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CHILDREN’S VERIETY SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1955

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Walt Disney (center) with the Mouseketeers

The Mickey Mouse Club is an variety television show created for children by Walt
Disney Productions that aired on  ABC –TV from Monday October 3, 1955 to 1959. It featured a regular but ever changing cast of young performers. The show was hosted
by songwriter Jimmie Dodd (below). The main cast members were called Mouseketeers who performed in a variety of musical and dance numbers.

Jimmy Dodd
Jimmie Dodd

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HIS MANY FANS KNEW HIM AS HECK HARPER

KGW-TV, 1964
            (September 20, 1919 – November 2, 1998)

               Hector Vincent "Heck Harper" Flateau

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ANIMATED BEATLES ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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The Beatles is a animated television series featuring the adventures of the
popular rock band of the same name. It ran on ABC from Saturday September
25, 1965 and ended on September 7, 1969 for a total of 39 episodes. The
series was a historical milestone as the first weekly television series to
feature animated versions of real, living people.

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PUPPETEER WOULD HAVE BEEN 75 TODAY

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                             James Maury "Jim" Henson 

                     (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990)
 

Jim Henson was best known as the creator of The Muppets and performed
with his many characters on various television programs, such as Sesame
Street
and The Muppet Show.

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ARIANA RICHARDS IS 32 TODAY

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Ariana Richards5 today 

Ariana Clarice Richards is an actress and professional painter. She is best known
for her portrayals as Lex Murphy in the highly successful Steven Spielberg Sci-fi
film Jurassic Park (1993), and as Carol Wetherby in the 1989 family film Prancer
with Sam Elliott. Richards was born in Healdsburg, California. Her sister, Bethany,
is also and actress. Ariana graduated from Skidmore College in New York State,
earning a degree in Fine Art and Drama. She continued her education with
instruction at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and also attended
Western Oregon University in Monmouth.

 
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Publicity still of Ariana Richards, Sam Neill, and Joseph Mazzello in Jurassic
Park

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     prancer ariana
     Ariana Richards

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