Barbara Feldon starred in the Get Smart TV series with Don Adams
on NBC/CBS (1965-1970). She played Agent ‘99’
Prior to her career in entertainment, she won the grand prize on
the show ‘The $64,000 Question’. The category was on William
Shakespeare.
Barbara Feldon was first noticed in the now famous ‘Top Brass’
men’s hair gel commercial (below).
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Small Fry Club (also known as Movies for Small Fry) is one of the earliest TV
series made for children. It aired on the DuMont Television Network from
March 11, 1947 to June 15, 1951 and afterwards was produced and aired in
Boston on WBZ-TV until 1968. It was hosted by "Big Brother Bob Emery".
Bob Emery (Clair Robert Emery)
Roy Brown Jr., a car designer for Ford Motor Co. whose signature creation,
the supposedly futuristic but ultimately ill-fated Edsel, became a synonym
for bold, bad ideas not long after it was introduced in 1957, died on Feb. 24
in Michigan.
1958
Peggy March (Margaret Annemarie Battavio) is best rememered for
her 1963 million-selling recording “I Will Follow Him”.
She was discovered at age thirteen singing at her cousin’s wedding
was introduced to record producers Hugo & Luigi. They gave her the
nickname Little Peggy March because she was only 4ft 9in.
Mickey Braddock (Micky Dolenz) in Circus Boy
George Michael "Micky" Dolenz, Jr. is a actor, musician, television
director, radio personality and theater director, best known as the
drummer and lead vocalist of the 1960s band The Monkees. His
career in show business began when he starred in a children’s
show on NBC television called Circus Boy (1956 – 1957).
