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SITCOM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1952

My Little Margie (NBC)  TV Series

1952 - 1955

Shown from left: Charles Farrell, Gale Storm (as Margie Albright)
Charles Farrell and Gale Storm


My Little Margie
is a situation comedy series starring Gale Storm and
Charles Farrell that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to
1955. The series was created by Frank Fox and produced in Los
Angeles, California
at Hal Roach Studios by Hal Roach, Jr. and
Roland D. Reed.

My Little Margie premiered on CBS as the summer replacement for
I Love Lucy under the sponsorship of Philip Morris cigarettes.

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         Gale Storm (Josephine Owaissa Cottle)

                   (April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009)

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FROM PDX RETRO ~

father's day

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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                    EdDonahue
                     Ed Donahue

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‘’MR. COUNTRY ROCK’’ IS 74 TODAY

Billy Crash Craddock yng

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Billy "Crash" Craddock

Craddock is a country and rockabilly singer who first gained fame 
in Australia in the 1950s with a string of hits.Switching to country 
music, he gained popularity in the U.S.in the 1970s with ten country 
hits, several of which went number one, including "Rub It In", "Broken
Down in Tiny Pieces
", and "Ruby Baby”.

 

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REMEMBERING A RESTAURANT FOUNDER

bob wian yng
A young Bob Wian in 1938

bob's big boy

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Robert C. "Bob" Wian
(June 15, 1914–March 31, 1992)

Bob Wian was the founder of the Big Boy restaurant chain. The
restaurant began as a 10-stool Glendale, California, hamburger
stand in 1936 with an investment of $350 which Wian got from
the sale of a used car. He sold the Big Boy chain to the Marriott
Corp
.
in 1967 for seven million dollars.

      bob's burger

Big-Boy

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