On this day in television history - Murphy’s Law (1988 - 1989):

Murphy’s Law

created by Lee David Zlotoff,

based on the Trace and Digger series of novels by Warren Murphy,

was released in the United States on November 2, 1988 and ran for one season until March 18, 1989.
Theme music by Steve Kipner.

Cast:

George Segal, Maggie Han, Josh Mostel, Sarah Sawatsky, Charles Rocket, Kim Lankford, Walter Marsh, Lynne Randall, Julia Sweeney, Elizabeth Savage, Robert Thurston, Valerie Mahaffey, Christine Belford, Carolyn Seymour, Patrick Macnee, Clyde Kusatsu, David Spielberg, Linda Darlow, Leslie Carlson, Gerard Christopher, Andi Matheny, Bill Morey, Robert Thurston, Alan Robertson, Steve Peterson, Joan Severance, Will Estes, Reni Santoni, Judy Landers, Jennifer Hetrick, Norman Fell, Garwin Sanford, John Standing, Jack Bannon, Bruce Gray, Richard Foronjy, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Jeffrey Byron, Ken Swofford, Joseph Cali, David Byrd, Marvin Kaplan, Tom O'Rourke, Diana Bellamy, Robin Mossley, Richard Roat, Jerry Potter, Sheelah Megill, Jano Frandsen, Nancy Isaak, Brian Knox McGugan, A.J. Freeman, Serge Houde, Frank Slaten.

On this day in movie history - Paris, Texas (1984):

Paris, Texas

directed by Wim Wenders,

written by L. M. Kit Carson and Sam Shepard,

was released in the United States on November 2, 1984.
Music by Ry Cooder.

Cast:

Harry Dean Stanton, Sam Berry, Bernhard Wicki, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Claresie Mobley, Hunter Carson, Viva Auder, Socorro Valdez, Edward Fayton, Justin Hogg, Nastassja Kinski, Tom Farrell, John Lurie, Jeni Vici, Sally Norvell, Sharon Menzel, The Mydolls, Brandy Tipton.

On this day in music history - Bad Attitude, by Meat Loaf (1984):

Bad Attitude

Album by Meat Loaf,

released November 2, 1984.

Track list:

Bad Attitude; Modern Girl; Nowhere Fast; Surf’s Up; Piece of the Action; Jumpin’ the Gun; Cheatin’ In Your Dreams; Don’t Leave Your Mark On Me; Sailor to a Siren.

On this day in movie history - The Ocean Waif (1916):

The Ocean Waif

directed by Alice Guy,

written by Frederick Chapin,

was released in the United States on November 2, 1916.

Cast:

Carlyle Blackwell, Doris Kenyon, Edgar Norton, Fraunie Fraunholz, William Morris, Augusta Burmeister, Lyn Donelson.

Born on this day – JD Souther:

JD Souther

Actor

Composer

November 2, 1945 – September 17, 2024

Credits:

Songs:

Banging My Head Against the Moon; Believe Me; Best of My Love; Black Rose; Border Town; Faithless Love; Fallin' in Love; Go Ahead and Rain; Hearts Against the Wind; Heavenly Fire; How Long; I’ll Take Care of You; If You Don’t Want My Love; If You Have Crying Eyes; I'll Be Here at Closing Time; Little Victories; New Kid in Town; Safe at Home; Silver Blue; Simple Man, Simple Dream; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Something in the Dark; Songs of Love; The Fast One; The Last in Love; The Moon Just Turned Blue; The Sad Café; ’Til the Bars Burn Down; White Rhythm and Blues; Wishing on Another Lucky Star; You're Only Lonely.

Albums:

20 Songs (1999); Black Rose - Live At The Troubadour Nightclub, West Hollywood, Ca. April 8Th 1976 (2016); Black Rose (1976); Border Town: The Very Best of J.D. Souther (2007); Call Out My Name (2019); Hanging By A Thread (2024); Home by Dawn (1984); If the World Was You (2008); John David Souther (1972); Midnight In Tokyo (2012); Natural History (2011); Rain - Live at the Belcourt Theatre (2009); Tenderness (2015); The Souther–Hillman–Furay Band (1974); You're Only Lonely (1979).

