1754, The first cartoon appeared in The Pennsylvania Gazette. The cartoon appeared as part of an editorial by Benjamin Franklin commenting on the disunited state of the British Colonies. The title of the featured cartoon is “JOIN or DIE,” and is a drawing of a snake, chopped into eight pieces, each labeled with the abbreviation for one of the colonies.
1860, Sir James Barrie, author of Peter Pan, was born. He died June 19th, 1937.
1913, the 17th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. The measure provided for the election of senators by popular vote rather than through selection by state legislatures.
1914, the first Mother’s Day was proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson.
1918, Mike Wallace (television journalist, 60 Minutes) was born today. He dies in 2012.
1961, Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton N. Minow famously called TV programming a “vast wasteland” in a speech to the National Association Of Broadcasters.
1991, William Kennedy Smith, the nephew of Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, was charged with the rape and assault of a woman at the Kennedy estate in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was later acquitted.
1999, furious demonstrators hurled rocks at the U.S. Embassy in China in protest of NATO’s accidental bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia.
Category: Entertainment
May 9
CBS
- SURVIVOR: ONE WORLD – A castaway betrays an alliance; a tribe member makes up a story to gain the upper hand.
- CRIMINAL MINDS – The team leads a class of college students through the nearly 20 year chase for a serial killer.
- CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION – (season finale) When three dead bodies turn up a few blocks from a campaign dinner, the team makes a shocking discovery.
- BETTY WHITE’S OFF THEIR ROCKERS – Senior citizens play pranks.
- ROCK CENTER WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS – Current events.
- LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT – Tutuola’s future son-in-law becomes the leatest victim in a series of hate crimes against gay men.
- AMERICAN IDOL – The finalists perform for the judges.
- THE MIDDLE – Brick finds a four leaf clover that seems to bring bad luck.
- SUBURGATORY – While Tessa tries to adjust to living with Eden, George takes issue with Eden’s parenting.
- MODERN FAMILY – When the family travels to Disneyland, Phil struggles to keep up with Luke; Claire is stunned when they run into Dylan.
- DON’T TRUST THE B—- IN APARTMENT 23 – After struggling to make ends meat, June comes up with a creative way to make extra money; James launches a line of super skinny jeans.
- REVENGE – Back in 2002, Amanda Clarke starts reading her father’s journals and begins staking out the Grayson’s home.
- AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL (repeat)
- AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL – The models must learn a fight sequence and act in a scene with Nicholas Tse.
BRAVO
- INTERIOR THERAPY WITH JEFF LEWIS – Jeff butts heads with a homeowner and might walk off the job.
- AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 PLATES – (series premiere) The journey begins in London, England where the 12 chefs take over a Gastropub and serve food to Nigella Lawson.
DAY TIME TALK SHOW
THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW – Carrie Underwood, Anna Kendrick
THE VIEW – Chrisstina Ricci, John Stossel
LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS
THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN (CBS) – Eva Longoria, Tom Dreesen, Florence and the Machine, Booker T. Jones
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO (NBC) – Garry Shandling, Alison Brie, the winner of The Voice
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE (ABC) – Steve Harvey, Dev Patel, Glenn Frey
THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON (CBS) – Jenna Fischer, Danny Huston
LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON (NBC) – Howard Stern, Brooklyn Decker, Giada De Laurentiis, Mich Taylor
LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY (NBC) – Chloe Grace Moretz, Yuna, Tennis
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART (COMEDY CENTRAL) – Dr. John R. Hall
THE COLBERT REPORT (COMEDY CENTRAL) – Anna Wintour
CONAN – Joel McHale, Nina Dobrev, Reggie Watts
May 9
ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO WELCOMES SON: Alessandra Ambrosio has given birth. The model announced that she and fiance Jamie Mazur welcomed their second child, a son, on Monday (May 7th). She wrote on Facebook, “Well, the day just arrived and we couldn’t be more happy!!! Noah Phoenix was born yesterday afternoon and already stole our hearts. Anja is a proud big sister now and we are so thankful he is with us.”
SECOND MAN ACCUSES JOHN TRAVOLTA OF SEXUAL BATTERY: A second man has been added to the sexual battery and harassment lawsuit against John Travolta. This masseur is also accusing the actor of improper behavior during a massage and Travolta’s lawyer denies this instance as well. Attorney Marty Singer said, “This second ‘anonymous’ claim is just as absurd and ridiculous as the first one. The attorney who filed the lawsuit on behalf of his second anonymous client, who does not want to disclose his name although he is required to do so, was notified that his first client’s claims were totally false and fabricated, since our client was not in L.A. when anonymous ‘Doe #1’ claims he interacted with John Travolta.”
