? I mean ANY?

Solow and Justman related how NBC executives cringed at a script that had drug use and women 'for sale' in the plot.