1957

Actress Pamela Reed  is most known as the voice of Ruth Powers in various
episodes of FOX-TV’s The Simpsons, and as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s partner
in the 1990 ,filmed in Oregon movie Kindergarten Cop. She currently appears
as Marlene Griggs-Knope on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. Reed was
was born in Tacoma, Washington. 

Pamela with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop

Simpsons character Ruth Powers 

Amy Poehler and Pamela Reed in a scene from Parks and Recreation

The prime-time TV soap Dallas premiered as a five-part miniseries on CBS,
followed by a thirteen season run until May 3, 1991. The show revolved around
the Ewing’s, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle ranching industries. Larry
Hagman stars as the greedy, scheming oil baron J.R. Ewing and Patrick Duffy
as his younger brother Bobby. The show also starred veteran actress Barbara
Bel Geddes as the head of the family Miss Ellie. Dallas was included in Time
magazine’s 2007 list of "100 Best TV Shows of All Time”.

Larry Hagman, left, with Patrick Duffy

The Ewing family

August 11, 1980 issue

The Big Story was a radio crime show on NBC which dramatized the true stories of real-life newspaper reporters. The only continuing character was the narrator, Bob Sloane.The first sponsor of the show was Pall Mall Cigarettes and Lucky Strike Cigarettes sponsored the last two years. The series aired until March 23, 1955 and was top rated, rivaling Bing Crosby’s Philco Radio Time.