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ACTOR MICHAEL CAINE IS 91 YEARS OLD

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Michael Caine Addresses Rumors He's Retiring From Acting After Latest Film | IBTimes

Michael Caine has appeared in more than 160 films over 
a career spanning eight decades and is considered a
British film
 icon. 

He has received
many awards including two Academy
Awards
, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards,
and a
Screen Actors Guild Award.

As of 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared have
grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide. Caine is one of only
five male actors to be nominated for an Academy Award
for acting in
five different decades.

Caine is known for his performance as Ebenezer Scrooge
in
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992).

    
   

A Simple Twist Of Fate (1994) Movie - hoopla
1988

Batman Begins (2005) - Backdrops — The Movie Database (TMDb)

Michael Caine Says Batman Begins Is One of the Greatest Things He's Ever Done
2005

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SAY KIDS, WHAT TIME IS IT?

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Howdy Doody is a children’s television show broadcast on
the
NBC
television network from December 27, 1947, until
September 24, 1960.

It was a pioneer of children’s programming and set the
pattern for many similar shows.

The complicated origin of the expression 'peanut gallery'

It’s Howdy Doody Time??? The X Rated, Ultimate Inside Story! – Eyes Of A Generation…Television's ...

Two Words By Clarabell The Clown Solidified The End Of 'Howdy Doody'
Buffalo Bob Smith, Howdy Doody and Clarabell the clown,
originally played by
Bob Keeshan
, who went on to create
the children’s TV character Captain Kangaroo.
 

It’s Howdy Doody Time! – I Remember JFK: A Baby Boomer's Pleasant Reminiscing Spot
1950s

It's Howdy Doody time! About the old TV show & see the intro (1947-1960) - Click Americana

Lot Detail - 1955-60 Howdy Doody Advertisements Photos Stamps Birthday Card- Lot of 18

Twinkies Howdy Doody 1958 | Howdy Doody | Howdy doody, Old commercials, Vintage advertisements

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THIS WAS A SUNDAY AFTERNOON FAVORITE

Kukla, Fran & Ollie - NBC - 1947 to 1954 ABC - 1954 to 1957 | Old tv shows, Classic television ...

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Kukla, Fran and Ollie was an early TV show using puppets. It was
created for children, but was soon watched by more adults than
children. It did not have a script and was entirely
ad-libbed. It
was broadcast from Chicago between October 13, 1947, and
August 30, 1957. Comedienne
Fran Allison starred, interacting
with puppets, Kukla and Ollie (and sometimes other puppets)
whose puppeteer was the show’s creator,
Burr Tillstrom. After
the original run, the team appeared in other productions over
several decades.

The Kukla, Fran and Ollie studio in 1952

Bruce Berquist - Kuklapolitan Cameraman

Kukla, Fran and Ollie - TheTVDB.com

For those of a certain age, Kukla, Fran and Ollie were endlessly entertaining. They were brought ...

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PUPPET CREATOR WAS BORN ON THIS DAY

Jim Henson
James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990)

Jim Henson was puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor,
inventor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide
notability as the creator of
the Muppets
(below).

15 fotos de Jim Henson y sus creaciones para celebrar su legado - eCartelera

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TV SERIES CO-CREATOR HAS DIED AT 93

Joan Ganz Cooney Center - Lloyd N. Morrisett, PhD
Lloyd N. Morrisett Jr. (November 2, 1929 – January 22, 2023)

(AP) – Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of the beloved children’s
education TV series "Sesame Street," which uses empathy
and fuzzy monsters like Abby Cadabby, Elmo and Cookie
Monster to charm and teach generations around the world,
has died.

Morrisett’s death was announced Tuesday by Sesame Workshop,
the nonprofit he helped establish under the name the Children’s Television Workshop. No cause of death was given.

Sesame Street creator Lloyd Morrisett dies at the age of 93 | Marca

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