Movies and television:

1991 MTV Video Music Awards (1991); 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards (2007); About Last Night (1986); Always (1989); American Masters (2011); Anything But Love (1989); At This Hour with Kate Bolduan (2019); Bernadette Peters in Concert (1998); Bob Hearts Abishola (2020); CMT Hot 20 Countdown (2007); Coast to Coast (1980); Cry-Baby (1990); Deadline (2012); Don Henley: The Heart of the Matter (1990); Doom Patrol (2019); Eagles: Hell Freezes Over (1994); Eagles: How Long (2007); Eagles: The Best of My Love (Live 1977); Eagles: The Farewell 1 Tour - Live from Melbourne (2005); Encore! (1980); Entourage (2005); Fire with Fire (1986); Florida Georgia Line: Dirt (2014); FM (1978); Glenn Frey Strange Weather Live in Dublin (1992); Good Day L.A. (2013); History of the Eagles (2013); How to Make the Cruelest Month (1998); I Love Trouble (1994); J.D. Souther: Go Ahead and Rain (1984); James Taylor & J.D. Souther: Her Town Too (1981); John Waite: If Anyone Had a Heart (1986); Laurel Canyon (2020); Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019); Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill (2022); My Girl 2 (1994); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1997); Nashville (2012–2017); NBI: Epimaco Velasco, the True Story (1994); Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights (1980); Once Upon a River (2019); P.O.V. (2015); Permanent Record (1988); Postcards from the Edge (1990); Providence (2000); Pure Country (1992); Purgatory (1999); Queens Logic (1991); Roswell (2001); Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988); Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30 (2017); Saturday Night Live (2001); Sex and the City (2008); Strictly Come Dancing (2014); The Best Little Girl in the World (1981); The Color of Money (1986); The Last Horror Film (1982); The Midnight Special (1972); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1973); The Pennsylvania Miners' Story (2002); The Rivermen (1980); The Seventies (2015); The Simpsons (2005); The Sure Thing (1985); The Wraith (1986); Thirtysomething (1989–1990); To Cross the Rubicon (1991); Top of the Pops (1977); Troubadours (2011); Urban Cowboy (1980).

Born on this day – Jack Starrett:

Jack Starrett

Actor

Director

November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989

Credits:

A Man Called Sloane (1979); A Small Town in Texas (1976); Angels from Hell (1968); Beyond Westworld (1980); Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus (1978); Blazing Saddles (1974); Blazing Saddles: Back in the Saddle (2001); Brothers in Arms (1988); Cade's County (1971); Cleopatra Jones (1973); Cry Blood, Apache (1970); Death Chase (1988); Eischied (1980); Family Reunion (1989); Fan des années 80 (2012); Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977); First Blood (1982); Grizzly II: Revenge (1983); Hells Angels on Wheels (1967); Hell's Bloody Devils (1970); Hill Street Blues (1981); Hollywood Heartbreak (1990); Hollywood Man (1976); House of Zodiac (1969); Hunter (1985); Kid Blue (1973); Kiss My Grits (1982); Knight Rider (1983); Like Father, Like Son (1987); Mondo Mod (1967); Mr. Horn (1979); Night Chase (1970); Nightwish (1989); Nowhere to Hide (1977); Paris (1979); Planet of the Apes (1974); Race with the Devil (1975); Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target (1977); Run, Angel, Run! (1969); Slaughter (1972); Starsky and Hutch (1975); Survival of Dana (1979); Thaddeus Rose and Eddie (1978); The A-Team (1986); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Born Losers (1967); The Dion Brothers (1974); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979); The Gay Deceivers (1969); The Girls from Thunder Strip (1970); The Gun Runner (1969); The Losers (1970); The Making of 'First Blood' (1982); The Making of 'Up the Creek' (1984); The New Spartans (1975); The River (1984); The Rose (1979); The Rousters (1983); The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972); Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1978); Wildside (1985).

Born on this day – Lyn Thomas:

Lyn Thomas

Actress

November 2, 1929 – August 26, 2004

Credits:

26 Men (1957); Adventures of Superman (1953); Alaska Passage (1959); Arson for Hire (1959); Big Timber (1950); Black Midnight (1949); Border Patrol (1959); Call It Free (1955); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Checkmate (1961); City Detective (1955); Colt .45 (1957); Covered Wagon Raid (1950); Damon Runyon Theater (1956); Death Valley Days (1953); Dragnet (1957); Front Page Detective (1951); Frontier Gun (1958); Gang Busters (1952); General Electric Theater (1957); Here Come the Jets (1959); Home in San Antone (1949); It's a Great Life (1955); Jefferson Drum (1958); Kill the Umpire (1950); My Little Margie (1955); Noah's Ark (1956); Noose for a Gunman (1960); Not for Hire (1960); Pantomime Quiz (1949); Red River Shore (1953); Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1956); Space Master X-7 (1958); Stage Struck (1948); Strop, Look and Listen (1952); Studio 57 (1955); That's My Boy (1951); The Abbott and Costello Show (1954); The Accused (1949); The Betty Hutton Show (1959); The Cisco Kid (1951); The D.A.'s Man (1959); The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1961); The Lineup (1955); The Magnavox Theater (1950); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Millionaire (1955); The Missourians (1950); The Petty Girl (1950); The Pride of the Family (1953); The Star and the Story (1956); Three Came to Kill (1960); Triple Trouble (1950); Wagon Train (1959); Wedding Yells (1951); Whispering Smith (1961); Witness to Murder (1954).