Good Morning Sugahs, October 24, 2019

Good morning mah Sugahs. Can y'all see the weekend, it's right around the corner. Today the KTDY/Aire Serv of Lafayette Secret Sound is worth $1287.00. We'll play at 7:20 AM. And at 9:20 AM we'll have tickets to Cirque du Solei Ovo playing 7 shows in the Cajundome. Today, only a 10% chance for rain, 76.

TODAY IN HISTORY

49 years ago - In 1970, President Nixon asked record companies to reduce the number of songs containing lyrics about sex and drugs.

46 years ago - In 1973, "Kojak", starring Telly Savalas, debuted on CBS.

41 years ago - In 1978, Keith Richards was convicted in Canada of heroin possession. Richards played a charity concert for the blind. The judge gave him a one-year suspended sentence.

30 years ago - In 1989, televangelist Reverend Jim Bakker was sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $500,000 for his conviction on 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy. In 1994 Jim was paroled after serving just under five years. When Bakker was confronted about the missing $158,000,000, he claimed that Satan had gotten into his ministry's computers and stole the money. He was asked if he could prove that Satan stole the money he said, Can you prove he didn't?"

30 years ago - In 1989, Zsa Zsa Gabor was sentenced to 72 hours in jail, 120 hours of community service and nearly $13,000 in fines and court costs. Remember, she slapped a traffic cop. Don't ever slap a cop.

22 years ago - In 1997, Don Messick, the voice of Papa Smurf, Scooby-Doo, Astro on "The Jetsons", and Bamm-Bamm on "The Flinstones" died at age 71.

14 years ago - In 2005, Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks died at the age of 92.

13 years ago - In 2006, Taylor Swift released her self-titled debut album, featuring her hits "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Picture to Burn", "Our Song", and "Tim McGraw".

2 years ago - In 2017, Robert Guillaume died of prostate cancer at 89.

2 years ago - In 2017, New Orleans native, Fats Domino, died of natural causes at 89.

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

Shenae Grimes is 30.

Drake is 33.

Monica is 39.

Mary Bono is 58.

B.D. Wong is 59.

Kevin Kline is 72.

F. Murray Abraham is 80.

Bill Wyman is 83.

Bob Kane (1915 - 1998)