Thursday, November 6, 2025

On this day in music history - Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings, by Natalie Merchant (2015):


Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings

Album by Natalie Merchant,
released November 6, 2015.

Track list:

San Andreas Fault; Beloved Wife; Carnival; River; The Letter; Where I Go; I May Know the Word; Seven Years; Cowboy Romance; Jealousy; Wonder (Paradise Is There Version).

On this day in movie history - The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009):


The Men Who Stare at Goats

directed by Grant Heslov,
written by Peter Straughan,
based on the book by Jon Ronson,
was released in the United States on November 6, 2009.
Music by Rolfe Kent.


Cast:

George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Lang, Robert Patrick, Waleed Zuaiter, Stephen Root, Glenn Morshower, Nick Offerman, Tim Griffin, Rebecca Mader, Jacob Browne, Todd Lawson LaTourrette, Brad Grunberg, Elsa Villafane, Fawad Siddiqui, Samuel Ray Gates, McCaleb Burnett, Sean Phillips, Matt Newton, MinhTu Van, Robert Curtis Brown, Hrach Titizian, Jack Mercy, Christopher Maher, Drew Seltzer, Donn Lamkin, Sean Curley, Michael-David Aragon, Morse Bicknell, Terry Serpico, Wiley M. Pickett, Diego Serrano, Reginald Huc, Kevin Geer, Kevin Wiggins, JJ Raschel, Arron Shiver, Jaime Margarida, Steve Witting, Hunter Bell, Edward Holley, Christopher Robinson, William Sterchi, Alan DAntoni, Jay Spadaro, Chick Bernhard, A.J. Tannen, Barry R. White, Alexandra Andrews, Sarah Belger, Robert Anthony Brass, Steven Ray Byrd, Rafael Christian, Michael Clark, Hector Escudero Lobe, Robert Farrior, Christopher Fodge, John Galindez, Gilbert Guash, Timothy Holmes, Casey Wayne Hupp, Benny James, Billy Lockwood, John Macho, John McTasney, Michael J. Morris, Johan Nussbaumer, Susan Pages, Paul J. Porter, Frank Powers, Brian Tester.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)
Star Trek: Voyager (1995 & 1996)
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime (2001)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 7. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Attached.
Released November 6, 1993.
Directed by Jonathan Frakes.
Written by Nick/Nicholas Sagan, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Robin Gammell, Lenore Kasdorf, James Castle (J.C.) Stevens, David Keith Anderson, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, Gerard David Jr., Rick Ryan Kiesau, Christina Wegler Miles, Tom Morga, Joyce Robinson, Sissy Sessions, John Alex Tampoya, Oliver Theess, Lydia Triplett.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 2. Episode 9.
Episode entitled: Tattoo.
Released November 6, 1995.
Directed by Alexander Singer.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Michael Piller, Larry Brody, Kenneth Biller, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Henry Darrow, Richard Fancy, Douglas Spain, Nancy Hower, Richard Chaves, Joseph Palmas, Majel Barrett, Deanna Brady, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Kevin Grover, Kaiyoti, Louis Ortiz, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 3. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Future’s End.
Released November 6, 1996.
Directed by David Livingston.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Sarah Silverman, Allan G. Royal, Ed Begley Jr., Susan Dalian / Susan Patterson, Barry Wiggins, Christian Conrad, Majel Barrett, Chuck Berch, Tarik Ergin, Jennifer Gundy, Susan Henley, Lemuel Perry.


Mind Meld:
Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime
Documentary directed by Peter Jaysen,
released in the United States on November 6, 2001.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Billy West.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 2. Episode 7.
Episode entitled: The Seventh.
Released November 6, 2002.
Directed by David Livingston.
Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Stephen Mendillo, Bruce Davison, David Richards, Coleen Maloney, Vincent Hammond, Richard Wharton, Alexandrea Ortiz, Craig Appel, Solomon Burke Jr., Al Burke, Marijane Cole, Peter Godoy, Aldric A. Horton, Amina Julianna, John Jurgens, Lana Taylor, Mark Watson.

