Archive for June 29th, 2011

SLIM PICKENS (JUNE 29, 1919 – DEC. 8, 1983)

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Slim_Pickens later

Born Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. better known by his stage name Slim Pickens,
was a rodeo performer and a film and television actor. He is best remembered
for his comic roles, notable in Dr. Strangelove (1964), Steven Spielberg’s 1941
(1979), and the 1974 Mel Brook’s film Blazing Saddles. In 1982, Pickens was
inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame in Oklahoma. He was also
inducted into the Pro Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs. Co
for his work as a Rodeo Clown.

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Slim Pickens riding the bomb in Dr. Strangelove

1941
slim in 1941

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PORTLAND POSTCARD FROM 1918 ~ THE OAKS

portland postcard-Oaks park 1918

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BILL GATES FOR RADIO SHACK ~ 1985

radio shack bill gates

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EARLY RADIO SOAP DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1932

Vic and Sade TITLE 
vic and sade
From left: Art Van Harvey, Bernadine Flynn, Paul Rhymer and Bill Idelson

The radio program Vic and Sade was regularly broadcast on NBC from 1932 to
1944, then intermittently until 1946, and was briefly adapted to television in 1949
and again in 1957. During its 14-year run on radio, Vic and Sade became one of
the most popular series of its kind, earning critical and popular success,according
to Time, Vic and Sade had 7,000,000 devoted listeners in 1943.

For the majority of its run on the air, Vic and Sade was heard in episodes of 15-
minutes each without a continuing storyline. The central characters, known as
"radio’s home folks," were accountant Victor Rodney Gook (Art Van Harvey), his
wife Sade (Bernadine Flynn) and their adopted son Rush (Bill Idelson).The three
lived on Virginia Avenue in "the small house halfway up in the next block."

 

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MARILYN’S THIRD MARRIAGE ON THIS DATE IN 1956

MarilynMonroe and arthur miller

In May 1955,  Marilyn Monroe started dating playwright Arthur Miller (above). The
relationship between Monroe and Miller began to develop, and although the couple
were able to maintain their privacy for almost a year, the press began to write about
them as a couple, often referred to as "The Egghead and The Hourglass".They were
soon married on June 29, 1956. After a stormy marriage, Marilyn divorced Miller,
citing “incompatibility of character”.  The divorce was finalized in January 1961.

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