Soaps&SciFi

#OnThisDay 3 March 1985
EASTENDERS STAR SAYS 'I'M NO ELSIE TANNER!'
Actress #WendyRichard, overnight star of #EastEnders warned last week: "I'm not going to become the new Elsie Tanner. I'm not going to be stuck with the part for the rest of my life . . ."

#OnThisDay 3 March 1990
MAKING OUT IN HER OWN SWEET WAY
Former #CoronationStreet regular #TracieBennett is on a different kind of production line as the new factory supervisor in TV's gritty comedy-drama Making Out. She proved to the Daily Post that she has enough resilience ...

From March 1989 - THE STREET magazine remembers when #CoronationStreet's Fred Gee took Bet Lynch and Betty Turpin on an Easter picnic. What could possibly go wrong?

So strange seeing Ben Shephard in there. A reminder of how mainstream this type of coverage used to be.

From March 1999
BOX FRESH - the cream of the small screen's newest and tastiest talent - including James Redmond from #Hollyoaks, 18-year-old #PhilipOlivier from #Brookside, and 24-year-old presenter #BenShephard.

#OnThisDay 3 March 1987
BBC2 makes the unusual move of celebrating an ITV programme when it tells THE STORY OF THIS IS YOUR LIFE. Eamonn Andrews takes us behind the scenes of the episode surprising Coronation Street's Bill Waddington, aka Percy Sugden.

I miss variety shows.

I wish we could see the pilot.

Breaking TV news!

Highlights from tonight’s #Corrie.

LOL at Nicky aggressively asking for salad cream. #Corrie

I'd wondered because the photo is all the remaining OGs.

Was that a photo for the anniversary? That's nice.

Depression beard alert.

Highlights from tonight’s #Corrie.

Ivy claxon!

We were getting so much of Molly around this time. I wonder if they were thinking of making her a more permanent fixture if not for her getting AYBS.

Highlights from tonight’s #Corrie.

‘We’re seeing chaos.’ Hundreds turned away at Dallas County polls amid switch to precincts The switch surprised and frustrated voters who stopped to vote on their way to work or between errands only to be redirected elsewhere – an outcome predicted...

There are reports of voter confusion in Dallas County, TX, where voters are being turned away for going to the wrong polling place. www.dallasnews.com/news/electio...

TONIGHT! "Broadcasting" from @wonderville.nyc it's FORT90 TV!

Speaking of music, we'll also watch the very first video record by the extremely ahead of his time member of the Monkees, Michael Nesmith; stream starts at 8:00PM EST…

www.wonderville.nyc/events/fort9...

TONIGHT! "Broadcasting" from @wonderville.nyc it's FORT90 TV!

BTW/FYI, NYC still has plenty of snow & it's depressing af, which offers the perfect excuse to play a rip of a betamax tape containing Japanese New Wave Goth Punk; stream starts at 8:00PM EST…

www.wonderville.nyc/events/fort9...

TONIGHT! "Broadcasting" from @wonderville.nyc it's FORT90 TV!

The snow has cleared (somewhat) so the bar's back open, which means it's back to "regular" programming, which includes the return of Robert Ashley's Perfect Lives; stream starts at 8:00PM EST…

www.wonderville.nyc/events/fort9...

Serialized comic strip "Adventures in Wonderland." Subtitled "The False-Face Storeroom!" Dot and Dan visit the pumpkin house of the Halloween Witch, where they also meet an Imp and a pumpkin man. The Halloween Witch shows them the false faces she makes, aka Halloween masks.

"Adventures in Wonderland" by Bob Pilgrim, 1930-1931
October 28th, 1930 as seen in the Evening Star

Comic strip "The Good Old Days." Profiles on figures from the past. This strip focuses on Mark Twain, and presents a scene where he asks to borrow a man's book. The man says he can read it, but can't remove it from the house. Later, when the man asks Twain if he can borrow his lawnmower, Twain says he can mow as much as he wants, so long as it doesn't leave his property.

"The Good Old Days" by Walter Schwimmer, 1931-1931
July 18th, 1931 as seen in the Cushing Daily Citizen

Such an interesting art style. Not sure if that helped the strip's run...

Single panel comic strip "Diary of a Good Girl." A woman gossips with another about her boyfriend. She says, "You can't say anything nice to him because he believes it."

"Diary of a Good Girl" by Mildred "Melisse" Oppenheim, 1937-1937
April 16th, 1937 as seen in the Washington Times

Single panel comic strip "Machamer's Corner." A salesman tries to sell a man on a special smoke alarm with a bunch of special features. He says, "And this unique model plays soft music for the first three minutes."

"Machamer's Corner" by Gene Machamer, 1981-1982
January 30th, 1981 as seen in The Patriot

Single panel comic strip "Outer Limits." Two astronauts on a spacewalk have locked the keys inside their space shuttle. Caption reads, "Bob in space."

"Outer Limits" by Todd Schowalter, 1990-1991
December 19th, 1990 as seen in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Serialized comic strip "Gordon Fife and the Boy King." Adventurer Gordon Fife and Nicholas, the boy king of fictional country Kovina, have run into violent mountain men and a mysterious disappearing girl while searching for a man-killing bear in the mountains. After nearly being crushed by a rock, Fife returns to camp and informs Nicholas that he's sending him home, that it's too dangerous here. Nicholas protests.

"Gordon Fife and the Boy King" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer, 1936-1941
January 13th, 1939 as seen in the Brooklyn Eagle

Serialized romance comic strip "Torchy in Heartbeats." Torchy is in love with Doctor Paul Hammond, but thinks Sanda Rawley, daughter of the local iron works supervisor, is trying to his attention as well. Sandra tells Torchy to tell Paul she's thinking of him, and Torchy fumes about it all the way to Paul's house.

"Torchy in Heartbeats" by Jackie Ormes, 1950-1954
August 28th, 1954 as seen in the Pittsburgh Courier

Single panel comic strip "Whatcha Get...?" Each strip combines two items. Whatcha get... if you cross a cooking utensil with a four leaf clover? Answer: Pot Luck.

"Whatcha Get...?" by Carlton Winford, 1969-1972
November 10th, 1970 as seen in the Idaho Statesman

Comic strip "Washingtoon." The Supreme Court have decided that law making powers will be taken from Congress and given to local zoo keepers, as they're uninfluenced by voter demands. The zoo keepers struggle to do their job with their new responabilities, votes during feeding time, lobbyists sneaking into the pens. Meanwhile, the strip's main character, Congressman Bob Forehead is "suddenly powerless."

"Washingtoon" by Mark Alan Stamaty, 1981-1996
July 15th, 1983 as seen in the Dayton Daily News