JACK NICHOLSON’S DAUGHTER ARRESTED: Jack Nicholson’s 17-year-old daughter, Tessa Gourin was arrested for smoking marijuana in New York City last Friday (May 4th). The New York Post reported that Gourin only had a minimal amount of the drug on her, but was charged with criminal possession of marijuana and issued with a desk appearance ticket.
TERI HATCHER HATED BY CO-STARS? Teri Hatcher is an outcast on the set of Desperate Housewives. An apparent feud between the ladies was brought to light by a parting gift most of the ladies purchased for the crew. Celebuzz.com reported that Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman andVanessa Williams bought carryon luggage for the crew members with a card that read, “Just know that on all your future adventures you are carrying a little piece of our love and gratitude. Thank you for a magical 8 years. Eva, Marcia, Felicity and Vanessa.” A source told Celebuzz, “The girls don’t get along with Teri so they organized this and left her out.”
JESSICA CHASTAIN DROPS OUT OF ‘IRON MAN 3’: Jessica Chastain has backed out of Iron Man 3, citing her busy schedule as the reason. The actress, who had signed on to play a “sexy scientist” announced she’d be dropping out on Facebook. She wrote, “Sorry to say that Iron Man 3 isn’t going to work out. My schedule is jam-packed and I can’t fit anything else in. The press announced my possible attachment far too soon. know many of you wanted me to be involved, and I’m so sorry to disappoint you. Hopefully there’ll be another Marvel film in my future. Shane Black and everyone on the Iron Man 3 team are really wonderful. I’m very excited to see the film when it comes out.”WOODY ALLEN CREATING ROLE FOR LINDSAY? Lindsay Lohan might be Woody Allen’s latest muse. Although it was reported that no specific project was discussed when the two had dinner last weekend, X17Online.com claims that Woody wants to work with Lindsay. A source told the site, “Woody is feeling her [Lindsay] out by taking her out to dinner to get to know her. He’s considering building a character around her for an upcoming film.” Allen’s previous muses include Scarlett Johansson, who appeared in three films over three years and Diane Keaton, who starred in eight of his movies.
‘THE CLIENT LIST’ GETS A SECOND SEASON: Lifetime has renewed Jennifer Love Hewitt’s The Client List for a second season. The network president released a statement saying, “‘The Client List’ represents everything we want to be — fresh, exciting and original with attitude. We love Jennifer and this series, and are equally thrilled that they have connected with our audience.” 15 new episodes will premiere in 2013.
BRAD PITT WILL BE FACE OF CHANEL NO. 5: Brad Pitt is the new face of Chanel’s signature No. 5 scent. Although his rep hasn’t commented, E! reported that Pitt will shoot his first perfume ad in London sometime this week.
May 8
- Melissa Gilbert (actress, Little House On The Prairie‘s Laura Ingalls Wilder) (48)
- Enrique Iglesias (singer) (37)
- Don Rickles (comedian) (86)
- Toni Tennille (pop singer, the Captain & Tennille) (72)
- Alex Van Halen (drummer, Van Halen) (59)
- Stephen Furst (actor, Animal House‘s Kent “Flounder” Dorfman, St. Elsewhere, Babylon 5) (57, disputed)
- David Keith (actor, An Officer And A Gentleman, U-571, Men Of Honor, Behind Enemy Lines,Daredevil) (58)
- Philip Bailey (singer, songwriter, percussionist, of Earth, Wind & Fire) (61)
- Chris Frantz (drummer, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, the Heads) (61)
- Paul Samwell-Smith (original bassist, the Yardbirds) (69)
- Billy Burnette (former guitarist, Fleetwood Mac) (59)
- Gary Glitter (singer, “Rock & Roll Part Two”) (68)
May 8
1886, the syrup for Coca Cola was introduced by pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton, who had been working on a new headache and hangover remedy.
1945, it was V-E (Victory in Europe) Day as it was announced that Germany had surrendered unconditionally to Allied forces.
1945, Czechoslovakia was liberated from German control.
1956, red-haired, gap-toothed and freckle-faced Alfred E. Neuman first appeared on the cover of Madmagazine.
1961, New Yorkers selected a new name for the National League baseball franchise that would begin play at the Polo Grounds in 1962. The name originally selected, the Metropolitans, was quickly changed to a more catchy one, the Mets.
