Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen 

Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon. After serving in 
the U.S. Army, he made his broadcasting debut playing live 
popular music on KODL radio in The Dalles, Oregon. 

Severinsen is best known for leading the NBC Orchestra on
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Doc Severinsen with the boss, Johnny Carson

Created and produced by Allen Funt, Candid Microphone first appeared
on the ABC radio network using hidden microphones. The format, though
embarrassing to many of his prey, proved highly popular. After a series
of theatrical film shorts, also titled Candid Microphone, Funt’s concept
moved to ABC television on August 10, 1948 when Candid Camera hit
the air as a long-running TV series..

Allen Funt was considered a student of human nature
rather than a practical joker

 The Guiding Light is a television soap opera that is credited by the Guinness
Book of World Records as the longest-running television drama in history, airing
from 1952 until 2009, preceded by a 15-year broadcast on radio. It stands as
the third longest-running program in all of broadcast history.

On April 1, 2009, CBS canceled Guiding Light due to low ratings, ending its 72-
year run. The show taped the last scenes on August 11, 2009, and its final
episode was broadcast September 18, 2009.

Cast members from the early days of ‘The Guiding Light’ are from left:
Ellen Demming, Theo Goetz, and Charita Bauer.  

March 4, 1953

Quiz Kids, was a popular radio and TV series of the 1940s and 1950s, originally sponsored by Alka-Seltzer. The series was broadcast on NBC from Chicago, airing
as a summer replacement show for Alec Templeton Time. It continued on radio for
the next 13 years.

Actor Alan Young and Bea Wain at the microphone

The Alan Young Show began on NBC Radio as a summer replacement
sitcom in 1944, featuring vocalist Bea Wain. It then moved to ABC Radio
until 1946 when the series returned to NBC for a year, was off in 1948
and returned to the air in 1949. The show made the move to television
in 1950 on the CBS network. 

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Alan (Angus) Young will be 94 on November 19