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

🎁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

🍗Today is National Rotisserie Chicken Day

🎬'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

📺DEBUT: ‘Seinfeld' premiered as a regular weekly series 36 years ago, May 31, 1990, on NBC

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

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

🎄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

📺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

‘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

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

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

‘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

🏀On May 26, 1986, CBS aired Game 1 of the NBA championship series between the Boston Celtics and the Houston Rockets. The telecast marked the first official use of the ‘NBA Finals’ branding, replacing the longtime ‘NBA World Championship Series’ title

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

🏈On June 1, 1988, Electronic Arts released the video game, 'John Madden Football'

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

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

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

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

📺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

On May 28, 1998, Phil Hartman was shot and killed by his wife, Brynn, in a murder-suicide at the couple’s home in the Los Angeles suburb of Encino

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

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

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

🎶In 1982, Toys ‘R’ Us launched its iconic ‘I’m a Toys ‘R’ Us Kid’ advertising campaign, which went on to become one of the most memorable retail ad campaigns of the 1980s and 1990s

📺On May 24, 2000, ‘Dawson’s Creek’ aired the emotional season 3 finale, in which Joey realizes she’s in love with Pacey and Dawson, despite his heartbreak, tells her not to let fear stop her from being with him

🎶Missy Elliott released her song ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’ 29 years ago, May 20, 1997

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

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

🍪In 1977, Cookie Crisp cereal was introduced, marketing itself as chocolate chip cookies for breakfast. Its original mascot was Cookie Jarvis, a wizard who magically turned cookie jars into bowls of Cookie Crisp with a wave of his wand and a rhyming spell

📺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’

‘Let’s hope Osama bin Laden doesn’t know show tunes.’ — Stewie, ‘Family Guy’ (May 30, 2000)📺

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

Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy-winning artist best known for Disney film hits ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘A Whole New World,’ has died at 75

‘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