Babylon 5, Gorgo, Blakes 7, Doctor Who, Bluto, Hoppity Hooper, Groovie Goolies, Josie and the Pussycats.

In 1932 Bluto first appeared in Thimble Theatres. It hasn't been the same since for Popeye.


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Birthdays

Mary Kay Adams, actress, Woman in Crawford's Office - The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), Na'Toth - Babylon 5 (22 episodes, 1994-1995), Alicia Bainbridge - Dark Skies (1 episode, "Moving Targets", 1996), Grilka - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, 1994-1996).

Barry Keegan 1922, actor, 'Lefty' Blake - Satellite in the Sky (1956), Mate - Gorgo (1961).

Ace Backwords 1956, cartoonist, Backwords published a punk rock tabloid from 1982 to 1984 featuring interviews with Johnny Rotten, Jello Biafra, Henry Rollins, Charles Bukowski, R. Crumb, and Charles Schulz. A collection of his comics, Twisted Image, was published by Loompanics in 1991. In 2001 Loompanics published a non-fiction book by Backwords, a sort of how-to guide for street bums titled Surviving on the Streets: How To Go Down Without Going Out.

Christopher Neame 1947, actor, Colonel Quute - Blake 7 (1 episode, "Traitor", 1981), Deville - The Adventures of Superboy (1 episode, "Carnival", 1990), Brian Gideon - The Flash (1 episode, "Sight Unseen", 1991), Skagra - Doctor Who: Shada (1992) (V), Fearless Leader - Boris and Natasha (1992), Deguerre - Human Target (1 episode, "Designed by Chance", 1992), Knight Two - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "And the Sky Full of Stars", 1994), Unferth - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Heroes and Demons", 1995), Dr. Franklin Bennett - Earth 2 (1 episode, "All About Eve", 1995), Dr. Manfred Xang - Sliders (1 episode, "Into the Mystic", 1996), KGB Captain - Seven Days (1 episode, "There's Something About Olga", 1999), Dr. Henrick - The Invisible Man (1 episode, "Immaterial Girl", 2001), German General - Star Trek: Enterprise (2 episodes, 2004), Dr. Nicholas Turner - Species III (2004) (V).

Rosemary Morgan 1983, actress, Piri - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "The Chute", 1996).

Events

1932, Bluto first appears as a character in Segar's Thimble Theatre.

1959, The Man and the Challenge begins on NBC.

1964, Hoppity Hooper airs on ABC.

1967, First day of filming on TOS: "Bread and Circuses".

1970, Groovie Goolies airs on CBS.

1970, Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down airs on ABC.

1970, Harlem Globetrotters airs on CBS.

1970, Josie and the Pussycats airs on CBS.

1977, Fred Flintstone and Friends airs.

1988, The New Yogi Bear Show airs.

1992, The CBS TV network airs the first show of Disney's The Little Mermaid, entitled Whale of a Tail.

1992, The CBS TV network begins airing the animated TV series Raw Toonage.

1993, Lois and Clark: The New Adv. Of Superman begins starring Dean Cain as Superman and Terri Hatcher as Lois Lane.

1993, SeaQuest DSV airs on NBC.