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TV SERIES PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1961

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Hazel
is a sitcom that aired for five-seasons, with 154-episodes in primetime 
until April 11, 1966. It was produced by Screen Gems and aired on NBC for its
first four seasons (in black-and-white for all but one episode of the first season,
and in color for the next three), then in color on CBS for its final season.The
show was based on the popular single-panel comic strip by cartoonist Ted
Key (below) which appeared in the
Saturday Evening Post. 

 

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Ted Key

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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   Camille Bohannon

 

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SEX SYMBOL OF THE 50s & 60s IS 79 TODAY

BRIGITTE BARDOT

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Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot


Bardot studied ballet for three years at the Conservatoire de Paris,
in hopes of becoming a professional. She eventually  became a
French fashion model and is now an animal rights activist.
 



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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1958

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The Teddy Bears with Phil Spector (left)

The song “To Know Him, Is To Love Him” was written and composed by 
18-year old Phil Spector. He was inspired by the words on his father’s
tombstone.

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Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector will be 74 on December 26

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REMEMBERING WILLIAM CONRAD ~

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William Conrad (John William Cann Jr.)

(September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994)

Conrad was an actor, producer and director whose career spanned five 
decades in radio, film and television. He created the role of Marshal Matt 
Dillon
for the popular CBS radio series Gunsmoke (1952–1961), and he 
narrated the television adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (1959-1964)
on ABC/NBC and The Fugitive (1963–1967) on ABC television.

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William Conrad (right) with show director Norman Macdonnell

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