2) Holiday cheer and warmth and giving: Of course giving beats getting, right? We hope all of you are enjoying a happy holiday season.
3) New Year's Day: The turning of the calendar brings resolutions, goals, and Guy Lombardo! Yes, Guy Lombardo! Everyone still remembers Dick Clark, but Lombardo was a staple of the holiday, too.
4) Toys: Hey, remember, we released a new bonus episode on Christmas Day! I shared a photo of this in our Facebook group, but here's another one of my favorite childhood toys. I didn't mention it on the podcast because I did not remember any TV ads:
5) United Negro College Fund Parade of Stars: Go back 40 years ago in time, and you will see that on the telethon Lou Rawls welcomes LeVar Burton, Robert Guillaume, Lola Falana, Gregory Hines, Danny Cooksey...Wait, a minute. Lola Falana?
6) Lost Horizon/Buck and the Preacher: Back in 1975, broadcast premieres of theatrical films was a big deal. On December 28, these two made their network debuts on NBC and ABC, respectively.
7) David Susskind: "How to Be a Jewish Son" was the theme of the episode 50 years ago this weekend, with the host welcoming guests Mel Brooks, David Steinberg, and George Segal. Surely it's a sobering, academic discussion.
8) Antenna TV/Rewind TV: The diginets announced their January schedule changes. New or returning: One Day at a Time, Sanford and Son, Mork and Mindy, and more. Some shows are moving from Antenna to Rewind. See the link for details!
9) Tannis Valelly: Happy 50th birthday to the former Janice from Head of the Class! I believe a Weekly Reader poll once named her only the fourth-most-annoying character on the series.
10) College football bowl games: 40 years ago today, we got the Sun Bowl and the Aloha Bowl! I miss the Aloha Bowl, maybe because a young Rick watched Penn State (kind of slumming it, to be honest, after a down year) in the second edition of the game. Below is a clip from the 1985 Sun Bowl and a promo for the 1989 Aloha Bowl:
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