Clarence Leonidas "Leo" Fender (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991)

Fender created the famous Fender brand of guitars. He also created the
Music Man and G&L Musical Instruments companies. Before fame he made
money repairing radios as a teenager in California. In 2009 he was awarded
a Technical Grammy Award for his contributions of outstanding significance
to the recording field.

Leo Fender was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 – a
unique achievement given that he never learned to play the instruments
which he made a career of building.

In 2009 he was awarded a Technical Grammy Award for his contributions of
outstanding significance to the recording field.

        Allen Funt

Candid Camera is a hidden camera/practical joke reality television series created
and produced by Allen Funt (above), a former advertising artist who conceived the
show that caught people in the act of being themselves. The show initially began
on radio as The Candid Microphone on June 28, 1947. After a series of theatrical
film shorts, also titled Candid Microphone, Funt’s concept came to television, initially 
on ABC, and aired over other networks until the final broadcast on May 5, 2004.

On CBS (1959–67)

Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max
Fleischer. She made her first appearance in the cartoon Dizzy
Dishes, the sixth installment in Fleischer’s Talkartoon series.

Max Fleischer, with his star performer, Betty Boop

"The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro)”, a song by Sol Lake, was recorded
by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and represents the first release
on A&M Records, formed by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss..

It became a hit (US #6) and title song to the album The Lonely Bull,
released in December 1962. Its original title was "Twinkle Star".

Smokey’s debut poster (above) is considered his anniversary date. Overseen
by the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Campaign, the first campaign poster
was illustrated by Albert Staehle.

Also in 1944, Forest Service worker Rudy Wendelin became the full-time artist
for the campaign. He was considered to be Smokey Bear’s "caretaker" until he
retired in 1973.

Rudolph "Rudy" Andreas Michael Wendelin (1910–2000)