TODAY IN TIME
Tuesday December 5th, 2023
On this day in 1992,
season 2 of Back to the Future - The Animated Series
episode 10: My Pop's An Alien
was first broadcast.
As the comet Kahooey is about to pass the Earth's orbit, Biff (Thomas F. Wilson) declares that aliens are coming and causes the residents of Hill Valley to panic.
On this day in 1998,
season 4 of Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
episode 6: Timing Is Everything
was first broadcast.
Carmen (Rita Moreno) 's henchman Mason Dixon steals her time machine. Suddenly, he is the leader of V.I.L.E. and Carmen is only his henchwoman.
On this day in 1981,
season 1 of Ulysses 31
episode 8: Secret of the Sphinx
was first broadcast.
The Odyssey is traveling through an area of space that is the domain of the Great Sphinx. Ulysses (Matt Birman) must answer his riddle to gain safe passage.
Little Richard, American singer-songwriter, was born on this day in 1932 (and sadly passed away in 2020.)
Traveled in two episodes of the TV series Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures "One Sweet and Sour Chinese Adventure To Go" and "The Birth of Rock 'N Roll or Too Hip for the Womb" (1990)
On this day in 2002,
The Hunt For the Hidden Relic
premiered.
In Israel, a student (Matthias Koeberlin) in archaeology is seeking a video camera hidden 2000 years ago by a mysterious time traveler.
On this day in 1991,
season 1 of Murder Most Horrid
episode 4: A Determined Woman
was first broadcast.
Physicist Rita Proops (Dawn French) is fired from her university job because her work (on a time machine) is too abstruse.
On this day in 2014,
season 3 of Jake and the Never Land Pirates
episode 46: Captain Scrooge
was first broadcast.
Captain Scrooge, aka Captain Hook, is visited by ghostly Captain Treasure Tooth (Carl Reiner) and taken to the past, present and future.
On this day in 2002,
season 1 of Do Over
episode 11: Joel Larsen's Day Off
was first broadcast.
Joel (Penn Badgley) decides he is not going to let turning 15 get in the way of celebrating what should be his 35th birthday, and cuts school with his friends Pat and Isabelle.
On this day in 1950,
season 1 of Buck Rogers
episode 28: Episode 28
was first broadcast.
Buck Rogers (Robert Pastene) finds himself in the year 2430. Based in a secret lab in a cave behind Niagara Falls (the city of Niagara was now the capital of the world), Buck battles intergalactic troublemakers.
On this day in 2015,
season 9 of Doctor Who (2005- )
episode 12: Hell Bent
was first broadcast.
Returning to Gallifrey, the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) faces the Time Lords in a struggle that will take him to the end of time itself.
Happy 48th Birthday Paula Patton!
Paula Patton, American actress, was born on this day in 1975.
Traveled in the film Deja Vu
On this day in 2016,
season 1 of Travelers
episode 8: Donner
was first broadcast.
The Travelers face multiple complications in their professional life and their personal ones. Featuring Jason Gray-Stanford as Donner.
On this day in 1961,
season 3 of The Bullwinkle Show
episode 13: Peabody's Improbable History - Ferdinand Magellan
was first broadcast.
Peabody (Bill Scott) and Sherman go back in time to help Magellan convince the King of Spain to sponsor him in a quest around the world.
On this day in 1990,
season 3 of Mike & Angelo
episode 4: Time Machine
was first broadcast.
'Angelo's latest invention, a time machine made out of a shower cubicle, accidentally whisks Mister Pinner into the thick of the Battle of Hastings. Co-created by Grant Cathro.
On this day in 1991,
season 2 of Widget, The World Watcher
episode 47: Time Trippers
was first broadcast.
Widget and Megabrain travel through time after seeing a news report on how Ratchet (Tress MacNeille) made his mutants.
Paul Painleve, French mathematician and politician, was born on this day in 1863 (and sadly passed away in 1933.)
Author of the Painleve Paradox, which states that in rigid-body dynamics that showed that rigid-body dynamics with both contact friction and Coulomb friction is inconsistent.
On this day in 1979,
Sengoku jieitai
first opened in theaters.
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers are transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans battled to become the supreme Shogun. The squad leader, Lt. Iba, (Sonny Chiba) sees this as the perfect opportunity to realize his dream of becoming the ruler of Japan.
On this day in 1999,
A Christmas Carol
premiered.
An old bitter miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve. Featuring Annette Badland as Mrs Fezziwig
Robert Walker Jr., American actor, died on this day in 2019 (and was born in 1940).
Traveled in the TV series Time Tunnel episode "Billy The Kid" (1966)
On this day in 2005,
season 1 of The Triangle
episode 1: Episode #1.1
was first broadcast.
