On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1995)

Fallen Angels
Season 2. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Love and Blood.

Released October 8, 1995.

Directed by Kiefer Sutherland.

Written by Evan Hunter, Frank Pugliese.

Created by William Horberg.

Based on the story by James Ellroy.

Theme music by Peter Bernstein.

Cast:

Mädchen Amick, Edward Bunker, Maurice Dunster, Bernard Hocke, Barbara Howard, Michael O'Dwyer, Johnathon Schaech, Kiefer Sutherland, Walter Terry, Danny Trejo, D. Danny Warhol.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery (1997, 2003, 2004, 2017)

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: The Raven.

Released October 8, 1997.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Bryan Fuller, Harry 'Doc' Kloor, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Richard Zobel, Mickey Cottrell, David Anthony Marshall, Nikki Tyler-Flynn, Erica Lynn Duncan, Majel Barrett, John Austin, Patrick Barnitt, Cameron, John Copage, Tarik Ergin, Ken Gruz, Susan Henley, Kerry Hoyt, Louis Ortiz, Richard Sarstedt, Pablo Soriano, John Alex Tampoya.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Impulse.

Released October 8, 2003.

Directed by David Livingston.

Written by Jonathan Fernandez, Terry Matalas, André Bormanis, Jonathan Fernandez.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Sean McGowan, Alexandrea Ortiz, Carol Abney, Geneviere Anderson, Jef Ayres, Steve Blalock, Daphney Damaraux, Ian Eyre, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, Scott Sterling Hill, Roy Joaquin, Amina Julianna, Mark Major, Tom Morga, Aric Rogokos, Ator Tamras.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Storm Front.

Released October 8, 2004.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Manny Coto.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Golden Brooks, Jack Gwaltney, John Fleck, Joe Maruzzo, Tom Wright, Matt Winston, Christopher Neame, Steve Schirripa, J. Paul Boehmer, John Harnagel, Sonny Surowiec, Alexandrea Ortiz, Mark Chadwick, Evan English, Henry Farnam, Duncan K. Fraser, Tanner Gill, Dieter Horneman, Mischa Pfister, Scott Sahadi, Ator Tamras.

 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry.

Released October 8, 2017.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Jesse Alexander, Aron Eli Coleite, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Kirsten 

Beyer, Sean Cochran, Kemp Powers.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast:

Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif/Javid Iqbal, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Yeoh, Jayne Brook, Mary Chieffo, Wilson Cruz, Kenneth Mitchell, Rekha Sharma, Dennis Andres, Emily Coutts, Jordana Blake, Julianne Grossman, Sara Mitich, Oyin Oladejo, Christopher Russell, Tasia Valenza, Avaah Blackwell.

On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2008)

Pushing Daisies
Season 2. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Circus, Circus.

Released October 8, 2008.

Directed by Lawrence Trilling.

Written by Peter Ocko.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Rachael Harris, Lee Arenberg, Diana Scarwid, Googy Gress, Theodore Zoumpoulidis, Sy Richardson, Michael Christian Alexander, Artie O’Daly, Nicole Greenwood, Loren Lazerine, Hayley McFarland, Mark Povinelli, Casey Weiant, Jerald Garner, Jackie Harris Greenberg, Ron Riekki. 

Louisa May Alcott, on books and reading:

 

I shall keep my book on the table here,
and read a little every morning as soon as I wake,
for I know it will do me good,
and help me through the day.
– Louisa May Alcott.

Recommended reading - Monte Walsh

 

Monte Walsh

by Jack Schaefer.

First published 1963.

Published by University of New Mexico Press.

Paperback

ISBN-10: 0826358578

ISBN-13: 978-0826358578

Description:

Originally published in 1963, Monte Walsh continues to delight readers as a Western classic and popular favorite. The novel explores the cowboy lives of Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins as they carouse, ride, and work at the Slash Y with Cal Brennan. As the West changes and their cowboy antics are challenged, the two must part ways to pursue new ways of life. Chet marries and goes on to become a successful merchant and then a politician, while Monte can only find solace in continuing the cowboy's way of life until the very end.

"Many consider Monte Walsh one of the best Westerns ever written." – True West.

Jack Schaefer was a journalist and writer known for his authentic and memorable characters set in the American West. Schaefer received the Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award in 1975 and the Saddleman Award in 1986 from the Western Writers of America. His popular Western novels include Shane (1949) and Monte Walsh (1963).

