Saturday, May 2, 2026

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958)

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 32.

Episode entitled: The Healer.

Released May 2, 1958.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield.

Written by Lawrence Menkin.

Music by Stanley Wilson.


Cast:
Lee Marvin, Gloria Talbott, Paul Newlan, Robert Carson, Sarah Selby, Paula Hill, Dayton Lummis.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager, Discovery:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)
Star Trek: Voyager (2001)
Star Trek: Discovery (2024)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 5. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Imaginary Friend.

Released May 2, 1992.

Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont.

Written by Edithe Swensen, Brannon Braga, Jean Louise Matthias, Ronald Wilkerson, Richard Fliegel, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Noley Thornton, Shay Astar, Jeff Allin, Brian Bonsall, Patti Yasutake, Sheila Franklin, Whoopi Goldberg, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Michael Braveheart, John Copage, Debbie David, Lanier Edwards, Melba Gonzalez, Eben Ham, Melanie Hathorn, Christi Haydon, Gary Hunter, Arvo Katajisto, Mark Lentry, Holly McBee, Lorine Mendell, Christina Wegler Miles, Keith Rayve, Gina Saadi, Richard Sarstedt, Victor Sein, Mikki Val.
 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 7. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: Natural Law.

Released May 2, 2001.

Directed by Terry Windell.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by James Kahn, Kenneth Biller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Paul Sandman, Autumn Reeser, Robert Curtis Brown, Neil C. Vipond, Ivar Brogger, Matt McKenzie, Brooke Benko, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Dieter Horneman, Timothy McGrath, Stephen Pisani, Pablo Soriano, Michael Sutherland.
 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 5. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Whistlespeak.

Released May 2, 2024.

Directed by Christopher J. Byrne.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Kenneth Lin, Brandon Schultz, Lauren Wilkinson, Carlos Cisco, Eric J. Robbins.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Callum Keith Rennie, David Ajala, David Cronenberg, Annabelle Wallis, Alfredo Narciso, June Laporte, Marium Carvell, Maria del Mar, Orville Cummings, Natalie Liconti, Christina Dixon, Molly Lewis, Shelley Owens.


On this day in music history - Resurrection, by Anastacia (2014)


Resurrection


by Anastacia

May 2, 2014.

Track list:

Staring at the Sun; Lifeline; Stupid Little Things; I Don’t Want to Be the One; Evolution; Pendulum; Stay; Dark White Girl; Apology; Broken Wings.

Friday, May 1, 2026

Mabel Seeley, on writing:

 

The only time I'm pleased with myself is when I'm exhausted and shaking from having written too much.
– Mabel Seeley.

Born on this day – Leila Hyams:

 

Leila Hyams


Actress

Vaudevillian

May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977

Credits:

$1000 a Minute (1935); A Girl in Every Port (1928); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Dancing Mothers (1926); First Aid (1943); Freaks (1932); Gentleman's Fate (1931); Honor Bound (1928); Horse Play (1933); Hurricane (1929); Island of Lost Souls (1932); Land of the Silver Fox (1928); Masquerade (1929); May I Come In (1930); Men Call It Love (1931); New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1931); No Ransom (1934); One-Round Hogan (1927); People Will Talk (1935); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Sandra (1924); Saturday's Millions (1933); Schlitzie: One of Us; Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Spite Marriage (1929); Stepping Out (1931); Summer Bachelors (1926); Surrender (1931); Sweethearts and Wives (1930); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big House (1930); The Bishop Murder Case (1929); The Branded Sombrero (1928); The Brute (1927); The Bush Leaguer (1927); The Christmas Party (1931); The Constant Woman (1933); The Crimson City (1928); The Far Call (1929); The Flirting Widow (1930); The Girl Said No (1930); The Idle Rich (1929); The Kick-Off (1926); The Phantom of Paris (1931); The Poor Rich (1934); The Sins of the Children (1930); The Thirteenth Chair (1929); The Wizard (1927); Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema (2004); Way for a Sailor (1930); Way Out West (1930); White Pants Willie (1927); Wonder of Women (1929); Yellow Dust (1936).

Born on this day – Maurice Noble:


Maurice Noble


Cartoonist

Animator

Director

May 1, 1911 – May 18, 2001

Credits:

