‘’MR. TELEVISION”

Milton Berle (Mendel Berlinger)
(July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002)

Milton Berle’s career as an entertainer spanned over eight
decades, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor,
then in radio, movies and television. As the host of NBC‘s
Texaco Star Theatre (1948–1953), he was the first major
American television star and was known to millions of
viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during the
first Golden Age of Television. He was honored with two
stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in both
radio and TV.

The Cartwrights first rode through Virginia City, Nev., in the
Western TV drama series Bonanza on Saturday, Sept. 12, 1959,
on NBC, and it was the first Western to be televised entirely in
color. Bonanza lasted 14 seasons, making it the second-longest-
running TV Western behind Gunsmoke.

On March 11, 1989, "Cops," a documentary-style television
series that follows police officers and sheriff’s deputies as
they go about their jobs, debuts on Fox. "Cops" went on to
become one of the longest-running shows in television
history. It went off the air in 2020.

The show, which was created by John Langley and Malcolm
Barbour, was a pioneer in reality television.

When the cameras of “COPS” were in Portland, Oregon.

On March 11, 1903, musician and entertainer Lawrence Welk 
was born.

For the generation that grew up on the big bands of the 1930s
and ’40s, The Lawrence Welk Show was a blessed island of
calm in a world gone mad for rock and roll, and it aired like
clockwork every Saturday night from 1955 to 1982. On KTLA.
ABC and Syndication.

When ABC dropped The Lawrence Welk Show in 1971, Welk independently arranged a syndication deal that kept him on
the air for another 11 years and made him one of the richest
entertainers in America. 

Inside the historic William Penn Hotel in downtown
Pittsburgh, you can see Lawrence Welk’s original
bubble machine.

You Asked for It is a human interest television show created and
hosted by Art Baker (below) Initially titled The Art Baker Show,
the program originally aired on TV between 1950 and 1959. Later
versions of the series were seen in 1972, 1981, and 2000.

Art Baker (Arthur Appleton Shank)
January 7, 1898 – August 26, 1966)

Baker  initially planned to be a singer, and
during World War I he was a song leader
while serving in the United States Army.

Baker’s radio career began as an announcer
on Los Angeles radio station KFSG. He later
worked at Forest Lawn Memorial Park as a
tour guide.