Archive for December, 2014
CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEA FROM THE 1950’S
ROCK AND BLUES SINGER DIES AT 70
John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014)
The popular 1960’s English singer died of lung cancer at his home in
Colorado.
IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY
MAKE A WINDOW WONDERLAND
Glass Wax was a popular window cleaner in the 1950’s. It
was manufactured by Gold Seal which is no longer in
business.
George Watt Fenneman (November 10, 1919 – May 29, 1997)
Fenneman is most remembered as the announcer/sidekick for
Groucho Marx‘s comedy/quiz show vehicle You Bet Your Life
on NBC-TV from 1950 to 1961.
BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1922
A young Paul Winchell and his young dummy Jerry Mahoney
Paul Winchell was born Paul Wilchinsky in New York
City, New York.
(December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005)
Winchell was a ventriloquist, actor, and comedian who hosted
The Paul Winchell Show from 1950 to 1954 on NBC along
with Winchell-Mahoney Time from 1965 to 1968. He was
also the cartoon voice for Tigger in Winnie the Poo.
Winchell, who had medical training, was also an inventor,
becoming the first person to build and patent a mechanical
artificial heart.
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