From left: Bill Bixby and Ray Walston.
The TV sitcom My Favorite Martian aired on CBS from September 29, 1963,
to May 1, 1966, for 107 episodes (75 in black and white: 1963–65, 32 color:
1965–66). The show starred Ray Walston as Uncle Martin (the Martian) and
Bill Bixby as Tim O’Hara.
The musical My Fair Lady premiered on Broadway March 15, 1956, at the Mark
Hellinger Theatre in New York City. It transferred to the Broadhurst Theatre and
then The Broadway Theatre, where it closed after 2,717 performances. A 6 1/2
year run on Broadway. The show, at the time, held the record for the longest-
running musical.
Howard Green Duff (November 24, 1913 – July 8, 1990)
The radio series The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was
created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The
show ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 episodes on
CBS in 1946-1949, and finally for 51 episodes on NBC in 1949-
1951. The series starred Howard Duff (and later, Steve Dunne)
as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as his secretary Effie, and took
a considerably more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character
than the novel or movie. The announcer was Dick Joy (below).
Dick Joy
(December 28, 1915 – October 31, 1991)
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Jerry Lee Lewis (The Killer) is 81 years old today.
Lewis was expelled from Southwest Bible Institute for playing
what they termed "devil’s music." He played music in Natchez,
Mississippi to make a living. Jerry Lee Lewis has been described
as "rock & roll’s first great wild man and is the last living member
of the Sun Records Million Dollar Quartet (below).
Released in November of 1957, this is one of the best-selling singles in the United States, as well as one of the world’s best-
selling singles of all time.
The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy during the first
three seasons). It aired until April 27, 1964 on the CBS television network.
Danny Thomas (Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz)
(January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991)
