It’s a Date
Dolly Parton blocks these hours for work.
What is 9 (a.m.) to 5 (p.m.)?
This alternative to a roast was a weeknight dinner staple during the mid-20th century.
What is meatloaf?
Susan Lucci starred as Erica Kane in this ABC soap set in Pine Valley from 1970 until the show ended in 2011.
What is All My Children? The show ran for 41 years, and Susan Lucci finally won an Emmy for Best Actress after 19 nominations
It’s the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film with the classic shower scene.
What is Psycho?
American Camelot refers to the era that this family resided in the White House.
Who are the Kennedys?
Don McLean sings about the day this happened—released in 1971.
What is the music died?
Long before the instant pot, we used its predecessor for canning low-acidic foods.
What is pressure cooker?
Set in the fictional town of Salem, Macdonald Carey opened each show by saying, “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the [name of the show].”
What is Days of Our Lives?
This 1962 Middle Eastern drama stars Peter O’Toole and features Omar Sharif and Anthony Quinn.
What is Lawrence of Arabia?
On January 28, 1986, this space shuttle exploded.
What is Challenger? It exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff while we watched live on TV. In 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry.
"Girl’s name” Tuesday by the Rolling Stones—released in 1967.
Who is Ruby?
Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz, and Michael Nesmith made up this band.
What is the Monkees? Their television show debuted on NBC in 1966.
This gothic soap aired from 1966–1971 and featured the Collins family of Collinsport, Maine, and their governess Victoria Winters.
What is Dark Shadows?
Robin Williams’ character starts each day’s broadcast in this 1987 war story with “Goooooooooood morrrrrrrrrrning, [name of country],” which is also the title of the film.
What is Good Morning, Vietnam?
This bank issued the first bank-issued credit card.
What is Bank of America? It was issued in 1958, and it was called BankAmericard. It was later renamed Visa.
Neil Sedaka sings about this type of girl—released in 1960.
What is calendar? The tune is “Calendar Girl.”
This Japanese automaker was the first to import a Japanese car into the United States.
What is Toyota?
This CBS soap appears in the Guinness World Records for being the “longestrunning drama in television in American history.” It ran from 1952–2009 after a 30-year run on radio and was set in the Midwest in the fictional town of Springfield. It revolved around the Bauer family.
What is Guiding Light?
Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, and Dan Aykroyd star in this original 1984 film about three parapsychologists.
What is Ghostbusters?
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus in this city.
What is Montgomery, Alabama? It led to a yearlong boycott of the local bus system.
Chicago takes you to the park on this day—released in 1972.
What is Saturday? The tune is “Saturday in the Park.”
According to a mid-century cookbook, only one of these refers to liquid ingredients— dash or pinch.
What is dash? Dash can apply to liquid or dry ingredients; pinch refers exclusively to dry ingredients. Both a dash and a pinch translate into 1/8 teaspoon.
This NBC soap was a spinoff of Another World, and some of the characters occasionally crossed over from one show to the other. It was set in the fictional town of Somerset, Illinois. The show originally revolved around Robert Delaney and his Delaney Brands conglomerate.
What is Somerset?
In this 1957 film, E.G. Marshall, Ed Begley, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Jack Klugman, and others serve on the jury in a capital murder trial. One by one, they change their minds about the defendant’s guilt or innocence.
What is 12 Angry Men?
The Yom Kippur War, the oil embargo, Watergate hearings, and Secretariat winning the Triple Crown defined this year.
What is 1973?