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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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COMEDY SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1955

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The Phil Silvers Show (originally titled You’ll Never Get Rich) is a comedy
television series which aired on CBS from Tuesday September 20, 1955
to September 11, 1959 for a total of 142 black and white episodes, plus
a 1959 special. The star of the series was comedian Phil Silvers as U.S.
Army Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko.


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SHOWS SEASON DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1964

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The Addams Family
is a 30-minute ABC television series, shot in black and white,
that aired for two seasons from September 18, 1964 to April 8, 1966. The show
was based on the characters in Charles Addams’ New Yorker panel cartoons
(below) which were first published in 1938.

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CASSANDRA ‘’ELVIRA’’ PETERSON IS 60 TODAY

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Actress Cassandra Peterson is best known for her on-screen horror hostess
character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She gained fame on Los Angeles TV
station KHJ as host of Movie Macabre, a weekly horror movie show. During
her teens in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Peterson worked as a  go-go
dancer at a local bar. After graduating from high school, she moved to Las
Vegas, Nevada, where she became a showgirl at The Dunes. She had a
small role as a showgirl in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are
Forever
. Cassandra reportedly dated Elvis Presley for a short.

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COMEDY PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

HOGANS HEROES 

The sitcom Hogan’s Heroes ran for 168 episodes from September 17,
1965, to March 28, 1971, on the CBS network.

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