90 Day Wondering (1956); A Lecture on Camouflage (1944); A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961); A Sheep in the Deep (1962); About Time (1962); Advance and Be Mechanized (1967); Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962); Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life (1965); Ali Baba Bunny (1957); Ant Pasted (1953); Apes of Wrath (1959); Bad Day at Cat Rock (1965); Bambi (1942); Baton Bunny (1959); Beep Prepared (1961); Behind the Tunes: Crash! Bang! Boom! - The Wild Sounds of Treg Brown (2004); Behind the Tunes: The Art of the Gag (2006); Behind the Tunes: The Charm of Stink - On the Scent of Pepe le Pew (2005); Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin (2005); Behind the Tunes: Twilight in Tunes - The Music of Raymond Scott (2006); Ben and Me (1953); Bewitched Bunny (1954); Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (2007); Boyhood Daze (1957); Bugs Bunny in Space (1977); Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time (1999); Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982); Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers (1979); Bugs Bunny's Holiday Diet (1979); Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1977); Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes (1991); Bugs Bunny's Silly Seals (1997); Bully for Bugs (1953); Cannery Rodent (1967); Carmelo (2000); Cartoon Alley (2005); Cat and Dupli-cat (1967); Cat Feud (1958); Catty-Cornered (1966); Chariots of Fur (1994); Chuck Amuck: The Movie (1991); Claws for Alarm (1954); Compressed Hare (1961); Cow and Chicken (1997); Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983); Daffy Duck's Quackbusters / Segments: Claws for Alarm; Punch Trunk (1988); Daffy Duck's Quackbusters / Segments: Transylvania 6-5000; The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1988); Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980); Dangerous When Wet (1953); Darkwing Duck (1991); Day of the Tentacle (1993); Deduce, You Say (1956); Dr. Seuss on the Loose (1973); Drafty, Isn't It? (1957); Duck Amuck (1953); Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century (1980); Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953); Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953); Duel Personality (1966); Dumbo (1941); Earthworm Jim (1995); Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999); Elmer Elephant (1936); Fantasia (1940); Father of the Bird (1997); Feline Frame-Up (1954); Ferdinand the Bull (1938); Filet Meow (1966); Forward March Hare (1953); Freeze Frame (1979); From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1953); From Hare to Eternity (1997); Gas (1944); Gateways to the Mind (1958); Go Fly a Kit (1957); Gotham Girls (2000); Great Performances (2000); Guided Mouse-Ille (1967); Guided Muscle (1955); Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990); Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963); Hare-Less Wolf (1958); Haunted Mouse (1965); Hell-Bent for Election (1958); High Note (1960); Hip Hip-Hurry! (1958); Hopalong Casualty (1960); Horizons of Hope (1954); Horton Hears a Who! (1970); How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966); Hyde and Go Tweet (1960); I Was a Teenage Thumb (1963); I'm Just Wild About Jerry (1965); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? (1964); It's Everybody's Business (1954); It's Murder She Says... (1945); Jackie Chan Adventures (2000); Jackie Chan Adventures: Rely on Relics (2006); Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary (1966); Jerry-Go-Round (1966); Jumpin' Jupiter (1955); Jungle Boy (1996); Kiss Me Cat (1953); Lickety-Splat (1961); Lobo (2000); Lobo: Jukebox of Pain (2000); Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal (2007); Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor (2008); Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck (2007); Louvre Come Back to Me! (1962); Love Me, Love My Mouse (1966); Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1953); Mad as a Mars Hare (1963); Martian Through Georgia (1962); Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth (1998); Marvin the Martian: Space Tunes (1998); Merbabies (1938); Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (1990); Mother Pluto (1936); Much Ado About Mousing (1964); Much Ado About Nutting (1953); My Little Duckaroo (1954); Nelly's Folly (1961); No 73 (1986); No Barking (1954); Now Hear This (1962); Of Feline Bondage (1965); Off to See the Wizard (1967–1968); Oliver & Company (1988); Omnibus (2001); Operation Snafu (1945); O-Solar-Meow (1967); Pent-House Mouse (1963); Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit (2002); Pinocchio (1940); Plastic Man in 'Puddle Trouble' (2006); Pullet Surprise (1997); Punch Trunk (1953); Purr-Chance to Dream (1967); Puss 'N' Boats (1966); Rabbit of Seville (1950); Rabbit Seasoning (1952); Ready, Woolen and Able (1960); Ready.. Set.. Zoom! (1955); Rhapsody of Steel (1959); Roadrunner a Go-Go (1965); Robin Hood Daffy (1958); Rock 'n' Rodent (1967); Samurai Jack (2001); Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie (2001); Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku (2004); Scrambled Aches (1957); Sheep Ahoy (1954); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937); Snowbody Loves Me (1964); Steal Wool (1957); Stop! Look! And Hasten! (1954); Stork Naked (1955); Surf-Bored Cat (1967); Teacher's Pet (2004); Teacher's Pet: Food Fight (2002); Teacher's Pet: Thrash Canned (2002); That's Warner Bros.! (1995); The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961); The A-Tom-inable Snowman (1966); The A-Tom-inable Snowman (1966); The Bear That Wasn't (1967); The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off (1965); The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986–1992); The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980); The Bugs Bunny Show (1960–1971); The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour (1985–1986); The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (1978–1985); The Bugs n' Daffy Show (1996–1999); The Cat Above and the Mouse Below (1964); The Cat in the Hat (1971); The Cats Bah (1954); The Cat's Me-Ouch (1965); The Count of Monte Cristo (1997); The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965); The Dragon Slayer (1956); The Golden Touch (1935); The Good Egg (1945); The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2003); The Iceman Ducketh (1964); The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964); The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame (1991); The Lorax (1972); The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992); The Mask (1995); The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. (1967); The Mouse on 57th Street (1961); The Phantom Tollbooth (1970); The Pink Panther (1969); The Plucky Duck Show (1992); The Powerpuff Girls (1998); The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002); The PowerPuff Girls: Relish Rampage (2002); The Pumpkin of Nyefar (2004); The Road Runner Show (1966–1973); The Tick (1994); The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse (1964); The Year of the Mouse (1965); This Is a Life? (1955); Three Little Bops (1957); Three Little Wolves (1936); Timber Wolf (2001); Tiny Toon Adventures / Segment: Duck Dodgers Jr. (1991); To Beep or Not to Beep (1963); To Hare Is Human (1956); To Itch His Own (1958); Tom and Jerry's Magical Misadventures (2013); Tom-ic Energy (1965); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Touché and Go (1957); Transylvania 6-5000 (1963); Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000); Two Scent's Worth (1955); Ugly Duckling (1939); War and Pieces (1964); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures (1985); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues... (1985); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers (1985); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales (1985); What's Opera, Doc? (1957); Who Scent You? (1960); Whoa, Be-Gone! (1958); Wild Over You (1953); Woolen Under Where (1963); Zip Zip Hooray! (1965); Zipping Along (1953); Zoom and Bored (1957); Zoom at the Top (1962).

Born on this day – Glenn Ford:

 

Glenn Ford


Actor

May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006