Murphy Brown Premiered on CBS
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Fun Comedy Facts!
(Grammy Awards For Best Comedy Album)
1980 - Robin Williams
Reality...What a Concept
1981 - Rodney Dangerfield
No Respect
1982 - Richard Pryor
Rev. Du Rite
1983 - Richard Pryor
Live on the Sunset Strip
1984 - Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy: Comedian
1985 - "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Eat It"
1986 - Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg (Broadway Show)
1987 - Bill Cosby
Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand
1988 - Robin Williams
A Night at the Met
1989 - Robin Williams
Good Morning, Vietnam
1988 - Murphy Brown Premiered on CBS
* Ran 11 Seasons with 260 Episodes
Won an Emmy Award For Best Comedy in 1990 & 1992
Candace Bergman Won 5 Emmy Awards For Best Actress in a Comedy Series For Her Role as Murphy Brown
Fun Fact!
Candace Bergman Shares the Most Wins For Best Actress in a Comedy Series With Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Mary Tyler Moore
On November 14, 1970 the Marshall University Football Teams Plane Crashed Into the Mountain in West Virginia
Boogeyman
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Marshall Plane Crash
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1980 - Raging Bull
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci
Budget: $18 Million
Box Office $23.4 Million
De Niro Won an Academy Award For Best Actor
1980 - The Boogeyman
Director: Ulli Lommel
Starring: Suzanna Love, John Carradine and Ron James
Budget: $300,000
Box Office: $25 Million
1980 - Alligator
Director: Lewis Teague
Starring: Robert Forster, Robin Riker and Michael V. Gazzo
Budget: $1.7 Million
Box Office: $6.4 Million
1980 - The Idolmaker
Director: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Ray Sharkey, Peter Gallagher, Joe Pantoliano, Tovah Feldshuh and Olympia Dukakis
Budget: N/A
Box Office: N/A
1985 - Smooth Talk
Director: Joyce Chopra
Starring: Lauren Dern and Treat Williams
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $16,000
1986 - Hoosiers
Director: David Anspaugh
Starring: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Sheb Wooley, Maris Valainis, Brad Long, Steve Hollar and Dennis Hopper
Budget: $6 Million
Box Office: $28.6 Million
1986 - Streets of Gold
Director: Joe Roth
Starring: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Adrian Pasdar, Angela Molina, Elya Baskin, Rainbow Harvest, Dan O'Shea, John Mahoney and Wesley Snipes
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $2.5 Million
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1981 - Bernadette Peters hosted Saturday Night Live
Musical Guests: The Go-Go’s and Billy Joel
1982 - Blue and the Gray (miniseries) premiered on CBS
1985 - Shadow Chasers premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
1987 - Robert Mitchum hosted Saturday Night Live
Musical Guest: Simply Red
1988 - Murphy Brown premiered on CBS
Seasons: 11
Episodes: 260
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1980 - Strong Arm of the Law
Saxon (3rd Album)
* Reached #11 in the UK
1981 - Raise!
