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

Johnny Staccato
Season 1. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: The Wild Reed.

Released December 3, 1959.

Directed by Boris Sagal.

Written by Richard Carr.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Harry Guardino, Olive Deering, J. Pat O'Malley, Joseph Sargent, Guy Remsen, Len Lesser, Carl Christie, Barbara Dodd, Harry Raven.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Enterprise, Discovery (2004, 2020)

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Kir'Shara.

Released December 3, 2004.

Directed by David Livingston.

Written by Michael/Mike Sussman.

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 Kevin Kiner, Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Robert Foxworth, Jeffrey Combs, John Rubinstein, Gary Graham, Michael Reilly Burke, Kara Zediker, Todd Stashwick, Jack Donner, Melodee Spevack, Alexandrea Ortiz, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, Dieter Horneman, Melissa O'Keeffe, Louis Ortiz, Jeff Smolek, Tim Storms.

 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 3. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: The Sanctuary.

Released December 3, 2020.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Kenneth Lin, Brandon Schultz, Sean Cochran, Anthony Maranville, Chris Silvestri.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast:

Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, David Ajala, Michelle Yeoh, Oded Fehr, Noah Averbach-Katz, Blu del Barrio, Ache Hernandez, Janet Kidder, Ian Lake, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Ross Carter, Raven Dauda, Luca Doulgeris, Fabio Tassone, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Jhaleil Swaby, Avaah Blackwell, Ava MacKinnon, Ronald Tang.

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

Pushing Daisies
Season 2. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Comfort Food.

Released December 3, 2008.

Directed by Peter Lauer.

Written by Douglas Petrie.

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, Josh Randall, Tim Bagley, Patrick Fischler, Beth Grant, Eric Stonestreet, Stephen Root, Daeg Faerch, Hugh Holub, Nicolas Khayyat, Joleen Lutz, Priscilla Leona Horne, Julie McKinnon, Peter Voytko.

On this day in music history - The album Home, by Michele McLaughlin (2021)

Home

by Michele McLaughlin

was released on December 3, 2021.

Track list:

A New Dream; Home; In Perfect Harmony; Joyful Mornings; Welcome; Taking Root; Hidden Acre; If These Walls Could Talk; Together Again; Anticipation; Contentment; This Beautiful Life.

On this day in music history - Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin, performed by Ann and Nancy Wilson of the band Heart (2012)

Stairway to Heaven

by Led Zeppelin

performed by Ann and Nancy Wilson of the band Heart - December 2, 2012.

The song Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin, was performed by Ann and Nancy Wilson of the band Heart, with a full orchestra backing, for the Live at Kennedy Center Honors event, held at the Kennedy Center Opera House, on December 2, 2012.

Incredible!

Guitar: Shane Fontayne.
Drums: Jason Bonham.

Ray Bradbury, on imagination:

Love what you do and do what you love.

Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it.

You do what you want, what you love.

Imagination should be the center of your life.

– Ray Bradbury.

Recommended reading - Whose Life Is It Anyway?

 

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Play by Brian Clark.
 
Published 1979.
Paperback
Published by Cornelsen.

ISBN 13: 9783454665902
ISBN 10: 3454665906
ASIN: 3454665906
 
Description:
 

Ken Harrison, is a successful sculptor with a beautiful girlfriend and everything to live for until a car wreck leaves him paralyzed for life, with no hope of physical recovery. When this charming, witty, angry young man chooses to die his doctors and nurses are determined that he must continue to live.