2) Joey Stivic: As I posted in our Facebook group, one of the sidelights of my trip to Luray with Laurie was a glimpse of the original "physically correct" Joey Stivic doll:
3) Gilligan's Island: Also originally in our FB group: Another pic of a memento in the Toy Junction room next to historic Luray Caverns:
4) Bastille Day: Eh...I got nothing. Well, there was that episode of Family Ties where Mallory fell for her French tutor.
5) National Beans and Franks Day: That's more like it.
6) Didi Conn: Happy birthday!
7) Barry Diller: The former head of Paramount, also credited with creating the Movie of the Week while at ABC, is promoting a new memoir.
8) Mork and Mindy: Antenna has a marathon of the show today. We talk about the series here.
9) Strange New World: This TV movie (Hey, maybe Diller writes about it!) aired 50 years ago tonight on ABC. It's another of those Seventies Gene Rodenberry movies that were designed to launch a series:
10) MLB All-Star Game: One of my favorite events back in the day, the Midsummer Classic returns this week.
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