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TV SERIES PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1961

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Hazel
is a sitcom that aired for five-seasons, with 154-episodes in primetime 
until April 11, 1966. It was produced by Screen Gems and aired on NBC for its
first four seasons (in black-and-white for all but one episode of the first season,
and in color for the next three), then in color on CBS for its final season.The
show was based on the popular single-panel comic strip by cartoonist Ted
Key (below) which appeared in the
Saturday Evening Post. 

 

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Ted Key

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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Known as the Man With the Golden ear, Don Kirshner (left) with Ron
Dante and Toni Wine

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                                                       Andy Kim

 

"Sugar, Sugar" was recorded by The Archies, a group of studio musicians
managed by Don Krishner with lead vocals by Ron Dante, accompanied by
Toni Wine and Andy Kim. Together they provided the voices of the Archies
using the multitracking recording technique. The song was one of the most
unexpected hits of the year and one of the biggest bubblegum hits of all
time, both in America and in Great Britain. This was partially due to the
association with the popular CBS-TV Saturday morning cartoon series.

Studio musicians on this song: Ron Frangipane – keyboard, Chuck Rainey –
bass, Gary Chester – drums, Dave Appell – guitar, Harry Amanatian – guitar,
and Ray Stevens doing the handclaps. 

 

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CARTOON PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1932

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Walt Disney proudly holds the Oscar for “Flowers and Trees”

“Flowers and Trees” was the first Academy Award winning cartoon and the first 
cartoon short to use Technicolor.

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REMEMBERING MEL BLANC

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Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989)

Blanc was born  in San Francisco, Ca., later moving to Portland, Or.
where he attended Lincoln High School.
He began a radio career in
1927 as a voice actor on the KGW program The Hoot Owls. In 1933,
after a stint in Los Angeles, Blanc returned to Portland and worked at
KEX radio where he produced and co-hosted a show called Cobweb
And Nuts.

Mel returned to Los Angeles in 1935 and joined Warner Bros.owned
KFWB radio in Hollywood. He soon became a regular on NBC’s The
Jack Benny Program
, playing various roles.

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Mel Blanc, "The Man of a Thousand Voices", is regarded as one of the most influential people in the voice-acting industry. He was the first voice artist
in Hollywood to receive screen credit.

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GARY COOPER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1901

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   Gary Cooper (Frank James Cooper) (May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961)

Cooper’s career spanned from 1925 until shortly before his death, and
comprised more than one hundred films, one of which was in 1952 when
he played Marshall Will Kane in High Noon. Before fame, Cooper was a
newspaper editorial cartoonist in Helena, Montana.

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