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AN INTERVIEW BY BOB ADKINS IN 1963

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Spencer’s Mountain is a 1963 family film written, directed, and produced by
Delmar Daves from a novel by Earl Hamner, Jr. (The Waltons).

Bob Adkins (Addie Bobkins) interviews Mimsy Farmer and James
MacArthur, of the cast of Spencer’s Mountain, and the Director,
Delmar Daves (1963).

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QUIZ SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1950

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The quiz show You Bet Your Life made the transition from radio, where
it began October 1947, to NBC television on Thursday October 5, 1950
and ran till September 21, 1961. The show’s original host was comedian
Groucho Marx (of the Marx Brothers), with his announcer and assistant
George Fenneman.

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FAMILY SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1954

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Father Knows Best, originally a radio program in the 1940s, began a run on the
CBS television network on Sunday October 3, 1954 and ended on May 23 1960. 

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Elinor Donahue (74)

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Billy Gray (73)

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Lauren Chapin (66)

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NEW SUNDAY SHOW ON THIS DAY IN 1955

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
is a anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. It
premiered on Sunday October 2, 1955 and ran till May 10, 1965 on the CBS
television network. Time magazine named the show one of “The 100 Best TV
Shows of All-Time”.

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Alfred Hitchcock on the set during an opening segment of the show

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ANGIE DICKINSON IS 80 TODAY

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Actress Angie Dickinson has appeared in more than fifty films, including
Rio Bravo (1959), Ocean’s Eleven (1960), Dressed to Kill (1980), and
Pay It Forward (2000). She also starred as Sergeant Suzanne “ Pepper”
Anderson in the NBC-TV crime series Police Woman, from September
13, 1974 to March 29, 1978. She won a Golden Globe Award for Best
Actress-Drama Series for the show in 1975 and received Emmy Award
nominations in 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the series.   

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Angie Dickinson with Dean Martin on the set of Rio Bravo

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