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REMEMBER ‘’THE RAT PATROL’’ TV SERIES?

H&I | 7 fascinating facts about 'The Rat Patrol'
Starring Christopher George, Gary Raymond and
Lawrence P. Casey.

The ABC television series aired between 1966 and
1968.

H&I | 7 fascinating facts about 'The Rat Patrol'
1953

BEACH BUM COMICS : ATTACK, HARRASS & WREAK HAVOK -- DELL COMICS' THE RAT PATROL






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REMEMBERING A WESTERN TV SERIES ~

Rawhide (1959-1965) | Rawhide, Tv westerns, Clint eastwood

Rawhide is a Western TV series starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood. The show aired for eight seasons on the CBS
network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959, to September
3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14,
1965, until December 7, 1965, with a total of 217
black-and-white episodes. The series was produced and sometimes directed by
Charles Marquis Warren, who also produced early episodes of Gunsmoke. The show is fondly remembered by many for its
theme, "
Rawhide".

Spanning 7+1⁄2 years, Rawhide was the sixth-longest running
American television Western, exceeded only by 8 years of
Wagon Train, 9 years of The Virginian, 14 years of Bonanza,
18 years of Death Valley Days, and 20 years of Gunsmoke
.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Clint Eastwood Picture 12 - 2008 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala - Arrivals
Clint Eastwood will be 93 years old on May 31st.

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TIM BURTON MOVIE RELEASED ON THIS DAY

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On June 23, 1989, Tim Burton’s noir spin on the well-known story
of the DC Comics hero Batman was released in theaters.

Michael Keaton starred in the film as the multimillionaire Bruce
Wayne, who has transformed himself into the crime-fighting
Batman with Jack Nicholson as his archenemy
The Joker.

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FOR FELLOW HAMBURGER LOVERS

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J. Wellington Wimpy (above), generally referred to as Wimpy, is
one of the characters in the
comic strip
Popeye, by E. C. Segar           
and originally called Thimble Theatre, and in the Popeye
cartoons
  based upon the strip. Wimpy debuted in the strip
in 1931 and was one of the dominant characters in the
newspaper strip, but when 
Popeye was adapted as an
animated cartoon series by Fleischer
Studios, Wimpy
became a minor character.
                     
    

      
.




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Elzie Crisler Segar
(1894-1938) 

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WESTERN HERO BORN IN PORTLAND

SCVHistory.com LW2196 | Film-Arts | Bob Steele

Bob Steele - [1907-1988] His main career progressed in 1927, when he was  hired by FBO to star in a series of W… | Cowboy films, Old western movies,  Western movies

COWBOY BORN IN PORTLAND, OREGON | PDX RETRO
Bob Steele (Robert Adrian Bradbury)
(January 23, 1907 – December 21, 1988)

Steele was born in Portland, Oregon, into a vaudeville family.

His parents were Robert North Bradbury and the former Nieta
Quinn. He
had a
twin brother, Bill, also an actor.

After years of touring, the family settled in Hollywood in the
late 1910s, where his father soon found work in the movies,
first as an actor, later as a director.

Steele’s career began to take off in 1927, when he was hired
by production company
Film Booking Offices of America to
star in a series of
Westerns. Renamed Bob Steele, he soon
made a name for himself, and in the late 1920s, 1930s and
1940s starred in
B-Westerns for almost every minor film
studio,

Steele is said to have been the inspiration for the character
"Cowboy Bob" in the Dennis The Menace comic strip.

BILLY THE KID'S FIGHTING PALS (1941) by Sam Newfield, Cinefania
  1941

Hidden Valley (1932) - Watch on Tubi or Streaming Online | Reelgood
1936

Bob Steele Western #3
(1950-1952) Fawcett comic books.


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