Archive for June, 2022

LOOKING BACK WITH THE PDX RETRO BLOG

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Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (often simply referred to as
Laugh-In) is a sketch comedy TV program that ran for
140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973,
on the
NBC television network, hosted by comedians
Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~

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The Andy Griffith Show

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REMEMBER THIS OPENING ON NBC – TV?

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Milton Berle (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) Comedian
known to millions of viewers as “Uncle Miltie” and “Mr. Television”.

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AWARD WINNING ACTRESS IS 59 TODAY

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Helen Elizabeth Hunt 

Actress and director.Helen is the recipient of numerous
accolades
, including an Academy Award, four Primetime
Emmy Awards
, and four Golden Globe Awards.

Hunt rose to fame portraying Jamie Buchman in the sitcom
Mad About You (1992–1999, 2019), which earned her three

Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Television
Series – Musical or Comedy
and four Primetime Emmy
Awards for Outstanding Lead
Actress in a Comedy Series
.

Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actress for starring
as Carol Connelly in the
romantic comedy As Good as It
Gets
(1997), while her portrayal of
Cheryl Cohen-Greene in
The Sessions (2012), gained her a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

today in history

 

camilleb ap
CAMILLE
BOHANNON

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In 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard
the steamboat General Slocum in New York’s East River. In
1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act making
the National Guard part of the U.S. Army in the event of war
or national emergency.

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The excursion boat General Slocum lies beached off Hell
Gate in New York City’s East River, following a fire and
resulting panic. The disaster cost the lives of 1,030
mostly German immigrants, June 15, 1904. (AP)

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