1967, Muhammad Ali was indicted for refusing induction into the Army.
1971, Joe Frazier beat Muhammad Ali in 15 rounds at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. It was their first bout against each other and Ali’s first professional defeat.
1973, American Indians who had held the South Dakota town of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered.
1978, David Berkowitz pled guilty to six murder charges in the “Son Of Sam” .44-caliber killings in New York City.
1980, the World Health Organization announced the worldwide eradication of smallpox.
1984, Joanie, played by actress Erin Moran, and Chachi, played by Scott Baio, got married on TV’sHappy Days.
1987, Gary Hart withdrew from the race for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination over the revelation of his extramarital affair with Donna Rice.
1996, South Africa adopted a Constitution that guaranteed equal rights for blacks and whites.
May 8
- NCIS – As the team searches for a terrorisst targeting the Navy, a bug is found in a probationary agent’s tooth; Jimmy Palmer has a bachelor party.
- NCIS: LOA ANGELES – Kensi and Deeks pose as a married couple as they try to expose a Russian sleeper cell in the suburbs.
- UNFORGETTABLE – (season finale) Carrie follows the trail of her sister’s killer to Syracuse, where the murderer may have struck again.
- FASHION STAR – The buyers ask the designers to create a piece for their store; after a surprising twist, the bottom-three designers face elimination.
- THE VOICE – (season finale) The winner is revealed; Justin Bieber, Flo Rida, Lady Antebellum; Daryl Hannah and John Oates perform.
- GLEE – After prom king and queen nominations are announced, some students start campaigning while others organize a rival celebration.
- NEW GIRL – (season finale) One of the roommates decides to move out; Jess and Nick facd off with a coyote.
- NEW GIRL (repeat)
- LAST MAN STANDING – (season finale) When Vanessa’s sister visits, Mike assumes he is about to be confronted with another loan request.
- COUGAR TOWN – Jules has a hurricane party at her hourse when a storm blows through town.
- DANCING WITH THE STARS – The couples face elimination; Chris Brown performs.
- PRIVATE PRACTICE – When a patient’s father and partner can’t agree on his health care, Pete makes a decision; Addison and Sam have difficulty defining their relationship.
- 90210 – Naomi tries to sabotage the bachelorette party she must host for Max’s fiancee; Navid and Liam fight over Silver.
- THE L.A. COMPLEX – Raquel intends to get her script optioned; Abby wonders if she should give up on her dreams.
BRAVO
- THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY – Slade has a talk with Gretchen’s dad; Vicki and Tamra host a formal wine party.
DAY TIME TALK SHOW
THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW – Johnny Depp, Chloe Grace Moretz, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alison Sweeney, Flo Rida
THE VIEW – Ricky Martin, Giada De Laurentiis, a performance by the Broadway cast of Evita
LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS
THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN (CBS) – Jim Parsons, Mika Brzezinski, Macy Gray
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO (NBC) – Rick Santorum, Taylor Kitsch, B.o.B., O.A.R.
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE (ABC) – Johnny Depp, Casey Wilson, Silversun Pickups
THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON (CBS) – Steven Tyler
LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON (NBC) – Cameron Diaz, Michael Phelps, Of Monsters and Men
LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY (NBC) – Eric Burnett, the White Buffalo
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART (COMEDY CENTRAL) – Amb. Ivo Daalder
THE COLBERT REPORT (COMEDY CENTRAL) – Michelle Alexander
CONAN – Piers Morgan, Ben Falcone, Ed Sheeran
May 8
LINDSAY LOHAN SETTLES WITH FORMER BETTY FORD STAFFER: Lindsay Lohan’s battle with a former Betty Ford staffer has ended. TMZ.com reported that Lohan has settled a lawsuit filed by Dawn Holland, who accused the starlet of attacking her in 2010 after Lindsay refused to take a breathalyzer test. Holland claimed that Lindsay grabbed and pulled her wrist, however Lohan countered that any injuries suffered were merely a result of self-defense. It’s unclear how much money Lohan was forced to shell out.
MILA KUNIS STALKER DETAINED: A man was detained on Friday (May 4th) for allegedly stalking actress Mila Kunis. TMZ.com reported that Stuart Dunn was arrested for allegedly burglarizing Kunis’ home in January — and showed up at her gym three days in a row last week before the police intervened. He is currently in a mental facility for evaluation and could face jail time for violating an order to stay away from Kunis stemming from the January arrest.
