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🎁Baby All Gone which includes a bottle with disappearing milk and a spoon with disappearing cherries (1993)

📺DEBUT: ‘The Rifleman’ starring Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford premiered 67 years ago, September 30, 1958, on ABC

During the ‘Home Improvement’ finale curtain call, the full face of Earl Hindman, who played Tim's neighbor, Wilson, was finally revealed

🎬'Anaconda' opened in theaters 29 years ago, April 11, 1997

📺The series finale of ‘The Rifleman’ aired 63 years ago, April 8, 1963, on ABC

🎄In December 1989, Hershey's first aired its ‘Christmas Bells’ Hershey’s Kisses commercial

📺On February 21, 1981, during a live broadcast of ‘Saturday Night Live’ hosted by Charlene Tilton, cast member Charles Rocket said ‘f*ck’ on air. The backlash led to his firing, the dismissal of producer Jean Doumanian and a major cast overhaul amid a ratings slump

📺On April 25, 1991, Sinbad made his final appearance as a series regular on 'A Different World'

📺CBS Primetime, March 3, 1982: — On the made-for-television film ‘Desperate Lives,’ a brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene at their local high school, with tragic results

📺On April 4, 1990, Wile E. Coyote made a brief appearance on ‘Night Court’

In 1994, the George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine was introduced

‘We must stop the terror. I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you.... Now, watch this drive.’ — President George W. Bush (August 4, 2002)

📺On October 29, 1983, former ‘Brady Bunch’ co-stars Robert Reed and Florence Henderson appeared on ABC’s ‘The Love Boat’ in separate, unrelated storylines. In one scene, however, their characters cross paths at a breakfast buffet, exchanging subtle looks of recognition

‘Oh s**t… what are we gonna do now?’ 🤖🔥 For a lot of kids in 1986, that moment in ‘Transformers: The Movie’ was genuinely shocking. Spike Witwicky dropped a line you’d *never* hear on the TV show. It was definitely one of those ‘did he really just say that?!’ 😳 moments

Phoebe: Ah, Catwoman. So we meet again. Monica: So we do, Supergirl! — ‘Friends’ (2001)🎃

📺On January 8, 1988, the ABC series ‘I Married Dora’ announced its own cancellation at the end of the last first-run episode

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📺Final scene of ‘Dawson’s Creek’ (May 14, 2003)

📺On April 12, 1976, ‘The Price Is Right’ introduced its pricing game, ‘Cliff Hangers’

📺On May 25, 1994, Shannen Doherty made her final appearance as a series regular on ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’

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🎶 Alien Ant Farm released their version of ‘Smooth Criminal’ 25 years ago, May 22, 2001

☕️🎄Folgers ‘Brother and Sister’ Christmas Commercial (2009)

📺DEBUT: ‘Salute Your Shorts’ premiered as a regular weekly series 35 years ago, June 1, 1991, on Nickelodeon

🎶 B*Witched released ‘C’est la Vie’ 28 years ago, May 25, 1998

On May 1, 1997, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) was released

📺NBC Primetime, February 6, 1995: — On ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,’ Will and Carlton are held at gunpoint by a robber, who ends up shooting Will

In the 1948 ‘Superman’ serial, the Man of Steel didn’t exactly soar the way you’d expect. Due to a tight budget, animation was used for many of Superman’s flight scenes, blending live-action with animated takeoffs, landings and mid-air movement

📺On 'Beverly Hills, 90210,' the senior class rallies around Donna after the school board rules that she cannot participate in graduation ceremonies because of her drunkenness at the prom (May 12, 1993)

📺On April 27, 1994, Kimberly Shaw revealed a massive scar on her head at the end of the ‘Melrose Place’ episode, ‘The Bitch Is Back’

🎶Eddie Murphy released ‘Party All The Time’ 41 years ago, May 23, 1985

📺On December 15, 1989, Jaleel White made his first appearance as Steve Urkel on ‘Family Matters’

📺On January 5, 1998, the 'Dancing Baby' debuted on 'Ally McBeal'

📺On May 23, 2005, Tom Cruise appeared on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' and famously jumped on Oprah's couch while enthusiastically professing his love for Katie Holmes. The moment became one of the most talked-about celebrity TV appearances of the 2000s

📺The series finale of 'Boy Meets World' aired 26 years ago, May 5, 2000, on ABC

🎶Rick Astley released ‘Together Forever’ 38 years ago, January 12, 1988

On May 14, 1998, Frank Sinatra died at the age of 82

📺Fox Primetime, May 21, 1995: — On ‘The Simpsons,’ Mr. Burns is shot

📺The miniseries 'V' began airing 43 years ago, May 1, 1983, on NBC

🎶Hanson released ‘MMMBop’ 29 years ago, April 15, 1997

📺On ‘Family Matters,’ a reprogrammed Urkelbot is sent to fight crime and proves to be instrumental in foiling a serial convenience store robber (May 1, 1992)

‘Oh s**t… what are we gonna do now?’ 🤖🔥 For a lot of kids in 1986, that moment in ‘Transformers: The Movie’ was genuinely shocking. Spike Witwicky dropped a line you’d never hear on the TV show. It was definitely one of those ‘did he really just say that?!’ 😳 moments