Archive for January 31st, 2014

THIS WAS A GREAT TELEVISION TEAM!

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Talk show host Johnny Carson (right), band leader Doc Severinsen (left) and announcer/sidekick Ed McMahon. They WERE “The Tonight Show with Johnny
Carson” on NBC from 1962 to 1992.

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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                                           Mike Gracia

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BROADWAY VETERAN IS 93 TODAY

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Carol Elaine Channing

Channing is a singer, actress, and comedian who has received
three Tony Awards (including one for lifetime achievement), a
Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. She is best remembered
for originating on Broadway the musical-comedy roles of widowed
matchmaker Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! (1964) and Lorelei Lee in
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949). Carol Channing was born in 
Seattle, Washington where her father ,George Channing, was
formerly the city editor of the Seattle Star newspaper.

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