NEW GUY FOR JANUARY JONES? January Jones might be on the prowl for a man. The New York Daily News reported that the single mother, who gave birth to son Xander last year, was spotted with Christie’s executive Loic Gouzer at a recent event. Gouzer reportedly addressed January while talking with a reporter — holding two cigarettes and saying, “She wanted a cigarette. Where did she go?” The duo reportedly spent the rest of the evening together.
STEPHEN COLLINS SPLITS FROM WIFE: Stephen Collins, best known for his role as the father on 7th Heaven, has split from his wife of 27 years. The actor, 64, released a statement saying that he and wife Faye Grant “are moving forward separately in our lives.” He added, “She has been my dearest friend and a loving mother.” The couple have a daughter named Kate.
JAMES CROMWELL JOINING ‘AMERICAN HORROR STORY’: James Cromwell is in talks to join the cast of FX’s American Horror Story. Deadline.com reported that the Academy-Award nominee would play Dr. Arden, who “works at the same institution for the criminally insane run by Jessica Lange’s character.”
‘THE AVENGERS’ DOES BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT: The Avengers is even bigger than we all thought. The movie was deemed to have had the biggest three-day opening of all time at the domestic box office after taking in $200.3 million from Friday to Sunday — but it turns out it made even more money than that. THR.com reported that the blockbuster actually took in $207.1 million during the span.
LISA KUDROW ADDRESSES ‘FRIENDS’ REUNION: Lisa Kudrow seconded Matt LeBlanc’s assertion that there will be no Friends reunion. When asked about the possibility, the actress formerly known as Phoebe told EOnline.com, “I don’t think it will ever happen whether any of us want it to happen or not.” She added, “I don’t think any of us would do it unless [Friends co creators] David Crane and Marta Kauffman wrote it and I don’t know how they could do it.” LeBlanc recently said, “There’s no plans for anything like that. Everyone seems to be talking about that these days, but nope, no irons in the fire there.”
RIP Goober
By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles TimesMay 7, 2012, 12:21 p.m.
George Lindsey, the Southern-born character actor who played dim hayseed Goober Pyle, the genial gas station auto mechanic on “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Mayberry R.F.D.,” died early Sunday morning. He was 83.Lindsey, who later was a regular on the long-running country music comedy show “Hee Haw,” died at a healthcare center in Nashville after a brief illness, said his manager and booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed.
“George Lindsey was my friend,” Andy Griffithsaid in a statement. “I had great respect for his talent and his human spirit.”
Noting that he had his last conversation with Lindsey a few days ago, Griffith said: “I am happy to say that as we found ourselves in our 80s, we were not afraid to say, ‘I love you.’ That was the last thing George and I had to say to each other. ‘I love you.’ ”
“The Andy Griffith Show,” the classic 1960s situation comedy starring Griffith as the kindly sheriff of Mayberry, N.C., was in its fourth season in 1964 when Lindsey first appeared as the cousin of naive gas station attendant Gomer Pyle, played by Jim Nabors.
Lindsey’s character became more prominent after Nabors left the show to star in the spin-off series “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” in 1964.
As Goober, Lindsey wore a brown felt beanie with turned-up scalloped edges and had a tire gauge, pens and pencils stuffed into the pocket of his work shirt and a rag hanging out of the back pocket of his high-wasted pants.
“I had a lot of trouble with that part,” he said in a 2005 interview with Alabama’s Montgomery Advertiser newspaper. “I’d been playing a lot of heavy character roles. I’d done them on ‘Alfred Hitchcock,’ and ‘Twilight Zone’ and some others, and at first I found myself just doing an impersonation of Jim Nabors doing Gomer. I finally said, ‘Look, tell me about this guy and who he is.’ ”
Lindsey often recalled that Griffith told him, “Goober’s the kind of guy that would go into a restaurant and say, ‘This is great salt.’ ”
“Andy Griffith turned out to be the greatest teacher I’ve ever had,” Lindsey, an Alabama native, told The Times in 1968. “He kept tellin’ me to play myself, to let it happen to me, instead of trying to be funny.”
Over the years, fans of the show often would ask Lindsey to repeat a line he said during his first appearance on the series: a scene in Sheriff Andy Taylor’s office in which Gomer asks Goober to do his “take-off on Cary Grant” for Andy.
The bashful Goober quickly gives in and delivers a humorously terrible: “Judy, Judy, Judy, Judy, Judy.”
“Couldn’t you just swear Cary Grant was right here in this room?” an impressed Gomer says.
“Yeah, that was good, Goober,” says Andy.
