LIVE from the MotherShip! The FReeper Canteen~Most Excellent Adventures in TV Land~Feb. 3, 2006

TIME TRAVEL
ARE YOU READY? The Canteen is about to embark on another journey back in time.
If you're brave enough, climb aboard, no ticket required……we're about to take off.
Come on, hop in, watch your step ...... The controls are set.
Buckle up. Now don't be afraid....I know how to fly this thing.......Here we goooooooooo.......LIFT OFF……..
WHOOOOOOSHHHHHHHH
Landing with a gentle thump. Here we are - Let me turn on the television to see what is on.
Do any of you remember these shows?
Green Acres
September 1965- September 1971 – CBS
Color - 30 minutes
380 episodes

Green Acres Cast
Eddie Albert as Oliver Wendell Douglas
Eva Gabor as Lisa Douglas
Pat Buttram as Mr. Eustace Haney
Frank Cady as Sam Drucker
Hank Patterson as Fred Ziffel
Barbara Pepper as Doris Ziffel (1965-1969)
Fran Ryan as Doris Ziffel (1969-1970)
Alvy Moore as Hank Kimbal
Tom Lester as Eb Dawson
Sid Melton as Alf Monroe (1966-69)
Mary Grace Canfield as Ralph Monroe (1966-71)
Arnold the Piggy as Arnold Ziffel
Green Acres Theme Song
Green acres is the place to be
Farm living is the life for me
Land spreading out,
so far and wide
Keep Manhattan,
just give me that countryside.
New York
is where I'd rather stay
I get allergic smelling hay
I just adore a penthouse view
Darling, I love you,
but give me Park Avenue.
The Chores....The Stores
Fresh air.... Times Square
You are my wife. Goodbye city life.
Green Acres, we are there!
Green Acres Tidbits
Green Acres was the spin off of the popular rural comedy Petticoat Junction. Both series took place in Hooterville.
In Green Acres, Oliver Wendell Douglas was a successful New York lawyer, who decided to get close to nature and buy a 160-acre run down farm in the Hooterville farming community. Along with him, came his extravagant wife, Lisa, who wanted nothing to do with farm life, she preferred living in New York. However, she slowly grew to love life on the farm yet she still wore fancy outfits that she used to wear in New York. Lisa loved the people of Hootersville, as she called it. But Oliver didn't like the people.
Eb Dawson was the farm handyman and Fred and Doris Ziffel were neighbors. The Ziffels were the proud parents of Arnold Ziffel, a prized pig who appeared frequently and seemed to have an attitude all his own. Frank Cady portrayed Sam Drucker who ran the General Store and appeared on both Green Acres and Petticoat Junction. Pat Buttram portrayed Mr. Haney, the con artist who sold the Douglases their farm.
Passings
Eva Gabor died in 1995, Bea Benaderet died in 1968, Jack “Alvy” Moore died in 1997, Elmer “Hank” Patterson died in 1975, Barbara Pepper (Enfield) died in 1969, and Pat Buttram (?)
Bewitched
9/17/1964 - 7/1/1972 - ABC
Black & White/Color - (1964-1966 -B&W) (1966-1972 - Color) - 30 minutes
254 episodes
Bewitched Cast

Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens/Serena
Dick York as Darrin Stephens (1964-69)
Dick Sargent as Darrin Stephens (1969-72)
Agnes Moorehead as Endora
David White as Larry Tate
Erin Murphy as Tabitha Stephens (1967-1972)
Diane Murphy asTabatha Stephens (1966-1972)
David and Greg Lawrence as Adam Stephens (1971-1972)
Irene Vernon as Louise Tate (1964-1966)
Kasey Rogers as Louise Tate (1966-1972)
George Tobias as Abner Kravitz
Alice Pearce as Gladys Kravitz (1964-66)
Sandra Gould as Gladys Kravitz (1966-1972)
Marion Lorne as Aunt Clara (1964-68)
Paul Lynde as Uncle Arthur (1965-1972)
Maurice Evans as Maurice
Bewitched Theme Song

