Retro Minute
October 31, Halloween
Happy Halloween! TV ghouls, ghosts, witches, and wizards help us celebrate the candy-coated holiday.
October 30, 1975
Henry Winkler celebrates a birthday, ayyyyy! • Gerald Ford tells New Yorkers to "drop dead" • What artist has the #2 and #3 charting songs?
October 29, 1975
Tony Orlando and Dawn take over for Sonny Cher • Crosby, Stills and Nash play Texas • Who is the American League Rookie of the Year?
October 28, 1989
The Baker Boys (and Michelle Pfeiffer) are fabulous • The A's win the Earthquake Series • What computer mogul celebrates a birthday?
October 27, 1982
Hugh Hefner is the target of Larry Flynt's hitman • Burt Reynolds and Bert Convy produce Win, Lose, or Draw • What Beach Boys songs is on the charts?
October 26, 1988
The Donald is in Mike Tyson's corner • Sigourney Weaver and some Gorillas are in our box-office midst • What Love Boat star celebrates a birthday?
October 25, 1981
Erin Moran and Lisa Welchel have a baton battle in Twirl • George Steinbrenner battles an elevator • Who sang the #1 hit theme song to the movie Arthur?
October 24, 1971
"Gene Hackman connects with Popeye Doyle • Jean Knight's “You Think You’re Hot Stuff” cools on the charts • Which football stadium becomes the Cowboys new home?
October 23, 1979
Bo Derek is an 11 in 10 • The Yankees' Billy Martin tussles with a marshmallow salesman • What golf great turns 44?
October 22, World Series Fever
WORLD SERIES FEVER • Our picks for the best World Series moments
October 21, 1984
Drew Barrymore divorces her parents on- and off-screen • Formula 1 Racer Niki Lauda races to the top again • What Freddie Mercury song is on the charts?
October 20, 1968
Jackie Kennedy becomes Jackie O. • Steve McQueen rises to the top with a Bullitt • How old is Mickey Mantle?
October 19, 1975
A Chorus Line kicks on Broadway • The Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks 5 field goals • What Neil Sedaka song inspires people to kick up their heels?
October 18, 1968
Gilligan's Mary Ann celebrates a birthday • Black Power comes to the Olympic games • What Vegas casino opens its doors?
October 17, 1979
Mother Theresa gives her Nobel Prize to the poor • Movie audiences shriek When A Stranger Calls • What Herb Alpert song serves as Luke and Laura's theme?
October 16, SNL Political Satire
SNL'S POLITICAL SATIRE • Saturday Night Live satirizes the Presidential campaigns through the years
October 15, 1976
Dustin Hoffman gets tortured in Marathon Man • Rick Dees' "Disco Duck (Part 1)" is on the charts • Who goes head-to-head in the first-ever VP debate?
October 14, 1973
Buddy Ebsen stars in Barnaby Jones • Martin Scorsese hits the Mean Streets • What baseball legend takes his last swing?
October 13, 1970
Jim Morrison recites poetry and recounts run-ins with the law • Angela Davis is arrested in New York • What Jack Nicholson movie is in theaters?



















