TV Guide, the weekly magazine featuring television programing,
was first published on April 3, 1953. The cover of the premier
issue (above) featured a photograph of Lucille Ball with her
newborn son Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Desi Arnaz today, 58 years old
Actress Pamela Reed is most known as the voice of Ruth Powers in various
episodes of FOX-TV’s The Simpsons, and as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s partner
in the 1990 ,filmed in Oregon movie Kindergarten Cop. She currently appears
as Marlene Griggs-Knope on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. Reed was
was born in Tacoma, Washington.
Pamela with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop
Simpsons character Ruth Powers
Amy Poehler and Pamela Reed in a scene from Parks and Recreation
The CBS-TV series ran from 1959 to 1963 and was based on Hank Ketcham’s
long-running comic strip. It starred Jay North (above) as Dennis with Herbert
Anderson and Gloria Henry as his parents. The DVD contains 5 Discs.
Jack Paar (above) succeed Steve Allen as host of The Tonight Show in 1957. At first,
the show was called The Tonight Show With Jack Paar; after 1959 it was officially
known as Tonight With Jack Paar. Jack was often unpredictable and emotional. On February 11, 1960, he received national attention by walking off the show when NBC censors cut a joke from his monologue. He didn’t return to the show until three weeks later. Paar signed off the show for the last time on Thursday night, March 29, 1962.
John F. Kennedy, right, with Jack Paar in a 1959 episode of The Tonight Show
Pictured left to right: Pat Harrington, Zsa Zsa Gabor with her dog and Jack Paar
Jose Melis (right) was the music director of the Tonight Show
.
Jack Benny was eager to break into the new medium of radio. In 1932, after a four
week nightclub run, he was invited onto a radio program hosted by his friend Ed
Sullivan, uttering his first radio spiel "This is Jack Benny talking. There will be a
slight pause while you say, ‘Who cares?’’ With Canada Dry Ginger Ale as a
sponsor, Jack soon had his own radio show, The Canada Dry Program, which
began May 2, 1932 on the NBC Blue Network.
