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🍕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

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

👏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

🎬'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

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

📺On the night of September 2, 2001, the programming block ‘Adult Swim’ launched on Cartoon Network

🎄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)

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

Polly Holliday’s first ‘Kiss my grits!’ (August 31, 1976)

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

📼🚢 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

📺On September 4, 2001, Conan O’Brien unveiled a redesigned ‘Late Night’ set, featuring a sweeping New York City skyline in the background, with the Empire State Building and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center prominently visible

📺The series finale of ‘The Bugs Bunny &amp; Tweety Show’ aired 26 years ago, September 2, 2000, on ABC

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

🎶On September 4, 1982, ‘Abracadabra’ by the Steve Miller Band reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100

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

📺DEBUT: ‘The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!’ premiered 37 years ago, September 4, 1989

🎶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

📺DEBUT: ‘WCW Monday Nitro’ premiered 31 years ago, September 4, 1995, on TNT

🎶📺On September 4, 2002, Kelly Clarkson won the first season of ‘American Idol’ during a live broadcast from Hollywood’s Kodak Theater

🥣In 1996, General Mills introduced French Toast Crunch

📺DEBUT: The current version of ‘The Price Is Right’ hosted by Bob Barker premiered 54 years ago, September 4, 1972, on CBS

🎬🍿Clip, the anthropomorphic filmstrip character, served as AMC Theatres’ official mascot from 1991 to 2009

📺DEBUT: ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’ starring Lucy Lawless premiered 31 years ago, September 4, 1995

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

🎶Living their best lives on ‘Dance Party USA’ (1987)

📺The series finale of ‘The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show’ aired 26 years ago, September 2, 2000, on ABC