On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959 - 1960)

Johnny Staccato

a.k.a Staccato

was released in the United States on September 10, 1959,

and ran for two seasons until March 17, 1960.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Warren Berlinger, Geraldine Brooks, Walter Burke, Elisha Cook, Jr., Lloyd, Corrigan, Frank DeKova, Norman Fell, Marianne Gaba, Ingrid Goude, Harry Guardino, Arline Hunter, Martin Landau, Michael Landon, Cloris Leachman, Ruta Lee, Sylvia Lewis, Charles McGraw, John Marley, Elizabeth Montgomery, Mary Tyler Moore, Susan Oliver, J. Pat O'Malley, Gena Rowlands, Vito Scotti, Dean Stockwell, Nita Talbot, Jack Weston.

On this day in movie history - Dillinger (1973)

Dillinger

directed and written by John Milius,

was released in the United States on June 19, 1973.

Song on opening credits: We’re in the Money, from Golddiggers of 1933.

Music by Barry De Vorzon.

Cast:

Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, Geoffrey Lewis, John Ryan, Richard Dreyfuss, Steve Kanaly, John Martino, Roy Jenson, Read Morgan, Frank McRae, Ann Ault, David Dorr, Roland Bob Harris, George O. Heath, Tina Gae Johnson, Terry Leonard, Melvin Ray McGee, Phil Segura, Jerry Summers, Catherine Tambini.

Born on this day – Cloris Leachman:

Actress

Comedienne

April 30, 1926 – January 27, 2021

Credits:

