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GEORGE GOBEL ~ (MAY 20, 1919 – FEB. 24, 1991)

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GEORGE GOBEL

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George Gobel was a comedian and actor, best known as the star of 
his own weekly NBC- TV show, The George Gobel Show. It ran from
1954 to 1960.

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TV SHOW’S FINAL EPISODE ON THIS DATE IN 1982

Barney Miller was a situation comedy set in a New York City police
station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast
from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by
Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed a
majority of the episodes.

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GEORGE GOBEL FOR MILK ~ 1968

george gobel milk ad

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TINA FEY IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY ~ 41 TODAY

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Tina Fey is a actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work
on the NBC comedy  series Saturday Night Live, the series 30 Rock also
on NBC. Fey first broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-
based improvisational group The Second City. She later joined Saturday
Night Live as a writer, becoming head writer and a performer, known for  
her role as co-anchor in the Weekend Update segment (shown below).

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Tina Fey (left) as Sarah Palin in SNL sketch with Amy Poehler.

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Tina Fey at the Saturday Night live WEEKENDUPDATE desk.

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KIM FIELDS BECAME 42 TODAY

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Kim Victoria Fields is and actress and  television director. She is best
known for her role as Tootie Ramsey on the NBC sitcom The Facts
of Life
(1979 – 1988).

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