Monday, August 18, 2025

On this day in music history - Slippery When Wet, by Bon Jovi (1986):


Slippery When Wet

Album by Bon Jovi,
released August 18, 1986.

Track list:

Let It Rock; You Give Love a Bad Name; Livin’ on a Prayer; Social Disease; Wanted Dead or Alive; Raise Your Hands; Without Love; I’d Die for You; Never Say Goodbye; Wild in the Streets.

Born on this day – Malcolm-Jamal Warner:


Malcolm-Jamal Warner


Actor

Writer

Producer

Musician

August 18, 1970 – July 20, 2025

Credits:

Book:

Theo and Me: Growing up Okay (1988).

Movies and television:

14th Annual Inner City Destiny Awards (2006); 15 Minutes (2001); 18th Annual Trumpet Awards (2010); 19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 1st Annual Black Music Honors (2016); 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards (2011); 2011 Soul Train Awards (2011); 2015 Soul Train Awards (2015); 20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); 25th NAACP Image Awards (1993); 32nd NAACP Image Awards (2001); 3rd Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (1997); 48 Hours 'til Monday (2015); 6th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (2000); 9-1-1 (2024); A Different World (1988–1989); A Fare to Remember (1999); ABC Afterschool Specials (1986–1994); Access Daily (2015–2017); Accused (2023); Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1997); After Hours (1990); Alert: Missing Persons Unit (2025); All That (1995–2005); All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special (2005); American Crime Story (2016); American Horror Story (2014–2015); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa (1985); Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (1994); As Written (2012); Bad Music Video Theatre (2021); Battle of the Network Stars XIX (1988); Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D (2012); BET Awards 2011 (2011); Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake (1991); Biography (2001); Body Language (1985); Call to Glory (1984); Carol & The End of the World (2023); CBS Cares (2004); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1994); CBS Storybreak (1984); Celebrity Poker Showdown (2005); Chadtronic (2018); Child Stars: Then and Now (2003); Children's Miracle Network Telethon (1990); Community (2011–2012); Contradictions of the Heart (2009); DCE presents Black Music Month (2022); Def Comedy Jam (1992); Def Poetry (2002); Detroiters (2017); Dexter (2006); Directors on Directing 2: The Story of the Storytellers (2008); Disneyland's Summer Vacation Party (1986); Drop Zone (1994); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1986–1992); Ennis' Gift (2000); Entertainment Tonight (1986–2025); Essence Ninth Annual Black Women in Hollywood (2016); Extra (2015); Fame (1983); Fast Copy (1985); Find Your Future Reality (2018); Five Star: (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (1994); Fool's Gold (2008); For Our Children: The Concert (1993); Found Footage Festival Volume 6: Live in Chicago (2012); Friends in Therapy (2013); Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2017–2018); GMA3: What You Need to Know (2018); Grown-ish (2024); Gylne tider (2010); Gylne Tider: Let It Be (2010); Happy Hour (1999); Hard: Life of a Bondservant (2012); Hawthorne (2009); Here and Now (1992–2024); Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay (2022); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Squares (1998–1999); Home Alone: A Kid's Guide to Playing It Safe When on Your Own (1990); House of Lies (2016); I Was a Network Star (2006); Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story (2016); Inside TV Land (2002); Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge (2021); It's Hot in Here: UPN Fall Preview (1996); Jemele Hill Is Unbothered (2023); Jeremiah (2002–2004); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Kenan & Kel (1996); Key and Peele (2013–2014); Kidds for Kids in Africa: Love's Gonna Find A Way (1985); King of the Underground (2011); Kwamé: The Man We All Know and Love (1989); La tele de tu vida (2007); Larry King Now (2017); Last Call with Carson Daly (2016); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Later with Bob Costas (1988); Legend of the Candy Cane (2001); Lethal Weapon (2017); Life After (2010); Listen Up (2004–2005); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989–2023); Lyric Cafe (2002–2003); Lyric Cafe (2008); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1985); Major Crimes (2013–2016); Making History in Hollywood (2021); Malcolm & Eddie (1996–2000); Matlock (1987); Matt Houston (1982); Megachurch Murder (2015); Men of Alaye: The Hottest Black Men in America (1998); Mentoring Kings (2018); Moloney (1997); Mother's Day (1989); Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985); MTV EMA Belfast 2011 (2011); Muted (2014); My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage (2010); NBA All-Star Stay in School Jam (1992); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002); New Edition: N.E. Heart Break (1989); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2000 (2000); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '95 (1995); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nightlife (1986); Not (Blank) Enough (2021); Not All Hood (NAH) (2024–2025); Olive Forever (2018); One on One with John Tesh (1992); One on One with Magic Johnson (1994); One to Grow On (1983–1989); Pioneers of Television (2014); Puppy Dog Pals (2020); Rachael Ray (2016–2018); Reed Between the Lines (2011–2015); Reflections: A Story of Redemption (2004); Restaurant (1998); Retrosexual: The 80's (2004); Saturday Morning Videos (1990–1992); Saturday Night Live (1986); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998); Second City This Week (2012); Sesame Street (1985–1988); Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration / Segment: Monster in the Mirror (1993); Sesame Street: Monster in the Mirror (1991); Sherri (2009–2025); Shot (2017); Show Off! How to Be Cool at Parties (1986); Showtime at the Apollo (1988–1991); Sliders (1999); Sneaky Pete (2017–2019); Sons of Anarchy (2014); Sons of Anarchy: Season 7 - Guests of Anarchy (2015); Sound, Verses, Fury (2007); Special Agent Oso (2010); Static Shock (2002); Stevie Wonder with Friends: Celebrating a Message of Peace (2013); Stripperella (2004); Suits (2016–2017); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1985–1988); Tavis Smiley (2005); Teen Vid I (1991); Ten Days in the Valley (2017); The 11th Annual People's Choice Awards (1985); The 12th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1998); The 14th Annual American Black Achievement Awards (1993); The 1999 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (1999); The 31st Annual People's Choice Awards (2005); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991); The 5th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards (1990); The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013); The 8th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1987); The 9th Annual TV Land Awards (2011); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–2014); The Boris & Nicole Show (2015); The Chicken Squad (2021); The Cleaner (2008); The Cosby Outtakes Show (1990); The Cosby Show (1984–1992); The Cosby Show: 25th Anniversary Special (2009); The Cosby Show: A Look Back (2002); The Drop (2004); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Father Clements Story (1987); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1992); The Greatest (2005); The Insider (2016); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2013); The Irrational (2023); The Last Laugh: Memories of the Cosby Show (1992); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2004); The List (2007); The Magic School Bus (1994–1997); The Meredith Vieira Show (2016); The Michael J. Fox Show (2014); The Mo'Nique Show (2010); The NBC All Star Hour (1985); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2008); The Real (2016); The Real Malcolm X (1992); The Real Story of Itsy Bitsy Spider (1991); The Resident (2018–2023); The Resident Rulebreakers (2020); The Teen Files (1999); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1988); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); The View (2005–2015); The Wendy Williams Show (2009–2018); The Wonder Years (2023); The Word (1994); There's Hope (2007); This Old Man (1990); Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You (1992); Today (1985–2024); Touched by an Angel (1995); Tour of Duty (1989); True Blue (2010); TV Guide: 40th Anniversary Special (1993); TV Guide's 50 Best Shows of All Time: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002); TV Land's Top Ten (2005); TV's All-Time Funniest: A Paley Center for Media Special (2008); Tyson (1995); Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story (2010); Verses & Flow (2014); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (2000); Walt Disney World Celebrity Circus (1987); Wannabe (2016); White Famous (2017); Whodini: Funky Beat (1986); Word Warriors III (2016); You Can't Hear Me (2017); Your Favorite Commercials (1994).