11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); 2002 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2002); 2006 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2006); 2009 Game Show Awards (2009); 2011 MTV Video Music Awards (2011); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1963); A Brand New Life (1973); A Girl Named Sooner (1975); A Little Piece of Heaven (1991); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Troll in Central Park (1994); A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story (2016); ABC Afterschool Specials (1973); ABC Late Night (1976); Access Hollywood (2017); Actor's Studio (1948–1949); Adam-12 (1968); Adult World (2013); Adventure Time (2012); Adventure Time (2016); Advice to the Lovelorn (1981); AFI Life Achievement Award (2004–2016); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alex & Emma (2003); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962); America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (1976); American Cowslip (2009); American Gods (2017–2019); American Masters (2013); American Playhouse (1985); Annabelle's Wish (1997); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... (2020); Baby, Baby, Baby (2015); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Bad Santa (2003); Beach Girls (2005); Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996); Beerfest (2006); Behind Closed Doors (2020); Being and Nothingness (2019); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018); Betty White's 2nd Annual 90th Birthday (2013); Between Love and Honor (1995); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Big Town (1951); Biography (1995–2005); Blind Alleys (1985); Blue Mountain State (2010); Bob's Burgers (2016); Brando (2007); Bravo Profiles (2001); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Buzz (2005); Cain's Hundred (1961); Carnegie Hall (1947); Castle in the Sky (1986); Castle in the Sky: Character Sketches (2010); Castle in the Sky: Creating 'Castle in the Sky' (2010); Castle in the Sky: The World of Laputa (2010); CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (2021); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2015); Celebrity Wife Swap (2015); Champ Kind vs. Dorothy Mantooth (2014); Charley and the Angel (1973); Charlie Wild, Private Detective (1950–1952); Checkmate (1960); Chelsea Lately (2010); Cher (1975); Cities for People (1975); Clarence (2016); Climax! (1955–1958); Comedy Central Roasts (2008); Crazy Love (2003); Crazy Mama (1975); Creative Galaxy (2014–2016); Crime Club (1973); Crook & Chase (1996); Cubed (2010); Daisy Miller (1974); Dancing with the Stars (2008–2009); Danger (1951–1953); Deadly Intentions (1985); Death Scream (1975); Death Sentence (1974); Diagnosis Murder (2001); Dillinger (1973); Dinah! (1975–1977); Dixie: Changing Habits (1983); Donald Duck's 50th Birthday (1984); Double, Double Toil and Trouble (1993); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dying Room Only (1973); Eight Characters in Search of a Sitcom (2003); Elena of Avalor (2018–2020); Entertainment Tonight (2008–2021); Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984); Ernie, Madge and Artie (1974); Expecting Mary (2010); Fade to Black (1993); Fame, Fortune and Romance (1986); Family Dinner (2009); Family Guy (2005); Ferris Bueller (1990); Fine Things (1990); Food, Wine & Friends (1979–1980); Foodfight! (2012); Foolin' Around (1980); Franklin & Bash (2014); Frontier Circus (1961); Frontier Justice (1959); Gambit (2012); Gen¹³ (1998); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); General Electric Theater (1955–1962); Gilbert (2017); Girl Meets World (2014–2015); Going My Way (1962); Going to the Chapel (1988); Good Morning America (1975 / 2021); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Gunsmoke (1956–1961); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); Hanging Up (2000); Hansel and Gretel (1987); Happy Ending (2013); Happy Family (2003); Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973); Haunts of the Very Rich (1972); Hawaii Five-0 (2015); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Hawthorne (2009); HBO First Look (2004); Hellbent for Heaven (2002); Herbie Goes Bananas (1980); Here's Hollywood (1962); High Anxiety (1977); High Holiday (2021); History of the Sitcom (2021); History of the World: Part I (1981); Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense (2009); Hitchhike! 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(2008); Joan of Arcadia (2004); Johnny Staccato (1960); Judd for the Defense (1968); Jump, Darling (2020); Justice League Action (2017–2018); Justice League Action Shorts (2017); Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2010); Katie (2013); Kirstie (2013); Kiss Me Deadly (1955); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1954); Ladies of the Corridor (1975); Lake Placid 2 (2007); Lancer (1969); Laramie (1962); Larry King Live (1990–1993); Lassie (1957–1958); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2018); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993); Lez Bomb (2018); Listen to Me Marlon (2015); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990–2011); London Garcia Entertainment Show (2013); Long Journey Back (1978); Love & Money (2000); Love Hurts (1990); Love Is Never Silent (1985); Love Takes Wing (2009); Lovers and Other Strangers (1970); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Mad About You (2019); Making a Scene (2010); Making American Cowslip (2010); Malcolm in the Middle (2001–2006); Manna from Heaven (2002); Mannix (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015); Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show (1991); Matinee Theatre (1956); Maury (1996–1997); Maybe This Time (1995); Mel and His Movies (2012); Men at Law (1971); Miracle Child (1993); Miss All-American Beauty (1982); Miss America: Beyond the Crown (1994); Monty Hall's Variety Hour (1976); Mr. Novak (1965); Mrs. Harris (2005); Mrs. R's Daughter (1979); Music of the Heart (1999); My Boyfriend's Back (1993); My Little Pony: The Movie (1986); My Strange Uncle (1981); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2021); NBC Presents (1949); Never Too Late (1996); New York, I Love You / Joshua Marston (2008); NFL Players Association Awards Dinner (1973); Night Gallery / You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore (1972); Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West (1995); Norm (2000); Not to Forget (2021); Now and Then (1995); Obsession: Letters to David Lynch (2011); Of Thee I Sing (1972); On Marlon Brando: George Englund & Cloris Leachman (2017); One on One with John Tesh (1991); One Step Beyond (1959); Our House (1987); Outlaws (1960); Password (1972); Perfectly Frank (1982); Perry Mason (1966); Pete 'n' Tillie (1974); Phineas and Ferb (2009–2014); Phyllis (1975–1977); Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991); Pioneers of Television (2011–2019); Piper's Picks TV (2020); Ponds Theater (1953–1954); Ponyo (2008); Prancer (1989); Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep (2008); Promised Land (1996–1997); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Raising Hope (2010–2014); Rawhide (1960); Recalculating (2016); Retrosexual: The 80's (2004); Rhoda (1974); Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008); Rome Is Burning (2007–2008); Route 66 (1962); Royal Pains (2016); Run for Your Life (1967); RuPaul's Drag Race (2010); S.O.S. Titanic (1979); Saints and Sinners (1962); Scary Movie 4 (2006); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015); Screen Actors Guild 50th Anniversary Celebration (1984); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Shadow Play (1986); She Turned the World on with Her Smile: The Making of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' (2002); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969); Sky High (2005); So B. It (2016); Someone I Touched (1975); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Spanglish (2004); Sparky's Magic Piano (1987); Speechless (2008); Spies (1993); Star Stage (1955); Stoney Burke (1962); Studio One (1951); Studio One Documentary (2002); Suddenly Single (1971); Sunday Dinner (1991); Super Night at the Super Bowl (1976); Suspense (1951–1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1951); Target: The Corruptors (1962); TCM Guest Programmer (2009); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); TCM: Twenty Classic Moments (2014); Teachers (2019); Telephone Time (1957); Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? (1976); Texasville (1990); Thanks (1999); That Girl (1970); The $10,000 Pyramid (1973); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The 26th Annual Genesis Awards (2012); The 26th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1974); The 27th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1975); The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 30th Annual Tony Awards (1976); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards (1986); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2002); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2021); The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003); The 9th Annual TV Land Awards (2011); The Acorn People (1981); The Amati Girls (2000); The Animal (2001); The Arsenio Hall Show (1990 / 2014); The Associates (1979); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Beverly Hillbillies (1993); The Big Picture (2007); The Big Valley (1967); The Billy Rose Show (1950); The Bob & Ray Show (1951–1953); The Bobby Darin Show (1973); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008–2009); The British Academy Awards (1979); The Bronx Bull (2016); The Californians (2005); The Chapman Report (1962); The Clock (1950); The Comedian (2016); The Croods (2013); The Croods: A New Age (2020); The David Frost Show (1972); The David Letterman Show (1980); The Defenders (1964); The Demon Murder Case (1983); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Doctors (2013); The Don Lane Show (1980); The Donna Reed Show (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952); The Eleventh (2016); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003); The Ellen Show (2001–2002); The Factor (2009–2014); The Facts of Life (1986–1988); The Facts of Life Down Under (1987); The Fields (2011); The Ford Theatre Hour (1948); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1990); The Gliksmans (2017); The Great Malones (2006); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020–2021); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1972); The Iron Giant (1999); The John Kerwin Show (2009); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Last Picture Show (1971); The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (1999); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2010); The Little Troll Prince (1987); The Longest Yard (2005); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Loretta Young Show (1960–1962); The Love Boat (1976–1985); The Love Boat (1985); The Magical World of Disney (1977); The Man in the Moon (1960); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977); The Mask (1954); The Megan Mullally Show (2006); The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1972–1976); The Migrants (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1979); The Millers (2015); The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (2009); The Mouse and His Child (1977); The Muppet Movie (1979); The Muppet Show (1978); The Name of the Game (1968); The Nanny (1994); The New Breed (1962); The New Original Wonder Woman (1975); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Nutt House (1989); The Office (2009); The Oldest Living Graduate (1980); The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2008); The Oscars (2021); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Paul Lynde Comedy Hour (1977); The People Next Door (1970); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1953); The Powers That Be (1992–1993); The Queen Latifah Show (2013); The Rack (1956); The Road West (1967); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Simpsons (1991); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Smothers Brothers Show (1975); The Sonny Comedy Revue (1974); The Steagle (1971); The Talk (2011–2012); The Titanic Chronicles (1999); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1989); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2004–2012); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno / Cop 'n Kitty (2010); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Twilight Zone (1961 / 2003); The Untouchables (1961–1962); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); The Virginian (1967–1969); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); The Way They Were (1981); The Web (1954); The Wedding Bells (2007); The Wedding Ringer (2015); The Wendy Williams Show (2009–2011); The Women (2008); The Year: 2021 (2021); This Is Happening (2015); This Is Your Life (1987); Thriller (1960); Thursday's Game (1974); To Tell the Truth (2017); Today (1975–2015); Today (2021); Top Gear USA (2012); Totally Tracked Down (2010); Touched by an Angel (1997–2003); Tournament of Roses Parade (2009); TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards (2008); TV Land Confidential (2007); TV Land's Top Ten (2006); TV's All-Time Funniest: A Paley Center for Media Special (2008); TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004); Twice in a Lifetime (2000); Two and a Half Men (2005); Unity (2015); Wagon Train (1962); Walk Like a Man (1987); Walter & Emily (1991–1992); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2012); When We Last Spoke (2019); Willa (1979); Without a Kiss Goodbye (1993); WUSA (1970); Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977); Yesterday (1981); You Again (2010); Young Dr. Kildare (1972); Young Frankenstein (1974); Young Frankenstein: Building the Perfect Beast (1999); Young Frankenstein: It's Alive! Creating a Monster Classic (2008); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