A group of people haunted by their experiences within the Bermuda Triangle band together to confront its truths. Starring Eric Stoltz as Howard Thomas
On this day in 2009,
A Christmas Carol
premiered.
Indiana Public Radio's presentation of the Charles Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol." Directed by Benjamin Lancaster.
On this day in 1998,
season 3 of Early Edition
episode 10: Nest Egg
was first broadcast.
Gary (Kyle Chandler) sees his mom with another man and jumps to conclusions, later learning that the man convinced her to invest all of her money with him and so far has not seen any return.
On this day in 1997,
season 1 of Bernard's Watch
episode 4: Time For Everything
was first broadcast.
The continuing story of a young boy, Bernard (David Peachey) who is given a special gift by "The Postman" a member of the "Time Keeping Society".
On this day in 1999,
A Christmas Carol
premiered.
An old bitter miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve. Featuring Annette Badland as Mrs Fezziwig
Happy 87th Birthday John Erwin!
John Erwin, American voice actor, was born on this day in 1936.
Traveled as He-Man in the TV series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episodes "The Time Corridor" (1983), "The Time Wheel" (1984), and "Time Doesn't Fly" (1985), and the film Back To The Future Part II (1989)
On this day in 2017,
season 3 of Legends of Tomorrow
episode 9: Beebo The God of War
was first broadcast.
The Legends investigate an Anachronism in a Viking settlement in the New World and realize the Norsemen are worshiping an artifact as their god. Featuring John Noble as the voice of Mallus.
Fritz Lang, Austrian-German filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor, was born on this day in 1890 (and sadly passed away in 1976.)
Directed and co-wrote the film Destiny (1925)
On this day in 2017,
season 1 of Dark
episode 5: Truths
was first broadcast.
Hannah takes her obsession with Ulrich too far. The stranger asks Regina to deliver an important package. Martha is torn between Jonas and Bartosz.
On this day in 1991,
season 2 of Moomin
episode 9: The Time Travel Machine (Gosenzo-sama de sawagi))
was first broadcast.
The eerie and charming animated adventures of a creature called Moomin (Susan Sheridan) and his friends and family.
On this day in 1978,
season 1 of Captain Future
episode 5: The Lost World Of Time - Part 1 - SOS 1 Billion Years Ago
was first broadcast.
The adventures of Captain Future (Taichir Hirokawa) , a space-traveling scientist and adventurer.
Happy 65th Birthday Klaus Nierhoff!
Klaus Nierhoff, German actor, was born on this day in 1958.
Traveled in the TV series Hotel 13 episode "Das Rtsel der Zeitmaschine (Riddle of the Time Machine)" (2012)
On this day in 1992,
season 2 of Land of the Lost (1991-1992)
episode 13: Misery Loves Company
was first broadcast.
Everyone will suffer when Kevin is in charge. Starring Timothy Bottoms as Tom Porter.
On this day in 1964,
season 2 of Doctor Who (1963-1989)
episode 6: The Dalek Invasion Of Earth - Day of Reckoning (Part 3 of 6)
was first broadcast.
The Doctor manages to escape from the Dalek saucer and meet up with Susan (Carole Ann Ford) and David but Ian is left trapped onboard.
On this day in 2001,
season 5 of Bernard's Watch
episode 8: A Worrying Time
was first broadcast.
The continuing story of a young boy, Bernard (David Peachey) who is given a special gift by "The Postman" a member of the "Time Keeping Society".
On this day in 2008,
A.R.O.G
first opened in theaters.
Commander Logar fools Arif (Cern Yilmaz) and sends him 1,000,000 years back in time. He must civilize people from the past to reach today.
On this day in 1946,
Three Little Pirates
first opened in theaters.
Three sailors (The Three Stooges) from a garbage scow are marooned on an island where the inhabitants seem to be living in the 17th Century. Featuring Moe Howard.
On this day in 1991,
Sophie's World
was released.
Sofie, an ordinary Norwegian girl, receives a video tape on which a certain Alberto Knox talks directly to her from ancient Greece. Alberto takes Sofie on an odyssey of the history of philosophy, from ancient Greece, over the Roman empire, the Middle ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and up to today.
On this day in 2011,
season 4 of Being Erica
episode 10: Purim
was first broadcast.
It's Erica (Erin Karpluk)'s thirty-fifth birthday. She and Adam are back together, although they still disagree on certain issues, such as personal boundaries.
On this day in 2016,
season 1 of Timeless
episode 9: Last Ride of Bonnie and Clyde
was first broadcast.
Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus (Malcolm Barrett) evade justice with Bonnie and Clyde while they find out Flynn's target in the Depression-era South.