Archive for April, 2011

SHINDIG! PERFORMANCE ON THIS DATE IN 1965

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QUIZ SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1940

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Take It or Leave It was a CBS radio quiz show, which followed in the wake of
Professor Quiz, radio’s first quiz program. The show was first hosted by Bob Hawk ( 1940-41), followed by Phil Baker (1941-47). It aired until July 27, 1947. In 1947
the radio series switched to NBC and was hosted various times by Baker, Garry
Moore (1947-49), Eddie Cantor (1949-50), and Jack Paar who hosted the show beginning on June 11, 1950. On September 10, 1950, Take It or Leave It changed
its title to The $64 Question and continued, with Paar as host, until June 1, 1952. It
was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990.

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Phil Baker

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ANDIE MACDOWELL IS 53 TODAY

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In the early 1980s, Andie MacDowell modeled for Vogue magazine and appeared
in various ad campaigns. A series of billboards in Time Square and national TV commercials for Calvin Klein drew attention to her and led to a 1984 film debut
in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. She had a small part St.
Elmo’s Fire
in 1985. In the 1990s, MacDowell achieved stardom due to the box
office success of the 1993 comedy by Harold Ramis, Groundhog Day, and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994).

 

 

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andie macdowell on comsmopolitan
January, 1986 issue

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CLINT HOWARD TURNED 52 TODAY

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ClintHoward

Clinton "Clint" Howard is a character actor with numerous brief appearances
on television and films. He has played many bit parts in movies directed by
his brother, actor-turned-director Ron Howard. His father is actor Rance
Howard.

 

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Clint Howard as Balok in the 1966 Star Trek episode The Carbomite Maneuver

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Clint in Apollo 13 (1995)

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A BIRTHDAY FOR JOHNNY TILLOTSON ~ 72 TODAY

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JohnnyTillotson

Singer and songwriter Johnny Tillotson enjoyed his greatest
success in the early 1960s, when he scored 9 top-ten hits
on the pop, country and adult contemporary billboard charts
including "Poetry in Motion" released in 1960.  


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