Earth, Wind & Fire (11th Album)
Billboard Charts: #5
* Hit #1 in R&B
Featuring “Let’s Groove”
1983 - Touch
Eurythmics (3rd Album)
Billboard Charts: #7
* Hit #1 in the UK and New Zealand
1983 - Beauty Stab
ABC (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #69
1983 - Believer
Chic (7th Album)
1988 - All or Nothing
Milli Vanilli (Debut Album)
Billboard Charts: #37
* Hit #1 in New Zealand
Featuring “Girl You Know It’s True”
1989 - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Ministry (4th Album)
Billboard Charts: #163
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1989 - San Diego Padres Pitcher, Mark Davis Won the National League Cy Young Award
Runner Up: Mike Scott (Astros)
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Other Notable Dates
(On November 14th)
1960 - Ruby Bridges Became the First Black Child to Attend an All-White Elementary School in Louisiana
1970 - Almost All of the Marshall University Football Team Was Killed In a Plane Accident
* The Teams Flight Crashed Into the Mountain in West Virginia (Southern Airways Flight 932)
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On November 14, 1980 The Boogeyman Premiered in Theaters
Headlines
(November 14th)
1980 - Raging Bull Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci
Robert DeNiro Won an Academy Award For Best Actor For His Role as Professional Boxer, Jake Lamotta
#1 Songs in America
(November 14th)
1980 - "Woman in Love"
Barbra Streisand
10/24 - 11/14
1981 - "Private Eyes"
Daryl Hall and John Oates
11/7 - 11/20
1982 - "Up Where We Belong"
Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
11/6 - 11/26
1983 - "All Night Long"
Lionel Richie
11/12 - 12/9
1984 - "Caribbean Queen"
Billy Ocean
11/3 - 11/16
1985 - "Miami Vice Theme"
Jan Hammer
11/9 - 11/15
1986 - "Amanda"
Boston
11/8 - 11/21
1987 - "I Think We're Alone Now"
Tiffany
11/7 - 11/20
1988 - "Wild Wild West"
The Escape Club
11/12 - 11/18
1989 - "When I See You Smile"
Bad english
11/11 - 11/24
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November 14th in 80s History
1986 - Hoosiers Starring Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Gene Hackman
Based On the 1954 Basketball Season of Milan High School in Indiana
On November 14, 1960 Ruby Bridges Became the First Black Child to Attend an All-White Elementary School in Louisiana
First Black Student
Happy 80s Birthdays
1944 - Mike Katz (Bodybuilder)
Birthplace: New Haven, CT
1948 - Prince Charles of Wales
Birthplace: London, England
1949 - James Young (Guitarist) Styx
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
1949 - Gary Grubbs (Actor) Character Actor
Birthplace: Amory, MS
1952 - Maggie Roswell (Voice Actress) The Simpsons
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
1955 - Jack Sickma (Basketball)
Birthplace: Kankakee, IL
1961 - D. B. Sweeney (Actor) Eight Men Out “Shoeless Joe”
Birthplace: Shoreham, NY
1962 - Laura San Giacomo (Actress) Sex, Lies, and Videotapes
Birthplace: West Orange, NJ
1964 - Joseph “Run” Simmons (Rapper) Run-D.M.C.
Birthplace: Queens, NY
1966 - Jeanette Jurado (Singer) Exposé
Birthplace: Pico Rivera, CA
1974 - David Moscow (Actor) Big (Young Josh)
Birthplace: The Bronx, NY
Fun Fact!
D.B. Sweeney is in the 2000 Video Game Disney’s Dinosaur as Aladar
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Other Notable Birthdays
McLean Stevenson
November 14, 1927 - February 15, 1996
Birthplace: Normal, IL
Passed Away at Age 68 from a Heart Attack
Played Lt. Henry Blake on the TV Series, M*A*S*H
Frankie Banali (Drummer)
November 14, 1951 - August 20, 2020
Birthplace: Queens, NY
Passed Away at Age 68 From Pancreatic Cancer
The Drummer For Quiet Riot
Willie Hernandez (Baseball)
November 14, 1954 - November 20, 2023
Birthplace: Aguada, Puerto Rico
Passed Away at Age 69 (Unknown Cause)
The First Relief Pitcher to Win the Cy Young and the MVP Award in the Same Season
* Also Closed Out the 1984 World Series
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Gene Anthony Ray (Actor and Dancer)
May 24, 1962 - November 14, 2003
Birthplace: Harlem, NY
Passed Away at Age 41 From a Stroke (Diagnosed with HIV in 1996)
Played Leroy in Fame in the 1980 Film, Fame
Tom Villard (Actor)
November 19, 1953 - November 14, 1994
Birthplace: Waipahu, Hawaii
Passed Away at Age 40 From AIDS-Related Pneumonia
Played Jay in the 80s TV Show, We Got it Made
* Also Played T-Bird Willie in Grease 2
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1988 - Milli Vanilli Released Their Debut Album, All or Nothing
* Featuring “Girl You Know It’s True”