http://www.circavie.com/timelines/236b9e9c-f624-5603-a4a8-ad99a70cd277 2007-08-19T16:09:29Z http://www.circavie.com/ http://www.circavie.com/file/suroot/photos/1a759de8-968b-517c-8ff5-5ed3bba1ade9_t http://www.circavie.com/timelines/236b9e9c-f624-5603-a4a8-ad99a70cd277 http://www.circavie.com/timelines/236b9e9c-f624-5603-a4a8-ad99a70cd277/19085 When Harry Met Sally... is a 1989 American film written by Nora Ephron, and directed by Rob Reiner. The romantic comedy stars Billy Crystal as Harry and Meg Ryan as Sally. The film follows the title characters from the time they meet on a carpool ride from the University of Chicago to New York, through the next twelve years or so of chance encounters in New York City. The film raises the question "Can men and women ever just be friends?" and advances many ideas about love that have become household concepts now, such as the "high maintenance" girlfriend and the "transitional person." 1ef6bde7-a499-58f9-8426-02086b095e31 2008-02-15T02:35:59Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/236b9e9c-f624-5603-a4a8-ad99a70cd277/16472 This stand up was infamous for its depiction of a homosexual Mr. T followed by a depiction of Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton as a gay couple. Though they brought on raucous applause from the audience in the performance, these comments were retracted by Eddie Murphy in an interview several years later. a32a8393-8bb3-5f1a-a0ba-fbe3990d3683 2008-01-11T02:50:20Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/236b9e9c-f624-5603-a4a8-ad99a70cd277/11155 Say Anything... is a romantic film written and directed by Cameron Crowe and released in 1989. In 2002, Entertainment Weekly ranked it as the greatest modern movie romance. The movie, which is set in Seattle, Washington, features John Cusack as Lloyd Dobler, an average student and aspiring kickboxer who improbably attempts a relationship with school valedictorian Diane Court (played by Ione Skye), despite the fact that she is out of his league. Diane falls for Lloyd, partly because of his gallant ways and partly because he makes her laugh. After Diane breaks up with Lloyd, he appears outside her bedroom window at night while she sleeps, in an attempt to win her back, holding a boombox over his head playing the song "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel. It is now a standard pop culture reference for romance. 196b5552-a354-5f54-a5f6-7b84a587ec3a 2007-11-08T00:22:05Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/236b9e9c-f624-5603-a4a8-ad99a70cd277/11134 John Adam Belushi was an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers. Belushi was known for his drug usage, and it eventually cost him his life. 0a6f5661-f939-59f8-92ac-6e4128499e6c 2007-11-07T17:08:46Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/236b9e9c-f624-5603-a4a8-ad99a70cd277/8773 In 1968, Dr. Spencer Silver, a scientist at 3M in the United States, developed a "low-tack", reusable adhesive. For five years, Silver promoted his invention within 3M, both informally and through seminars, but without much success. In 1974, a colleague of his, Arthur Fry, who sang in a church choir, was frustrated that his bookmarks kept falling out of his hymnal. He had attended one of Silver's seminars, and, while listening to a sermon in church, he came up with the idea of using the adhesive to anchor his bookmarks. He then developed the idea by taking advantage of 3M's officially sanctioned bootlegging policy. 3M launched the product in 1977 but it failed as consumers had not tried the product. A year later 3M issued free samples to residents of Boise, Idaho. 90% of people who tried them said that they would buy the product. By 1980 the product was sold nationwide in the US and a year later they were launched in Canada and Europe. 08a4a885-7c8b-5d9d-9af3-99980e479143 2007-10-03T17:24:47Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/236b9e9c-f624-5603-a4a8-ad99a70cd277/8276 The Cosby Show is a completed American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984 and running for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992. According to TV Guide, the show "was TV's biggest hit in the 1980s and almost single-handedly revived the sitcom genre and NBC's ratings fortunes". TV Guide also placed the show at #28 in it's list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. 3e7ee98c-aadf-5011-b666-1f575a743332 2007-09-24T21:06:50Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/236b9e9c-f624-5603-a4a8-ad99a70cd277/7852 Family Ties was an American television sitcom which aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. At the height of its popularity, Family Ties was #2 in the yearly Nielsen ratings, as it aired in the prized time-slot right after the top-rated Cosby Show on Thursday nights. It starred Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton, the conservative, business-oriented son of liberal parents Elyse and Steven (Meredith Baxter-Birney and Michael Gross). Elyse was a successful architect, while Steven ran a public television station. They lived in suburban Columbus, Ohio with their children: Alex, Mallory ("Mal") (Justine Bateman) and Jennifer ("Jen") (Tina Yothers). Another child, Andrew ("Andy") (Brian Bonsall), was added later. 98b722c8-8046-5c19-8a6b-068906394134 2007-09-21T17:09:55Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/236b9e9c-f624-5603-a4a8-ad99a70cd277/7851 Growing Pains is an American television sitcom that ran on the ABC network from 1985 to 1992. The show's premise is based around the fictional Seaver family who reside in Long Island, New York. Dr. Jason Seaver (Alan Thicke), a psychiatrist, works from home because his wife, Maggie Malone Seaver (Joanna Kerns), has gone back to work as a reporter. Jason has to take care of his kids: troublemaker Mike (Kirk Cameron), honors student Carol (Tracey Gold), and rambunctious Ben (Jeremy Miller). From 1988 on, Chrissy Seaver became a part of the family. She was played in her infant stage by twins Kristen and Kelsey Dohring (who alternated). Beginning in the fall of 1990, Chrissy's character age was advanced to 6 years old, whereupon Ashley Johnson took over the role. Later, Luke Brower (Leonardo DiCaprio) also moved in with the family. 40a34661-4171-5560-8d4a-bb54329b9dd8 2007-09-21T17:02:56Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/236b9e9c-f624-5603-a4a8-ad99a70cd277/7850 The Wonder Years, set in 1968-1973 (each season took place exactly twenty years before the then current year) tackles the social issues and historic events of that time through the eyes of main character Kevin Arnold. Kevin also deals with typical teenage social issues, including those prompted by his main love interest, Winnie Cooper, as well as typical family troubles. The story is narrated by an older, wiser Kevin (voiced by Daniel Stern), describing what is happening and what he learned from his experiences in an alternately nostalgic and ironic tone. 64ee2b5c-4495-5940-b3ec-68db1f555d46 2007-09-21T16:46:18Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/236b9e9c-f624-5603-a4a8-ad99a70cd277/7848 Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 and went off the air in 1993 after Letterman left NBC when he moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. Letterman, who had hoped to get the hosting job of The Tonight Show following Johnny Carson's retirement, moved to CBS in 1993, when the job was given to Jay Leno. On April 25, 1993, Lorne Michaels chose Conan O'Brien, who was a writer for The Simpsons at the time, began hosting a new show in Letterman's old timeslot, taking over the Late Night name. When Letterman left, NBC asserted their intellectual property rights to many of the most popular Late Night segments. Letterman easily adapted to these restrictions: the Viewer Mail segment was continued on the new show under the name CBS Mailbag, and the actor playing Larry "Bud" Melman continued his antics under his real name, Calvert DeForest. 7a15fcf1-57ff-5916-aff0-41937d3a95ff 2007-09-21T14:49:57Z