Inane Trivia for A Collapsing World, Stolen Out-Right From The AP!

On January 12th, 1963, Bob Dylan performed in a radio play for the BBC in London. The play was called "The Madhouse of Castle Street" and he played a folk singer. In 1965, the rock and roll TV series "Hullabaloo" premiered on NBC. Featured acts included the New Christy Minstrels and comedian Woody Allen. In 1966, "Batman" premiered on ABC, starring Adam West and Burt Ward. In 1968, The Supremes appeared in an episode of NBC's "Tarzan." They played a group of nuns. In 1971, the TV situation comedy "All in the Family" premiered on CBS. In 1981, "Dynasty" premiered on ABC. In 1991, country singer Johnny Paycheck was released from an Ohio prison after serving two years of a seven-year sentence for shooting a man in a barroom. Ohio Governor Richard Celeste commuted Paycheck's sentence. In 1993, the original members of Cream reunited to perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles. The band members were inducted, along with Ruth Brown, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Etta James, Van Morrison, Sly and the Family Stone and Dinah Washington. In 1995, members of Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers Band, along with Martha and the Vandellas, Neil Young and Al Green were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Janis Joplin and Frank Zappa were also honored. In 2000, Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne's wife, announced she was quitting as manager of Smashing Pumpkins. She issued a statement saying she had to resign "due to medical reasons -- Billy Corgan was making me sick!" [B. C. has pretty much the same effect on us, & we don't even know him! — Ed.] In 2003, Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees died after having surgery for intestinal blockage at a hospital in Miami. He was 53. [Stay out of hospitals. They're full of sick people. — Ed.] Associated Press