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SINGER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1937


From left: Waylon Jennings and the great Buddy Holly.


Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002)

Country singer-songwriter and musician Waylon Jennings, without even
knowing how to read music, vowed to have a career in as a musician and
never have to pick cotton again. He narrated the original CBS-TV series 
The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985). In 1985 joined the super group The
Highwaymen with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. 


      

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RADIO SERIES BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1947


"The Lassie Show" debuted on ABC radio. It was a 15-minute weekly 
program that aired until 1950. The series was an anthology and had
no recurring human characters. Lassie actually barked and whined
on cue for the series, but animal imitator Earl Keen did growls and
other sounds, as well as the sounds of other animals. The series
was sponsored by Red Heart dog food.

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NEW FROM ZENITH FOR 1950 ~

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SITCOM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1943

The radio series Archie Andrews was a teenage sitcom directly adapted
from the very popular comic strip of Bob Montana. It was first heard on
NBC Blue and lasted on-air until September 5, 1943. The show was also
broadcast on Mutual from 1944 to 1945.

Kenneth Banghart served as the announcer, while Bob Hastings played
the lead character Archie during the show’s NBC run. Other actors that
took over the main role include Burt Boyar, Jack Grimes, and Charles
Mullen. The other important character role, Jughead, was given to
Cameron Andrews and Hal Stone.


Doris Grundy (Betty) and Charles Mullen (Archie) during
rehearsal.


Harlan Stone (December 14, 1927-
February 21, 2007)

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A PROFESSIONAL AUDIENCE MEMBER


Tonight Show host Jack Paar with Miss Miller.

Lillian Dorothy Miller better known as Miss Miller, was a regular
audience member of various television variety shows from the
1950s to the 1980s. She had a daytime job as a government
typist, but retired in 1958 due to eye trouble. She began her
audience career with radio programs in 1940.

Miller was first a regular audience member of The Tonight Show
throughout Steve Allen‘s and Jack Paar‘s tenures as host. When
Paar left Tonight to start his prime-time Jack Paar Program in
1962, Miss Miller then became a regular on that program, as well
as on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Merv
Griffin
Show.



Lillian Dorothy Miller
(May 26, 1897  – April 1, 1990)

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