On this day in movie history - The Sunshine Boys (movie & play):


The Sunshine Boys

directed by Herbert Ross,
written by Neil Simon,
based on the play by Neil Simon,
was released in the United States on November 6, 1975.
Music by Irwin Fisch.


Cast:

Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith, Carol Arthur, Rosetta LeNoire, F. Murray Abraham, Howard Hesseman, James Cranna, Ron Rifkin, Jennifer Lee Pryor, Fritz Feld, Jack Bernardi, Garn Stephens, Santos Morales, Archie Hahn, Sid Gould, Tom Spratley, Rashel Novikoff, Sammy Smith, Dan Resin, Milt Kogan, Bob Goldstein, Walter Stocker, Duchess Dale, Bill Reddick, Eddie Villery, Gary K. Steven, Steve Allen, Phyllis Diller, Lois Hamilton, Lauren Simon, Rufus Smith.

Recommended reading:


The Sunshine Boys

A play by Neil Simon.

First published 1972.
Published by Concord Theatricals.
Illustrated edition.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0573615969
ISBN-13: 978-0573615962

Description:

Play.

A comedy in two acts.

Full Length, Comedy / 5m, 2f / Scenery: Interior.

Al and Willie as "Lewis and Clark" were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren't even speaking. When CBS requests them for a "History of Comedy" retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries and laughs.

"It's ham on wry...Simon's sure footed craftsmanship and his one liners are as exquisitely apt as ever." – New York Post.

"Delicious and oddly affecting." – T.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):


M Squad

Season 3. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Shred of Doubt.
Released November 6, 1959.
Directed by Jerry Hopper.
Written by Earl Baldwin.
Music by Benny Carter.


Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Don Dubbins, Kendrick Huxham, Peter Adams, Vici Raaf, Henry Hunter, Alyce Ford, Cynthia Lourdes.

On this day in movie history - Body and Soul (1947):


Body and Soul

directed by Robert Rossen,
written by Abraham Polonsky,
was released in the United States on November 6, 1947.
Music by Hugo Friedhofer.


Cast:

John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, William Conrad, Joseph Pevney, Lloyd Gough, Canada Lee, Art Smith, Larry Steers, Larry Anzalone, Al Bain, Steve Benton, Eddie Borden, Paul Bradley, James Burke, George M. Carleton, James Carlisle, Wheaton Chambers, Mary Currier, Sayre Dearing, Artie Dorrell, Al Eben, Ceferino GarcĂ­a, Joe Gray, Virginia Gregg, John Indrisano, Sheldon Jett, Milton Kibbee, Mike Lally, Glen Lee, Theodore Lorch, George Magrill, Sid Melton, Harold Miller, Forbes Murray, William H. O'Brien, Charles Perry, Paul Power, Mike Ragan, Bob Reeves, Frank Riggi, Cyril Ring, Shimen Ruskin, Tim Ryan, Bert Stevens, Dan Tobey, Sid Troy, Peter Virgo, John Wald, Ulysses Williams, Florence Wix.

Born on this day – Arkie Whiteley:


Arkie Whiteley


Actress

November 6, 1964 – December 19, 2001

Credits:

4 Play (1991); A Country Practice (1981); A Dinner of Herbs (2000); A Place in the World (1979); A Touch of Frost (2001); A Town Like Alice (1981); Australian Story (2004); Casualty (1995); Jaws on Trotters: The Making of 'Razorback' (2005); Kavanagh QC (1996–1997); Kings (1983); Love Hurts (1992); Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981); McCallum (1998); Menotti (1981); Mystery!: Gallowglass (1993); Natural Lies (1992); Parkinson in Australia (1981); People Like Us (1978); Perfect Scoundrels (1990); Princess Caraboo (1994); Prisoner (1982); Razorback (1984); Scandal (1989); Screen Two (1990); Slippery Slide (1980); Sporting Chance (1981); Spring & Fall (1980); Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990); The Grand (1998); The Killing of Angel Street (1981); The Last Musketeer (2000); The Young Doctors (1978); Tropical Heat (1993); Van der Valk (1991); Whiteley (2017); Without Warning (1999).