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👏On September 1, 1985, the Clapper was released nationwide. Made famous by its unforgettable ‘Clap on! Clap off!’ commercials, the clap-activated switch quickly became one of the most recognizable gadgets and jingles of the 1980s

🍕In 1996, Little Caesars introduced its Pizza By The Foot, a three-foot-long rectangular pizza

🎁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

‘I don’t know…’ — ‘You Can’t Do That on Television’📺🪣

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

📺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 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’

‘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 August 29, 1997, Netflix launched its pioneering DVD-by-mail service

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

At 3:30 PM CT on August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at the age of 42 in Memphis, Tennessee

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📼🚢 On the night of August 31, 1998, Blockbuster and other video stores stayed open late for the midnight release of the blockbuster ‘Titanic’ on VHS. Released at 12:01 a.m. on September 1, the movie came as a two-tape VHS set because of its 3-hour, 14-minute runtime

📺DEBUT: The animated series 'Taz-Mania' premiered 35 years ago, September 1, 1991, on Fox

Once you hear these two together, you can’t unhear it 🎶

🥣In 1996, General Mills introduced French Toast Crunch

Tim Curry voiced the serpent in ‘The Creation,’ an episode of the animated series ‘The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible’ produced by Hanna-Barbera

🎶On August 29, 1996, after nominating President Bill Clinton for a second term, delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago were captured on C-SPAN cameras dancing to the ‘Macarena,’ the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time

📺✨ABC stars team up to promote the network’s 1980 fall season

Happy September from ‘Family Feud’ 😂

📺In 1990, ‘Channel One News’ launched as a weekday 12-minute newscast beamed into classrooms across the United States. Students watched the broadcast on wall-mounted Magnavox televisions that the network provided to participating schools

‘Princess Diana is seriously injured…following a car crash in Paris.’ — Patrick Stinson, NBC News (9:50 PM ET, August 30, 1997)

📺The series finale of ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ aired 25 years ago, August 31, 2001, on PBS

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

📼Opening sequence of the 1989 ‘Batman’ VHS 🍿🦇

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

In 1976, ‘Price Is Right’ contestant Alene Glover, overcome by pure shock and excitement, fainted on stage right after host Bob Barker announced she won her Showcase with a bid of $7,000. The credits rolled over the chaotic scene

🍎In 1978, PepsiCo introduced Aspen, an apple-flavored soft drink

In 1981, Mead introduced Trapper Keepers nationwide

📺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

📺DEBUT: 'Alice' starring Linda Lavin premiered 50 years ago, August 31, 1976, on CBS