Born on this day – Patrick Swayze:


Patrick Swayze

Actor

Dancer

Singer

August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009

Born on this day – Helena Rojo:


Helena Rojo

Actress

August 18, 1944 – February 3, 2024

Born on this day – Martin Mull:


Martin Mull


Actor

Comedian

Musician

August 18, 1943 – June 27, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Martin Mull (1972); Dueling Tubas / Single (1973); Martin Mull and His Fabulous Furniture in Your Living Room! (1973); Normal (1974); In the Soop with Martin Mull / with Ed Wise & Les Daniels (1967 / 1974); Days of Wine and Neuroses (1975); I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved (1977); No Hits, Four Errors – The Best of Martin Mull (1977); Sex & Violins (1978); Near Perfect/Perfect (1979); Mulling It Over – A Musical Ouvre-View of Martin Mull (1998).

Movies and television:

2016 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2016); 3rd Annual TV Guide Awards (2001); 90 Minutes Live (1977); A '70s Celebration: The Beat Is Back (1993); A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004); A Different Approach (1978); A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1990); All-Star Tribute to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1989); America 2-Night (1978); American Bandstand (1976); American Dad! (2005–2011); American Masters (2016); America's Funniest Home Videos (2002); An All Star Celebration: Vote '88 (1988); An All-Star Toast to the Improv (1988); An Evening at the Improv (1981); And They're Off (2011); Arrested Development (2004–2019); Attention Shoppers (2000); Bad Manners (1984); Basic Values: Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's (1993); Beverly Hills Family Robinson (1997); Big City Comedy (1980 / 1986); Biography (2006); Bless This Mess (2020); Bob's Burgers (2020); Breakaway (1984); Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2020); Burke's Law (1994); California Girls (1985); Cher (1975–1976); Cinemania (2004); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1985–1990); Circus of the Stars #13 (1988); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Clue (1985); Clue: Movies, Murder & Mystery (1986); Come Away Home (2005); Comic Relief (1986); Community (2015); Crumbs (2006); Cutting Class (1989); D.C. Follies (1987); Dads (2013–2014); Dance Fever (1979); Dance with Death (1992); Danny Phantom (2003–2007); Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy (2005); Dexter's Laboratory (2001); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce (1986); Domestic Life (1984); Dream On (1991); Eastwick (2009); Edie & Pen (1996); El Jefe (2012); Entertainment Tonight (2018); Family Dog (1993); Family Guy (2000); Family Man (2008); Far Out Man (1990); Fast Times (1986); Fernwood Tonight (1977); Flicks (1983); FM (1978); Franklin & Bash (2012); Gary Unmarried (2008–2009); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Get a Life (1991); Good Day L.A. (2013–2014); Good Morning America (1980); Grace and Frankie (2022); Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (1983); Greetings from Tucson (2003); Hail Mary (2016); Half & Half (2004); Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990); Hidden Heroes Gala: Diane Warren Tribute (2017); His & Hers (1990); Hollywood Squares (1998–2004); Hollywood Squares (2010); Hollywood's Greatest Wrap Party (1979); Home Is Where the Hart Is (1987); Hopeless Pictures (2005); How the West Was Fun (1994); I'm Sorry (2017–2019); In Concert (1973–1974); Inside Comedy (2013); Intimate Portrait (1990–2005); It's Garry Shandling's Show (1989–1990); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1990); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2020); Jingle All the Way (1996); Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge (1987); Jump (1971); Just for Laughs: The Montreal International Comedy Festival (1990); Just Shoot Me! (2000); Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (2010); Killers (2010); Kristin (2001); L.A. Law (1993); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1997); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008); Les Chroniques du Mea (2017); Less Than Perfect (2002); Life in Pieces (2015–2017); Life with Bonnie (2002–2003); Life... and Stuff (1997); Lifestyles of the Rich & Fabulous (2012); Little Rascals: Mischief Loves Company (1994); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995); Lots of Luck (1985); Mad Love (2011); Magic with the Stars (1982); Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio (1987); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977); Melons (2022); Memories Then and Now (1988); Merrill Markoe's Guide to Glamorous Living (1988); Miracle Beach (1992); Molson Canadian Comedy Releaf (1991–1992); Movies Money Murder (1993); Mr. Mom (1983); Mr. Write (1994); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); My Bodyguard (1980); My Boys (2008–2009); NCIS: Los Angeles (2017); Nevermind Nirvana (2004); Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (2023); Norm Macdonald Live (2014); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Not Dead Yet (2023); O.C. and Stiggs (1985); Oliver's Ghost (2011); On Location: Martin Mull (1979); Over the Top (1997); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1991); Paul McCartney & Friends Live: PETA's Millennium Concert (1999); Portrait of a White Marriage (1988); Presenting Susan Anton (1979); Private School (1983); Psych (2013); Reading Writing & Romance (2013); Reba (2003); Recess (1998–2000); Relative Strangers (2006); Reno 911! (2004); Rented Lips (1987); Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998); Rock Concert (1973); Rock Music Awards (1977); Roseanne (1991–1997); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997–2000); Sally Jessy Raphael (1993); Serial (1980); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); She TV (1994); Sin City Spectacular (1999); Sister Mary Explains It All (2001); Ski Patrol (1990); SpongeBob SquarePants and Friends Unite! (2005); Square Pegs (1983); Sunset Limousine (1983); Take This Job and Shove It (1981); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); Taxi (1979); Teamo Supremo (2002); Ted & Venus (1991); Television Parts (1985); The $10,000 Pyramid (1978); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999); The 21st Annual Grammy Awards (1979); The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards (1995); The 28th Annual People's Choice Awards (2002); The 51st State (1971); The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991); The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008); The Afterparty (2023); The Alan Hamel Show (1977–1978); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The Aristocrats (2005); The Benny Hill Show (1976); The Bob Monkhouse Show (1985); The Boss' Wife (1986); The Carson Podcast (2014); The Chevy Chase National Humor Test (1979); The Cool Kids (2018–2019); The Day My Parents Ran Away (1993); The Drew Carey Show (1997); The Ellen Show (2001–2002); The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard (1984); The Geena Davis Show (2000); The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1993); The Golden Girls (1990); The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2010); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977–1978); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1978); The Jack Jones Show (1974); The Jackie Thomas Show (1992–1993); The Jerk, Too (1984); The Kilborn File (2010); The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1993); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999–2001); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Merv Griffin Show (1975–1977); The Midnight Special (1973–1975); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1979); The Nanny (1998); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1989); The Nick at Nite Holiday Special (2003); The Player (1992); The Ranch (2016–2020); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Simpsons (1998); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1988); The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980); The T.V. Show (1979); The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Special I (1980); The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Special II (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1978–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993); The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (2005); The Vidiots (1986); The War at Home (2007); The Water is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs (2023); The Wild Thornberrys (2000); The Year That Trembled (2002); Thick and Thin (2006); Think Big (1989); 'Til Death (2010); Tim's Vermeer (2013); Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth (1991); Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth 3 (1993); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1983); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); TV 101 (1989); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); Twice in a Lifetime (2000); Twilight Theater II (1982); Twilight Theatre (1982); Two and a Half Men (2008–2013); Veep (2016); What Just Happened??! (2019); Wonder Woman (1977); Working Class (2011); WTF with Marc Maron (2018); Zack and Reba (1998).

Born on this day – Sabine Sinjen:


Sabine Sinjen

Actress

August 18, 1942 – May 18, 1995

Born on this day – Gail Fisher:


Gail Fisher


Actress

August 18, 1935 – December 2, 2000

Credits:

Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Break the Bank (1976); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1976); Celebrity Bowling Classic (1969); Dinah! (1975); Donor (1990); Every Man Needs One (1972); Fantasy Island (1979); General Hospital (1982–1984); He & She (1967); He's the Mayor (1986); Hotel (1985); Insight (1970); It Takes Two (1970); It's Your Bet (1970–1972); Jeopardy! (1973); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Knight Rider (1983); Life with Linkletter (1970); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Baby; Love and the Hustler (1969–1971); Mankillers (1987); Mannix (1968–1975); Match Game (1973–1974); Medical Center (1975); My Three Sons (1968); Pioneers of Television (2014); Play of the Week (1959–1960); Room 222 (1971); Soul Train (1972); The 15th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1973); The 22nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1970); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The All Star Spangled Mission (1973); The Art Linkletter Show (1970); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Defenders (1962); The Doctors (1963); The Game Game (1970); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969–1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1975); The New Girl (1960); The Second Hundred Years (1967); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); You Don't Say (1969).