News for Saturday, June 27th, 2026

• A certain Facebook page involving various texts of, "Kenneth L. Manning" appeared to have had at least one section or part involving some text of, "Kenneth L. Manning" appearing directly above some text of, "May 26, 2023" appearing directly above some text of, "ON THIS WEEKEND, IN TELEVISION HISTORY:   On Memorial Day Weekend of 1986 (sorry; my resources seem to be in conflict as to the actual date: May 24th, 25th OR 26th) + NBC Gulf Coast affiliate WALA-TV Channel 10 of Mobile, Alabama, aired the latest Bob Hope USO birthday special: "BOB HOPE'S HIGH-FLYING BIRTHDAY." The 2-hour comedy/music variety show was staged and videotaped for later broadcast, from the flight deck of the US Navy Essex class aircraft carrier and student pilot training ship USS LEXINGTON (CVN-16) then home berthed at Allegheny Pier at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, USA. It marked not only the host's 83rd birthday, but also the Diamond (75th) Anniversary of Naval aviation. Sponsored by Delta Airlines and Texaco." appearing directly above some Guest stars included Mac Davis, Brooke Shields, Sammy Davis Jr., Don Johnson, Barbara Mandrell, Phyllicia Rashad, Elizabeth Taylor, Jonathan Winters and more. Plus: a special comic sketch was dedicated to the famous TRADER JON'S pilot bar & lounge, and featured the stars with the owner himself: Martin 'Trader Jon' Weissman." appearing directly above some text of, "My favorite part of the broadcast: Hope sang a special version of his trademark "Thanks for the Memories" song (since 'The Big Broadcast of 1938') custom-written especially for Pensacola. He even stood in front of a pair of Navy Wings on the painted set back drop, as he sang." appearing directly above some text of, "You're a Blue Angel now, Bob. Thank you very much, for this unique Pensacola Memorial Day memory, dedicated to our American Armed Forces. SALUTE" appearing directly above some text of, "(Again, sorry; I couldn't find an active YouTube link for this show[*]. At last report though, I did see a listing for it, at: as well as: https://tv-museum.myshopify.com/.../bob-hopes-high-flying... as well as:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325095/ .)" appearing directly above some text of, "All images ©1986 NBC, US Navy Blue Angels, Hope Enterprises Inc., & Pensacola News Journal. No copyright infringements intended. All Rights Reserved.(appearing directly above static imagery) related to its administration; and at least one section or part involving some text of, "Kenneth L. Manning" appearing directly above some text of, "October 25, 2024" appearing directly above some text of, "Here's a look back at late March of 2003: "STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT" was a locally broadcast news special by Pensacola's ABC affiliate WEAR TV-3 news bureau, on Friday, March 21st, and Sunday, March 23rd, just before  the big 75th Annual Academy Awards/Oscar Night worldwide telecast on ABC, at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California." appearing directly above some text of, "Hosted by morning news weather man CHRISTIAN GARMAN, this half-hour program serves as a preview and  prelude to the opening weekend of the first annual Pensacola Bay International Film & TV Festival, and features on-camera interviews with organizers TOM ROUSH and DEE DEE RITCHIE, and Pensacola actor JASON GUY who would later move to Orlando and join NBC affiliate WESH Channel 2 News. (This was about 10 years before the first annual PensaCon cosplay convention.)  It also features in the final 10 minutes of the program, a retrospect on Pensacola's role in Hollywood cinema history. (Did I have anything to do with that? Not officially, but there it is.)" appearing directly above some text of, "Watch, learn and enjoy, folks, and hopefully, be enlightened." appearing directly above some text of, "(Special thanks to John R. Hand of Pulsing Cinema in Cedar Park, Texas, for this YouTube post.  )" appearing directly above a hyperlink (connected to a certain part of a certain World Wide Web site involving various text of, "YouTube") involving a static image appearing directly above some text of, "YOUTUBE.COM" appearing directly above some text of, "Stages of Development - Pensacola and the Movies") related to its administration the Thursday of the twenty-fifth day of this June (note: a certain World Wide Web site involving various texts of, "YouTube" appeared to have had at least one section or page involving a video appearing directly above some text of, "Bob Hope's High-Flying 83rd Birthday (NBC, 1986, with commercials)" (appearing indirectly above some text of, "65 views  Jun 22, 2026" appearing directly above some text of, "Full NBC broadcast of Bob Hope's High-Flying 83rd Birthday Celebration. Aired on affiliate WCYB-TV 5 (Bristol, TN/VA) on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 1986." appearing directly above some text of, "Starring Mac Davis, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dolores Hope, Don Johnson, Barbara Mandrell, Phylicia Rashad, Brooke Shields, Elizabeth Taylor, Jonathan Winters, and the astonishing feats of the Blue Angels.") the Thursday of the twenty-fifth day of this June).