"Bewitched (Main)" by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller
Bewitched Tidbits
A delightful if improbable scenario sets the lovely good witch Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) married to a mere mortal, a regular fella who worked for the ad agency McCann and Tate.To maintain domestic tranquility, she agrees to avoid the practice of magic. Easier said than done. That nose was always just a twitch away from trouble.
Perhaps Bewitched is best known for the tale of the two Darrins. Dick York, Darrin Number 1, was replaced by Dick Sargent as Darrin Number 2. Without so much of a word of explanation.
Dick York had been seriously injured while filming "They Came to Cordura" in 1959.The pain persisted into the Bewitched days. In 1969 he was written out of fourteen episodes to accomodate his infirmity. When he tried to return to the show, he suffered a seizure on the set and went off to the hospital. Never to return to the show.
That wasn't the only replacement. To wit:
Successive sets of twins were cast as Tabitha.
Alice Pearce (Gladys Kravitz) died in 1966 and so was replaced by Sandra Gould.
Darrin had two Dad's, Robert Simon and Roy Roberts.
Sam' s Aunt Hagatha was played by both Ysabel MacCloskey and Reta Shaw.
Darrin's secretary was played by four different actresses. A record even for Bewitched.
Ah, and the nearly silent partner in the ad agency, Howard McCann, who only apppeared twice, was played by two different actors - by Leon Ames and Gilbert Roland.
Elizabeth Montgomery was actor Robert Montgomery's daughter; she divorced actor Gig Young in 1963 to marry the show's director William Asher (I Love Lucy, Alice, Dukes of Hazzard), whom she divorced in 1973. In 1995 she married actor Robert Foxworth.
Passings
Sadly, all of the adult major players are dead. Agnes Moorehead died in 1974 of lung cancer, David White in 1990 of a heart attack, Dick York in 1992 of emphysema, Dick Sargent in 1994 of prostate cancer, and Elizabeth Montgomery died in 1995 of colorectal cancer.

That's the end of the ride for today. Please watch your step on exiting the time machine. Now that I've shown you a few, how about you share something from your memory. Or, if one of these were your favorite show then, share a memory of the best episode for you.
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On This day in history

Birthdates which occurred on February 03:
1368 Charles VI King of France (1380-1422)
1805 Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel premier Prussia
1807 Joseph E Johnston General (Commander army of Tennessee)
1809 Felix Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream).
1811 Horace Greeley editor ("Go west, young man")
1817 Samuel Ryan Curtis Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
1820 Elisha Kent Kane US arctic explorer (Kane Basin off NW Greenland)
http://www.ekkane.org/Biographies/BioKane.htm
1821 Elizabeth Blackwell Bristol England, 1st woman physician
1823 Spencer F Baird US biologist (Wood's Hole Station)
1824 George Thomas "Tige" Anderson Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
http://www.civilwarweb.com/articles/09-99/tige.htm
1824 Nathan George "Shanks" Evans Brigadier General (Confederacy), died in 1868
1831 Cyrus Ballou Comstock Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1874 Gertrude Stein Pennsylvania, author (Autobiography of Alice B Toklas)
1883 Clarence Mulford Illinois, western writer (Hopalong Cassidy)
1890 Heinrich Barth Swiss philosopher (Problem des Bösen)
1894 Norman Rockwell US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)
1904 Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd (Oklahoma knew him well)
http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters/prettyboy/
1907 James A Michener New York NY, writer (Tales of the South Pacific, Centennial, Chesapeake, Hawaii, Space)
1918 Joey Bishop [Gottlieb], Bronx, comedian/talk show host (Joey Bishop Show)
1922 Jean-Pierre Rampal flutist (Italian Flute Concertos)
1926 Arthur Arfons auto racer/designer (Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH)
1926 Shelley Berman Chicago IL, actor/comedian (Son of the Blob, Love American Style)
1935 Johnny "Guitar" Watson rock guitarist
1940 Fran Tarkenton Richmond VA, NFL quarterback (New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings)
1945 Bob Griese NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, 1971 Player of Year)
1947 Dave Davies London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks-Lola)
1950 Morgan Fairchild [Patsy McClenny], Dallas TX, actress (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road)
1958 Joe Frank Edwards Jr Richmond VA, Commander USN/astronaut (STS 89)

Deaths which occurred on February 03:
0474 Leo I Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies
1399 John of Gaunt duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & León, dies at 58
1451 Murad II sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies
1558 Alfonsus de Castro Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies
1832 George Crabbe English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77
1889 Belle Starr (Myra Maybelle Shirley) US female gangster, murdered at 40
http://www.frontiertimes.com/outlaws/belle_starr.html
1909 Johann Georg Herzog composer, dies at 86
1924 Woodrow Wilson 28th President (1913-21), dies at his home in Washington at 67
1945 Roland Freisler German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case), dies
1958 Henry Kuttner sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42

1959 The Big Bopper [Jiles Perry Richardson] rocker (Chantilly Lace), dies in a plane crash in Iowa at 28
1959 Buddy Holly rocker (That'll be the Day), dies in a plane crashi Iowa at 22
1959 Richie Valens rock vocalist (Donna, La Bamba), killed in plane crash in Iowa at 17

1989 John Cassavetes actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59
1991 Nancy Kulp actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69
1996 Audrey Meadows actress (Alice-Honeymooners), dies at 69
1997 William Geoffrey Biddle bomb disposal expert, dies at 79
1998 Karla Faye Tucker murderer, executed at 38

Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties

Iraq
03-Feb-2004 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US 2nd Lieutenant Seth J. Dvorin Iskandariyah (near) - Babil Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

03-Feb-2005 3 | US: 3 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Sergeant Stephen R. Sherman Mosul (south of) - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Sergeant 1st Class Sean Michael Cooley Babil Province (northern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lance Corporal Richard C. Clifton Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire

