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FINALLY A SIXTH SEASON, SORT OF

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(The Hollywood Reporter) – NBC’s The Six Million Dollar Man has been
off the air since 1978, but fans who have spent the last three and a half
decades wishing for a sixth season of the Lee Majors-starring drama will
finally see their dream come true — kind of — next year when Dynamite
Entertainment launches The Six Million Dollar Man: Season 6.

The monthly comic book picks up the continuity of the original television
series from the end of the fifth and final season, with writer James Kuhoric
promising to "bring back all the things that made it special to me back in
the day." Amongst those things, Kuhoric said, are the show’s trademark
slow motion effect sequences. He said "We went out of our way to use
the ‘Kung Fu Slow Motion’, the sound effects, and all the oddities of that
era so the comic book would feel like the original TV series.”

The Six Million Dollar Man: Season 6 will be released in comic book stores
and digitally in February 2014, in time for the series’ 40th anniversary year
(It debuted on NBC January 18, 1974).

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Award-winning comic book writer James Kuhoric

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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                            camille bohannon 
                                    Camille Bohannon

sting yng

sting now
Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) is 62 today

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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Known as the Man With the Golden ear, Don Kirshner (left) with Ron
Dante and Toni Wine

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                                                       Andy Kim

 

"Sugar, Sugar" was recorded by The Archies, a group of studio musicians
managed by Don Krishner with lead vocals by Ron Dante, accompanied by
Toni Wine and Andy Kim. Together they provided the voices of the Archies
using the multitracking recording technique. The song was one of the most
unexpected hits of the year and one of the biggest bubblegum hits of all
time, both in America and in Great Britain. This was partially due to the
association with the popular CBS-TV Saturday morning cartoon series.

Studio musicians on this song: Ron Frangipane – keyboard, Chuck Rainey –
bass, Gary Chester – drums, Dave Appell – guitar, Harry Amanatian – guitar,
and Ray Stevens doing the handclaps. 

 

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COMIC STRIP DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1930

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The comic strip Blondie was created by cartoonist Chic Young and distributed by 
King Features Syndicate. The success of the strip led to a long-running Blondie
film series (1938–1950) and the popular Blondie radio program (1939–1950).

Chic Young drew Blondie until his death in 1973, when creative control passed
to his son Dean Young, who continues to write the strip. Young has collaborated
with a number of artists on Blondie, including Mike Gersher, and Stan Drake. The
strip
has been translated in 35 languages and appears in more than 2,000 papers
in 47 countries.

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                             Chic Young (Murat Bernard Young)

           dean young
                                                   Dean Young

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CARTOONIST IS 68 TODAY

JIM DAVIS YOUNG
A very young Jim Davis

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James Robert "Jim" Davis


Davis is the creator of the syndicated comic strip Garfield which
has been
published since June 19, 1978. It holds the Guinness
World Record for being the most widely syndicated comic strip. 

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