More Boredom From The World of Entertainment

Fifty fucking years ago, on Jan. 9, 1959, "Rawhide" premiered on CBS. Forty-five years ago, in 1964, The Temptations recorded the song "The Way You Do The Things You Do" at Motown Studios in Detroit. [They didn't look like this then. — Ed.]In 1965, "The Beatles '65" album hit No. 1 and stayed there for nine weeks. In 1973, the Rolling Stones' plans to tour Asia were halted when Japan refused to grant Mick Jagger a visa. The Japanese turned down Jagger's request on account of his 1969 drug bust. In 1977, country singer Emmylou Harris married Brian Ahern. Thirty years ago, in 1979, "A Gift Of Song: The Music For UNICEF Concert" was held at the United Nations. Pop stars including ABBA, the Bee Gees and Rod Stewart performed, raising about $500,000 to fight world hunger. The concert was taped and broadcast by NBC. Twenty years ago, in 1989, "The Pat Sajak Show" made its debut on late night TV, but was unable to compete with the likes of Johnny Carson and David Letterman. In 1990, Madonna began auditioning dancers for her 1990 world tour. She had taken out a newspaper ad that said "wimps and wanna-bes need not apply." [Wow, what a bad-ass that woman is. She almost scares us. — Ed.] In 1991, actress Delta Burke filed suit against the producers of "Designing Women." She claimed they wrote her out of a script. Associated Press