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THIS IS ‘VERRRRY INTERESTING’!!

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Arte Johnson
Super Bowl Bash held at Spago
Beverly Hills, California - 04.02.07
Credit: Reggie Collier/ WENN (Newscom TagID: wennphotos481303)     [Photo via Newscom]

Arthur Stanton Eric "Arte" Johnson is 85 today

Comic actor Artie Johnson was a regular on Rowan & Martin’s
Laugh-In
on NBC from 1968 to 1973. His best-remembered
"character" was that of a German soldier (below).

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TV EPISODE AIRED ON THIS DAY IN 1953

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Seventy-two percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to CBS-TV,
as Lucy Ricardo gave birth to a baby boy on the episode, "Lucy Goes
to the Hospital
".

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LEADING MAN BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1904

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               Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach)
        
               (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986)

Grant was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time
(after Humphrey Bogart) by the American Film Institute. He was
known for both comedic and dramatic roles; his best-known films 
include The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), The 
Bishop’s Wife (1947), To Catch a Thief (1955), An Affair to 
Remember
(1957), North by Northwest (1959), and Charade
(1963).

Nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor Penny
Serenade
(1941) and None But the Lonely Heart (1944) and
five times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1913

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LLOYD BRIDGES 1930 High School Yearbook, Senior Year

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  Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998)

Lloyd Bridges starred in a number of television series and appeared
in more than 150 feature films. He gained wide recognition as Mike
Nelson, the main character in the television series Sea Hunt which
ran in syndication from 1958–1961. Lloyd was the father of actors
Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges
.



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Clips with Lloyd Bridges from Airplane…1980

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IT’S NOW A CHRISTMAS TRADITION!

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The movie It’s a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Christmas fantasy comedy-drama
produced and directed by
Frank Capra, based on the 1939 short story
"
The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern. The film is considered one
of the most loved films in American cinema and has become traditional
viewing during the Christmas season, alongside popular classics such
as Holiday Inn (and its "remake", White Christmas), A Christmas Carol,
Meet Me
in St. Louis, and Miracle on 34th Street.



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