Larry the Cable Guy (born Daniel Lawrence "Larry" Whitney in
Pawnee City, Nebraska)
Larry developed his trademark Southern accent after listening to
his college roommates.A debut comedy album, Law and Disorder,
was released in 1995. His father, a Christian minister and a guitarist,
raised him on a pig farm. The former radio personality, despite his
stage name, has never worked for a cable company.
Brian Thomas
Michael Jeffrey Jordan is 53 today.
John Cameron Swayze (April 4, 1906 – August 15, 1995)
Launched by NBC as NBC Television Newsreel, and later Camel Newsreel Theatre
it began as a 10-minute program that featured Fox Movietone News newsreels. John Cameron Swayze provided voice-over for the series. The Camel News Caravan was
an expanded version of the Camel Newsreel Theatre with Swayze on-camera. It was
also known as the Camel Caravan of News.
On February 16, 1954, the Camel News Caravan became the first news program
broadcast in color, making use of 16mm color film. The show was replaced by the Huntley-Brinkley Report on October 29, 1956. According to sources, then President Dwight D. Eisenhower was displeased by the switch.
The ‘Swayze’ trivia question-and-answer board game from 1954.
Mike Gracia
Sonny and Cher
Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono (February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998)
Sonny Bone was a recording artist, record producer, and actor who formed half
of the pop duo Sonny and Cher and also had a second career as a politician. He
was the 16th Mayor of Palm Springs from 1988 to 1992 and a Member of the US
House of Representatives from California’s 44th district from 1995 until his death.
The CBS variety program The Sonny and Cher Show ran from 1971 to 1974 and
he also starred in the 1982 film Airplane II: The Sequel. In the early 1060s Sonny
was a promotion man, percussionist and ‘’gofer” for record producer Phil Spector.
