Archive for April, 2015

SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1931

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From left: Chester Lauck (Lum) and Norris Goff (Abner). 

Lum and Abner was an NBC Blue network radio comedy program created by
Chester Lauck and Norris Goff (shown above). The popular show aired until
1954, having been heard originally on NBC as well as Mutual, CBS and the 
ABC network.

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Sandy Kozel

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  Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)    
             

 

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AL PACINO IS 75 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Alfredo James "Al" Pacino was born in Manhattan, New York

Pacino had his breakthrough as mobster Michael Corleone in the
“Godfather” trilogy and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his
role as Frank Slade in the 1992 film “Scent of a Woman”. He is also
known for his starring roles in “Dog Day Afternoon” (1975),“Scarface”
(1983), “Serpico” (1973), and “Glengarry Glen Ross” (1992).

He developed a love for acting at an early age and participated in the
majority of his school’s productions. As a teenager, he went by the
nickname Sunny and had a reputation as a troublemaker.

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THIS WAS JACK IN THE BOX IN THE 1960s

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The fast-food restaurant Jack in the Box
was founded in 1951 by Robert
O.
Peterson
in San Diego,California, where it is still headquartered today.

In total, the chain has 2,200 locations, primarily serving the West Coast
of the U.S.

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(1916–1994)

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Sandy Kozel

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Barbra Joan Streisand is 73 today.

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