Afghanistan
02/03/05 Vianini, Bruno Commander 41 Italy Italian Defense General Staff Interforces Command, Special Operations Forces Non-hostile - airplane crash Between Herat to Kabul La Spezia

http://icasualties.org/oif/
Data research by Pat Kneisler
Designed and maintained by Michael White
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Go here and I'll stop nagging.
http://soldiersangels.org/heroes/index.php

On this day...
1160 Emperor Frederick Barbarossa hurtles prisoners, including children, at the Italian city of Crema, forcing its surrender.
1238 The Mongols take over Vladimir, Russia
1377 Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term
1377 Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy
1547 Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova
1576 Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris
1591 German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau
1690 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts)
1740 Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily
1743 Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants
1752 Dutch States-General forbid export of windmills
1783 Spain recognizes US independence
1809 Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin)
1815 World's 1st commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland
1836 Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany NY)
http://www.earlyrepublic.net/whigs.htm
http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/moa/browse.journals/amwh.html
1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional
1867 Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912)
1870 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed
1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods company, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, & football
1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo
1887 To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act
1894 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME
1899 -16º F, Minden LA (state record)
1908 Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act
1913 16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified
1916 Canada's original Parliament building, in Ottawa, burns down
1917 US liner Housatonic sunk by German sub & diplomatic relations severed
1919 League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris)
1919 Socialist conference convenes (Berne Switzerland)
1924 Alexei Ryko elected as President of People's commission (succeeds Lenin)
1930 William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons
1930 Vietnamese Communist Party forms
1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls the state the "apex of moronia"
1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage & Hour law, sets minimum wages & maximum hours
1942 1st Japanese air raid on Java
1942 Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942
1943 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others
1945 Walt Disney's "The 3 Caballeros" released
1945 Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin
(David Webster: [at a passing column of German prisoners] Hey, you! That's right, you stupid Kraut bastards. That's right. Say hello to Ford, and General f*ckin' Motors. You stupid fascist pigs. Look at you. You have horses. What were you thinking? Dragging our asses half way around the world, interrupting our lives. For what, you ignorant, servile scum.)
1947 -81ºF, Snag Yukon (North American record)
1950 Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges
1951 Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle
1953 J Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show
(J Fred has since been replaced by the perky one...this is several steps down the evolutionary ladder)
1957 Patty Berg win LPGA Havana Golf Open
1958 Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3
1959 The day he music died
1962 President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs
1964 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold
1965 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)
1965 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams
1966 1st soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
1967 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
1969 The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO
1973 Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone" enters Top 40 & peaks at #6
1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
1979 Minnesota Twin trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players
1979 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart
1980 Muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy
1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1982 Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR
1984 1st baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA
1987 San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
1989 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
1990 Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse races
1990 New York Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation..again..and again...and again
1993 Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments
1993 Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles CA
1994 President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam
1998 US military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20
2003 Phil Spector (62), rock-n-roll producer, was arrested in LA for murder after Lana Clarkson (40) was found dead in his mansion.
2004 Oregon voters rejected $800 million in tax increases setting up a new round of cuts in services. (Sun raises in the east, children laugh, people go to work,...)

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Japan : Bean throwing Festival/Setsubun (last day of lunar calendar winter)
Paraguay : Patron's Day/San Blas, patrón
Puerto Rico : Fiesta de San Blas, protector of harvest (316)
Switzerland : Homstrom-celebrates end of winter ( Sunday )
US : Crime Prevention Week (Day 4)
US : 4 Chaplains Memorial Day
US : Flush Toilet Day
US : Muffin Mania Week (All Hail the mighty MUFFIN)
Community College Month

Religious Observances
Roman Catholic : Memorial of St Blase, bishop of Sebaste, Armenia, martyr (opt)
Christian : Feast of St Laurentius, 2nd archbishop of Canterbury (604-619)
Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran : Memorial of Anskar, Hamburg archbishop, Denmark/Sweden

Religious History
1518 Pope Leo X imposed silence on the Augustinian monks.
1744 Colonial missionary to the American Indians David Brainerd explained in a tract: 'God designs that those whom He sanctifies...shall tarry awhile in this present evil world, that their own experience of temptations may teach them how great the deliverance is, which God has wrought for them.'
1864 In Columbus, Ohio, a fellowship of independent Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregational and United Brethren churches organized itself into a separate Protestant denomination known as the Christian Union.
1943 The Allied troopship S.S. Dorchester was torpedoed by a German sub and went down with a loss of 600 lives. As it sank, four chaplains gave up their lifejackets to shipmates, thereby also perishing in the icy waters. The bravery of Rev. Clark Poling (Dutch Reformed), Rev. George Lansing Fox (Methodist), Father John Washington (a Catholic priest) and Alexander David Goode (a Jewish rabbi) led Congress afterward to mark February 3rd as "Four Chaplains Day."
1985 In South Africa, Desmond Tutu, 53, became Johannesburg's first black Anglican bishop.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Thought for the day :
"The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who write know anything."
Walter Bagehot

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