One of Lindsey’s favorite episodes was the one in which, as a practical joke, young Ron Howard‘s Opie and a friend hide a miniature walkie-talkie under the collar of the stray dog Goober has adopted.
“Goober thought he had a talking dog,” Lindsey said in a 1985 Associated Press interview. “It revealed Goober’s childlike qualities; it made you laugh and cry.”
Lindsey believed “The Andy Griffith Show,” which earned Don Knotts five Emmy Awards as Deputy Barney Fife, was popular because “it was honest and simple.”
“At that time, we were the best acting ensemble on TV,” he said. “The scripts were terrific.”
After Griffith left the high-rated CBS series in 1968, Lindsey continued to play Goober on the sequel series, “Mayberry R.F.D.,” starring Ken Berry. It was canceled in 1971.
An only child in a poor family, he was born in Fairfield, Ala., on Dec. 17, 1928, and grew up in Jasper, Ala. He majored in biological science and physical education at what is now the University of North Alabama.
After graduating in 1952, he spent four years in the Air Force and another year as a history teacher and head basketball coach at Hazel Green High School in Alabama before moving to New York City, where he studied acting on the GI Bill at the American Theatre Wing.
One of his first jobs on TV was as one of the liars on the quiz panel show “To Tell the Truth.” He did a stand-up comedy act to make ends meet and later played opposite Ray Bolger in the 1962 Broadway musical comedy “All American.”
After landing in Hollywood that same year, Lindsey actually auditioned for the role of Gomer Pyle — and, he later said, was told he had the part — before it went to Nabors, a fellow Alabama native.
Lindsey’s later credits included providing voices for characters in the Disney animated features “The Aristocats,” “The Rescuers” and “Robin Hood.” He also had a long run on the syndicated “Hee Haw.”
“I really don’t do Goober on ‘Hee Haw.’ I do George Lindsey,” he told the Associated Press in 1982. “Maybe I don’t know where George Lindsey stops and Goober begins. If you’re in a series, as I was for seven and a half years, you draw on every personal experience for that character.”
Although he once resented being typecast as Goober, Lindsey learned to embrace the role that brought him fame and provided the title for the 1995 book “Goober in a Nutshell,” which he wrote with Ken Beck and Jim Clark.
As Lindsey said in the 1985 AP interview, “Goober is Everyman. Everyone finds something to like about ol’ Goober.”
Lindsey, who was divorced, is survived by his son, George Lindsey Jr.; his daughter, Camden Jo Lindsey Gardner; two grandsons; and his longtime companion, Anne Wilson.Goober
7 de Mayo
- Traci Lords (actress, model and ex-porn star) (44)
- Amy Heckerling (filmmaker, Clueless, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) (58)
- Thelma Houston (singer, “Don’t Leave Me This Way”) (66)
- Jim Lowe (singer, “Green Door”) (85)
- Jimmy Ruffin (singer, “What Becomes Of The Broken-Hearted”) (73)
- Bill Kreutzmann (drummer, the Grateful Dead, the Other Ones, the Trichromes, the Dead) (66)
- Prairie Prince (drummer, the Tubes, Jefferson Starship, the New Cars) (62)
- Breckin Meyer (actor, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Road Trip, 54, Clueless) (38)
May 7
1824, Beethoven‘s 9th Symphony debuted in Vienna, Austria.
1914, Congress passed a national Mothers’ Day holiday for the second Sunday in May without a single “no” vote.
1915, The British liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on its return trip from New York to England. Of the 1,959 passengers and crew on board, 1,198 died, including 128 Americans.
1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender that took effect the following day, ending World War II in the European theater.
1954, Vietnamese forces beat the French at Dien Bien Phu, ending the Indochina War.
1977, Seattle Slew won the 103rd Kentucky Derby by one-and three-quarter lengths. He went on to take the Preakness and the Belmont, winning the Triple Crown.
1985, Ten years after the Vietnam War ended, New York City honored the conflict’s veterans with a ticker tape parade.
1999, NATO jets mistakenly attacked the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, killing three people and injuring 20.
1999, A jury in Pontiac, Michigan, ordered The Jenny Jones Show to pay $25 million to the family of Scott Amedure, a gay man who was shot to death after revealing a crush on Jonathan Schmitz, a fellow guest on the talk show.
2000, A second fire was set to contain an earlier blaze that was begun to clear brush on the Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico; the second fire blew out of control, destroying more than 200 homes and damaging part of the Los Alamos National Laboratory before it was controlled.
2000, President Vladimir Putin took the oath of office in Russia’s first democratic transfer of power.