Born on this day – Robert Z. Leonard:

 

Robert Z. Leonard

Director

Actor

Producer

Writer

October 7, 1889 – August 27, 1968

Credits:

Kelly and Me (1956); Beautiful But Dangerous (1955); The King's Thief (1955); Her Twelve Men (1954); The Great Diamond Robbery (1954); The Clown (1953); Everything I Have Is Yours (1952); Too Young to Kiss (1951); Grounds for Marriage (1951); Duchess of Idaho (1950); Nancy Goes to Rio (1950); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); The Bribe (1949); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); Cynthia (1947); The Secret Heart (1946); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); The Man from Down Under (1943); Stand by for Action (1942); We Were Dancing (1942); When Ladies Meet (1941); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Third Finger, Left Hand (1940); Pride and Prejudice (1940); New Moon (1940); Broadway Serenade (1939); Sweethearts (1938); The Girl of the Golden West (1938); The Firefly (1937); Maytime (1937); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Small Town Girl (1936); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); Escapade (1935); Naughty Marietta (1935); After Office Hours (1935); Outcast Lady (1934); Dancing Lady (1933); When Ladies Meet (1933); Peg o' My Heart (1933); The Son-Daughter (1932); Strange Interlude (1932); Lovers Courageous (1932); Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931); Five and Ten (1931); It's a Wise Child (1931); The Bachelor Father (1931); Let Us Be Gay (1930); In Gay Madrid (1930); The Divorcee (1930); Marianne (1929); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); A Lady of Chance (1928); The Cardboard Lover (1928); Baby Mine (1928); Tea for Three (1927); Adam and Evil (1927); The Demi-Bride (1927); A Little Journey (1927); The Waning Sex (1926); Mademoiselle Modiste (1926); Dance Madness (1926); Bright Lights (1925); Time, the Comedian (1925); Cheaper to Marry (1925); Love's Wilderness (1924); Circe the Enchantress (1924); Mademoiselle Midnight (1924); Fashion Row (1923); The French Doll (1923); Jazzmania (1923); Broadway Rose (1922); Fascination (1922); Peacock Alley (1922); Heedless Moths (1921); The Gilded Lily (1921); The Restless Sex (1920); April Folly (1920); Stronger Than Death (1920); The Miracle of Love (1919); The Way of a Woman (1919); Big Little Person (1919); What Am I Bid? (1919); The Delicious Little Devil (1919); The Scarlet Shadow (1919); Danger, Go Slow (1918); Modern Love (1918); Her Body in Bond (1918); The Bride's Awakening (1918); Face Value (1917); Princess Virtue (1917); The Punishment (1917); At First Sight (1917); The Primrose Ring (1917); The Forest Nymph (1917); A Mormon Maid (1917); Please Be My Wife (1917); Racing Death (1917); The Human Flame (1917); On Record (1917); The Sin Unatoned (1917); Robinson Crusoe (1917); Life's Pendulum (1917); The Diamond Thieves (1917); The Eagle's Wings (1916); The Plow Girl (1916); The Evidence (1916); The Unfinished Case (1916); Little Eve Edgarton (1916); The Love Girl (1916); The Silent Man of Timber Gulch (1916); The Woman Who Followed Me (1916); The Crippled Hand (1916); The Winning of Miss Construe (1916); Yust from Sweden (1916); Secret Love (1916); The Silent Member (1916); The Boob's Victory (1916); Christmas Memories (1915); Idols of Clay (1915); Judge Not; or the Woman of Mona Diggings (1915); Both Sides of Life (1915); The Little Blonde in Black (1915); Heritage (1915); Betty's Dream Hero (1915); A Boob's Romance (1915); The Silent Command (1915); Shattered Memories (1915); Mavis of the Glen (1915); The Master Key (1914); The Boob's Legacy (1914); The Mistress of Deadwood Basin (1914); The Boob's Nemesis (1914); For the Secret Service (1914); The Bowl of Roses (1914); When Fate Disposes (1914); The House Discordant (1914); The Sherlock Boob (1914); A Law Unto Himself (1914); Swede Larson (1914); Shadowed Lives (1914); A Boob There Was (1914); A Man, a Girl and Another Man (1914); Mountain Law (1914); A Boob Incognito (1914); The Ruby Circle (1914); In the Eye of the Law (1914); The Senator's Bill (1914); For the Family Honor (1914); The Boob's Honeymoon (1914); A Race with Death (1914); The Fourth Proposal (1914); From Father to Son (1914); The Mud Bath Elopement (1914); Michael Arnold and Doctor Lynn (1914); The Diamond Makers (1913); Sally Scraggs: Housemaid (1913); When the Prince Arrived (1913); A Woman's Folly (1913).

Born on this day – Del Lord:

Del Lord

Director

October 7, 1894 – March 23, 1970