Monster Mash

A special two-topic episode: Remembering Star Trek legends Walter Koenig and Sir Patrick Stewart, and a salute to ABC's Sunday public affairs show This Week, which premiered in 1981 as This Week with David Brinkley. 

The retired professional wrestler is best known for portraying a hard-line Soviet heel during the Cold War, most notably in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now World Wrestling Entertainment).

The post-World War II Hollywood post-production pioneer and music supervisor achieved remarkable success despite being a quadriplegic from the age of 14. 

A rundown of fun facts about four legends of polka music: Myron Floren, Frank Yankovic, the Six Fat Dutchmen (formed by Harold Loeffelmacher), and Whoopee John (John Anthony Wilfahrt).

Comprising of Ed Gallagher and Al Shean, the vaudeville and Broadway musical comedy duo rose to massive national fame in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 with their call-and-response song "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean", but the partnership dissolved bitterly later in the decade amid legal and personal disputes. 

The award-winning journalist serves as a senior correspondent for CBS News, a contributing correspondent for 60 Minutes, co-host of CBS Mornings, and host of the Healthful podcast.

Composed of multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Cliff Prowse and pianist/vocalist Susan Erwin Prowse, the award-winning musical duo has become a prominent fixture in the independent country and Americana scene. 

In what has been called the "three governors controversy" in Georgia in the late 1940s, three men—Melvin Thompson, Ellis Arnall, and Herman Talmadge—simultaneously claimed the state's governor seat after governor-elect Eugene Talmadge (Herman's father) died before taking office. 

The actor, producer, and screenwriter is best known for his prolific work in B-movies alongside cult-filmmaker Roger Corman, most iconically starring as Seymour Krelboined in the original 1960 cult classic The Little Shop of Horrors.

The classic 1962 novelty hit "Monster Mash" by Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers is a Halloween staple that parodied early '60s dance crazes like "The Mashed Potato" and "The Twist".