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RADIO SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1940

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Cast member Bret Morrison

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Light of the World presented dramatized stories from the bible that were
found to be uplifting to women on the home front during
WWII. The NBC
radio series aired until June 2, 1950. It was sponsored by General Mills.

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MICKY DOLENZ IS 68 TODAY!

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Mickey Braddock (Micky Dolenz) in Circus Boy

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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).


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AMERICA’S COMEDY QUEEN ON THE RADIO

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Joan Davis originally appeared on the Rudy Vallee Show in 1941, and quickly
became a regular. When
Vallee left his show in 1943 to join the Coast Guard,
Davis took over with great success until 1945 when she left to do Joanie’s
Tea Room
on
CBS radio (1945 – 1947).

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Show announcer Harry von Zell and Joan Davis

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SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1941

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Duffy’s Tavern was a popular radio situation comedy which ran on several networks (CBS, 1941–1942; NBC-Blue Network, 1942–1944; NBC, 1944–1951).

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HOWARD HESSEMAN IS 73 TODAY

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Howard Hesseman is best known for playing DJ Johnny Fever on the CBS
television series WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-1982). Hesseman was born in
Lebanon, Oregon. He attended the
University of Oregon, and was later
a founding member of the
San Franciscobased improvisational comedy
troupe The Committee.

 

 

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