On this day in movie history - Young Frankenstein (1974)

 

Young Frankenstein

directed by Mel Brooks,

written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks,

inspired by the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley,

was released in the United States on December 15, 1974.

Music by John Morris.

“Puttin’ on the Riiiiitz!”

- Peter Boyle, as The Monster.

Cast:

Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, Liam Dunn, Danny Goldman, Oscar Beregi Jr., Arthur Malet, Richard A. Roth, Monte Landis, Rusty Blitz, Anne Beesley, Gene Hackman, John Madison, John Dennis, Rick Norman, Rolfe Sedan, Terence Pushman, Randolph Dobbs, Norbert Schiller, Pat O'Hara, Michael Fox, Lidia Kristen, Ian Abercrombie, Leon Askin, Benjie Bancroft, Mel Brooks, Ken Clayton, Jack Clinton, Robert Cole, Lou Cutell, Alphonso DuBois, Peter Eastman, Sig Frohlich, Michael J. Grayson, Peter Halton, Bob Harks, Lars Hensen, George Holmes, Kathryn Janssen, Michael Jeffers, Dale Johnson, Berry Kroeger, Ethelreda Leopold, Bob Liddle, John Marlin, Jeff Maxwell, John Hugh McKnight, Ernesto Molinari, Monty O'Grady, Tony Regan, Leoda Richards, Clark Ross, Paul Russell, Maida Severn, Norman Stevans, Don Terwilliger, Arthur Tovey, Clement von Franckenstein, Max Wagner.